Saturday, April 27, 2013's Lowdown

(Above: Loleta Meat Market's Pixie Setterlund.)

The beef between the Loleta Meat Market and the Loleta Bakery fired up the Eel River Valley a few months back after the bakery's owners -- who own the building the two businesses share -- told the beloved meat market its days in that space were numbered. (For more meat on that issue, go here.) Long story short: The meat market's gotta move. And it's gonna be expensive.

Cue community spirit. Saturday, the town of Loleta will band together in support of their favorite sausage maker, market meat magician Pixie Setterlund, at the Loleta Meat Market Luau to raise funds to relocate operations down the street in the old Gilded Rose. The Fireman's Pavilion will be filled with the sounds of local legit country ambassadors Rooster McClintock (see video below) and the event will feature the standard fundraiser money makers, i.e. beer, wine, auctions, raffles.

And, of course, there will be meat.

-Andrew Goff

For less meaty Saturday pleasures, peruse your Lowdown below:

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Rhododendron Parade

Eureka / 10 a.m.

Celebrate the North Coast's vibrant red and pink rhododendron blooms. Travels east on Seventh Street, south on H Street, west on Henderson and concludes near the rear of the Eureka Mall.

Artists of the Emerald Coast

Mateel Community Center / 3-8 p.m. / $10 / $20 sliding scale

Talented local artists, live acoustic music and complimentary gourmet hors d'oeuvres. Wine tasting with samples provided by top southern Humboldt vintners, Briceland, Elk Prairie and Whitethorn Vineyards.

923-3368 / Web site

Loleta Meat Market Luau

Loleta Fireman's Pavilion / 5:30 p.m. / $15 / $8 kids 6 to 12

Fundraiser to assist the market with moving costs. Music and dancing with Rooster McClintock 'til midnight. Dutch raffle, dessert auction, beer and wine.

733-1702 / Web site

American Beauty: The Grateful Dead Concert Experience

Arkley Center For The Performing Arts / 8 p.m.

Dead tribute band chugs through "Truckin," "American Beauty," "Box Of Rain," "Casey Jones," "Sugar Magnolia," "Friend of the Devil," "U.S. Blues" and likely others.

Petty Theft

Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m. / $10 / 21+

Bay Area Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover band steps onto Full Moon Fever's turf. Bold.

826-2739 / Web site

Orchid Show and Sale

Humboldt Bay / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. / $2

Humboldt Orchid Society annual fundraising event.

845-6858 / bill@sealrockorchids.com / Web site

Arcata Farmers' Market

Arcata Plaza / 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Local produce, meats flowers and more. Music at 10 a.m. (Click for music schedule.)

Web site

Open Mic

Eel River Valley Multigenerational Center / 11 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free

725-3300 / tpockett@ervmgc.com / Web site

ArMack Orchestra Gala

Arcata Community Center / 5:30-8 p.m. / $30

Performance of Stravinsky’s “The Firebird” by the ArMack Orchestra, plus ive and silent auctions.

822-5453 / kghisetti@gmail.com / Web site

Outliers

Studio Theater / 7 p.m.

Adapted from Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling book.

Transformational Justice: A Dance Performance

Redwood Raks World Dance Studio / 7-9 p.m. / $5

Five original dance performances, four spoken word presentations and the music of singer/songwriter Lyndsey Battle. Presented by Mortimer Dance Project.

442-8563 / faulk@hotmail.com / Web site

Proof

Gist Hall, HSU / 7:30 p.m. / $10

Locked in her father’s desk is a notebook with the startling proof of a basic math question that alone would make its author famous. But what is its real secret? Only Catherine has the key.

826-3928 / Web site

Antigone

Eureka High School / 7:30 p.m. / $8

Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles’ classic play is a tale of tragedy and of difficult choices.

441-2508 /

The Word: A Community Storytelling Project

Arcata Playhouse / 8 p.m. / $10 / $8 students/seniors

Evening of stories lived and told by community members and local storytellers, around the theme of "Being in Community". Music by Randles-Lebolle-Amirkhan Trio.

822-1575 / Web site