Saturday, March 8
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Bowl for Kids’ Sake
Harbor Lanes
/ noon
Every dollar raised helps to provide professionally supported volunteer mentors for children in our community. Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North coast and form your fundraising team.
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McKinleyville Land Trust Annual Dinner
Azaela Hall
/ 5-8:30 p.m.
/ $25
/ $15 Seniors & Students
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Ocean Night
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 6:30 p.m.
/ $3
Join Humboldt Surfrider, Humboldt Baykeeper and the Northcoast Environmental Center for Ocean Night featuring the work of local filmmaker Ace Aseltine and Jack McCoy’s A Deeper Shade of Blue
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Becoming California
Van Duzer Theater
/ 7 p.m.
/ Free
The California Environmental Legacy Project has produced a set of films that explore our past, present and future relationship with California’s natural environment.
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Fourth Annual Animal Carnival
Portuguese Hall
/ 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ $20
/ $30 Door
/ 18+
Calling all furries. Two Wandering Bears and Venatore Media presenta night of jungle love featuring sets by Psy Fi, Wu Wei, Pressure Anya, Treemeista Onheil, G.I.R, Rhizae and The Carnival Room. Proceeds will support the Open Door Clinic’s Literacy Program and Humboldt County’s Godwit Days.
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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.
House of Floyd
Eureka Theater
/ 8 p.m.
/ $25
Do you like Pink Floyd? These folks play their music. Also, lasers.
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All Events!
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Restoration
Friends of the Dunes
/ 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Volunteers help remove non-native invasive plants in order to promote native plant and animal life in the dunes.
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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Social Justice Summit
Kate Buchanan Room
/ 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
/ $25
/ $20 non-profits
/ Free students
Two-day conference will focus on the different ideas and tactics that can be used in the struggle for social justice, equity and inclusion.
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Eureka Street Tree Planting Volunteer Work Day
Redwood Community Action Agency
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ Free
Volunteers are invited to help plant trees in celebration of Arbor Week!
Environmental Cannabis Forum
Mateel Community Center
/ 11 a.m.
/ Free
Panel includes Scott Greacen, Kym Kemp, Tony Silvaggio, Ph.D., Gary Graham Hughes, Tim Blake, Scott Bauer and Paul Hagen.
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Music 4 Healing
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ noon-2 a.m.
Music by Ayla dnd the Mountian, JUCE, Into the Current, Gunsafe, Kindred Spirits, Liquid Kactus, Speakeasy Saints and more.
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Free Speaker Series
Clarke Historical Museum
/ 1-3 p.m.
/ Free
Speaker series in conjunction with our “Floating Sculptures” exhibit.
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International Women’s Day Celebration
Arcata Playhouse
/ 1:30-5:30 p.m.
/ Free
Performances by Hoopdance of Humboldt, Ya Habibi and Raging Grannies.
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Raising Grain
Scotia Lodge
/ 5-8 p.m.
/ Free
Arcata bluegrass band tantalizes with stringy goodness!
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McKinleyville Land Trust Annual Dinner
Azaela Hall
/ 5-8:30 p.m.
/ $25
/ $15 students & seniors
Local historian Jerry Rohde will present “South of School Road”, stories of McKinleyville and the Arcata Bottom.
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Pat Holland
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
Acoustic music.
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The Love List Gala Dinner Show
Kimtu Cookhouse
/ 6-10 p.m.
/ $35
/ 21+
Leon and Bill concoct a list of attributes of the ideal woman - the top ten best qualities in a mate. When this allegedly “Ideal Woman” actually arrives on the scene the men quickly learn that their list could use a few revisions.
Humboldt State Centennial Beer Showcase
Humboldt Brews
/ 7 p.m.
/ 21+
Beers on tap will include Lost Coast Big Ax Ale, Mad River Hisbiscus Centennial Ale, Six Rivers Tin Pants Ale, and Redwood Curtain Centennial Jack Ale.
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Spinning Into Butter
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 7:30-9:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 seniors, students
/ Free limited free seating for HSU students
/ 18+
“It’s an ordinary autumn day at Belmont College. But when a black student reports a racial hate note pinned to his dormitory room door, everything starts to spin out of control.”
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The Babes
Fortuna Monday Club
/ 7:30 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 Students and seniors
Choral group started 20 years ago as an outgrowth of the Humboldt Light Opera Co. that is directed by Carol Ryder. Eclectic mix of songs from folk to jazz, serious to seriously funny.
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Little Shop of Horrors
Eureka High School Auditorium
/ 7:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 students
EHS Players present a story about a man who improves his situation with the help of a plant from outer space.
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Orchestra Slam
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $8 general
/ $5 seniors and children
/ Free HSU students with i.d.
Humboldt Symphony plays jazz, the HSU Jazz Orchestra plays classical, and together they play an orchestral work by Duke Ellington.
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The Trouble, The Desert Line
Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Good bands to help you mourn the end of yet another Arts Alive.
Band Behind Your Hedge
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.-midnight
/ Free
Rocking out classic and contemporary rock alike.
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Wurleybird
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
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Movie Showtimes
Mill Creek Cinema
- 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 2D: 12:45, 3:20, 6:05, 8:45
- 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D: 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15
- LEGO MOVIE 2D: 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50
- MONUMENTS MEN: 12:25, 5:50
- MR PEABODY AND SHERMAN 2D: 12:35, 2:25, 3:10, 5:40, 8:05
- MR PEABODY AND SHERMAN 3D: 12:00, 4:55, 7:25
- NON-STOP: 12:55, 3:35, 6:15, 8:55
- POMPEII 2D: 8:40
- POMPEII 3D: 3:15
- SON OF GOD: 11:50, 2:55, 6:00, 9:05
Minor Theatre
- 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 2D: 1:15, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
- AMERICAN HUSTLE: 2:00, 5:10, 8:20
- HER: 3:25, 8:50
- PHILOMENA: 1:00, 6:20