Thursday, June 20
Lowdown: Your Complete List of Mad River Festival Events
(Above: the cast and set of Dell’Arte’s The Comedy of Errors.)
Pack up some folding chairs, roll up a blanket and head for 299. ‘Tis outdoor theatre season, Humboldt.
Thursday marks the beginning of Dell’Arte International’s Mad River Festival. The month long celebration of the arts — featuring plays, music, comedy and more — has been adding actual color to Blue Lake since 1991. (The “lake” on the other hand, has really phoned it in.) Let your Lost Coast Outpost provide you the complete rundown of performances:
- The Comedy of Errors, June 20-July 7: The Bard gets Humboldtized! Set in a place much like the Arcata Plaza, at an event much like the Farmers Market, Dell’Arte puts an original twist on Shakespeare’s outrageous farce.
- Between the Lines, June 21 and 22: Get tumboldt! An international cast of Dell’Arte graduates come together to weave classic circus skills such as hand-balancing, tumbling, and equilibrium into dramatic and comic stories of human interaction.
- IN’Tents, June 29 and 30: This one’s for the kids. Pitch a tent with Park Ranger Patricia Pinky and her bumbling assistant Frumpsie, as they learn the ways of nature through soaring misadventures.
- Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner, June 29: This year’s honoree is Jane Hill who, with her late husband Carlo Mazzone-Clementi, founded Dell’Arte in Berkeley in 1971.
- Red Light in Blue Lake, July 5 and 6: Blue Lake gets red hot. A saucy, late-night cabaret for adults featuring wild acts, burlesque, music and more. Mature audiences and stuff.
- The Submarine Show, July 11-14: Two men crash their submarine on bottom of the sea. Hilarity ensues.
- Annie and Mary Day, July 14: The city of Blue Lake’s annual town festival features tons of music, a parade, fiddle contest, bocce ball tournament and much more.
- Humboldt Folklife Festival, July 15-20: A week’s worth of musical events culminates with the ginormous free all-day festival on July 20. Not to be missed.
More info and tickets can be acquired on Dell’Arte’s website. More Thursday events in your Lowdown below.
-Andrew Goff
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Redwood Acres ‘Best of Humboldt’ Fair
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
/ 9 a.m.-10 p.m.
/ $11
/ $5 kids 6-12
Four days good ol’ carnival fun, plus the best products Humboldt has to offer.
/ Web site
The Comedy of Errors
Dell’Arte
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
Set in a place much like the Arcata Plaza, at an event much like the Farmers Market, Dell’Arte puts an original twist on Shakespeare’s outrageous farce.
David Jacobs Strain
Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ 21+
“His outrageous guitar work jumps from wild fingerstyle to slide and percussive drive produce enough tone to rival an electric jam band.”
/ Web site
All Events!
Henderson Center Farmers’ Market
Henderson Center
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Locally grown food. Live music. Runs from June to October.
People’s Produce Market
Food for People
/ noon-2 p.m.
/ Free
Sponsored by Food for People.
/ Web site
McKinleyville Farmers’ Market
McKinleyville Shopping Center
/ 3:30-6:30 p.m.
Locally grown food. Runs from June to October.
/ Web site
NBA Finals
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 5:45 p.m.
Game 7, fools.
/ Web site
Compost Mountain Boys
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 6 p.m.
Local bluegrass veterans encourage toe movement.
/ Web site
Blue Lotus Jazz
Angelina Inn
/ 6-9 p.m.
Romantic jazz with your dinner?
/ Web site
The Hip Replacements
C Street Market Square
/ 6 p.m.
Blues band plays as part of the Eureka Summer Concert Series.
Bluegrass Jam
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 6:30 p.m.
Every third Thursday.
/ Web site
HSU Guitar Group
Libation
/ 7 p.m.
/ Web site
Joani Rose
Persimmons Garden Gallery
/ 7 p.m.
Local jazz vocalist.
/ Web site
Falling Rocks
Shamus T Bones
/ 7:30 p.m.
Local country/swing music. And meat. Lots of meat.
/ Web site
Karaoke w/ Chris Clay
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 8 p.m.
Please don’t do “Bohemian Rhapsody.” That never works.
/ Web site
Jeff Landen
Logger Bar
/ 8 p.m.
/ 21+
Singer/songwriter.
/ Web site
Karaoke w/ KJ Leonard
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 8 p.m.
When selecting your song, please keep in mind your audience would like to dance.
/ Web site
Next to Normal
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
Musical about a family trying to take care of themselves and each other.
/ Web site
Kindred Spirits
Clam Beach Inn
/ 8:30 p.m.
Accurate Productions
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
S.I.N. and Service Night DJ night.
/ Web site
Pressure/Anya DJs
Nocturnum
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Dirty Thursdays bump ‘n’ grind boogie down.
Jive Coulis and Buckle Rash
The Jam
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
/ Web site
Rude Lion Sound
Sidelines
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
Datablend
#MongolianNightz
/ 10 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ 21+
Weekly exposition of local innovators in EDM hip hop, and bass music.
/ Web site
Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- AFTER EARTH: 1:15, 3:50, 6:25, 9:00
- EPIC 2D: 12:25, 5:35
- EPIC 3D: 3:00
- FAST AND FURIOUS 6: 12:30, 3:25, 6:20, 9:15
- HANGOVER PART III: 1:50, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
- INTERNSHIP: 12:15, 2:00, 3:15, 4:55, 6:10, 7:40, 9:10
- MAN OF STEEL 2D: 1:00, 4:25, 7:50
- MAN OF STEEL 3D: 2:10, 5:30, 8:50
- MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 3D: 8:00
- NOW YOU SEE ME: 11:50, 2:35, 5:20, 8:10
- PURGE: 12:10, 2:30, 5:05, 7:25, 9:40
- STAR TREK INTO THE DARKNESS 2D: 11:50, 2:40
- THIS IS THE END: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20
- WORLD WAR Z 3D: 8:00
Garberville Theater
- AFTER EARTH: 7:30
Mill Creek Cinema
- AFTER EARTH: 2:00, 4:30
- EPIC 2D: 12:15, 2:45, 5:15
- INTERNSHIP: 12:25, 3:15, 6:05, 9:00
- MAN OF STEEL 2D: 2:10, 5:30, 8:50
- MAN OF STEEL 3D: 12:01, 1:00, 4:25, 7:50
- MONSTERS UNIVERSITY 3D: 8:00
- NOW YOU SEE ME: 12:40, 3:30, 6:20, 9:10
- PURGE: 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40
- THIS IS THE END: 1:20, 4:00, 6:40, 9:20
- WORLD WAR Z 3D: 8:00
Minor Theatre
- FRANCES HA: 4:55, 7:05
- INTERNSHIP: 3:35, 9:05
- MAN OF STEEL 2D: 5:25, 8:40
- WORLD WAR Z 2D: 8:00
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