Saturday, April 26
Top Events!
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Eureka’s Rhododendron Parade
Eureka
/ 10 a.m.
Watch a festival of floats and marching bands parade by as they pay homage to the rhododendron. Travels east on Seventh Street, south on H Street, west on Henderson and concludes near the rear of the Eureka Mall.
Dolbeer Steam Donkey Days
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
/ 10-4:30 a.m.
/ Free
Steam train rides, lumberjack contests, an 1850s/60s tent encampment, black powder demonstrations, 19th century games, food, music and more.
/ Web site
Humboldt Homebrew Festival
Arcata Community Center
/ 2 p.m.
/ $35
/ $30 adv.
Taste over 50 different high-quality homebrewed beers, freshly prepared snacks, dips, hors d’oeuvres, AND a chef prepared entrée, all while enjoying live, local music. All proceeds go to support the North Coast Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders projects.
Annual Artists of the Emerald Coast
Mateel Community Center
/ 3-8 p.m.
/ $10
/ $20 sliding scale
Transforms the spacious Mateel hall into a high-end art gallery. Offers local fine artists a chance to show, sell, and converse about their art in a lively atmosphere complete with local and regional wine tasting, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, and live acoustic music.
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So You Wanna Fight
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 7 p.m.
/ $39
Mixed martial arts and tuff man/woman boxing.
/ Web site
Humboldt Green Week Finale Show
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ $20
“This show will feature the talented creations of Naive Melodies, Wu Wei and Robot Koch. Oh and did we mention that Ed Rosenthal, the legend himself, will be mic’d and delivering the comedy performance?”
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Full Moon Fever
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Tom Petty covers. ATTN: KWPT The Point DJs. Your people will enjoy this.
/ Web site
All Events!
Humboldt Sea Kayaking Social
See Event Description
/ 9 a.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
/ Web site
NCRT Biggest Ever Rummage Sale
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 9-4 a.m.
/ Free
Antiques, books, tools, furniture, clothing, toys, household items, etc.
/ Web site
Ferns of the Dunes
Lanphere Dunes
/ 10 a.m.-noon
/ Free
Ferns are distinctive and popular for the exotic texture they add to vegetation. Carol Ralph will introduce eight species of our common ferns in the easy setting at the riparian edge of the dunes and talk about some of the amazing aspects of fern life. Bring a hand lens.
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Growing Green in 2014
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 11 a.m.
Practical garden/farming workshop to help agriculturalists living and farming in our sensitive watersheds.
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Lemonade at the Library
Humboldt County Library
/ 1-3 p.m.
Part of Lemonade Day.
/ Web site
Compost Mountain Boys
Campus Center for Appropriate Technology
/ 2-6 p.m.
May Day celebration including an amazing May pole dance.
Nature Story Time
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
/ 2-3 p.m.
/ Free
/ Web site
Redwood Comedy Fest
Fortuna River Lodge
/ 4 p.m.
Eight hours of comedy. Features two stages of local and out of the area comedians.
The Attics
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 6-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ Web site
Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
/ Web site
Roller Skating
Eureka Municipal Auditorium
/ 6-8:30 p.m.
/ $4.75 Adults
/ $4 Youth
/ Web site
Public Skate
Blue Lake Roller Rink
/ 6:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $5 Adults
/ $4 Ages 9-17
/ $3 Ages 8 and under
Patrons are welcome to bring their own skates or rollerblades if they are clean, have no exposed bolts, and have at least one brake.
/ Web site
Cirque du Shwazee
Arcata Playhouse
/ 6:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 kids 12 and under
/ Web site
Punx Strike Back
The Ink Annex
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ $8
With ZyanosE, Frenzy and Ssyndrom.
Music from the Heart
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ Free kids under 10
FRT concert series.
/ Web site
Playhouse Creatures
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 students & seniors
/ Free HSU students (limited seating)
/ 18+
The first women actors on the English stage pioneer a profession. Directed by Mark Swetz.
/ Web site
Zoe Muth and the High Rollers
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ Web site
I Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte)
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
One-weekend performance run is the culmination of a nine-week study exploring the theatrical realm of Tragedy.
/ Web site
Eureka Symphony Spring Concert
Van Duzer Theater
/ 8-10 p.m.
/ $20
/ $5 students
/ Free children 12 and under
Featuring 2014 Youth Competition winner Gad “Zar” Raganas playing Haydn’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major. Additional works include Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Ralph Ford’s Video Games Live.
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DJs Pressure/Anya
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Twerking allowed.
/ Web site
Rooster McClintock
Central Station
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Legit local honky tonk.
Silver Hammer
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Beatles cover band. ATTN: KWPT The Point.
/ Web site
The HiLL
The Yellow Rose
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Get honked and tonked in Petrolia.
Jenni and David and the Sweet Soul Band
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
High-energy funky blues
/ Web site
Salsa! w/ Ramon
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works
/ 10 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ 21+
Show off your everything you’ve learned on Salsa! Wednesdays.
/ Web site
“Biscuits and Gravy”
The Jam
/ 10 p.m.
Dark new wave with Space Biscuit. Analogue electronica hip hop with Electric Gravy.
/ Web site
Buddy Reed & th’ Rip it Ups
SpeakEasy
/ 10 p.m.
/ Free
/ Web site
The Smashed Glass, Ghostwriter
Alibi
/ 11 p.m.
/ 21+
A night of loud folk/punk on The Plaza.
/ Web site
Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- BEARS: 12:00, 2:15, 4:25, 6:35, 8:45
- BRICK MANSIONS: 1:55, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 2D: 11:50, 2:50, 5:55, 9:00
- DIVERGENT: 2:35, 8:25
- DRAFT DAY: 12:05, 5:45
- GOD S NOT DEAD: 12:35, 6:05
- GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL: 1:45, 4:20, 6:50, 9:25
- HAUNTED HOUSE 2: 12:30, 2:45, 5:10, 7:25, 9:40
- HEAVEN IS FOR REAL: 12:40, 3:20, 6:00, 8:35
- OCULUS: 3:25, 8:50
- OTHER WOMAN: 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:05
- QUIET ONES: 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35
- RIO 2 2D: 12:15, 2:55, 5:35, 8:10
- TRANSCENDENCE: 12:25, 3:15, 6:15, 9:10
Mill Creek Cinema
- BEARS: 12:05, 2:15, 4:25, 6:35, 8:40
- BRICK MANSIONS: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 2D: 12:00, 6:00, 9:00
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 3D: 3:00
- HAUNTED HOUSE 2: 12:25, 2:40, 4:55, 7:15, 9:35
- HEAVEN IS FOR REAL: 12:40, 3:20, 5:55, 8:30
- OTHER WOMAN: 12:55, 3:35, 6:20, 9:05
- RIO 2 2D: 12:35, 3:10, 5:45, 8:20
- TRANSCENDENCE: 12:50, 3:40, 6:30, 9:20
Minor Theatre
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 2D: 2:40, 5:45, 8:50
- GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10
- TRANSCENDENCE: 12:40, 3:25, 6:10, 9:00