Annual Coast Guard Yard Sale
Coast Guard Housing / 8 a.m.-4 p.m. / Free
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23rd Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive
Food for People, Inc. / 8 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free
All residents of Humboldt County are being asked to participate and help “Stamp out Hunger.” Look for the blue donation bags in your mailbox the week leading up to the drive.
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Bee Fest Humboldt 2015
Bayside Grange / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. / Free
Learn more about the fascinating world of the Honeybee, and get to know your local beekeepers.
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Birding by the Bay
Freshwater Farms Reserve / 9-11 a.m. / Free
Join Chet Ogan of Redwood Region Audubon Society and the Northcoast Regional Land Trust’s Executive Director, Michael Cipra for a birding interpretive walk.
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Get the Word Out!
College of the Redwoods Community Education / 9 a.m.-noon / $55 / 18+
Do you want to promote a small business, non-profit, or perhaps yourself? Shows you how to attract media attention, identify the people you want to communicate with, build a following online, establish yourself as an expert and bring people to your business or event.
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Arcata Celebrates Water Week
Locations Vary / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free
Water Week is a unique opportunity for both water professionals and our community to join together in recognizing the vital role water plays in our daily lives.
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Family Grass Grab
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. / Free
“Participants of all ages will be removing easy to pull invasive annual grasses around the Nature Center, and will go on a Quest to the beach to learn about the dune ecosystem.”
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Visitor Services Training Day
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 10-11:30 a.m. / Free
Friends of the Dunes is seeking Visitor Services volunteers to work the front desk at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, especially during busy summer months.
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Low Cost Rabies Clinic
Ferndale Veterinary Hospital / 10 a.m.-noon / $6
Canine rabies vaccine cost is $6.00. Other vaccines may be available. Contact the clinic for details. For your safety and the safety of other please bring your dog on a leash and your cat in a carrier.
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Sweet Memories Dessert Auction
Ferndale City Hall / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. / $5
Historic exhibits, appetizers and wine, local cookbooks for sale, and silent auction of incredible pastries.
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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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Mother’s Day Weekend Tea
Eureka / 11 a.m.-4 p.m. / $20
At the Holland Home. RSVP
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Lyme Awareness Day
Dias Artistries / noon-8 p.m.
Free event to inform the public about Lyme Disease and tick prevention.
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Arts Brew and BBQ
Eagle Prairie Art’s District / noon-8 p.m. / $20 out of area people / $10 Rio Dell-Scotia members / Free EPAD members
Art walk, five bands, a drum off competition, kids games, a bouncy house, a community market, a raffle and much more.
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‘Drawn to Birds’
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge / 1-4 p.m. / Free
A bird walk and drawing workshop with Louise Bacon-Ogden.
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Redwood Coast Children’s and Adult Chorus
Morris Graves Museum of Art / 2-4 p.m. / $5 / $2 students/seniors / Free MGMA members/children
Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with a performance by Redwood Coast Children’s and Adult Chorus during Family Arts Day at the Morris Graves. After the performance children are invited to create a special keepsake book to give to mom for Mother’s Day. This event is free to children.
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Nature Story Time
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 2-3 p.m. / Free
Join naturalist Melissa Zielinski for flower themed stories.
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Pat Holland
Fieldbrook Family Market / 3-7 p.m. / Free
Acoustic guitar tunes.
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Women’s Only 8-Ball Tournament
Broadway Billiards / 7-10:30 p.m. / $5 / Free Public / 21+
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Breaking Away (1979)
Eureka Theater / 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Iconic 1979 American “coming of age” comedic drama screened in celebration and promotion of Bike Month Humboldt.
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Fortuna High School Camarada Singers and Jazz Express
Fortuna Monday Club / 7:30 p.m. / $10 / $8 Students and seniors
The Fortuna Concert Series is pleased to present The Fortuna High School Camarada Singers and Jazz Express. Directed by Dr. Sarah McClimon and accompanied by pianist Dana Christen, Camarada Singers is the auditioned choir of Fortuna High School.
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HSU Jazz Orchestra
Fulkerson Recital Hall / 8-9:30 p.m. / $8 / $5 seniors, children, students / Free HSU students
HSU Jazz Orchestra plays new tunes by Arcata’s recording artist Nathan Parker Smith and band grad Dan Fair as well as student originals and jazz classics of several eras. Directed by Dan Aldag.
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Cowgirls: A Musical Comedy
Redbud Theater / 8-10 p.m. / $10 / $35 Gala Dinner / $15 Sunday Matinees
“Jo is in a pickle: She has twenty-four hours to save Hiram Hall—her father’s once-famous country-western saloon in Rexford, Kansas—from foreclosure.”
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The Restless Sons
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / 8-11 p.m. / Free
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Trabants, Let it Fever, Dotcom Dotcom
Blondies Food and Drink / 8:30 p.m.-midnight / $5
Classic ‘60s surfrawk.
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Missing Link’s Matt n’ Adam, DJ Pandemonium Jones
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern / 9 p.m.-2 a.m. / Free / 21+
In a very special Whatever Forever, The Goat’s resident DJ Pandemonium Jones is joined by Matt n’ Adam of Missing Link Records and Soul Night fame.
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Dr. Squid
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+
Dance hits.
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Selector Rotten
Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works / 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
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Mojo Rockers
Central Station / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+
Rising.
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Karaoke
Little Red Lion / 9 p.m. / 21+
How could this be a bad idea?
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