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Trinidad Surf and Skate Fest

Trinidad School / noon-6 p.m. / Free

Tarp surfing! Ramp skating! Live music by SambAmore, The Sand Fleas, Blue Dragon Steel Band, and DJ Scoop. A benefit for Trinidad School's surf and skate clubs. Live painting by Matt Beard. Sponsored by Trinidad Skatepark Alliance.

677-3631 / Web site

11th Street Block Fest

Arcata / noon-10 p.m. / $5 / $3 adv.

12 local and touring bands, three house venues, comedians, three residential DJs, food truck, nighttime karaoke tag team, celebrity holograms and more.

822-4500 / Web site

Cuzin Marc's KMUD Memorial Show!

Mateel Community Center / 6 p.m.

This event features plenty of funk nasty get down brought to you by Liquid Kactus, The Electric Love Arkestra, The Strawberry White Band, Cyclops & The Owl, Mimur and more all hosted by the freak-alicious MC Michael Jacinto!

923-3368 / Web site

Del Tha Funky Homosapien

Humboldt Brews / 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. / $15 / 21+

Hailing from Oakland, California, Del and his crew, the Hieroglyphics came out as a markedly non-gansta response to a burgeoning West Coast scene.

826-2739 / Web site

Annual HERO Ride For Life

Humboldt County Fairgrounds / 7 a.m.-4 p.m.

Relay for Life equine fundraiser.

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Dyerville Loop Road Birding Trip

Herrick Avenue Park and Ride / 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free

The seldom-birded Dyerville Loop winds 29 miles through forest and prairie in southern Humboldt.

499-1146 / Web site

Low Cost Rabies Clinic

Cutten Animal Hospital / 8 a.m.-5 p.m. / $6

Canine rabies vaccine cost is $6.00. Other vaccines may be available. Contact the clinic for details. For your safety and the safety of other please bring your dog on a leash and your cat in a carrier.

445-0877 /

Just Jewelry Secondhand Sale

Eureka Woman's Club / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free

Come find new and gently used jewelry to give as gifts for loved ones or treat your self- for Mother’s Day or just because.

444-9255 / dvservices@hdvs.org / Web site

Humboldt Yacht Club Rummage Sale and Open House

Wharfinger Building / 9 a.m.-2 p.m. / Free

268-1973 / Web site

1st Annual UIHS American Indian Arts & Crafts Fair

United Indian Health Services-Potawot Health Village / 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

825-4074 /

Big Brew 2015

Humboldt Beer Works / 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

442-6258 / info@humboldtbeerworks.com / Web site

Cannabis Film Festival

Garberville Theater / 10 a.m. / $25

Provides a means for filmmakers to share their work with both distributors and the general public. The CFF is designed to enable “cream of the crop” film projects to gain exposure to larger and more mainstream audiences.

Lanphere Dunes Guided Walk

Lanphere Dunes (HBNWR) / 10 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free

Join Friends of the Dunes Naturalist John DeMartini for a guided tour of the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay Wildlife Refuge.

444-1397 / info@friendsofthedunes.org / Web site

UIHS American Indian Arts and Crafts Fair

Potawot Health Village / 10 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free

Event encourages both contemporary and traditional arts and crafts. Items available for sale will be primarily items made with one's own hands and/or skills.

826-5070 /

Wildflower Show Guided Walk

Manila Community Center / 11 a.m.-1 p.m. / Free

This walk will focus on wildflowers of the coastal dunes as part of the California Native Plant Society's 33rd Annual Wildflower Show.

444-1397 / info@friendsofthedunes.org / Web site

Spring Exhibits at the Clarke Museum

Clarke Historical Museum / 11 a.m.-4 p.m. / $3 / Free members / $5 families

The Clarke Historical Museum will be exhibiting a display of Humboldt’s clothing history spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s as well as a tribute to the history of baseball in Humboldt County with objects and photographs spanning from modern day all the way back to the 19th century.

443-1947 / clarkehistorical@att.net / Web site

KEET's Kids Club

Morris Graves Museum of Art / noon-2 p.m. / Free

Help your child get a head start on reading at KEET’s Kids Club! Each family receives a free copy of this month’s featured book, Neil Armstrong by Dana Meachen Rau.

442-0278 / janine@humboldtarts.org / Web site

Low Cost Rabies Clinic

McKinleyville Animal Care Center / noon-1 p.m. / $6

Canine rabies vaccine cost is $6.00. Other vaccines may be available. Contact the clinic for details. For your safety and the safety of other please bring your dog on a leash and your cat in a carrier.

839-1504 /

International Female Ride Day - Northern California

Black Lightning Motorcycle Cafe / noon / $10

442-2562 / info@blmcafe.com / Web site

AFS Intercultural Programs Open House

Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center / 1-5 p.m. / Free

Find out about year, semester, summer and gap year options for studying abroad.

