Friday, Aug. 8
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Top Events!
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Arts!Arcata
Arcata / 6-9 p.m.
Monthly arts walk. Businesses on and around the Plaza stay open late featuring local art and music.
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The Mother Vines, Dead Drift, The Fairy Rings
Humboldt Brews / 9 p.m. / $5 / 21+
Local bands sound even better with beer!
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Eyes Anonymous
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+
Pop, new wave, and R&B hits from the 1980s.
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Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe / 5:30-9 p.m. / Free
Jazz on the patio.
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CASA Kid Walk Kick Off
Arcata Plaza / 6-9 p.m. / Free
Local samba troupe, Samba na Chuva will play music outside Arcata Exchange at 6:30 pm and then invite you to join them in a parade from Arcata Exchange to Robert Goodman Winery, where there will be live music by Jamie Carroll and Nur Pratama.
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Lyndsey Battle
The Garden Gate / 6-9 p.m. / Free / 21+
Friends of the Dunes will be pouring wine as a fundraiser during Arts Arcata at the Garden Gate.
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Public Skate
Blue Lake Roller Rink / 6:30-9:30 p.m. / $5
New summer hours.
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Duncan Burgess
Libation / 7 p.m.
Local guitar virtuoso works out while you sip.
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Plays In The Park: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Redwood Park / 7 p.m. / $12 / $10 Pre-sale
Shakespeare’s classic comedy about love, mischief and magic at the old forest stage among the beautiful Redwoods of the Arcata Community Forest.
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Van Duzer Theater / 7:30 p.m.
Flash back to the Roaring ‘20s with Humboldt Light Opera Company. When a Kansas girl comes to the Big Apple, she encounters flappers, working girls and millionaires in disguise as she ventures from high rises to the New York speakeasy scene.
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Monthly Program
Redwood Region Audubon Society / 7:30 p.m.
Pablo Elizondo will speak on “Conservation & Science of Costa Rican Birds.” Elizondo is an accomplished photographer and executive director of the Costa Rica Bird Observatories.
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Ngaio Bealum and Caitlin Gill
Cecils New Orleans Bistro / 8 p.m.-midnight / Free / 21+
Two non-Humboldt standup comedians. They’re coming back.
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The Wedding Singer
Ferndale Repertory Theatre / 8 p.m. / $16 students/seniors
You’ve seen that Adam Sandler movie, yeah? Directed by Brandi Lacy, Music Direction by Molly Severdia and featuring Erik Standifird as Robbie, Sasha Shay as Julia, and a large, talented cast from all over the county!
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The Poor of New York
North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8 p.m. / $15
Written and premiering in 1857, this play is a melodrama revolving around the efforts of a middle class family, newly impoverished by the financial panic of 1857, to survive against a villainous banker.
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Eyes Anonymous
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+
Pop, new wave, and R&B hits from the 1980s.
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The Roadmasters
Cher-Ae Heights Casino / 9 p.m.
Straight country.
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DJ
Bar Fly Pub and Grub / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+
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Abruzzi After Dark
Abruzzi / 9 p.m. / $5 / 21+
With Pressure Anya.
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USGGO
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free
Funk and jazz improv.
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