Saturday, April 29
Top Events!
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Arcata Plaza Farmers’ Market
Arcata Plaza / 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Music by Ghost Train. Featuring the freshest locally grown fruits, vegetables, plants, meats and other wonderful products.
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Finding Bigfoot Festival
See Event Description / 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
“Finding Bigfoot Festival! Kids Zone and Bounce Houses. Tiny Tot Bounce house and crafts. Competitions, prizes, parade, and oh yeah, special guest Bob Gimlin of PGF fame, and Animal Planet’s FINDING BIGFOOT show is filming their Series Finale!”
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Rhododendron Parade
Eureka / 10 a.m.
The whole town comes out to watch a festival of floats and marching bands parade by as they pay homage to the rhododendron.
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Tall Ships
Bonnie Gool Dock / 11 a.m. / $3 Walk on tour
Lady Washington the official tall ship of Washington State and her companion vessel the Hawaiian Chieftain will visit the Bonnie Gool Dock and offer family-oriented Adventure, Evening and Battle Sails featuring a living history experience.
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Redwood Rollers vs. Bakersfield Diamond Divas
Redwood Acres Fairgrounds / 6-9:30 p.m. / $15 / $12 adv.
“The first game will be a shortened expo game featuring our junior team the Redwood Saplings! The second game will be a full length, WFTDA sanctioned game featuring HRD’s Redwood Rollers vs. the Bakersfield Diamond Divas from Bakersfield.”
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Jeff DeMark and LaPatinas
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern / 7-9 p.m. / $10
To benefit Arcata High’s Safe and Sober, Jeff DeMark and the LaPatinas will play in a bar…and tell stories with musical back up, play songs and in general, have a good time.
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Free the Beasts Choreogrpahy Showcase
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio / 7-9 p.m. / $12 / $8 students with ID/seniors / $5 kids 12 and under
New works from 555 Contemporary Dance Company (directed by Stephanie Carter), Shoshanna’s Ya Habibi Dance Company, and the Rockin’ Rubies from Garberville.
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Barn Dance
Arcata Veterans Memorial Building / 7:30-11 p.m. / $10 / $5 students / Free children under 12
Lyndsey Battle and Nigella Mahal call the dances, and the Striped Pig String Band plays. No dance experience necessary, and all dances are taught and called. Come by yourself, with a friend or in a group for a fun night of family-friendly music, dancing and community.
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Real Women Have Curves
Gist Theater at HSU / 7:30 p.m. / $10 / $8 Students/Seniors
Set in a tiny sewing factory in East L.A., the play is a humorous and poignant story of five full-figured Mexican-American women who talk about their lives, loves and deepest desires while attempting to meet impossible production deadlines.
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A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer
North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8-10 p.m. / $10 / $10 General / $8 Students/Seniors
This groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned authors and playwrights, edited by Eve Ensler and Mollie Doyle and commissioned by V-Day for the first V-Day: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS festival, which took place June 2006 in New York City.
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Third
Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m.
Believing that a jock’s sophisticated essay on King Lear could not possibly have been written by such a student, Professor Jameson reports his plagiarism to the college’s Committee of Academic Standards. But is her accusation justified?
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Paul Simon Tribute Show
Arcata Playhouse / 8-11 p.m.
Humboldt musicians have joined together to bring you our favorites. Joel Sonenshein, organizer, Marcia Mendels, Morgan Corviday, Chris Manspeaker, Jeff Kelley, Marla Joy, Leslie Quinn, Jan Bramlett, Kate Juliana, Mango, Mark Weston, Julie Froblom, Russ Cole, tofu mike schwartz and more.
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Strix Vega
Logger Bar / 9:30 p.m.-midnight / Free / 21+
This local band plays music.
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Melvin Seals and JGB
Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m. / $30 / $25 advance sales / 21+
Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band.
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Absynth Quartet
The Jam / 10-5 p.m.
Two shows, one stage, one night, one afternoon. Join us at The Jam in Arcata with our friends The Belles of the Levee. We will play Saturday night, and then do a kid-and-early-bird-friendly afternoon show at 1 p.m. the next day.
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Dread Daze
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / 21+
“Raise the vibe with LA based Dread Daze!”
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All Events!

