For those of you that want to simultaneously experience the fuzzy and the fizzy, you're in luck! Saturday sees the return of Brew at the Zoo, the Sequoia Park Zoo's annual fundraiser pairing beers from regional breweries with close encounters of the animal kind. In addition to the brews, food and dancing to music provided by Asha Nan and Mojo Brown, tipsy zoo goers will have the chance -- this is gotta be the big selling point, right? -- to hand-feed the zoo's red pandas. Just don't give 'em anything habit forming.
Arcata Plaza
/ noon-1 p.m.
March around the Plaza during Saturday's farmers' market to raise awareness about those suffering with Lyme disease. Balloons for kids. Bring signs and wear lime green.
633-5329 /
Sequoia Park Zoo
/ 6 p.m.
/ $30
/ $25 members
Party with fuzzies! Music by Asha Nan and Mojo Brown, food, and the opportunity to sample more than a dozen classic brews from the North Coast and beyond.
441-4263 /
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Arcata Plaza
/ 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Local produce, meats flowers and more. Music at 10 a.m. (Click for music schedule.)
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Cooper Gulch Park
/ 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Remove invasive plants, enhance an existing trail and stabilize an eroding bank by planting willow sprigs.
445-5387 /
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Main Street, Ferndale
/ 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
On the corner of Shaw and Main streets. Sustainable farms sell local produce direct to the consumer.
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Carlo Theatre (Dell'Arte)
/ 8 p.m.
Thesis projects of the 2013 MFA graduating class. Pay what you can. Reservations recommended.
Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
A large, lovable, lonely-heart gives romance one last shot on a blind-date.
443-7688 /
Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 students/seniors
Local production of the classic musical. Directed by Justin Takata, music direction by Tina Toomata, choreography By Linda Maxwell.
800-838-3600 /
info@ferndalerep.org /
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Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8 p.m.
/ $7
/ $3 students/seniors
From the most famous Mexican bolero and a 1950s torch song to a Stevie Wonder classic, the HSU Jazz Orchestra reassembles jazz horizons
826-3928 /
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Eureka Inn
/ 8 p.m.
/ 21+
Local rock. (New moniker for the former Sour Cream.)
497-6093 /
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 9 p.m.
Non-stop dance party where Latino, Middle-Eastern, Brazilian, tropical, Balkan, electronic and psychedelic sounds collide .
613-3030 /
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The Jam
/ 9 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Performances by Masta Shredda, The Middle Agent, JSun, The Beat Vixens, Raggedy Annie and Steven Weven. Funds raised send some free spirits to Burning Man.
408-515-2801 /
stevenwevenclown@yahoo.com /
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The Shanty
/ 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
/ 21+
Decent to OK music from three of Eureka's finest.
444-2053 /