Energy Authority explains the importance of integrating housing elements such as heating, cooling, plumbing, appliances, etc. Free. Our Pathways to Health. 1:30 p.m. Grace Good Shepherd Church, 1450 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. See April 7 listing. Sustainable Speaker Series. 5:30 p.m. Science Building B, Room 135, Humboldt State University, Arcata. Professor Duncan Callaway presents “Leveraging Large Data Sets and Control to Enable Low Carbon Power Systems.” free. serc@humboldt.edu. 826-4345.
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Candlelight Vigil. 6 p.m. Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, 921 Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Let victims throughout the community know that they are not alone or forgotten. Free. Hawaiian Chieftain. 4-5 p.m. Noyo Harbor, North
Harbor Drive, Fort Bragg. Take a walk-on tour of the tall, sailing ship. $3. www.mendoparks.org.
For Kids
Young Discoverers. 10:30 a.m. Discovery Museum. See April 3 listing.
MEEtings
Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild. 6:45 p.m. Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way, Eureka. Guest speaker Holly Brackman discusses dying fabrics, surface design, weaving, dévoré and more.
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Humboldt Grange 501 Potluck. Second Thursday of every month. Humboldt Grange Hall, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road, Eureka. Grange Women’s Auxiliary meets at 6 p.m., potluck at 6:30 p.m., Grange meeting 7:30 p.m. nanettespearschade@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/ humboldt.grange. 443-0045. Sip and Knit. 6 p.m. NorthCoast Knittery. See April 3 listing.
Heads Up…
War is Hell
Set aside a couple of hours to go through your closet (don’t get stuck in there, honey), get your hair did and sashay into Humboldt Brews on Friday, April 4 at 9:30 p.m. as the most sparkle-tastic version of yourself for Drag Wars ($5). You may want to think about a stage name. Competing newbie drag queens will go peeptoe to peep-toe, battling for runway glory and a cash prize of $50. Much like Olympic skating, costume, music and style count for a great deal. Yours truly will be on the panel of judges, so bitches better work. Host Mantrikka Ho and guest appearances from the Red Carpet Girls should give you an idea of how it’s done. Watch and learn, because three fabulous audience members will have a chance to throw down, too. Even if you’re not ready to walk the walk, you can still win a prize for the biggest and most outrageous look, so don’t hold back. DJ Razorburns will be spinning mash-ups and remixes to make your mascara run — I’d take those Facebook photos early in the evening if I were you. — Jennifer Fumiko Cahill
The Six Rivers National Forest is looking for volunteers to spend the summer as a campground hosts at one of the four ranger districts. www.volunteer.gov. SCRAP Humboldt invites you to “Think Outside the Box.” Swing by SCRAP to pick up a gift box and transform it into a small art piece. Return the gift box by Thursday, April 10 for exhibition during April Arts! Arcata. Artists are invited to submit their original artwork to the 2014-2015 California Duck Stamp Art Contest. Submissions are accepted between April 25 and May 23. dfg.ca.gov/ duckstamp. North Coast high school students are welcome to enter the Congressional Art Competition. Submissions are due April 4. 407-3585. Dream Quest is now accepting applications for college scholarships. Applications are due May 1. 530-629-3564. The Humboldt Arts Council is accepting grant applications for the Beverly Faben Artist Fund for Humboldt residents with scheduled solo exhibitions. For details, visit www.humboldtarts.org McKinleyville Parks and Recreation is now accepting registration for Pee Wee basketball . Deadline is April 4. Humboldt Area Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2014 Summer Youth Mini-Grant Program. Applications are due April 15. 442-2993. The Clarke Museum is accepting applications for the Redwood Coast Beer and BBQ Cook Off. Deadline is April 18. www.clarkemuseum. org. Redwood Empire Quilters Guild and Humboldt Area Foundation are offering grants of up to $1,000 for Humboldt County quilters for charitable work or education. 442-2993. Applications are now available for the Humboldt Association of Realtors’ annual scholarships. Apply by April 4. 442-2978. www. harealtors.com. College of the Redwoods’ literary magazine is accepting submissions of original poetry and fiction from community members, as well as staff, faculty and students. Deadline is March 26. 476-4370. l
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Self Sabotage Ayers, Aronofsky succumb, Anderson escapes By John J. Bennett filmland@northcoastjournal.com
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SABOTAGE. I greet new David Ayer movies with probably inappropriate enthusiasm. Like it or not, he has made a career out of stories in which those who’ve sworn to serve and to protect occasionally serve themselves first. I return to his criminally under-acknowledged End of Watch (2012) several times a year, and it makes me cry every time. The seething, drunk, confused SoCal guero he helped Christian Bale create in Harsh Times (2005) is as distinct and troubling a protagonist as you’ll find in a mainstream movie. Ayer is a writer-director with a singular voice, style and frame of reference, which makes him a unique animal in this era of movie by committee. And my contrarian side likes the idea of putting Ayer alongside the anointed Wes Anderson or Darren Aronofsky (more on them later). Unfortunately, for every End of Watch, there is a Sabotage. This looked like a sure thing. Arnold Schwarzenegger as “Breacher” Wharton, the god-like DEA special operations team leader? A heist gone bad? A vengeful cartel pulling the card of one team member after another? Sign me up; I feel like I’m going back in time! But instead of embracing an opportunity for simple ’80s fun, Ayer and cowriter Skip Woods force the movie onto unstable ground with half-measure realism. The violence skews needlessly gory, the cast doesn’t have adequate material for psychological nuance, and the shoot-
outs, though occasionally exciting, never achieve set-piece status. R. 109m. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. After Moonrise Kingdom (2012), I wasn’t sure where my relationship with Wes Anderson was headed. I appreciated its craft and crystallized emotion as much as I felt distanced from it. While I disagree with the camp calling Anderson’s movies hermetic, I wonder if his sandbox has gotten too big. Have the resources to indulge his insular imagination weakened the drive of his storytelling? Is it more about the charm and beauty of the creation than it is about the story at its heart? Bottlerocket (1996) continued on next page
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