Saturday, Feb. 22

The Wiyot Tribe’s Special Saturday Night

After spending a day out in the beautiful Humboldt Saturday sun (you did that, right?) there’s no shortage of fun to be had once darkness falls. Scroll your Lowdown below for more on the high profile shows — to name the few visually referenced above, hemp-hoppers Los Marijuanos at the Mateel Community Center, Roma roots music group Fishtank Ensemble at the Arcata Playhouse and Whose Line Is It Anyway? alum Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood at the Van Duzer Theatre. Be not bored, HumCo.

Also of note, this evening the Wiyot Tribe will hold its final annual Candlelight Vigil remembering ancestors massacred on Indian Island back in 1860, an event held each February since 1992. The discontinuation of the gathering coincides with plans to resurrect the tribe’s World Renewal Ceremony this coming March. The event has not been held since the infamous slaughter occurred.

Should be a pretty special night.

-Andrew Goff

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The Last Wiyot Candlelight Vigil
Woodley Island Marina / 5 p.m. / Free
“This weekend, the Wiyot Tribe will be hosting its final Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 1860 Massacre that interrupted the World Renewal Ceremony and had a devastating impact on the culture of the tribe. This will be replaced in March with the restoration of the World Renewal Ceremony.”
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Tanzanian Dinner Benefit
Manila Community Center / 6-8:30 p.m. / $15
Traditional Tanzanian dinner with entertainment from the Arcata Interfaith Gospel Choir and Taiko Drumming. Fundraiser to provide scholarships for Redwood Coast Montessori students to attend the Montessori Model United Nations.
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Los Marijuanos and Camo Cowboys
Mateel Community Center / 7 p.m. / Free
“Did your pot kill a hawk?” Benefit to raise awareness about the use of rat poison in marijuana grows.
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Bayside Grange Benefit
Bayside Grange / 7:30-11:30 p.m. / $8 / $5 students
An evening of music with Lyndsey Battle, Kingfoot and LaPatinas.
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Fishtank Ensemble
Arcata Playhouse / 8 p.m. / $15 / $13 students
Eccentric membersvocalist Ursula Knudson, violinist Fabrice Martinez, guitarist Doug “Douje” Smolens, and bassist Djordje Stijepovic share a vibrant passion for unbridled creativity and music with Roma roots.
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The Vagina Monologues
North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8-10 p.m. / $15 general / $12 online sales at vdayhumboldt.org / $10 seniors and students
Based on V-Day Founder/ playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and lives.
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Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood
Van Duzer Theater / 8 p.m. / $55 / $15 HSU students
“Join two stars of the hit television show Whose Line is it Anyway? for a hilarious evening of improvisational comedy based entirely on audience feedback.”
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Making God Laugh
Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $15
A family comedy that takes place in four scenes, each ten years apart, set at various holidays. Starting in 1980, the kids – a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former star football player – all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives.
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Silk Road Junction 101
Fulkerson Recital Hall / 8-9:30 p.m. / $10 / $5 students & seniors
East Meets West when the Fortuna duo performs a program of Japanese, Middle Eastern and South Asian music played on eastern and western instruments.
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Fresh Like Cadaver
Arcata Theatre Lounge / 9 p.m. / $10
Monthly horror themed, live movie riffing comedy show in the spirit of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
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Hillstomp
Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m. / $12 / 21+
“BUMPITY THUMPITY WACKA-DOODLE CHANK is careening out of a boom box strapped to a shopping cart.” No Good Redwood Ramblers open.
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Eureka Tree-Planting Volunteer Work Day
Redwood Community Action Agency / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free
Plant trees to line the streets of Eureka with fellow volunteer.
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Arcata Winter Farmers’ Market
Arcata Plaza / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. / Free
North Coast Growers Association event featuring nutritious, high quality, non-GMO foods
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Nature Journal Workshop
Friends of the Dunes / 1-3 p.m.
Join naturalist and artist Julie Clark to learn some of the skills needed to make a nature journal.
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The Attics
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room / 6-9 p.m. / Free
Acoustic Americana band.
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Blue Lotus Jazz
The Wine Spot / 6-9 p.m. / Free
Jazz and wine flights.
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Public Skate
Blue Lake Roller Rink / 6:30-9:30 p.m. / $5 Adults / $4 Kids - ages 9-17 / $3 Kids - 8 & under
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The Distance of The Moon
Carlo Theatre (Dell’Arte) / 8-10 p.m. / Free
Theatrical adaptation of the short story by Italo Calvino, performed by our second-year M.F.A. class.
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Rock ‘n’ Bowl
E & O / 8 p.m.-midnight / $5
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Savage Henry Open Mic Comedy
The Siren’s Song Tavern / 9-11:59 p.m. / Free / 21+
“People from Eureka can be funny too.”
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Wild Otis
Six Rivers Brewery / 9 p.m. / 21+
“Warning: Spontaneous shaking of your booty is a potential side effect,” says this Humboldt rock band.
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Fire Pony
101 Bar and Grill / 9 p.m. / 21+
“Drinking, dancing, hooting and some hollering.”
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Tripwire
Logger Bar / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+
A little rock ‘n’ tonk for your Saturday night.
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707
Cher-Ae Heights Casino / 9 p.m. / 21+
‘70s funk to ‘80s rock. Two great decades, if I do say so.
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Pressure/Anya DJs
The Ritz / 9:30 p.m. / 21+
Dance … dance … get on down in ya undapants …
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Buddy Reed and th’ Rip It Ups
SpeakEasy / 10 p.m.-4 a.m.
“Sticky, muddy, sexy, smelly, BLW lovin’, booty shakin’ blues.”
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Gaytheist, Drunk Dad
Alibi / 11 p.m. / $5 / 21+
Loud.
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Movie Showtimes

