Saturday, May 28
Top Events!
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Kinetic Grand Championship Day One
Arcata Plaza
/ 10 a.m.
Day 1 of the Kinetic Grand Championship starts on the Plaza in Arcata, California at the noon whistle every Memorial Day weekend. The racers take off to the Manila dunes, where they race through miles of sand to the great and inevitable “Deadman’s Drop”. Then on to Eureka’s downtown gazebo.
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Sweet Can Circus
Arcata Playhouse
/ 7 p.m.
/ $12
/ $10 kids
Sweet Can uses everyday objects to transform our world into a place where anything is possible and the mundane is made magic. Defying gravity, walking on their hands, creating poetry with movement – you are guaranteed to be enchanted. Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.
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The Finals
Dell’Arte
/ 8 p.m.
“The international theatre-makers of Dell’Arte’s Professional Training Program will devise and perform an evening of 10-minute plays born out of their passionate engagement with the work of ensemble theatre-making.”
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Tigerbomb, Monster Women, Opossum Sun Trail, Mother Vines
The Shanty
/ 8 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Unofficial Kinetic afterparty with four bands. Ahhhh!
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FLOW
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $25
/ $30 at the door
/ $20 students
This fashion showcase is the culminating event for Arcata Arts Institute’s fashion design students. Original wearable designs are conceived of and constructed by AAI students.
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House of Floyd
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
“The West Coast’s premier Pink Floyd experience returns!”
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Strix Vega, La Cerca
Alibi
/ 11 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Tucson band returns to share a stage with Humboldt’s least definable band.
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All Events!
Magic Show!
Blue Lake Roller Rink
/ 4:30-6 a.m.
/ $5
/ $10 adults
/ Free kids under 5
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Final Days to Map Lemonade Stands
Humboldt County
/ 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
/ Free
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PacOut Green Team vs. Samoa Beach
Samoa Beach
/ 8:45-10 a.m.
/ Free
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Farm Shares: Bayside Park Farm
Bayside Park Farm & Garden
/ 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
/ $450
Shares are available for weekly pick-up June through November.
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Arcata Farmers’ Market
Arcata Co-Op
/ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
No music. Different location due to Kinetics. Featuring the freshest locally grown fruits, vegetables, plants, meats and other wonderful products.
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Challenge Course: Develop Trust & Teamwork
Arcata Community Forest
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ $40
The City of Arcata Recreation Division’s Challenge Course, located in the beautiful Arcata Community Forest, is a fun-filled outdoor adventure focusing on team building, skill development and environmental education.
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In Person Youth Soccer Registration
Ray’s Food Place
/ 10 a.m.-noon
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Memorial Day Weekend Tours and Tasting
Lost Coast Brewery Brewing Facility
/ 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
/ Free
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Musical Yard Sale
Humboldt Brews
/ 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ Free
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Pints for Nonprofits
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ noon-midnight
/ Free
The McKinleyville Lions club will receive $1 from every pint sold. This money may go to provide vision screenings to help early diagnoses for children with vision impairments.
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North Coast Mensa Forum
Samoa Cook House
/ noon-1 p.m.
/ Free
Memorial Day Weekend Wine Tasting
Whitethorn Winery
/ 1-5 p.m.
/ $5
Francofonia
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern
/ 4 p.m.
Russian director Alexander Sokurov, best known for his single-take history of the Hermitage Museum, RUSSIAN ARK, turns his attention to The Louvre for this magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
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Alice in Quantumland
Redwood Playhouse
/ 7-9 p.m.
/ $10
Jim Haynes and Spunflower
Morris Graves Museum of Art
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $5
/ $10 sliding scale
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Reefer Madness: The Musical
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $18
/ $18 general
/ 18+
“Inspired by the original 1936 propaganda film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marihuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.”
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The Undercovers
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ Free
It’s a cover band!
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Dr. Squid
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.
Renditions of rock and dance favorites as well as original music.
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Cliff Dallas and The Death Valley Troubadours
Ocean Grove Lodge
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
Cliff Dallas & The Death Valley Troubadours (Mojave Outlaw Country) rock Trinidad with The Good Time Rounders (Outlaw Country Grass).
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Rockstar Karaoke
Brass Rail Bar
/ 9 p.m.
This is the most hardcore karaoke in Humboldt.
Marshall House Project
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
MHP delivers a mash-up of energetic funk and slinky soul with a psychedelic twist and a chili salt rim.
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The Yokels
Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn
/ 9-11:59 p.m.
/ Free
Karaoke
Little Red Lion
/ 9 p.m.
/ 21+
How could this be a bad idea?
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The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern
/ 10 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
DJ Pandemonium Jones dishes up a most eclectic mix of tunes for your Saturday night fever.
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SNL (Saturday Night Life)
Shamus T Bones
/ 10 p.m.
/ 21+
Music by DJ Livestrong from Accurate Productions, Inc.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 2D: 11:45, 1:10, 2:55, 4:00, 5:25, 6:25, 9:15
- ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 3D: 11:55, 2:40, 8:10
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2D: 12:05, 3:20, 5:30, 8:45
- JUNGLE BOOK 2D: 1:45, 4:25, 5:35, 8:20
- MONEY MONSTER: 12:00, 7:10
- NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING: 12:55, 3:15, 7:05, 9:25
- THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2D: 11:35, 12:35, 1:55, 3:00, 4:20, 5:50, 6:50, 8:15, 9:05
- THE DARKNESS: 2:20, 9:35
- THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY: 4:35
- THE NICE GUYS: 12:15, 3:05, 6:35, 9:20
- X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 2D: 11:40, 2:30, 5:45, 6:45, 9:00
- X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 3D: 12:50, 4:10, 7:30
Mill Creek Cinema
- ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 2D: 3:00, 9:00
- ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 3D: 12:00, 6:05
- CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 2D: 11:45, 2:50, 6:00, 9:10
- JUNGLE BOOK 2D: 12:30, 3:10, 5:50
- JUNGLE BOOK 3D: 8:20
- NEIGHBORS 2: SORORITY RISING: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7:10, 9:30
- THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 2D: 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 6:50, 9:05
- THE NICE GUYS: 1:00, 3:45, 6:35, 9:20
- X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 2D: 11:40, 4:10, 5:45
- X-MEN: APOCALYPSE 3D: 12:50, 2:45, 7:30, 8:50