Lowdown: Shook Twin Side Project in Arcata Tonight

We want to begin today's Lowdown by imploring all Humboldt theater fans to check out your Lost Coast Outpost's new column From the Peanut Gallery by Claudia Guerrero which dropped online this morning with a phallic reference-peppered review of NCRT's latest production of Oedipus the King and Women in Congress (which continues tonight). You'll all agree LoCO needed more drama.

As far as tonight goes, crap, there's a lot going on. Some brief highlights:

The much-adored Shook Twins sneak back into Humboldt touring with their more jazzy side project Morning Ritual, a collaboration with PDX-based composer Ben Darwish. Humboldt has an opportunity to get more intimate than usual with the ladies -- the show takes place in the cozy Robert Goodman Winery Tasting Room. Sample the groups alluring harmonies in the clip below.
High-energy alternative hip hop duo Zion I return to Humboldt in support of their latest album Shadowboxing. Catch their unique rhymes and beats onstage at the Arcata Theatre Lounge where they'll share the stage with Seattle's rising star SOL.
If you need a reminder of what a fretboard magician Australian-born Tommy Emmanuel is you could 1) catch him tonight at the Van Duzer Theatre where he'll share the stage with Martin Taylor or 2) take another listen to his appearance on KHUM's Upstage Live.

Many, many more options for those unopposed to page scrolling in your Friday Lowdown below.

-Andrew Goff

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Tommy Emmanuel

Van Duzer Theater / 8 p.m. / $35 / $15 HSU students

"Expect plenty of fretboard fireworks in this special duo performance, as Tommy joins forces with Martin Taylor, one of the world’s foremost exponents of solo fingerstyle guitar playing."

826-3928 / Web site

Oedipus The King and Women in Congress

North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8 p.m. / $20 / $12 students/seniors

NCRT continues its 30th Season with a special evening of two one-act plays originally performed in ancient Greece.

442-6278 / Web site

Dead Winter Carpenters

Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m. / $10

"Blending Americana with roots rock and a tinge of straightforward ‘tell-it-like-it-is’ alt. country for hard-hitting performances that are as edgy as they are whimsical."

826-2739 / Web site

Spring Acrylic Painting

College of the Redwoods Community Education / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. / $99 / 18+

CR courses for your life-long learning.

269-4000 / crplus@redwoods.edu / Web site

Broadway Billiards Grand Opening

Broadway Billiards / 11 a.m. / Free / 21+

Featuring five 9-foot tables professionally installed and leveled by Ernesto Dominguez. (Location was previously The Boiler Room.)

442-7665 / Broadwaybilliards.humboldt@yahoo.com /

Rudy

Mateel Community Center / 6:30 p.m.

Youth Alive! screens film based on a true story about the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who held on to his dreams of attending college and playing football at the University of Notre Dame.

923-3368 / Web site