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Ocean Night Film Screening featuring Morning of The Earth and Addicted To Plastic Thursday, January 6, at the Arcata Theatre Lounge, 1036 G St in Arcata. Doors opens at 6:30 p.m., movies start at 7 p.m., cost is $3 donation and free for Ocean Conservancy, Surfrider and Baykeeper members and is all ages.

Full details here (thanks, NCJ).

KSLG faves Cage the Elephant release their highly anticipated sophomore album "Thank You, Happy Birthday" on Jan. 11, 2011. Spinner has the scoop.

Because we figure the folks born around the upcoming holiday might not get enough pure birthday love, happy belated (Dec. 18) to McK-based rocker photog Chris Tuite! (Remember, we raved about him during Outside Lands?) Also, happy upcoming (Dec. 20) to all-around mindblowingly talented Arcata artist, kinetic and otherwise, Lush Newton! See her work at the Art Center, Luke's Joint and wherever coolness abounds.

(I'm partial to this one. -- Jen Savage)

Who needs Google when Humboldt County's bloggers are so well-informed? In addition to that whole holidays thing, Winter Solstice lands this week. And not just Solstice! Read on...

(Photo from KymK's blog.)

From Ernie's blog:

"To the people out there that are guided by the moon, like maybe werewolves, December 21st is going to be a big night for you! Not only is the Earth going to eclipse the Moon, it's going to happen on the winter solstice. Not only is the lunar eclipse going to happen on the solstice, the center of the eclipse will happen almost directly over us. So, the moon will be in full eclipse for quite some time.

"Totality should last 72 minutes. Winter solstice happens at 3:38 pm Pacific Time. That's when Fall turns to Winter. Fall turning to Winter is a subtle difference for Humboldters. We only have two seasons here, dust and mud, and we have long been in mud season.

"An eclipse hasn't happened on the winter solstice in 456 years. As you can guess, it is a very rare event. What's even more rare is that we would see anything in the night sky in December. So, if I were you, I wouldn't ever get out of bed to look."

(December 21 is also the birthday of Seven-O-Heaven creator, one-time radio intern and occasional guest host Andrew Goff. Happy 28th from KSLG!)

 I just love this video. ~ Jen Savage

Listen to some of the people who stopped by the Eureka Co-op to speak with John Matthews during the Warm & Fuzzy clothing drive on Friday (12/10/10.) You can play the files on this page or right-click the links below to save the mp3s to your machine.

Eureka Police Chief Garr Neilsen provides a state of the city roundup.

Former Eureka City Councilmember Larry Glass talks about his time in office.

Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos discusses the recent election and his plans for the future.

Vince approached John to explain that he was suicidal. Betty Chinn arrived shortly after 12pm and was able to help Vince.

The 53'rd annual Grammy Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, February 13'th 2011 at 5 pm PST.

Record Of The Year- F*** You- Cee Lo Green- The Smeezingtons, producers

Album Of The Year- The Suburbs- Arcade Fire

Song Of The Year- F*** You- Cee Lo Green, Philip Lawrence & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Cee Lo Green)

Best New Artist- Florence & The Machine/ Mumford & Sons

Since you've likely noticed that our lovely weekend afternoon hostess Jen Savage has been gone for a couple of weeks, you may be interested to know that she's been in Taiwan -- surfing clear blue waters (without a wetsuit!), eating local foods, taking pictures of ginormous centipedes and presenting at a bird festival. Read about her adventures here: outonthepeninsula.wordpress.com/

It's GO TIME!  Bring your warm and fuzzy clothes to the Eureka Co-Op Friday, December 10th for KSLG's Warm & Fuzzy Clothing Drive.  

KSLG will broadcast live from the drop-off site, outside the Eureka Co-op.  

 Help local people in need with gently used: coats,pants, socks, shirts, shoes, etc.  

John Matthews has a full slate of guests for tomorrow morning:

• 6:00am Betty Chinn will talk about those in need throughout Humboldt County.
• 8:45am Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen will provide a state of the city roundup.
• 9:45am Former Eureka City Councilman Larry Glass will talk about his time in office.
• 10:20am Humboldt County DA Paul Gallegos will be on to discuss therecent election and his plans for the future.
• 11:20am K-Slug Special Correspondent Tag Wotherspoon will provide an update on Ferndale's Bill Bugenig from the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.

There's also a need for food.  Stay tuned to 94.1 K-SLUG for more details as the date approaches.  

You can win 2 tickets to see the all new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 1 on Thursday or Friday night (11/18-11/19) at around 6:30 pm....

Every Thursday and Friday Myles selects the best new movie coming to theaters and gives you a shot to win a pair of passes to see it in Arcata (Minor Theater) or Mckinleyville (Mill Creek Cinema). 

To win you'll have to be keen on Harry Potter trivia and listen to KSLG at 6:30 pm Thursday or Friday. Text or email trivia responses to myles@kslg.com. The first correct response in wins.

Good luck!

Check movie showtimes here.

Special thanks to Coming Attractions Theaters for making this possible!