Friday, April 3
Friday Lowdown: Beats, Beer, Barn Dance, Nuclear Contamination
This Humboldt Friday caters to specifically you (probably):
- One of Humboldt’s most joyous social events, the Humboldt Folklife Society is hosting one of their regular Barn Dance’s at the Arcata Veteran’s Hall. Lyndsey Battle calls. Striped Pig Stringband picks.
- Former Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant worker and now whistleblower has been making a ruckus around town with the release of his book My Humboldt Diary: A True Story of Betrayal of the Public Trust. LoCO referred to him as “Humboldt’s Snowden” when we wrote about him a month ago. Tonight at Northtown Books, Bob continues to shine his light.
- As a warmup for tomorrow’s Humboldt Homebrew Festival, celebrity brewers (yes, that’s a thing) Denny Conn and Mike “Tasty” McDole will share their sudsy knowledge at the Arcata Community Center. You will want to know these tips when the nuclear winter foretold at the event above strikes Humboldt.
- Yes, there is booty shaking to be had Friday. Bay Area EDM machine MiM0SA will pour out beats and bass aplenty upon those gathered tonight at HumBrews. Does our man give any fucks? Check out the video for his song “0Fucks” below for the answer.
—Andrew Goff
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Brewing Icons Q&A Session
Arcata Community Center
/ 7 p.m.
“This free event is a lead up to the Humboldt Homebrew Festival. Denny Conn and Mike “Tasty” McDole, two brewing icons, will be attending the festival and have agreed to come one day early for this one-of-a-kind event.”
Bob Rowen: My Humboldt Diary
Northtown Books
/ 7-9 p.m.
Whistleblower Bob Rowen will talk about his new book, exposing the disturbing facts about the Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant and what actually happened there. More details <a href=”http://bit.ly/19P8lPH”>here</a>.
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Barn Dance
Arcata Veterans Memorial Building
/ 7:30-11 p.m.
/ $7
/ $6 HFS members
Ring in the spring season with a barn dance in Arcata as Lyndsey Battle calls the dances with tunes from Striped Pig Stringband. All dances will be taught with no partner or experience needed.
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MiM0SA
Humboldt Brews
/ 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
/ $18
/ 21+
Booty Shakin’ Music Productions Presents the EDM star.
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All Events!
Spring Break Softball Clinics Deadline
Fortuna High School
/ midnight-11 p.m.
/ $30
/ $100 All four sessions
/ $30 Per day, per person
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The Wall That Heals
Bear River Community Center
/ midnight
View the half-scale replica of the Washington, D.C. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It will be on display 24 hours a day until early afternoon April 5.
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Kindred Spirits
Clam Beach Inn
/ 10-1:30 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
””WooHoo! Humboldt’s acoustic roots spectacular!”
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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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LiveART
Eel River Brewery
/ 5-8 p.m.
/ Free
Judy Nunes creates intricately detailed pieces with watercolors, acrylics, and gouache.
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Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6 p.m.
/ Free
Jazz on the patio.
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Trinidad Arts Night
Trinidad
/ 6-9 p.m.
Kinda like Garberville Arts Alive, but in Trinidad.
La Musique Diabolique
Cafe Brio
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
“Gourmet food and gypsy jazz. Fancy.”
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Godwit Days Posters Art Reception
Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
Twenty years of Godwit Days festival poster art will be on display throughout April.
No Covers
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room
/ 6 p.m.
Local jazz improv.
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Fortuna’s First Friday
Fortuna
/ 6-9 p.m.
Art, music, fun and great deals from local merchants in the friendly city.
Old Dog
Fieldbrook Family Market
/ 7 p.m.
Local good times.
Bryan Radzin Search For Truth Book Reading
Westhaven Center for the Arts
/ 7-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
Bryan Radzin, HSU creative writing and journalism graduate has published his first novel, “Search for Truth…the seeker begins” which will be featured at a book reading/discussion/signing event.
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Good Friday Service
Faith Center
/ 7-8 p.m.
The service will feature special music and communion.
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KRFH TALX Live Storytelling Event
Blondies Food and Drink
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ Free
There will be a sign up sheet and everything. Just like open mic, but with stories! We ask that your stories are: true, about you or involving you and meaningful! They can be sad, happy, funny, bizarre, etc. But let it be a story you love telling.
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Thumbelina (Family Fun Series)
Arcata Playhouse
/ 7-9 p.m.
/ $12 General
/ $10 Students & Members
Thumbelina is one of Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen’s most delightful characters, a miniature girl born from a flower who has to find her own way in the world of nature. This magical shadow production journeys through a series of natural habitats to discover Thumbelina’s home.
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World Dance Party
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 7:45-11 p.m.
/ $5
Humboldt Folk Dancers event with music by Musaic, Chubritza and The Ethniks.
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Fiddler on the Roof
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 students/seniors
Set in the little village of Anatevka, the story centers on Tevye, a poor dairyman, and his five daughters. With the help of a colorful and tight-knit Jewish community, Tevye tries to protect his daughters and instill them with traditional values.
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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+
Seattle Soul Night
The Farmhouse
/ 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
/ $5
/ 18+
Get up (and get down) to some funky, smooth beats, fresh from the electrifying Seattle Soul band, The Dip, and your local dance and drum favorites, SambAmore!
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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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Them Travelin’ Birds
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.
Folk music.
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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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Scuber Mountain
Logger Bar
/ 9 p.m.
/ Free
Humboldt’s foremost and most tragic pop group.
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Dr. Squid
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Humboldt party band would prefer you dance more.
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Hookah Stew
Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Rock/pop.
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Triple Junction
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
Local classic rock.
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