Community Calendar

Join Friends of the Eel River and our allies for solidarity gatherings on the second Monday of each month at Humbrews in Arcata from 5 - 7pm!

On November 9, learn how to save a life! We will be joined by Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services, who will teach us about fentanyl in our community and how to use naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose, as well as how to safely pick up and dispose of community-found syringes. This is a fantastic opportunity to easily learn a life-saving skill, and you can do it while enjoying dinner and drinks at Humbrews. Friends of the Eel River will also share the latest updates on dam removal, and a dollar per drink sold will benefit the Eel River.

Join with community members to plan creative resistance to the Trump administration's destructive policies, learn about community initiatives, and take meaningful action to protect the people, creatures, and values we all hold dear.

Humbrews is generously donating a portion of sales during the event, so please bring your family out to have dinner and drinks and join the movement to support what our community cares about. Every month features a raffle, a variety of engaging activities, and opportunities to both learn about local organizing efforts and share your own community projects.

In two decades on the road Jeffrey Foucault has become one of the most distinctive voices in American music, refining a sound instantly recognizable for its simplicity and emotional power. With a string of critically acclaimed studio albums, he’s built a brick-and-mortar international touring career and a devoted following, one that includes luminaries like Van Dyke Parks, Greil Marcus, and Don Henley.

In September of 2024 Jeffrey Foucault released THE UNIVERSAL FIRE, a series of high-voltage performances cut live in one room, the album is both a working wake – Foucault lost his best friend and drummer Billy Conway, to cancer in 2021 – and a meditation on the nature of beauty, artifact, and loss.

Augmenting Foucault's all-star band with members of Calexico and Bon Iver (drummer John Convertino and producer/saxophonist Mike Lewis) THE UNIVERSAL FIRE sets Conway’s death against the massive 2008 fire at the Universal Studios lot in California that destroyed the master recordings of some of our bedrock American music, to interrogate ideas about mortality, legacy, meaning, and calling.

Local author Daniel London will talk about his new translation of Hermann Hesse's "Francis of Assisi and Related Writings" and discuss "The Eco-Spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi: Prophet, Poet, and Proto-Practitioner of Forest Therapy." Tuesday, November 10, 2026; 5-6pm; Cal Poly Humboldt Library Fishbowl (LIB 209). Questions? Email stephanie.corigliano@humboldt.edu or histdept@humboldt.edu.

Join The Natural History Musuem of Cal Poly Humboldt, For Pint Night at Redwood Curtain in Arcata! November 11, 2026. For Every Beer bought we get a dollar! Come help support the musuem. In the evening Mingle with our staff for a game, and fun. A big thank you to Redwood Curtain and our community.

Enjoy a drink and support our Six Rivers Charter High School athletes! On November 11th, $1 from every pint sold all day long goes directly to the Six Rivers Charter High School Basketball team.

Join Friends of the Dunes for a FREE Nature Story Time at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center. Nature Story Time is geared towards ages 0 to 5 and is held every Wednesday from 2:00 to 3:00 PM starting September 30 and ending December 9 (skipping November 25).

Each week there is a short story, movement activity, and art project for children and their caregivers to enjoy.

For more information, please contact Friends of the Dunes at info@friendsofthedunes.org or call 707-444-1397.

The Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt is hosting Scientific Illustration night. Second Wednesday of the month. February 11th, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Participants will draw the specimen collection. Tables with a variety of specimens, Instruction of drawing techniques. After Hours museum experience, music,Art materials (or bring your own). Space is limited so reserve your spot now for a night of fun. Ages Teen-Adult. Monthly event!
NHM members: $3
Non NHM members: $6
Call ahead to reserve a spot (707) 826-4480 or sign-up online
For more information or to sign up online, visit our website: humboldt.edu/natmus

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month, grab your favorite western wear and let the good times roll as we boot, scoot & boogie across the ballroom floor & under the stain glass ceiling of the Historic Eagle House, located in Old Town Eureka at 139 2nd St.
Instructor led and ALL skill levels welcome, even those with two left feet!
Wet your whistle & grab some grub at Phatsy Klines Parlour Lounge.
All ages welcome!

Event info: Free game nights.
For 16 and older.
Board games and card games.
Run by our volunteers Matt and Jeff.
If you have questions email: Layla@glccenter.org

Visiting artist Alisha Solan’s performance I Blame the Moon is a spoken-word poetry journey of self-discovery & sexual reawakening after loss of a partner, at times sexy & humorous, always intimate & insightful. This performance is part of the 2026 Exit Theatre Fringe Festival in Arcata.

Three performances:
• Thursday Nov.12 at 6pm
• Sunday Nov.15 at 2pm
• Saturday Nov. 21 at 6pm

Tickets are $15, available at: I Blame the Moon Fringe

About the Show:

It starts as an affair with the moon. After the death of her longtime partner, Alisha Solan takes on the challenges of rediscovering love and desire after loss. Going out to the bar, meeting women, kissing strangers, and finding love anew. A sexy spoken-word poetic ride with grief and humor both intimate and insightful.
Alisha Solan's I Blame the Moon turns grief into something unexpectedly alive. After the death of her partner of 30 years, Solan traces a path of self discovery and sexual awakening in spoken-word poetry that is by turns frank, funny, and disarmingly tender. It is an intimate hour that holds both the ache and the laughter at once. I laughed. I cried. I embraced. A must see. -- Jay Tee, San Diego, CA
Written and performed by Alisha Solan. Directed by Wilfred Paloma.

About Alisha:
Alisha Solan is a queer artist, poet, and performer. Her one-woman show I Blame the Moon traces the borderlands between grief, joy, and desire. Other recent performances include: Stonewall Salon and Lesbians of San Diego at Diversionary Theatre, Legend of Ragnarok with of House of Psyche in San Diego and a short film, When the Mayhaw Sours. Her article on mindfulness and grief can be read at Mindfulness Bell - River of Light. Find her on Instagram - @AlishaDancing and Facebook - Alisha Solan

About the Festival:
The Exit Theatre Fringe Festival runs Nov. 5-22. For additional information about the festival in general: 2026 Fringe Performers TheExit.org or call 707-203-2516.