The Placebo

Bummed out that The Placebo can’t have shows at our place anymore? Want to make sure we can have them there in the furture? Come to a meeting of The Placebo Board. Everybody is welcome; everybody gets listened to. And there’s lots of ways you can help out.

When: Sunday, January 20th at 5:30 pm
Where: The Placebo (yep, we can still have low-key stuff like meetings) 47B W 3rd St. [map]

Need I say it? It’s Your Scene, Too - Take Care of It!

Our side of the building is still open (though we aren’t holding shows at the space) so this week’s Board meeting will be held as usual. Obviously, we have a lot to talk about this time round. Everybody’s welcome; come on down and help keep the Placebo going!

When: 5:30, Sunday Jan. 7th
Where: The Placebo, 47B W 3rd St., Eureka (map)

We’re looking for spaces to hold our January shows and will let you know as soon as we find them. This week we got some support from the local press. If you’ve ever had a positive experience at The Placebo or our warehouse mates and fellow Ink People projects, Synapsis and E2, please help us stay alive. Contact the Eureka City Council and email us if you’d like to know more or help in other ways: gimme_info at theplacebo.net.

In the North Coast Journal, Bob says:

Hardworking folks like those behind E-2, the Placebo and Synapsis should receive praise for shining a light in a dark corner of the city; they should not be run out of town. Forgive me if I repeat myself, but, in the words of Pink Floyd: “Hey … Leave those kids alone!” And show them some support in the weeks to come…

The Hum, Bob Doran, NCJ, Dec 28, 2006. Read the whole article

And in the Eye, Jasmine reports:

It’s sad to think that amazing shows like [the Jason Webley perfomance] are under threat…. The Placebo has endured three periods of homelessness, each one taking a bigger toll on the group, and there’s nowhere left for the group to go. But it’s not just The Placebo that’s being threatened, it’s the entire trio down at 47 West 3rd: The Placebo, Empire-Squared, and Synapsis. All three are all-volunteer-run nonprofits, and all three need your support…. If you like that there’s a place in Humboldt County that puts on all-ages drug and alcohol free rock shows, let the city of Eureka know by writing a letter to them. Help keep the scene alive.

Station, Jasmine Loucks, Arcata Eye, Dec 26, 2006. Article not yet available but should be by next week. Read it here

Every 1st and 3rd Sunday, Placebo regulars meet to plan shows, fix problems, and discuss ideas. Board Meetings are what keep The Placebo alive. You *have* to come to one if you wanna book a show, but mostly people just show up because they give a cr4p about the scene. No one gets paid to keep The Placebo running. If you’re looking to help out, but meetings aren’t your thing, there are other ways you can volunteer.

When: Sunday, November 19th at 5:30pm
Where: The Placebo - 47B W 3rd St, Eureka (map) - use the door off the alley between 3rd and 4th

Everybody is welcome. You can show up to just one to check it out. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to, but you’ll be listened to if you do.

Every 1st and 3rd Sunday, Placebo regulars meet to plan shows, fix problems, and discuss ideas. Board Meetings are what keep The Placebo alive. You *have* to come to one if you wanna book a show, but mostly people just show up because they give a sh1t. No one gets paid to keep The Placebo running. If you’re looking to help out, but meetings aren’t your thing, look here for other ways you can volunteer.

When: Sunday, November 5th at 5:30pm
Where: The Placebo - 47B W 3rd St, Eureka (map) - use the door off the alley between 3rd and 4th

Everybody is welcome. You can show up to just one to check it out. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to, but you’ll be listened to if you do.

We’re The Placebo Board

And you could be, too! Come to this week’s meeting at The Placebo, 47B W 3rd St (1/2 a block from the new Co-op), 5:30pm Sunday October 15th. It’s right after the close of the second day of the Third Street Festival, so come early to see music and performances for free.

This a group venture made possible by our neighbors at Synapsis and Rumblepeg.