Fellowship of Christian Athletes: Coaches Meeting
Faith Center Foursquare Church / 8-9 a.m.
“The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is expanding its outreach to coaches in Humboldt County with a four-month series on “Transformational Coaching” starting on the last Saturday of the month.”
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Alderpoint Natural History Field Trip
Ray’s Food Place / 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free
Join Redwood Region Audubon Society for a natural history trip around the Alderpoint area. Enjoy the birds, plant life, and reptiles of the Eel River canyon on this full-day trip.
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Medicinal Cannabis Conference 2017
Arcata Community Center / 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. / $350
Huge weekend-long symposium on medical cannabis, with tons of expert speakers.
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Communication and Conflict Management Workshop
Mad River Community Hospital / 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Would you like to face situations like these with a toolkit of skills and strategies for success?
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Intermediate Surfing
Center Activities, HSU Campus / 9 a.m.-2 p.m. / $80 / $65 HSU Students
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RWP’s Place-Based Learning Series
See Event Description / 9 a.m.-1 p.m. / $35 / $130 for all 4 sessions / 18+
RWP’s new placed-based learning series discusses the theoretical reasoning for incorporating place-based learning into the classroom, and demonstrates how to apply this concept by taking participants on various place-based learning field trips.
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Explore North Coast Social ‘Thingy’
Trinidad, California / 9 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free / 18+
The purpose of the Social is for kayakers to meet other sea kayakers and sea kayaking clubs from Northern California and beyond — to connect, learn and broaden the kayaking experience.
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STEM Curriculum Mini-Conference
See Event Description / 9 a.m.-noon / Free / 18+
Each curriculum unit has a integrated focus on Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) and are fully developed for implementation in 5th-12th grade classrooms across northwest California.
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Humboldt Bay Stand Up Paddle Tour
Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center / 9:30-11:30 a.m. / $40 / $25 HSU Students
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Finding Bigfoot Festival Parade
See Event Description / 10-10:30 a.m.
Mini-parade at 10 a.m. on Hwy 299 starting at the Willow-Creek China Flat Museum. (Bigfoot Museum) and ending at Veteran’s Park.
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Ferns of the Dunes
Lanphere Dunes / 10 a.m.-noon
Ferns are distinctive and popular for the exotic texture they add to vegetation.
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Book Sale
Humboldt County Library / 10-3:30 a.m. / Free
The library meeting room is filled with non-fiction, large type, and a great selection of children’s books, including home schooling selections.
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Soroptimist Spring Fling Shopping and Bingo
Redway Elementary School / 10 a.m.-6 p.m. / Free
Over 30 local vendors to shop for Mother’s Day. Bingo games start at 2pm and will benefit the Healy Senior Center.
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Sea Kayak Rescue & Safety
Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center / 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. / $50 / $40 HSU Students
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Humboldt Pie #10
First Presbyterian Church of Eureka / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. / Free
Humboldt Pie is a fun, family-friendly event with Pie-baking and pie eating contests, live music, pizza, pie and ice cream for sale.
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North Coast Mensa Forum
Samoa Cook House / noon-1 p.m. / Free
Stilson Snow will talk about programs and advice for small business at the Northcoast Mensa Forum. He has an extensive background in business and has been a Business Advisor with the Small Business Development Center for Humboldt and Del Norte Counties since 2002.
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Human Trafficking Awareness Event
McKinleyville High School / noon-3 p.m.
This event will feature tables by local organizations, survivor presentations and a self defense demonstration.
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DJ J Dub
Six Rivers Brewery / 2-7 p.m. / Free
Spinning records from his personal vinyl collection DJ J Dub spins Bob Marley to Bob Dylan. A Saturday every month.
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String Chickens
Mad River Brewery Tasting Room / 6-8:30 p.m. / Free
Funky folky fiddle tunes with the String Chickens.
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Murder Mystery Dinner
Oberon Grill / 6:30 p.m. / $50
There will be a murder in the Ruby Room! Take a step back to the 1920’s prohibition era and help solve a mystery, as you dine on the fabulous cuisine of the Oberon Grill.
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On The Spot #6
Arcata Theatre Lounge / 7-9 p.m.
Come join the gang for a night filled with unpredictable, unhinged and completely hilarious skits plus much much more.
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Girls Night Out The Show
Bear River Casino Resort / 8-10:30 p.m. / $20 / 21+
Male revue featuring abs, abs, abs.
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Noble
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / 8-11 p.m. / Free All ages
Reggae DJ.
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Dread Daze
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / 21+
“Raise the vibe with LA based Dread Daze!”
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Claire Bent and Citizen Funk
Six Rivers Brewery / 9 p.m.-midnight / Free
Local funk/soul/R&B band.
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Dread Daze
Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+
“Raise the vibe with LA based Dread Daze!”
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707 Band
Central Station / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+
Classic rock.
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Uptown Kings
Bear River Casino Resort / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / 21+
Local blues.
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Rockstar Karaoke
Brass Rail Bar / 9 p.m.
This is the most hardcore karaoke in Humboldt.
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Karaoke
Little Red Lion / 9 p.m. / 21+
How could this be a bad idea?
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Smith & Lewing, The Kids Play
The Siren’s Song Tavern / 9:30-11:59 p.m. / Free / 21+
Keven Smith (guitar) & Zach Lewing (drums) are an improvisational experimental duo, ranging from wild to mellow.
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Lighting Boom Productions
Bear River Casino Resort / 10 p.m.-1 a.m. / 21+
After-party with DJ music in the Tish-Non Ballroom! No cover charge!
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Movie Showtimes

Broadway Cinema
  • BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2D: 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45
  • BORN IN CHINA: 11:45, 1:50, 4:00, 6:10, 8:20
  • BOSS BABY 2D: 12:40, 3:10, 5:35, 8:10
  • COLOSSAL: 1:15, 3:55, 6:35, 9:15
  • FATE OF THE FURIOUS: 12:00, 1:35, 3:00, 4:50, 6:05, 7:55, 9:10
  • FREE FIRE: 2:30, 7:10
  • GIFTED: 1:55, 4:20, 6:50, 9:20
  • GOING IN STYLE: 12:15, 5:40
  • PHOENIX FORGOTTEN: 12:20, 4:55, 9:25
  • PROMISE: 11:50, 2:50, 5:50, 8:55
  • THE CIRCLE: 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00
  • THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: 2:40, 8:05
  • UNFORGETTABLE: 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15
Mill Creek Cinema
  • BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 2D: 11:45, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45
  • FATE OF THE FURIOUS: 11:50, 1:30, 2:55, 4:45, 6:00, 7:50, 9:05
  • GIFTED: 12:40, 3:10, 5:40, 8:10
  • PHOENIX FORGOTTEN: 1:55, 9:25
  • PROMISE: 12:10, 3:15, 6:15, 9:15
  • THE CIRCLE: 1:00, 3:40, 6:20, 9:00
  • THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: 12:05, 3:05, 5:55, 8:50
  • UNFORGETTABLE: 4:25, 6:55
Minor Theatre
  • COLOSSAL: 4:30, 8:30
  • THE CIRCLE: 2:00, 5:45, 8:00
  • THE SENSE OF AN ENDING: 2:30, 7:00
  • YOUR NAME.: 3:00, 5:15, 9:30

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