If you're a participating member of the Humboldt community, your mind should end Saturday in a different state than it began it. Light vice dominates the day at the county's two highest profile events:
Have a fun/safe day, you ragamuffins.
Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center
/ 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Betty Kwan Chinn Homeless Foundation and Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa invite the community to this special open house.
Mateel Community Center
/ 11 a.m.
3rd Annual Humboldt Hemp Fest, a full weekend celebration of music, comedy and hemp/cannabis related events. Click for full schedule and admission prices.
923-3368 /
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Eureka Theater
/ 5:30-10 p.m.
/ $25
/ 21+
Challenging local brewers to create the strangest and most delicious concoctions. Fundraising event for the Eureka Theater.
442-2970 /
info@theeurekatheater.org /
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Van Duzer Theater
/ 7:30-9 p.m.
/ $10
/ Free limited free seating for HSU students
/ $8 students & seniors
/ 18+
Who in the world was Alexander von Humboldt—explorer, visionary and godfather of ecology? Explore the wonder of his voyages to the outer and inner unknown in this HSU original production featuring music, dance and spectacle.
826-3928 /
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Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Thursdays
"Deliciously wry and poignant play centers on three US Navy personnel, and one Navy wife, stationed at a base in Japan in the mid 1950’s – a little bit Kabuki, a little bit From Here to Eternity."
Arcata Playhouse
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $15
/ $13 Advance tickets
With Jan Bramlett, Morgan Corviday Hollis, Joanne Rand, Rick Copeland, Marla Joy, Jay Forbes, Julie Froblom, Sarah Torres, Josephine Johnson and Joel Soneshein.
801-201-8969 /
morgan@corvidesign.net /
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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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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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Headwaters Forest Reserve
/ 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ Free
The BLM welcomes Jon Gates, author of a book about the former Humboldt County logging town of Falk, to the Headwaters Forest Reserve. Gates will lead a guided hike followed by a question and answer period.
825-2300 /
headwaters@blm.gov /
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Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
/ 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Help introduce people to the beauty and natural diversity of our coast by becoming a volunteer Coastal Naturalist Ambassador.
444-1397 /
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Eureka Moose Lodge
/ 6:30 p.m.
Dance to the music of Austin Alley. Benefits HOSPICE of Humboldt.
Eureka High School Auditorium
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $8
/ $5 students
Shakespeare's most popular comedy, portrays the adventures of four young lovers and a group of amateur actors, their interactions with woodland fairies and a duke and duchess.
441-1735 /
vossn@eurekacityschools.org /
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Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ Free HSU students
/ $5 students & seniors
Celebrating the HSU centennial with music from those ten decades, including the 1914 local tune “Eureka March” performed on period instruments, plus playful compositions like “Ja-Da,” “Daytripper,” “Thriller” and “Pennsylvania 6-5000” in its only local concert of the year.
826-3928 /
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Humboldt Brews
/ 9 p.m.
With headliner Brendan Lynch, finalist in this year's San Francisco International Comedy Competition. Hosted by John Mcclurg
826-2739 /
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The Ritz
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Dance ... dance ... get on down in ya undapants ...
Alibi
/ 11 p.m.
Arcata surf-rock reunion show.
822-3731 /
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