Thursday, Aug. 6
Top Events!
(Look ahead!)
Eureka Summer Concert Series
C Street Market Square
/ 6-8 p.m.
Every year, the City of Eureka placates its citizenry with free bands by the bay so they may dance their worries away. This week its disco/funk/soul group Funky Dozen.
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Ocean Night: Pelican Dreams
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 6:30 p.m.
/ $3
In this intimate portrait of an iconic seabird species, filmmaker Judy Irving (The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill) follows “Gigi” – a very young (4 months old!) female Brown Pelican who landed on the Golden Gate Bridge one afternoon in August 2008.
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Eriko Daimo
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8 p.m.
“Eriko Daimo is a new rising marimba soloist, known for her dazzling virtuosity and captivating charisma. Born in Kagoshima, Japan, Eriko Daimo began her musical studies at age six on the piano.”
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Traveling Broke and Out of Gas
Six Rivers Brewery
/ 9 p.m.
Folk/Americana/bluegrass/indie from Lafayette, Indiana makes the trek to the top of the hill McKinleyville.
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All Events!
Blue Lake Basketball Clinics
Blue Lake Union Elementary School
/ 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
/ $160 Both weeks - Non-BLS Enrolled Students
/ $125 both weeks - BLS Enrolled Students
/ $85 1 week - Non-BLS Enrolled Students
/ $75 1 week - BLS Enrolled Students
Brush up on your basketball skills, make new friends, and learn techniques you didn’t have before!
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New Outdoor Summer Day Camp
Humboldt Botanical Garden
/ 9-1 a.m.
/ $115 Non-Members
/ $95 HBG Members
Children ages 7-10 will experience hiking the Garden’s unique trails, learn about HBG’s organic vegetable garden.
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French Pro Soccer Camp
Arcata Sports Complex
/ 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ $245
/ $245 Ages 14-18 1-4pm
/ $245 Ages 11-13 9-Noon
Morad Mouhabi, the technical/coaching director for Paris Saint-Germain women’s program will lead a one week camp for very serious boys and girls soccer players.
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Young Discoverers
Redwood Discovery Museum
/ 10:30 a.m.-noon
/ $5
/ $3 Members
Want a better transition for your child who is about to enter school? Young Discoverers is the place you can bring your child!
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Rent a Garden Plot
Bayside Park Farm & Garden
/ noon
/ $75
/ $85 non-residents
Food for thought, rent a Garden Plot. City of Arcata Parks and Recreation offer Garden Plots to rent at the Bayside Park Community Garden.
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Skate and BMX Summer Camp
RampArt Skatepark
/ 1-5 p.m.
/ $35
All skill levels are welcome.
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Arcata Chamber of Commerce Mixer
Coast Central Credit Union, Valley West
/ 5:30 p.m.
/ Free
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Introduction to Creative Writing
College of the Redwoods Community Education-Del Norte
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ $50
/ 18+
Mackenzie Cox Student will learn techniques required in fiction, non-fiction and other genres of writing.
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Mutiny on the Bar-Fly
Bar Fly Pub and Grub
/ 6-10 p.m.
/ 21+
Ballast Point Brewing lays siege to the Bar-Fly.
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Seabury Gould and Evan Morden
Gallagher’s Irish Pub and Restaurant
/ 6:30 p.m.
Irish/Celtic music.
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The Basics of Partnering
North Coast Dance
/ 7-9 p.m.
Good dancing is measured in how we stand, how we stand together, how we move, and how we move together.
Citizenfour
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern
/ 7-6:30 p.m.
This year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature! After director Laura Poitras receives encrypted emails from someone with information on the government’s massive covert-surveillance programs, she and reporter Glenn Greenwald fly to Hong Kong to meet the sender, who turns out as Edward Snowden.
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Karaoke w/ Chris Clay
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 8 p.m.
Please don’t do “Bohemian Rhapsody.” That never works.
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No Covers
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
Jazz improv with your beer.
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Karaoke w/ KJ Leonard
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 8 p.m.
When selecting your song, please keep in mind your audience would like to dance.
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Dirty Thursdays
Pearl Lounge
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
DJs Pressure/Anya have been effectively making local butts jiggle for some time now. Let them work.
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Rude Lion Sound
Sidelines
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- ANT-MAN 2D: 3:50, 9:20
- ANT-MAN 3D: 12:45, 6:20
- FANTASTIC FOUR: 8:00
- INSIDE OUT 2D: 12:35, 3:20, 5:50
- JURASSIC WORLD 2D: 11:55, 2:55, 5:55, 8:55
- MINIONS 2D: 11:50, 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:05
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION: 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, 4:35, 6:00, 7:40, 9:00
- PAPER TOWNS: 12:25, 3:10, 6:05, 8:45
- PIXELS 2D: 1:10, 6:40, 9:10
- PIXELS 3D: 3:40
- SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: 11:40, 1:50, 4:05, 6:25, 8:40
- SOUTHPAW: 12:40, 3:35, 6:30, 9:25
- TRAINWRECK: 12:30, 3:25, 6:35, 9:30
- VACATION: 11:45, 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40
Mill Creek Cinema
- ANT-MAN 2D: 12:30, 6:00, 8:45
- ANT-MAN 3D: 3:15
- FANTASTIC FOUR: 8:00
- MINIONS 2D: 11:50, 2:05, 4:25, 6:45, 9:05
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION: 11:55, 2:55, 5:55, 8:55
- PAPER TOWNS: 12:15, 3:05, 5:45
- PIXELS 2D: 1:30, 6:40
- PIXELS 3D: 4:05, 9:15
- SOUTHPAW: 12:25, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20
- TRAINWRECK: 12:35, 3:30, 6:35, 9:30
- VACATION: 1:25, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00
Minor Theatre
- AMY: 5:45, 8:40
- MINIONS 2D: 3:30
- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE ROGUE NATION: 3:05, 6:00, 9:00
- TRAINWRECK: 3:20, 6:15, 9:10