Friday, June 7
FRIDAY LOWDOWN: 2019 Eureka Friday Night Markets Start Tonight
Following up on a successful first year making Eureka’s summer stellar, Friday Night Market kicks off its second season in Old Town this week. The winning formula has not been tampered with: Attendees can expect local food, music, vendors, a farmer’s market and more every Friday evening between now and the end September.
More Friday Night Market details as well as other week end happenings in your Lowdown listings below.
Top Events!
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Eureka Friday Night Market
Old Town Eureka
/ 5-8 p.m.
On Friday evenings in summer the City of Eureka closes the streets to traffic and transforms several city blocks of Old Town into THE place to meet up with friends and neighbors- in a friendly, festive atmosphere. Friday Night Market has it all.
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Trinidad Art Nights 2019
Trinidad Town Center
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
With many participating venues and a large variety of artists, musicians, and activities, there is sure to be something for all!
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Lecture: Wildlife Tracking: Becoming Literate in the Language of the Wild & Preserving an Ancient Skill
HSU Natural History Museum
/ 7-8:30 p.m.
/ Free
Learn from profession tracker Phil Johnston as he discusses how the ancient skill of wildlife tracking can help us overcome the challenges of the coming century as we seek to establish a sustainable balance between humanity and wildlife.
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Humboldt Crabs vs. Seattle Studs
Arcata Ball Park
/ 7 p.m.
/ $9
/ $6 students/seniors
/ $4 under 12
Your hometown heroes whoop up on some other lesser team. Peanuts, crackerjacks, etc.
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Sansfú Absynth Trio
Phatsy Kline’s Parlor Lounge
/ 8-10:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Jazz and early Absynth tunes.
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Cabaret
North Coast Repertory Theatre
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 Students/Seniors
/ 18+
The Musical That Redefined Broadway! American author Cliff Bradshaw discovers the seedy underbelly of 1931 Berlin when he finds himself in a relationship with British dancer Sally Bowles, performer at the Kit Kat Klub. Suggested for ages 18+
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Comedians Dave Ross and Steph Tolev
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 9-11 p.m.
/ $15
/ 18+
“Dave Ross is a comedian based in Los Angeles. He plays Trademarq in Comedy Central’s Corporate. He tours all the time. Vans Warped Tour, Fest, SXSW, The Hollywood Improv, SF Sketchfest, Just For Laughs in Montreal and your basement are just a few of the places he’s done stand-up.”
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All Events!
National Donut Day
Happy Donuts/Express Asian Food
/ 5 a.m.-8 p.m.
Donuts! Hooray!
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Smoke Offering With Female Lama Jetsunma
See Event Description
/ 9-10:30 a.m.
/ Free
Riwo Sang Chod, or Mountain Smoke offering, is an ancient Tibetan Smoke offering practice which combines Mantra, visualization, and the burning of incenses, foods, and healing herbs to amend our negative karmas, and to generate positive energy.
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Sailing Rig to Rent
Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center
/ 10 a.m.
/ $40
This assessment will offer you the chance to demonstrate your ability to rig one of our Lasers or Coronado 15’s.
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Sailing Rig to Rent
Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center
/ 10 a.m.
/ $40
This assessment will offer you the chance to demonstrate your ability to rig one of our Lasers or Coronado 15’s.
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Preschool Storytime
Fortuna Library
/ 10:30-11 a.m.
/ Free
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Free Diabetes Self Management Workshops
Humboldt Senior Resource Center
/ 12:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
Sailing on the Water Skills Test
Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center
/ 1-4 p.m.
/ $60
Are you ready to start sailing on the bay? This assessment will allow you to demonstrate your skills so that you will be able to rent a sailboat off our dock on one of our new Sail the Bay days!
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The Public Domain Show
Access Humboldt Community Media Center
/ 5-8 p.m.
/ Free
We are looking for singers and musicians to perform public domain music for our TV cameras.
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Bachata Dance Lessons
Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
/ 5-6 p.m.
/ $10
/ 18+
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Who Saved the Redwoods? Book Signing
Clarke Historical Museum
/ 5-8 p.m.
/ Free
This book tells the forgotten, dramatic story of early 20th-century Californians and other Americans who were the first group to preserve an important span of California’s northern redwood forests, a story never told before in one place.
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Paul Rickard: A Watercolorist’s Journal From 2018–2019
Trinidad Library
/ 5:30-9 p.m.
/ Free
The Trinidad Coastal Land Trust will host a show by painter Paul Rickard titled, “A Watercolorist’s Journal from 2018 – 2019” at the Simmons Gallery during the month of June.
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Intro to Macrame with T-shirt Yarn
SCRAP Humboldt
/ 5:30-8:30 p.m.
/ $17
This class will offer you skills to create a beautiful woven macrame wall hanging.
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Laughy Hour
Savage Henry Comedy Club
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
Evening comedy open mic.
