Friday, April 17
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Godwit Days 2015
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/ 6:30 a.m.
Come celebrate the Marbled Godwit and explore the lush Redwood Coast. Observe many bird species and wildlife through our selection of field trips, lectures, workshops, and boat excursions led by experienced local guides. Click for the day’s events.
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Grand Opening Party
Dead Reckoning Tavern
/ 2-11 p.m.
Join us as we shed the soft opening (best metal album title ever btw). All 36 taps will be locked & loaded with special brews hand-picked by The Kilted One, as well as our usual Root Beer & Kombucha options. Soundtrack by Missing Link Records.
California Cannabis Voice Humboldt Fundraiser
The Jam
/ 6-9 p.m.
Speaker Mark Slaugh, president of iComply and expert in addressing the challenges of regulated cannabis. Canape’s by Outlaw Kitchen. Live music and after show with Motherlode.
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Ivan Rosenberg and Chris Coole
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
/ $12
/ $10 Folklife members
“Described as “a two-man folk festival,” they have the distinction of being the only clawhammer and Dobro duo act in the known universe, and they take advantage of the musical space that affords by creating spellbinding old time folk music unlike anyone else.”
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California Honeydrops
Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $15
“The California Honeydrops don’t just play music—they throw parties. Drawing on diverse musical influences from Bay Area R&B, funk, Southern soul, Delta blues, and New Orleans second-line, the Honeydrops bring vibrant energy and infectious dance-party vibes to their live shows.”
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All Events!
The Undercovers
Timeout Sports Pub
/ 7-11 a.m.
Local cover band.
Job Fair
Benbow Inn
/ 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ Free
Are you looking for a career in hospitality, culinary or business? The Benbow Historic Inn and Benbow KOA is looking for professional, customer service oriented individuals to contribute to our team.
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What Will You Make Of It? Call for Participation
SCRAP Humboldt
/ 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
/ Free
Have you always wanted to paint a glitter unicorn on obsolete technology? SCRAP Humboldt seeks community participation in an art exhibit featuring mythical creatures in all their forms, rendered on a material that has become equally as mythical and unseen.a
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Spring Exhibits at the Clarke Museum
Clarke Historical Museum
/ 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ $3
/ $5 families
/ Free members
The Clarke Historical Museum will be exhibiting a display of Humboldt’s clothing history spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s as well as a tribute to the history of baseball in Humboldt County with objects and photographs spanning from modern day all the way back to the 19th century.
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Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6 p.m.
/ Free
Jazz on the patio.
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McKinleyville Arts Night
McKinleyville Business Dist.
/ 6-8 p.m.
Celebration of arts, food and fun in McKinleyville held the third Friday of each month.
The Undercovers
Timeout Sports Pub
/ 7-11 p.m.
Local cover band.
Into The Wind Screening
The Sanctuary
/ 7:30-8:30 p.m.
/ $10
To accompany the wildlife tours of the Godwit Days Spring Migration Festival, filmmaker Alan Peterson of Redwood Planet Media will present his first in a series of documentaries about the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, which follows the local White-tailed Kites for a year.
Of Breath and Body: HSU Dance Concert
Van Duzer Theater
/ 7:30-9 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 seniors, children, students
/ Free HSU students (limited seating)
“Ballet, hip hop, modern, postmodern…Influences from Mexico, Africa, Egypt, Asia…Themes of identity, relationship, inner turmoil…How a hunter feels about animal prey, how women endured the Dust Bowl… all explored and evoked in movement.”
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Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 7:30 p.m.
/ $5
Marking the directorial debut of Adam McKay, former head writer for Saturday Night Live and founder of the Upright Citizen’s Brigade, Anchorman is set during the 1970s and stars Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy, San Diego’s top-rated news anchorman.
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Hot Buttered Rum
Northern Delights, Hayfork
/ 8 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ $20
“The acclaimed 5-piece American progressive bluegrass act will bring another helluva show to … Hayfork!”
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Eureka Symphony Spring Concert
Arkley Center For The Performing Arts
/ 8-10 p.m.
/ $29
/ $44 Loge
/ $39 Orchestra Main and Lower Balcony
/ $34 Orchestra Rear
/ $10 full-time students
/ Free children 12 and under
Features this year’s winners of the Symphony’s Youth Competition performing with the full orchestra. First-prize winner 17-year old Carson McHaney will play an excerpt from Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto #2 in G minor.
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HSU Jazz Combos
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 seniors, children
/ Free HSU students
Four jazz combos (trios Cuttin’ Block and Bright Lights, Big Kitty; the Noon Quintet and septet Business Casual) perform an eclectic assortment of tunes and jazz styles, including Latin, jazz fusion, electronic, modern and a new take on a rock and roll classic.
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Death By Design: A Comedy With Murder
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $16
“What happens when you mix the brilliant wit of Noel Coward with the intricate plotting of Agatha Christie? Set during a weekend in an English country manor in 1932, Death by Design is a delightful and mysterious “mash-up” of two of the greatest English writers of all time.”
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8-Ball Tournament
Broadway Billiards
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $5
/ Free Public
/ 21+
Friday Night Mixology
Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
When you are tired of dancing you can play freaking air hockey, OK?
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Karaoke
Bar Fly Pub and Grub
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Singing in public is easier with beer.
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Silver Hammer
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Beatles tribute band.
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Fetish Night: Bonds of Love
The Siren’s Song Tavern
/ 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Brought to you by Fetish Life Humboldt.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- CINDERELLA: 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 8:20
- FURIOUS 7: 11:45, 1:50, 2:50, 5:00, 6:05, 8:10, 9:10
- GET HARD: 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 9:35
- HOME 2D: 1:10, 3:40, 6:10, 8:40
- INSURGENT 2D: 11:55, 2:45, 5:40, 8:30
- IT FOLLOWS: 4:00, 9:30
- KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE: 12:55, 6:30
- LONGEST RIDE: 11:55, 2:55, 5:55, 8:55
- MONKEY KINGDOM: 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 6:50, 9:00
- PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2: 12:30, 1:40, 3:00, 4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 8:00, 9:20
- UNFRIENDED: 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40
Mill Creek Cinema
- FURIOUS 7: 11:50, 2:55, 6:00, 9:05
- GET HARD: 4:10, 9:30
- HOME 2D: 12:50, 3:20, 5:50, 8:15
- INSURGENT 2D: 1:20, 6:40
- LONGEST RIDE: 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10
- MONKEY KINGDOM: 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50, 8:55
- PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2: 12:05, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:40
- UNFRIENDED: 12:35, 2:45, 4:50, 7:10, 9:20
- WOMAN IN GOLD: 12:25, 3:05, 5:45, 8:25
Minor Theatre
- DANNY COLLINS: 3:50, 6:25, 9:00
- WHILE WE RE YOUNG: 4:25, 6:50, 9:15
- WOMAN IN GOLD: 3:10, 5:45, 8:25
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