lively characters in a moving kaleidoscope of richly imagined worlds. Donations suggested. info@dellarte. com. vimeo.com/80310596. 668-5663 ext. 5. The Music Man. is Cast Benefit Night 7:30 p.m. Ferndale Repertory Theater, 447 Main St. See Dec. 5 listing.
For Kids
Young Discoverers. 10:30 a.m. Discovery Museum. See Dec. 5 listing.
Food
College of the Redwoods Farmers Market. 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. See Dec. 5 listing.
Holiday Events
Babes in Toyland. 7:30 p.m. Winema Theater, Main St., Scotia. Dell’Arte presents a wild twist on Victor Herbert’s classic, family story. Please bring a canned food item. Free. 668-5663. Bigfoot Lodge Holiday Jamboree. 8 p.m. Arcata Playhouse. See Dec. 5 listing. Open House. 1-3 p.m. Tri-County Independent Living, 2822 Harris St., Eureka. Refreshments, snacks and cheer will be provided. Free. 445-8404.
Meetings
Teen Court Training. 4-6 p.m. Teen Center, 3015 J St., Eureka. Volunteers serve as jurors, attorneys and other positions for teens who have chosen to have their cases heard by peers. Open to teens in grades 8 to 12. Free.
Etc
Humboldt Grange 501 Potluck. Second Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m. Humboldt Grange, 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. 443-0045. Sip and Knit. 6 p.m. NorthCoast Knittery. See Dec. 5 listing.
Heads Up…
The “Share the Magic of Christmas” toy drive will be at the Humboldt County Artisans Craft Fair on Dec. 6-8. Come and meet Santa and donate a toy. Bakers of all ages are invited to enter confectionery creations in the North Star Quest Camp’s Cookie Cottage Contest. Entries due by Dec. 7. 442-8413. There will be an hour-long candidate’s forum on KMUD for the five community members running for three available 2014 Mateel board of director positions on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. Registration is now open for Arcata High School’s six-week baseball camp. 866-622-4487. Help those in need by nominating deserving friends, family members and neighbors for the Umpqua Bank and Power 96.3 Wish Upon a Star program. www. umpquabank.com/wish. Redwood Coast Music Festivals is accepting applications for programs for seniors in Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Applications due on Dec. 18. 445-3378. The Sequoia Park Zoo is inviting sculptors to submit designs for a statue in its new Watershed Heroes exhibit. Cash prizes. Entries due by Jan. 17. 441-4227. Food for People invites you to participate in this year’s Hunger Fighter Challenge. 445-3166 ext. 312 Christmas tree permits are available from the Six Rivers National Forest until Dec. 23. 441-3673. The Arcata Presbyterian Church is planning its annual Christmas basket distribution. Call 822-1321 to donate. McKinleyville Parks and Recreation is accepting registration for Youth Basketball League through Dec. 20. Call 839-9003. Fortuna Parks and Recreation is accepting applications for Hot Shots Basketball League through Jan. 10. 725-7620 l
Ikolo Griffin director & Choreographer
choreographers
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NORTH COAST DANCE ANNUAL HOLIDAY TRADITION
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Leave your Nikes at home.
Hang on to your ideologies, people — Naomi Klein is coming. The bestselling author, antiglobalization activist and all-around international liberal powerhouse is guaranteed to take your coffeehouse and dinner table debates to the next level. If you’ve read her articles in The Nation or seen footage of her speaking to the masses at the Occupy Wall Street protests or getting cuffed at the White House, you have some idea of the impassioned speech you’ll hear on Friday at the Van Duzer Theatre at 7 p.m. ($25, $5 HSU students). Klein’s 2000 book No Logo takes on global capitalism and dunks hard on companies like Nike for their trade and labor practices overseas. In Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism she posits theories about how governments and corporations take advantage of traumatized citizens in the wake of disasters (Katrina, the war in Iraq), installing selfserving policies and economic systems under the guise of emergency measures. Klein has her dukes up over global warming and fossil fuels, too (hence the White House perp walk). The book she’s typing away at these days goes into not only the damage wrought by right-wing denialists, but also by the failures and selling out of Big Green groups. And yet Klein is a kind of optimist, seeing climate change as a potential catalyst for revolution. Get a good seat — it should be radical. — Jennifer Fumiko Cahill northcoastjournal.com • North Coast Journal • Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013
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