834-0365 / northwestcalifornia@afsusa.org / Web site

Super Creeps : the monsters of pop

622 2nd St, Eureka / 5 p.m.

Banksters by Kimberly Piazza

Highland Art Center / 5-8 p.m. / Free

A multimedia exploration of the many faces of the Great Recession.

530-623-5111 / info@highlandartcenter.org / Web site

May Arts Alive Zumba!

Saint Vincent de Paul Redwood Region / 5:45 p.m.

443-8676 / saintvincetdepaulredwoodregion@gmail.com / Web site

North Coast Open Studios Artist Show and Reception

North Coast Open Studios / 6-9 p.m.

View work by 90 North Coast Open Studios artists.

3rd Annual 'Being Here Now' Art Show

Area 1 Agency on Aging / 6 p.m.

442-3763 / A1AA@a1aa.org / Web site

Teen Court's 4th Annual Second Chances Art Show and Raffle

Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town) / 6-9 p.m. / Free

"Every one of the contributors is a youth from our surrounding community."

444-0153 / hcteencourt@bgcredwoods.org / Web site

Mad River Rose

Morris Graves Museum of Art / 6-9 p.m. / Free

"Mad River Rose found an open forum for their musical creativity and songwriting in their living rooms and back yards."

442-0278 / janine@humboldtarts.org / Web site

Art Splurge

Morris Graves Museum of Art / 6-9 p.m. / Free

5x7 artworks in a wide variety of styles and mediums are available for sale beginning on Arts Alive.

442-0278 / janine@humboldtarts.org / Web site

'It’s a Masquerade' Gala

Fortuna River Lodge / 6-11 p.m. / $50 / 18+

There will be a silent and live auction, dinner, dancing, balloon pops and more. Dinner will be catered by Nourish Bistro and Catering. Guests are encouraged to dress up for this masked ball. Hosted by Redwood Preparatory Charter School.

682-6149 /

Big Screens Big Machines

Eureka Theater / 6-9 p.m. / Free

Join us for an evening of classic Kinetic documentaries and footage of last year's Kinetic Grand Championship.

442-2970 / kineticvideoteam@gmail.com / Web site

Arts Alive

Eureka / 6 p.m. / Free

Eureka's monthly stab at getting everyone together! Opening receptions for artists, exhibits, and/or performances.

The Young MediaMakers 2015 Big Screen Showcase

Arcata Playhouse / 6-9 p.m. / Free

768-1738 / allyoungmediamakers@gmail.com / Web site

May is Mental Health Month Art Show

Wolf Dawg / 6-9 p.m. / Free

268-3447 /

Staff Infection

Old Town Coffee And Chocolates (Old Town) / 6:30-9:30 p.m. / Free

Contemporary rock and pop.

445-8600 / Web site

Cowgirls: A Musical Comedy

Redbud Theater / 7-10 p.m. / $10 / $15 Sunday Matinees / $35 Gala Dinner

"Jo is in a pickle: She has twenty-four hours to save Hiram Hall—her father's once-famous country-western saloon in Rexford, Kansas—from foreclosure."

davidlippman411@gmail.com /

Women's Only 8-Ball Tournament

Broadway Billiards / 7-10:30 p.m. / $5 / Free Public / 21+

442-7665 / broadwaybilliards.humboldt@yahoo.com /

Scratchdog Stringband @ The Local Beer Bar (ARTS ALIVE)

The Local Cider Bar / 7-10 p.m.

497-6320 / Web site

HSU Calypso Band and Percussion Ensemble

Van Duzer Theater / 8-10 p.m. / $10 / $3 HSU students / $5 seniors, children

HSU Calypso Band brings their authentic Caribbean high energy dance music home after a successful California tour, and the Percussion Ensemble features a work highlighting Hawaiian rhythms. Directed by Eugene Novotney and Howard Kaufman, dance choreographed by Sharon Butcher.

826-3928 / attentionservices@sbcglobal.net / Web site

The Brothers Brothers Band

Humboldt Brews / 8 p.m. / 21+

Early show! Musical comedy team. Locals Dutch Savage, Josh Duke, and Nathan Davis Floyd open.

826-2739 / Web site

Dread Daze

Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+

Reggae.

877-252-2946 / info@bluelakecasino.com / Web site

Piet Dalmolen

Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works / 9-11 p.m.

826-9463 / Web site

Karaoke

Little Red Lion / 9 p.m. / 21+

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DOUBLE HEADER RECORD RELEASE PARTY NIGHT #2!

The Jam / 9 p.m.-2 a.m. / $5 / Free Ladies / 21+

822-5266 / Web site

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The Works / 9-11 p.m.

"Humboldt County's first and foremost POWERxVIOLENCE band."

442-8121 / Web site

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema
Minor Theatre