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SATURDAY LOWDOWN: Cinco de Mayo, Says the Calendar

Scroll your Lowdown below for a generous portion of Saturday events that may or may not have anything to do with Cinco de Mayo (most are filed under “not”). Highlights include the annual returns of Brew at the Zoo at the Sequoia Park Zoo and the May Day Celebration at Blue Ox Millworks.

If you need to check the day’s holiday off your list do note that we are promised a Cinco de Mayo-themed Block Party in front of the Clarke Historical Museum in Old Town during Arts Alive (details farther down). So there.

And, finally, should you possess a toe screaming to be tapped, after night falls head on over to Humboldt Brews for the return of Bay Area “high-octane hootenanny” peddlers Poor Man’s Whiskey (sample below).

Events

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Annual Coast Guard Housing Garage Sale
Coast Guard Housing / 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Many addresses off Park Street in Myrtletown, Eureka

15th Annual May Day Celebration
Blue Ox Historic Village / 10-6 a.m. / $12 / $8 Kids ages 9-17 / Free kids 8 and under
1 X St, Eureka
View traditional craft demonstrations: blacksmithing, spinning and weaving, coppersmithing, stained glass, lapidary, ceramics, glass blowing, wood turning and more! Live music featuring Doug Fir & the 2x4’s, Lone Star Junctioin, Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers and more.
444-3437 / info@blueoxmill.com / Web site

Brew at the Zoo
Sequoia Park Zoo / 5-8 p.m. / $45 / $35 adv. / 21+
3414 W St., Eureka
Drink with animals! Local and regional breweries with beer and cider, bands, pub grub, food trucks, more.
441-4263 / Web site

Oyster Festival Kick Off Party
Arcata Veterans Memorial Building / 5-10 p.m. / $25 / $20 AMS Member
1425 J St., Arcata
There you will find artisan cheeses and breads, craft mango-habanero margaritas, beers, wines, music, film not to mention hosted FRESH SHUCKED OYSTERS galore! Music by Cold Blue Water and more.
822-4500 / arcatamainstreet@gmail.com / Web site

ArMack Gala Dinner
Arcata Community Center / 5-9 p.m. / $35 / 18+
321 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway, Arcata
Tigers Inc is proud to present: “Once Upon A Time”. A Gala evening of music, live and silent auctions, and great food! Proceeds benefit the ArMack Orchestra and choral programs of Arcata and McKinleyville High Schools.
599-5414 / shampton@nohum.k12.ca.us /

Cinco de Mayo Block Party
Clarke Historical Museum / 6-9 p.m.
Third and E streets, Eureka
The Clarke Museum will be hosting a celebration of Mexican culture during May’s Arts Alive. Music by Angel Vargas and Wynsome Winds! Indian Taco stand and homemade sangria and margaritas for sale. Face-painting!
443-1947 / dana@clarkemuseum.org / Web site

D•STATE
The Black Faun Gallery / 6-9 p.m. / Free
212 G Street, Eureka
Group show of surrealist work by sculptural installation artists Nancy Tobin, Curtis Patrick Arnold, Carin Billings.
798-6207 / Web site

Author Obi Kaufmann
Eureka Books / 6-9 p.m. / Free
426 Second St., Eureka
“A love letter to the natural world of California — the flora, the fauna, the mountains, and the rivers — the California Field Atlas will change the way you look at the state we live in.”
444-9593 / info@eurekabooksellers.com / Web site

Arts Alive
Eureka / 6 p.m. / Free
None, None
Eureka’s monthly stab at getting everyone together! Opening receptions for artists, exhibits, and/or performances.

Meredith Axelrod
The Sanctuary / 7-10 p.m. / $10
1301 J Street, Arcata
“Axelrod, who first visited three years ago with Frank Fairfield, is a delightfully unique interpreter of early jazz and blues music from the start of the 20th century.”
822-0898 / music@sanctuaryarcata.org / Web site

Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir Spring Concert
Arkley Center For The Performing Arts / 7-9:30 p.m. / $18 / $20 At the door
412 G St., Eureka
The Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir (AIGC) presents its uplifting Spring Concert. Terrance Kelly, Grammy Award-winning director of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, will be a guest soloist.
633-8187 / aigchoir@gmail.com / Web site

Hay Fever
Gist Theater at HSU / 7:30 p.m. / $10 / $8 Students/Seniors
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Humboldt State University presents “Hay Fever” by Noel Coward. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in the 1920s and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behavior with their invited guests.
Web site

The House that Will Not Stand
Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $17 / $22 5/5 Gala Opening / $10 Thursdays
220 First St., Eureka
New Orleans, 1836. Following an era of French colonial rule and relative racial acceptance, Louisiana’s “free people of color” are prospering. Beatrice, a free woman of color, has become one of the city’s wealthiest women through her relationship with a rich white man.
Web site

HSU Jazz Orchestra
Fulkerson Recital Hall / 8-10 p.m. / $10 / $5 Senior/Child / Free HSU Students with ID
, Humboldt State University
On the program is “Brillo del Sol,” composed by HSU student Loren Acosta, as well as “Gunslinging Bird,” a Charles Mingus composition, sub-titled “If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger, There’d Be A Lot Of Dead Copycats.”
826-3531 / patrick@humboldt.edu / Web site

Chicago
Ferndale Repertory Theatre / 8 p.m. / $18 / $16 students/seniors / $10 5/3 preview
447 Main Street, Ferndale
“Winner of both the Tony Award for Best Revival and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Chicago is the bold, sexy musical about notoriety, celebrity, and human passion.”
786-5483 / info@ferndalerep.org / Web site

Poor Man’s Whiskey
Humboldt Brews / 9 p.m. / 21+
856 10th Street, Arcata
“‘High Octane Hootenanny’ music. While seamlessly integrating acoustic and electric instruments the band weaves tales of everyday life, inviting the audience to become a part of each show.”
826-2739 / Web site

Restaurants

Eureka

Arcata

Eel River Valley

McKinleyville

Trinidad

Blue Lake

Movie Showtimes

Broadway Cinema
  • A QUIET PLACE: 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40
  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR 2D: 11:50, 1:30, 2:20, 3:15, 4:55, 5:45, 6:40, 8:20, 9:10
  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR 3D: 12:40, 4:05, 7:30
  • A WRINKLE IN TIME 2D: 12:00, 2:40
  • BAD SAMARITAN: 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20
  • BLACK PANTHER 2D: 2:45, 8:25
  • BLOCKERS: 7:00, 9:30
  • I FEEL PRETTY: 12:30, 3:20, 6:05, 8:50
  • ISLE OF DOGS: 1:55, 4:30
  • RAMPAGE 2D: 12:10, 5:50
  • READY PLAYER ONE 2D: 5:20, 8:30
  • SUPER TROOPERS 2: 11:55, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:45
  • TULLY: 1:20, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00
Mill Creek Cinema
  • A QUIET PLACE: 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30
  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR 2D: 12:00, 2:20, 3:25, 4:35, 5:45, 6:50, 9:10
  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR 3D: 1:10, 8:00
  • BAD SAMARITAN: 1:30, 4:05, 6:40, 9:20
  • BLACK PANTHER 2D: 11:50, 2:50, 5:50, 8:45
  • I FEEL PRETTY: 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00
  • TULLY: 12:55, 3:35, 6:05, 8:30
Minor Theatre
  • AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR: 11:30, 2:30, 6:00, 9:30
  • ISLE OF DOGS: 3:00, 8:00
  • SUPER TROOPERS 2: 5:30, 10:30
  • TULLY: 1:00, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00