When: Saturday Oct 14 noon - 7pm and Sunday Oct 15 noon - 6pm
Where: West Third Street in Eureka (right by the new Co-op)

Here’s the detailed schedule:

Saturday October 14th:

• noon-1:30pm: The Edge of the World parade
• 1:30 pm: Loco Firmeza samba troupe
• 1:45 pm: Ya Habibi Dance Company
• 2:15 pm: GRIP- Multicultural Dance Troupe
• 2:30 pm: Deep Groove Society +open circus sessions-if you have poi, tricks, acrobatic abilities-bring your skills to share
• 4:30 pm: The Lonely Forest (Washington)
• 5:00 pm: Andrea Zvaleko
• 5:30 pm: The Taojonesers
• 6:00 pm: Zaccariah Stone and the Cadillac Men (then we go inside)
• 6:45 pm: Film Festival! -a mini festival of independent film/video shorts
• CASSIE BLUE by Cassie Flower
• Youth Life After Drugs by Ashli
• The Bullying Project by Ashli
• Why Grafitti? by Jacob Swagert and Sara Smith
• Flash Animation by Alan Norton
• Tattoos! By Desi
• The Family Room by Aubrey Ibabel
• shorts by John Bensch, Gretchen Schuster, and Isabelle Kirouac
• 8:30 pm: Valet (Portland)
• 9:00 pm: Silentist (Portland)

Sunday October 15th:

• noon: Tap Lesson w/ Tiggerbouncer
• 12:45 pm: opening greeting
• 1:30 pm: Meth Out of Humboldt Theater Troupe
• 2:00 pm: Toussaint St. Negritude
• 3:00 pm: Womama
• 4:00 pm: A Reason to Listen Therese Keslin & Vanessa Pike
• 4:15 pm: GRIP-Multicultural Dance Project
• 4:30 pm: The Pipe of the Doctor of Witchcraft
• 5:00 pm: C&K Garbage Co. (members of Eureka Garbage Co.)
• 5:30 pm: Swims (Sacramento)

Also featuring live art by Casey Cripe and Forest Stearns, tabling by Democracy Unlimited, CREG, Bar None, The Studio, Synapsis, children’s area, face painting and Wild Things from Vagabond CHildren’s Theater, and a dunking booth!

A project of Rumblepeg, a program of the Ink People Center for the Arts in collaboration with The Studio, Synpasis, The Placebo, Empire Squared, Vagabond Children’s Theater, The Marz Program, The Raven Project, St. VIncent de Paul and supported by The Northcoast Co-op, Eureka Main Street, Northcoast Horticulture, Gofish and Chips Cafe, KSlug, Nilsen Feed Co., and the local breweries.

We hope for this to be an annual event!

Get involved in your world- take it to the street! See you there!

Help make the scene happen.

When: Sunday, October 1 at 5:30pm
Where: The Placebo - 47B W 3rd St
Cost: Free and open to everybody

This Friday it’s another Art Hang!

You can always work on your own project or pastime, yeah? But here’re some support-the-scene ideas people have come up with:

• decorate The Placebo office - could use paint, or use your imagination
• make bean bag chairs - this is the only kind of furniture we have room to store. Requires canvas/vinyl, filling (like those non-biodegradable packing peanuts people use), and probably a sewing machine
• soundproof the walls - for which we need, duh, soundproofing (got any?)
• button making - for The Placebo or other bands/orgs that have paid us for materials - we have the stuff for this.
• paint Placebo signs - paint and plywood:
• general “this is the Placebo” sandwich board signs
• smoking/non-smoking area signs
• “these here are the rulez” signs

We are utterly open to other ideas. Show up and give us some!

When: Friday Sept 29, 4-8pm
Where: The Placebo / E2 - 47B W 3rd St in Eureka
Cost: FREE

Hah! I lied. September Fools! You’ll never know when the Yard Sale is from this website. Seriously folks, we’ve been looking for a site and a couple of places have fallen though. I don’t want to post any more scheduling disinformation here, though, so you and I will just have to look for the signs up around A-Town. The Placebo does still need Yard Sale donations. (They’re all tax-deductible, if you swing that way.)

Nope, we still don’t know where, but we do know when:

Saturday September 30th to Sunday October 1st, 9am to 9am.

That’s right, 24 Hours of Cheap Second-Hand Goodness brought to you in the form of a benefit for The Placebo. Poetry on demand, strange haircuts, random acoustic music and who knows what the H else. Somewhere in Arcata.

We seek donations of the non-disgusting kind; email gimme_info[at]theplacebo.net to arrange drop-off or, possibly, pick-up.