Humboldt Friday Events: Vagina Monologues, Latin Night, Marble Makers Kickoff

A cluster of arts, nightlife and campus career programming filled Humboldt County on Friday, Feb. 13, anchored by a Marble Makers kickoff at The Glass Garage, a 25th‑anniversary revival of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues at the Eureka Theater and Latin Night with DJ Pachanguero at Blue Lake Casino Hotel at 9 p.m.

The Glass Garage at 215 C St, Eureka, hosted the Marble Makers Ball Thursday evening as the weekend’s official kickoff, billed as “a veritable ‘who’s who’ of contemporary marble makers, collectors and hunters.” Visitredwoods invited readers to “Come see the work of over 60 talented marble makers,” and noted the event featured live glass blowing demos and music. That regional programming continues with exhibits at Redwood Acres Franceschi Hall, 3750 Harris St, on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14–15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with admission $5 per person and children 12 and under free.

Visitredwoods also outlined a large marble/token and photographic scavenger hunt starting Sunday, Feb. 16, at noon at Clarke Plaza (3rd and E) in Old Town Eureka, sponsored by the Eureka Lodging Alliance. The prize pool was described as a “massive 100‑marble token and scavenger hunt valued at over $10,000.” Token‑hunt clues will be posted on the Facebook page Humboldt Hunts Marbles, and tokens found can be exchanged at the Clarke Museum; the photographic scavenger‑hunt instructions in the supplied copy are truncated, ending with “Starting at noon, you can pick up a sheet with [...]”.

Eureka’s downtown theater scene included the 25th‑anniversary revival of The Vagina Monologues at the Eureka Theater, promoted in Lost Coast Outpost listings. Local organizer director Kristy Hellum and producer Melinda Pederson appeared on KHUM with host Toby Tullis in advance of the run. Lost Coast Outpost’s writeup urged readers to “Go just for the entryway decorations. (Trust us.)” The same Lost Coast Outpost excerpt also contains a separate line reading “Arcata Theatre Lounge / 5:30-8 p.m.”; the supplied text does not explicitly connect that 5:30–8 p.m. block to the Vagina Monologues, leaving the Arcata Theatre Lounge time ambiguous in published listings.

Nightlife highlights for Feb. 13 included Latin Night at Blue Lake Casino Hotel with DJ Pachanguero at 9 p.m., a Singles Shindig at The Local Cider Bar from 5:30–8 p.m. for $15 and 21+, and Something Special 2026: Villaintine’s Day at Stone Junction Bar from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. for $10 and 21+. Local venues also hosted community and arts programming: Language Exchange at Unitea Tea House 6–8 p.m., Happy Hour Comedy Hour at Savage Henry Comedy Club at 6 p.m. (free), February Skate Nights at the Eureka Municipal Auditorium 6:30–9 p.m., Community Grief Circle at Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 7–9 p.m. for $20 and 18+, Opera Alley Cats at SpeakEasy 7–10 p.m. (free, 21+), and a Pat Holland set at Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge 7:30–9:30 p.m. Two Lost Coast Outpost items — Paint Your Own Pottery with Pascale (6–9 p.m., $65) and Sound Journey: Calling In Sacred Union (6:30–8:30 p.m., $55) — were listed with “See Event Description” in the excerpt and did not include a venue in the supplied text.

Cal Poly Humboldt’s campus calendar intersected the community slate with the Career Expo & Volunteer Fair on Thursday, Feb. 13, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the West Gym at the Recreation & Wellness Center, an event intended to let Cal Poly Humboldt students “connect with potential employers for jobs, internships, and volunteer work experience.” Related campus sessions included Careers with Enterprise Mobility featuring recruiter Donovan Davis on Feb. 12 noon–1 p.m. in NHE 119 and a Networking for Introverts Zoom workshop on Feb. 14 from 2–3 p.m. The Career Development Center can be reached at 707-826-3341, and the office posts updates at @calpolyhumboldtcareercenter on Instagram.

Listings captured in the combined briefs contained a number of ambiguities that organizers may still clarify: the exact performance times for The Vagina Monologues at the Eureka Theater were not supplied in the excerpts, the Arcata Theatre Lounge 5:30–8 p.m. entry is not definitively linked to the Arcata Chamber Business Leadership Awards Celebration also listed for that venue, and the Visitredwoods scavenger‑hunt photo rules were truncated in the published copy. Where possible, the venues named above should be consulted for final show times, full scavenger‑hunt rules and any admission or age restrictions.