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Music Tonight: Monday, Nov. 13

By Collin Yeo on November 13, 2023 at 4:00AM

Bella Union Records was founded in the U.K. 25 years ago by the bassist and guitar player for the highly influential band Cocteau Twins, whose dreamy pop sounds trickle across the label’s artist roster. One such act oozing that sound is Toronto’s Tallies who will be making a pit stop at the Miniplex tonight at 8 p.m. to share some mystic and treated reverb-rich tones.

Music Tonight: Sunday, Nov. 12

By Collin Yeo on November 12, 2023 at 4:00AM

Baltimore’s Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is a funk-centered jam band whose musical palette is defined by the genre-skipping qualities of the group’s chosen jam genre. If that sounds reductive and circular, then howdy, and welcome to the world of jam music, a playful and self-referential place that tends to treat live music as a moveable feast.

Scott Amendola and Phillip Greenlief play the Arcata Playhouse on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. ($20).

Music Tonight: Saturday, Nov. 11

By Collin Yeo on November 11, 2023 at 4:00AM

A jazz night tonight sounds just about right, especially considering the dramatic weather we’ve had pouring down on our hat brims and pooling around our gumshoes recently. Let’s start with the double bill at the Basement, where from 6 to 8 p.m. you can listen to Gil Cline’s Midnight Jazz-Tet do it right.

U. S. Coast Guard Captain Scott B. Powers.

Veterans Day Observance and Ceremony at Adorni Center

By Kali Cozyris on November 10, 2023 at 6:00PM

This Veterans Day, take time to acknowledge the sacrifices and contributions made by veterans who have selflessly defended our country’s freedoms by joining the Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka, the city of Eureka and fellow community members at the Veterans Day Observance and Ceremony, happening Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at Adorni Recreation Center (free). The program’s featured speaker is U. S. Coast Guard Captain Scott B. Powers, Sector Commander, USCG Sector Humboldt Bay.

Guylish Bommelyn and Nants'vn Jones-Scott play a traditional gambling song at the
Howonquet Hall Community Center in the documentary 'A'-t'i Xwee-ghayt-nish: Still, We Live
On.

World Premiere of 'A'-t'i Xwee-ghayt-nish: Still, We Live On

By Kali Cozyris on November 10, 2023 at 6:15AM

The Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation presents the world premiere screening of the new documentary film, 'A'-t'i Xwee-ghayt-nish: Still, We Live On, Saturday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. at Cal Poly Humboldt’s Native American Forum (free). The film’s synopsis states: “With their language facing extinction, the Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation in Northern California is working against time to bring it back.” The screening features a reception with traditional Tolowa Dee-ni' food and refreshments, and a post-screening panel discussion with Loren Me'-lash-ne Bommelyn and several featured voices from the documentary.

Humboldt Folklife Society Barn Dance Tonight

By Kali Cozyris on November 10, 2023 at 6:00AM

Join the Humboldt Folklife Society for an evening of foot-stompin' fun at the next Barn Dance, taking place tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. at Arcata Veterans Hall ($15, $10 members/seniors/students/veterans, free for kids 12 and under). This lively event features caller Lindsey Battle and live music by Cider Mill.

The California Poppies play the Arcata Playhouse at 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10.

Music Tonight: Friday, Nov. 10

By Collin Yeo on November 10, 2023 at 4:00AM

Not long after their local star-studded and sold-out show at the Minor Theatre, The California Poppies will be featuring another presentation of their new record The Holy Rainbow with the aim of gathering even more footage for an eventual live album and concert film. Tonight’s performance will be at the Arcata Playhouse, with support from local bands The Critics and The Mighty Superbloom.

Music Tonight: Thursday, Nov. 9

By Collin Yeo on November 9, 2023 at 4:00AM

I haven’t checked in on Blondie’s in a while, so in deference to that sweet little venue in my old neighborhood, Here’s a two-fer for the evening. Starting at 5 p.m. and running for two hours, the lively open mic will be happening, then after a pause, at 8 p.m., you can enjoy a showcase of local bands, with Racket, Morning Dew and Short Stop.

Photos: Dia de los Muertos in Eureka

By Mark Larson on November 8, 2023 at 3:58PM

With heavy rain in the forecast for Thursday, Nov. 2, most participants in the fifth annual Day of the Dead Festival of Altars/Día de los Muertos Festival de Altares came to Old Town prepared. Some brought pop-up tents to shelter their ofrendas, the offering placed in an altar commemorating their ancestors.

Movie Tonight: Wednesday, Nov. 8

By Collin Yeo on November 8, 2023 at 4:00AM

Gotta hand it to the Arcata Theatre Lounge, which has managed to stump the band this week by doing the unthinkable and putting on a cult horror film from the ’80s that I haven’t seen, nor heard of. Kudos, this is usually a Jeopardy category with which I have the same comfort as a daily commute.

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