Much of your Humboldt Friday vibrance will center around Arcata thanks to the calendar aging dictating that tonight be Arts Arcata. It's your monthly meander, Humboldt!
After you’ve taken in the sights and sounds on and around the Plaza, perhaps stumble down to the Arcata Playhouse where tonight singer/songwriter/violinist-led string trio Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards will peddle their aural wares. Sample their atmosphere below and/or stroll through Friday’s Lowdown listings farther down.
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $13 members/students
Singer-songwriter violinist with cello and violin, the group "welds the propulsive grace of ancient fiddle styles to disarmingly open-hearted original pop songs."
822-1575 /
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Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ Free HSU students
/ $5 seniors, children
Humboldt Symphony performs Alexander Borodin’s most popular symphony (Symphony #2), a festive work by Spanish composer Joaquin Turina and Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, featuring piano soloist Ryan McGaughey, winner of this year’s HSU student concerto competition. Conducted by Kenneth Ayoob.
826-3928 /
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Arcata
/ 6-9 p.m.
Monthly arts walk. Businesses on and around the Plaza stay open late featuring local art and music.
822-4500 /
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Arcata Community Center
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $8
/ $6 pre sale online
"Speaking to teens honestly about Gods plan for sex. Sex, its an incredibly vibrant and important part of what it means to be human. What does God have to say about it?"
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Bayside Grange
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ Free
A celebration of all things to do with the honeybee.
822-9998 /
germanedesign@suddenlink.net /
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Libation
/ 7 p.m.
Local guitar virtuoso works out while you sip.
825-7596 /
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Redwood Region Audubon Society
/ 7:30 p.m.
Pablo Elizondo will speak on "Conservation & Science of Costa Rican Birds." Elizondo is an accomplished photographer and executive director of the Costa Rica Bird Observatories.
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
/ $5
American action horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino.
613-3030 /
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Eureka High School
/ 8 p.m.
Parody musical for serious gamers. Written and directed by Madeira Seaman, a senior at Eureka High School.
Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Thursdays
This musical love story, a co-production with Humboldt Light Opera Company, is a modern-day twist on Jane Austen’s Price and Prejudice, set in New York City.
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Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
"The Trouble bring a literate, lyrical edge to their roots-rock foundation; fusing Americana sensibility with a visceral blend of driving rhythms, snarling guitars, sharp melodic hooks and intuitive country harmonies."
733-9644 /
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