Saturday, July 12

Your Weeklong Humboldt Folklife Festival Guide

Humboldt life seems to slow down a bit during the summer months. The students are away allowing you to move that much more freely about the county. Once seemingly important projects suddenly take a back seat to a day (or ten) at the river. And, each July, the fine folks of the Humboldt Folklife Society decide for you that you can fit an entire week of music into your schedule. Hopefully they are not wrong.

Yes, it’s once again time for the annual week-long Humboldt Folklife Festival, which will again propel the sounds of strummed strings and vocal harmonies into ears gathered in (mostly) Blue Lake this year from July 12 through 19:

… and that’s how you live the Folklife. For more info, check out humboldtfolklife.org.

—Andrew Goff

Top Events!
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Humboldt County Company Towns
Headwaters Forest Reserve / 10 a.m.-noon / Free
Local historian Ray Hillman speaks about 19th century Humboldt County company towns in the Headwaters Education Center. The Headwaters Education Center is a restored train barn that was used in the former company town of Falk, which was once located nearby.
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Trash Mash-up
Dell’Arte / 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Free workshops in the Big Hammer Tent culminating in a visual and musical spectacle, “Mash-Up Bash Pageant” on Sunday. Using disposable materials, participants construct “Maskostumes” which are original pageant masks and costumes inspired by traditions from around the world.
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Relay For Life
College of the Redwoods / 11 a.m.
From 11am Saturday till 11am Sunday hundreds of community members will walk the track of CR to raise Funds for the American Cancer Society. Everyone is invited to see the live bands for free. KHUM will broadcast the entire 24 Hours Live.
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The Glories of Gloria Revue
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte) / 2 p.m. / $12 / $10 Student/Senior / $8 Child
Gloria Rivard, alleged denizen of prestigious artistic lineage, fashions a spectacular extravaganza in which her talents take center-stage in a multifaceted solo performance. 
See puppetry, magic, dancing, dramatic theatre and slapstick. Featuring Mooky Cornish.
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2014 Humboldt Folklife Festival Kick-Off
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room / 6 p.m.
Launching a week of music with performances by Clean Livin’ and The Pilot Rock Ramblers. And beer.
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Luke Sikora Farewell Concert
Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship / 7 p.m.
Luke Sikora Farewell Concert of opera and show tunes with 9 of Humboldt’s best vocalists. Silent aution to support Luke’s studies at Manhattan School of Music.
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Humboldt Crabs vs. Menlo Park Legends
Arcata Ball Park / 7 p.m. / $8
Root on your hometown baseball team as they whoop up on some hapless bums.
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The Glories of Gloria Revue
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte) / 8 p.m. / $12 / $10 Student/Senior / $8 Child
Gloria Rivard, alleged denizen of prestigious artistic lineage, fashions a spectacular extravaganza in which her talents take center-stage in a multifaceted solo performance. 
See puppetry, magic, dancing, dramatic theatre and slapstick. Featuring Mooky Cornish.
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Diego’s Umbrella
Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m. / $15 / 21+
San Francisco’s Ambassadors of Gypsy rock.
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Street Urchinz
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+
Reggae/rock.
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All Events!

Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Restoration
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. / Free
Help restore the Friends of the Dunes property by removing invasive plants.
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Craft Fair/Plant Sale
Maplewood Farm / 10-5 a.m. / Free
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Babies at the Library
Trinidad Library / 11 a.m.-noon / Free
Bring your baby, aged 3 months to 2 years, to the library for songs, rhymes and playtime. It’s a baby and parent meet-up in a book-filled environment.
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June Cotner Book Signing
Holly Yashi Store / noon-2 p.m. / Free
Best-selling author introduces her new book Garden Blessings, a collection of prose, poems and prayers celebrating the love of gardening.
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Summer Art Projects
Morris Graves Museum of Art / 2-3:30 p.m. / $5 / $2 Seniors/Students / Free MGMA members/ Children 17 and Under
“Create sailboats and catamarans that really float your boat!”
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Cleon Cadogan
Campbell Creek Connexion / 6 p.m. / $5 / $10 Large Plate for dinner / $5 Small Plate for Dinner
Guyanese singer Cleon Cadogan. While the concert is free there will be authentic international food from Guyana, Haiti, Sweden, Ghana, Korea and more.
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Indigo Hillbillies
Scotia Lodge / 7-10 p.m. / Free
Homespun folk from the hills of Humboldt.
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Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Full Moon Walk
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 7:30-9 p.m. / $3 / Free Friends of the Dunes Members
Enjoy an evening at the beach and stories of the moon around the campfire with Friends of the Dunes.
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m.
Christopher Durang takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up.
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Rocksteady Night
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works / 9 p.m.
Selector Rotten spins ska, rocksteady and early reggae.
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Pattern is Movement
The Jam / 9 p.m. / $8 / 21+
“Philadelphia-bred duo melds traces of glitchy chamber pop, replete with warm keyboards and billowing walls of well-orchestrated sound.”
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Savage Henry Comedy
Six Rivers Brewery / 9 p.m. / $5 / 21+
Los Angeles comedian Caitlin Gill headlines. Opening are Nando Molina, Kim Hodges, Ray McMillin and James Schaeffer.
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Selector Rotten’s Rocksteady Night
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works / 9 p.m.-midnight / Free
Vinyl ska, rocksteady and early reggae.
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Street Urchinz
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+
Reggae/rock.
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Movie Showtimes

Broadway Cinema
  • 22 JUMP STREET: 1:05, 3:45, 6:30, 9:20
  • DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 11:45, 2:10, 5:15, 5:55, 8:20
  • DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D: 2:50, 9:00
  • DELIVER US FROM EVIL: 1:00, 3:50, 6:40, 9:30
  • EARTH TO ECHO: 12:55, 3:20, 5:45, 8:10
  • EDGE OF TOMORROW 2D: 12:05, 2:55, 5:40, 8:30
  • FAULT IN OUR STARS: 3:05, 9:10
  • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 2D: 12:15, 1:10, 2:45, 3:40, 5:20, 7:55
  • JERSEY BOYS: 12:00, 6:00
  • MALEFICENT 2D: 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30
  • TAMMY: 12:10, 3:35, 6:15, 6:20, 8:45, 9:45
  • TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 2D: 11:55, 2:40, 6:05
  • TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 3D: 8:50
Mill Creek Cinema
  • 22 JUMP STREET: 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:30
  • DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
  • DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D: 5:20, 8:20
  • DELIVER US FROM EVIL: 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10
  • EARTH TO ECHO: 12:50, 3:10, 5:35, 8:00
  • HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 2D: 11:55, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40
  • MALEFICENT 2D: 12:20, 2:50
  • TAMMY: 12:10, 3:20, 6:10, 9:20
  • TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 2D: 11:45, 5:45, 8:35
  • TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 3D: 2:35
Minor Theatre
  • CHEF: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
  • DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
  • OBVIOUS CHILD: 3:40, 9:20
  • TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 2D: 12:10, 5:50

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