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Blue Lotus Jazz
Larrupin Cafe
/ 6 p.m.
/ Free
Jazz on the patio.
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Summer Kickoff Pool and Movie Party
See Event Description
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ $25
Kick off Summer with the first Pool & Movie Party of the year! Drop the kids off for a fun filled night of water games, free play pizza, & a movie.
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Kurt Hellmich and John Wesa
Trinidad Art Gallery
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
Featured artists Kurt Hellmich, woodworker, and John Wesa, serigrapher. Snacks and drinks will be provided, with music by JD Jeffries. A wine pour benefits Friends of the Dunes.
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The Serengeti Rules (2019)
The Miniplex at Richards’ Goat Tavern
/ 6:30-8 p.m.
/ $8
Beginning in the 1960s, a small band of scientists headed into some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth - from the majestic Serengeti to the Arctic Ocean to the Amazon jungle - and they discovered a single set of rules that govern all life.
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Friday Night at the Refuge
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
/ 7-8 p.m.
/ Free
Enjoy a walk along the trail in the evening hours and a presentation entitled ” The Importance of Humboldt Bay to Non-Breeding Shorebirds” with Mark Colwell.
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Dayton
Humboldt Cider Company Tap Room
/ 7-10 p.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Don’t miss an awesome night of Gypsy Jazz guitar and cider.
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AAI Spring Music Showcase
Humboldt Brews
/ 7:30 p.m.
The AAI Music Showcase is the culminating performance for the Music Strand of the Arcata Arts Institute. The students enrolled in AAI Music spend the year working up covers of their favorite songs, composing original songs, and working in a variety of genres and ensembles.
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Frogbite
Fieldbrook Family Market
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ Free
Rockin’ originals, Northern Humboldt musicians: Paul Agpawa (lead guitar), Lisa C. Sharry (vocals, acoustic guitar), Marc Delong (drums), and Ryan Chamberlain (bass).
Intro to Vajrayana Buddhism with Jetsunma
Arcata Veterans Memorial Building
/ 8 p.m.
/ $25
Join us for an Introduction to Vajrayana Buddhism taught by an accomplished female Lama, Jetsunma Palmo. Learn the fundamentals behind this most advanced and esoteric school of Buddhism.
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Good Company
Cafe Mokka
/ 8-11 p.m.
Celtic music.
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Off Campus
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ Free All Ages
Local band made up of Jacoby Creek School’s teachers will be performing at the Arcata tasting room.
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Ghost Program
SpeakEasy
/ 8:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Gettin’ down in Opera Alley.
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Mojo Rockers
Blue Lake Casino Hotel
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
The Mojo Rockers play a mix of Blues, Classic Rock, and Funk music! Come in, let’s get funky!
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Front Ear
The Basement
/ 9-11 p.m.
Let’s welcome back Basment house Organ trio with Russ Thallheimer on sax, John Wood on Hammond organ and Shane Fox on drums!
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Dr. Squid
Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
/ 21+
Dr. Squid performs the greatest dance music from the last 50 years of rock and roll as well as jazz standards and a bit of country music.
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Movie Showtimes
Broadway Cinema
- ALADDIN 2D: 11:30, 12:30, 2:30, 3:30, 5:30, 6:30, 8:30, 9:25
- AVENGERS: ENDGAME 2D: 12:15, 4:10, 8:00
- DARK PHOENIX 2D: 11:40, 12:40, 3:30, 5:15, 6:15, 8:00, 9:05
- DARK PHOENIX 3D: 2:25
- GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS 2D: 12:10, 3:10, 6:10, 9:10
- GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS 3D: 8:25
- JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM: 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9:20
- MA: 11:55, 2:15, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40
- POKÉMON: DETECTIVE PIKACHU 2D: 12:30, 3:15, 5:50
- ROCKETMAN: 12:45, 3:35, 6:25, 8:20, 9:15
- SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 2D: 11:25, 12:35, 2:50, 3:50, 5:00, 6:05, 7:15, 9:30
- SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 3D: 1:40
Mill Creek Cinema
- ALADDIN 2D: 11:30, 12:35, 2:30, 3:35, 5:25, 6:30, 8:30, 9:20
- DARK PHOENIX 2D: 1:15, 4:00, 5:30, 6:45, 9:30
- DARK PHOENIX 3D: 8:20
- GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS 2D: 12:00, 6:00, 9:00
- GODZILLA KING OF THE MONSTERS 3D: 3:00
- JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM: 12:25, 3:30, 6:25, 9:25
- ROCKETMAN: 11:50, 2:50, 5:40, 8:35
- SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 2D: 11:40, 12:55, 1:55, 4:10, 6:35, 8:45
- SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2 3D: 3:10
Minor Theatre
- ALADDIN: 3:00, 6:20, 9:30
- ROCKETMAN: 2:00, 5:00, 8:00
- X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX: 2:30, 5:30, 8:30