Broadway Cinema
  • 3 DAYS TO KILL: 12:35, 3:50, 6:40, 9:10
  • ABOUT LAST NIGHT: 1:40, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20
  • ENDLESS LOVE: 12:30, 3:10, 5:45, 8:25
  • FROZEN 2D: 12:10, 5:20
  • I FRANKENSTEIN 2D: 9:25
  • LEGO MOVIE 2D: 11:55, 1:00, 2:30, 3:55, 5:05, 7:40
  • LEGO MOVIE 3D: 12:00, 6:20
  • LONE SURVIVOR: 2:25, 5:15, 8:10
  • MONUMENTS MEN: 12:05, 3:00, 5:55, 8:50
  • PHILOMENA: 2:45, 8:00
  • POMPEII 2D: 1:15, 6:30
  • POMPEII 3D: 3:40, 9:00
  • RIDE ALONG: 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35
  • ROBOCOP: 12:10, 2:55, 5:50, 8:40
  • WINTER S TALE: 12:15, 3:05, 6:05, 8:55
Mill Creek Cinema
  • 3 DAYS TO KILL: 12:20, 3:10, 6:00, 8:50
  • ENDLESS LOVE: 1:35, 4:10, 6:50, 9:25
  • FROZEN 2D: 12:15, 3:00
  • LEGO MOVIE 2D: 1:30, 4:05, 6:40
  • LONE SURVIVOR: 5:40, 8:30
  • MONUMENTS MEN: 12:30, 3:20, 6:10, 9:00
  • POMPEII 2D: 1:10, 6:30
  • POMPEII 3D: 3:50, 9:10
  • RIDE ALONG: 9:15
  • ROBOCOP: 12:10, 3:05, 5:55, 8:45
  • WINTER S TALE: 12:05, 2:55, 5:45, 8:35
Minor Theatre
  • 3 DAYS TO KILL: 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
  • HER: 12:40, 6:10
  • PHILOMENA: 1:00, 3:35, 6:00, 8:25
  • WINTER S TALE: 3:25, 9:00

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