If you're not watching horror movies in October, you're doing it wrong. And while we know you all have 1080p plasmas at this point, it might be fun to sit in a room of strangers and watch a mooo-veee, right? Right?
And if you're like, "I've got kids! I can't show them that schlock!" we'll point out they're showing Monsters, Inc. at the Arcata Theatre Lounge. Surely, no nightmares can come from that movie about the nightmare industry. Your kids little brains will be safe. -AG
Humboldt Baykeeper
/ 9-10:30 a.m.
Humboldt Baykeeper offers free natural history boat tours of the north Humboldt Bay at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Call for details.
268-8897 /
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center
/ 1-3 p.m.
Come dressed in costume and bring a trick or treat bag, or a t-shirt to make into a bag! Be prepared for a short hike in the sand.
444-1397 /
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The Jefferson Project
/ 1-6 p.m.
/ $5
Get your imagination caps on, and jump into a rocket ship with the artists and puppeteers from the Ink People Center for the Arts. Guided tours leave every few minutes to other worlds where travelers will talk to robots, crawl through an underwater maze, pet strange aliens and more.
442-8413 /
marzers@gmail.com /
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Gist Hall, HSU
/ 2-4 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 students & seniors
/ 18+
It’s alive! And it dances! Get ready for Halloween with the scary, sexy and very silly HSU production of Mel Brooks’ classic.
826-3928 /
attentionservices@sbcglobal.net /
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 2 p.m.
/ $10
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the very first production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning play.
786-5483 /
info@ferndalerep.org /
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Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 8 p.m.
Your Lowdown will go on the record as saying that Chris Clay is Humboldt's most pro karaoke jockey. We know this stuff.
800-684-2464 /
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