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One Billion Rising Arcata - Rise in Solidarity

Arcata Plaza / 1 p.m.-3 a.m. / Free

Come one, come all to the Plaza this Friday. You DON'T have to dance to participate, the event is about showing solidarity with our presence.

530-210-6420 / vdayhumboldt@gmail.com / Web site

AQUEERius Ball

Kate Buchanan Room / 6-11 p.m. / Free

Celebrating the age of Aquarius and Humboldt's queer and colorful community! Emceed by the incredible and fierce, hostess with the moistest, Mantrikka HO!

kelly@wildcalifornia.org / Web site

Clemens Starck: Old Dogs, New Tricks

Northtown Books / 7-9 p.m.

Clemens Starck, winner of the Oregon Book Award, brings his latest poetry chapbook, Old Dogs, New Tricks. In his long career Starck worked on railroads and ranches, shipped out as a merchant seaman, and was for many years a union carpenter and construction foreman.

822-2834 / info@northtownbooks.com / Web site

Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight

Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $10 / $22 Gala Champagne Opening Night / $17 Friday/Saturday/Matinees / $10 Thursdays and Previews

"Romantic. Dramatic. Comic. Tonight, 18th century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart?"

443-7688 / info@redwoodcurtain.com / Web site

Motherlode

Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / 8-11 p.m. / Free All ages

Funk with your beer.

826-7222 / Web site

Adaptations

Dell'Arte's Carlo Theatre / 8-9:30 p.m. / Free / Free Everyone

From the page to the vibrancy of the stage…Short original plays adapted from non-theatrical sources by the MFA 2nd year students. Inspired by poems, short stories, and works of fiction or non-fiction, the students find ways to make words and images theatrical.

668-5663 / roman@dellarte.com / Web site

Oklahoma!

North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8-11 p.m. / $18

Love and jealousy tussle for supremacy against a backdrop of classic ballads from two of Broadway’s most beloved and successful composers.

442-6278 / ncrt@sonic.net / Web site

Rebelution

HSU West Gym / 8 p.m. / $30 / $25 HSU students

Rebelution's members met in college, while residing in Isla Vista, a popular beachside community in Santa Barbara.

Yoga is for Everyone

Redwood Lounge / 10:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. / $10 / $40 5 class pass

"Arcata Recreation and Instructor Joey Paz brings a new yoga class to the community."

822-7091 / rec@cityofarcata.org / Web site

Arts and Crafts for Kids

See Event Description / 3:30-4:30 p.m. / Free

Drop in to the library every Friday after school for free art projects, led by Fortuna High School art students.

725-3460 / forhuml@co.humboldt.ca.us /

Samba Workshop

Redwood Raks World Dance Studio / 6-7:30 p.m. / $10

With Rocio Cristal.

616-6876 / talavera.rocio@gmail.com / Web site

McKinleyville Arts Night

McKinleyville Business Dist. / 6-8 p.m.

Celebration of arts, food and fun in McKinleyville held the third Friday of each month.

Blue Lotus Jazz

Larrupin Cafe / 6 p.m. / Free

Jazz on the patio.

677-0230 / davewilsonguitarist@yahoo.com / Web site

Mardi Gras For a Cause

Sequoia Conference Center / 6-9 p.m. / $60 / $75 at the door / 21+

The evening will include live music by the Redwood Dixie Gators, fun entertainment like a tarot card reader, face painter, stilt walkers and more.

445-3101 / aliciacox@coxrasmussen.com / Web site

Third Friday Blues

Westhaven Center for the Arts / 7-9 p.m. / $5

"Prepare yourself for an evening of acoustic/electric blues. Jim Lahman, Dale Cash, Ron Perry and Bill Moehnke will present blues from the turn of the century to today!"

677-9493 / royjking2@hotmail.com / Web site

Free Community Art Night

The MGC / 7-8 p.m. / Free

This class is always free and all-ages, and all supplies are provided. This month we will be making Springtime paper flowers.

725-3300 / ahennessy@ervmgc.com / Web site

O' Brother Where Art Thou (2000)

Arcata Theatre Lounge / 7:30-10 p.m. / $5

In the Depression-era deep South, three escapees from a Mississippi prison chain gang: Everett Ulysses McGill, sweet and simple Delmar, and the perpetually angry Pete, embark on the adventure of a lifetime as they set out to pursue their freedom and return to their homes.

613-3030 / Web site

Standup Comedy

Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn / 7:30 p.m. / Free / 21+

"his month Evan Vest will host, and Shaun Lamar, recently relocated from the Bay Area, will be our headliner. Proceeding the jokes, Ultra Secret will take over the stage. They are an alt-jazz band with a delightful sound."

Plant Gall Lecture

Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center / 7:30-9 p.m. / Free

Dr. John DeMartini will present on “The Cryptic Lives of Gall Formers.”

826-2359 / amic@cityofarcata.org /

Eureka Pizza Council

SpeakEasy / 8:30 p.m.

Jazz/funk.

444-2244 / Web site

Steel Rose Band

Bear River Casino Resort / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / 21+

Covers today's biggest country hits by the hottest stars like Carrie, Miranda, Gretchen and more.

733-9644 / Web site

Soul Night 64: The Vinyl Countdown

Humboldt Brews / 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

826-2739 / Web site

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema
Minor Theatre