Date: Oct. 7

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

Welcome and brief promotion of the week-long events.

Artists and Songwriters awards.

North Coast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy presents Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria Da Capo.

Carrying forward many of the themes presented in NPA’s performance, Eureka High School students utilize Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to engage the audience in performance and dialogue around conflict and climate.

Date: Oct. 8

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

North Coast Preparatory and Performing Arts Academy presents Edna St. Vincent Millay's Aria Da Capo.

Carrying forward many of the themes presented in NPA’s performance, Eureka High School students utilize Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed techniques to engage the audience in performance and dialogue around conflict and climate.

Oct. 9

Time: 1 p.m.

Location: Madaket Plaza, 1 C St., Eureka.

Jerry Rohde and Aldaron Laird lead a tour of Humboldt Bay and a discussion about sea level rise and PG& E’s storage of nuclear fuel rods and potential effects on our Bay communities. Wiyot Cultural Center Manager Marnie Atkins will be the guest speaker on the tour. Attendees are also invited to visit the Cultural Center following the boat tour. Singer-songwriter Lyndsey Battle performs before the tour, beginning at 12:15 p.m. on the Plaza.

Date: Oct. 11

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

Discussion items include: Back From the Brink campaign; August’s United Nations (UN) Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference; UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; the new arms race; and defense spending.

Featured Panelists:

• Dr. Robert Gould, President, SF Bay Chapter Physicians For Social Responsibility

• Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation/Mayors for Peace

• Dale Preston of Hirosoft International.

Date: Oct. 12

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

John Heckel creates and directs a cabaret-style performance ensemble. An evening of humor, song (remember Tom Lehrer?) and burlesque examines the absurdities of war and nuclear deterrence strategies. Featured performers: Larry Crist, Bob Morse, Wendy Butler, Mike Murdock, Arnold Waddell and Bernadette Cheyne.

Pianist: Ryan McGaughey

Date: Oct. 13

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

Discussion about local efforts to address global warming, sea level rise and PG&E nuclear fuel rods storage. Featured Panelists: Cal Poly Humboldt Asst. Prof. Jennifer Marlow, Three Degrees Warmer co-director; Alec Brown, graduate student; Jennifer Kalt, Director, Humboldt Baykeeper; and Stephen Kullmann, Commissioner, Division 3, Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District.

Date: Oct. 14

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

An evening of poetry and spoken word. Featured: Jerry Martien, Katy Gurin, Larry Crist, Anne Fricke, David Holper and Vincent Peloso.

Host: Jeff DeMark.

Pianist: Lettie Love

Date: Oct. 15

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Synapsis, 1675 Union St., Eureka.

Features performances by the top three winners of the festival’s Songwriter Contest. Also includes performances by a variety of local musicians and special guests Jeff Pevar and Inger Nova Jorgensen.

To enter the Songwriter Contest - click here:

• Juried Art Contest - click here to enter

• Exhibition at Synapsis: Oct. 7-15

• Exhibition at Redwood Art Association: Nov. 15-Dec. 12