Saturday, Jan. 25
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
49th Annual Trinidad to Clam Beach Run
Trinidad
/ 10 a.m.
Annual run/walk honoring Ford Hess. Choose from a 3 mile, 5 3/4 mile or 8 3/4 mile run through the beautiful and scenic Northern California coast of Trinidad.
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Mad River Steelhead Days
Blue Lake
/ 1-7 p.m.
Workshops for families who want to learn how to fish, led by local experts helping you rig your line like a pro. Arts and crafts throughout the day for the kids, and a family friendly variety show in the evening featuring all things fishy hosted by Dell’Arte. Benefits Mad River Alliance.
Big Chili Cook Off
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 2-5 p.m.
Live music, silent auction and, of course, CHILI. Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Coast.
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Humboldt Roller Derby vs. Tsunami Sirens
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ $12
HRD’s first home bout of the season. Wear your ugliest sweater. Entertainment by HRD’s very own dance crew the Derby Darlings.
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The Seven Deadly Zounds
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 6:30 p.m.
/ $55
Redwood Curtain Theatre’s seventh annual live comedic radio fundraiser broadcast from the Sapphire Palace live on KHUM.
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Oedipus The King and Women in Congress
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $20
NCRT continues its 30th Season with a special evening of two one-act plays originally performed in ancient Greece. Benefit for Temple Beth El.
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Julian Temple
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
Alternative rock band all the way from New Zealand on tour to promote their fourth independently recorded and released album <em>Upsidedownbackwards</em>.
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Hot Buttered Rum, Absynth Quintet
Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $15
/ 21+
Bluegrass band spinning tales about the good times, the bad times, and the roads in between, and belting them from the heart in three-part harmony.
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All Events!
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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Spring’s Awakening
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 1-3 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Students, Children & Seniors
Introspective ensemble production about identity, education, trust, and communication between adults and children.
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Navajo Music and Story Telling
Friends of the Dunes
/ 4-5 p.m.
/ $4
/ $2 kids
Kel Mockingbird is an accomplished Native American flute player and has been telling Medicine Stories of the Navajo for the past 22 years.
Pygmalion
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 5:30-7:30 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Students, Children & Seniors
Incorporates jazz hits by George Gershwin, with choreography inspired by film genius Busby Berkeley.
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The M Notes
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
/ 7 p.m.
Americana.
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Son of Myths of the Plastic Age II
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $7 Students and seniors
Comic duo Third Base! returns with a new edition of their 2010 show featuring shadow puppets, masks and unforgettable characters including bizarre mystics, embarrassed Baghead puppets, and Laughing Heads.
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Wild Otis
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ Free
Special acoustic/electric show.
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Spring’s Awakening
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 8-10 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Students, Children & Seniors
Introspective ensemble production about identity, education, trust, and communication between adults and children.
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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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NightHawk
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Local classic rock.
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Ska Night
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.
Night of Jamaican oldies.
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Pressure/Anya DJs
The Ritz
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Dance … dance … get on down in ya undapants …
Space Biscuit, Electric Gravy, The Institution, Knot They’re
The Jam
/ 10 p.m.
/ $5
“Bootie shaking analogue electronica hip hop.”
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Blackwitch Pudding, Cold Blue Mountain
Alibi
/ 11 p.m.
/ 21+
Doom and metal.
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