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Clown Workshop for Beginners. July 2, 6-9 p.m. Dell’Arte Big Top Tent, 131 H St., Blue Lake. Find your inner clown. In-person with instructor Carlos Gallegos of Dell’ Arte. For adults 17 and older. 16 students maximum. $120. carlos@dellarte.com. www.dellarte. com. 479-7345.
Henderson Center Farmers Market. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Henderson Center, Henderson near F Street, Eureka. See June 24 listing. Willow Creek Farmers Market. 4-7 p.m. Veteran’s Park, 100 Kimtu Road, Willow Creek. See June 24 listing.
FOR KIDS Children’s Summer Meal Program. Noon-12:30 p.m. Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See June 24 listing. MARZ Project. Noon-5 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing. Preschool Storytime. 11 a.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 26 listing.
GARDEN Sea Goat Farm Garden Volunteer Opportunities. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Abbey of the Redwoods, 1450 Hiller Road, McKinleyville. See June 25 listing.
OUTDOORS Live from Behind the Redwood Curtain. Ongoing, 3-3:30 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing.
SPORTS Humboldt Crabs Baseball. 7 p.m. Arcata Ball Park, Ninth and F streets. See June 29 listing.
ETC English Express: An English Language Class for Adults. Ongoing. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing. Tabata. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 25 listing. Trivia Night. 6-8 p.m. The Madrone Taphouse, 421 Third St., Eureka. Reel Genius Trivia hosts. reelgeniustrivia.com.
1 Thursday ART
E-Motion Exhibit. Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka. See June 24 listing.
DANCE Dances of Brazil. 5:30 p.m. Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata. See June 24 listing.
MUSIC J Street Regulars Radio Hour. 7-8 p.m. The Sanctuary, 1301 J St., Arcata. See June 24 listing.
SPOKEN WORD The Writers Lounge via Zoom. 7:30 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing.
THEATER Clown Workshop for Beginners. 6-9 p.m. Dell’Arte Big Top Tent, 131 H St., Blue Lake. See June 30 listing.
FOR KIDS Children’s Summer Meal Program. Noon-12:30 p.m. Arcata Elementary School, 2400 Baldwin St. See June 24 listing. Fortuna Library Recorded Readings. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing. MARZ Project. Noon-5 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing. Virtual Junior Rangers. 11:30 a.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing.
MEETINGS Virtual Whiteness Accountability Space. Noon-1 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing.
OUTDOORS Live from Behind the Redwood Curtain. Ongoing, 3-3:30 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing.
ETC English Express: An English Language Class for Adults. Ongoing. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing. Restorative Movement. 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 1:30-2:30 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See June 24 listing.
Heads Up … Call for art entries: The Gestation Project is looking for work related to child rearing in the 21st century. Submit entries by Aug. 1. Please send a photo of your work in the form of a PDF attachment to taylorsnowberger@gmail.com. Include your name, piece title, media, size, date produced and price. The Humboldt County Library invites the community to help create COVID commemorative quilts. Pick up a free quilt kit through July 24 at all library branches and the Bookmobile. Return your completed square(s) in the kit’s plastic bag by July 31 to any library book return or to the Sanctuary’s outdoor Quilt Box. For more info, call 822-5954 or see the Quilt Kit notice on the library calendar at www.humboldtgov.org/calendar. KEET and the Clarke Historical Museum invite you to share a story about your family as part of their online community Snapshots project. Submit photos and short stories to kwhiteside@keet-tv.org with “Snapshots” in the subject line by June 25. The Blue Lake Chamber of Commerce invites craft vendors to have a booth at this year’s Annie and Mary Day celebration on Sunday, July 11. For further information and an online application form, go to www.sunnybluelake.com or call 668-5567. KZZH 96.7 seeks submissions of original audio recordings up to five minutes long for its new weekly late-night show The Repository, featuring old and odd recordings, spoken word, poetry and more. Email digital submissions to kzzh@accesshumboldt. net. For a sample, visit www.archive.org/details/ the-repository-04032021. The city of Arcata seeks applicants for the Economic Development Committee. Email applications to citymgr@cityofarcata.org, fax to 822-8081 or drop off in a sealed envelope labeled “City Manager’s Office” at the City Hall drop boxes. For more information visit www.cityofarcata.org or call 822-5953. The Humboldt-Del Norte County Medical Society’s Humboldt-Del Norte PreMedical Education Task Force offers two $1,000 Future Physician scholarships to students planning on attending medical school. Application at www.hafoundation. org/Grants-Scholarships/Scholarships-Apply-Now.
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Struggling to readjust to the presence of other humans, thanks for asking. Bo Burnham: Inside
Me, Myself and I
Bo Burnham: Inside and Plan B By John J. Bennett
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BO BURNHAM: INSIDE. I don’t think I’m alone in having harbored hope that the past year — not to mention the four year season in purgatory preceding it — might give rise to a flowering of reactive art and culture. Maybe a period of collective isolation and simultaneous awakening, of tumult and unrest and uncertainty, could trigger a reactive renaissance, a vibrant period of art examining the traumas that have separated and somehow unified us. They say, after all, that a lot of great books have been written in prison. When one actually starts to make the list, though, the numbers are lower than “they” would have us believe. Confinement, isolation and cultural chaos might eventually feed creativity but in the short run, I think they siphon off much of the energy required to examine and create. And so, as with most hope in recent memory, my anticipation of a groundswell of imagination had dimmed. Enter Bo Burnham, perhaps not the least likely candidate to countermand my sourness but an unexpected contender nonetheless. Burnham was one of the first
YouTube-bred stars, a post-adolescent musical comedy phenom who ascended to prominence based on self-produced short-form videos. Because I am a relic, YouTube is far from a primary source to me. As a result, I am a knee-jerk skeptic regarding content native to that platform, as well as the creators it has made rich and famous. To further compound my cynicism, I’ve always found comedy-music to be one of the more precarious sub-genres, far more likely to induce mortification than laughter in most cases. Done well, I’ll acknowledge, it can be a daring, satisfying enterprise. And Burnham can do it pretty well. But, at the peak of his fame and in the midst of a late-period comedy boom, he began experiencing panic attacks onstage. As a result, five years ago and at the ripe old age of 25, he quit. In the intervening period, of course, he has appeared in acting roles and wrote and directed the astoundingly accomplished drama Eighth Grade (2018). He also, as he addresses in this new special, worked extensively and successfully on his mental health, making so much progress that in January of 2020, Continued on next page »
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