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EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Tour of the Unknown Coast

Humboldt County Fairgrounds / 7 a.m.

Grueling local cycling tradition. Check website for courses, times and registration.

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Sweet Memories Dessert Auction

Ferndale City Hall / 11 a.m.-3 p.m. / $5

Historic exhibits, appetizers and wine, local cookbooks for sale, and silent auction of incredible pastries.

786-9196 / wreidcrisp@gmail.com / Web site

9th Annual Mayday Clean Up Event

Eureka Waterfront / 1 p.m. / Free

Volunteers will be picking up litter at Halvorsen Park, Old Town, PALCO marsh and the Hikshari Trail (foot of Truesdale St.) Tools and refreshments will be provided. A volunteer appreciation event will follow the clean up at the C street plaza with a BBQ, drawings, and music by the Delta Nationals.

441-4363 / mphansen@ci.eureka.ca.gov / Web site

"Salute The Empress" Mothers Day Celebration

Mateel Community Center / 1 p.m. / $40 / $35 adv.

"Join us as we salute mothers everywhere! DJ Green B will be your host for this all day event which will feature a variety of talented entertainers including: Sister Nancy, Etana, Jah 9, Vidagua, Dynasty One, and DJ Rundat."

923-3368 / Web site

Brew at the Zoo 2015

Sequoia Park Zoo / 4-8 p.m. / $45 / $40 adv.

Embark on a suds safari with fine beers, live music, and delicious pub-style grub. Music by Mad River Rose , Spindrifters, and The No Good Redwood Ramblers. Click for list of breweries.

441-4263 / Web site

Youth Queer Prom: MasQUEERade!

Eureka Women's Club / 7-11 p.m.

The RAVEN Project hosts its annual prom with performances by Humboldt Circus Performers, our MC Fuscia Rae and The Eureka Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. DJs Anya and D'vinity bring the beats. Ages 10-21.

Real Vocal String Quartet

Arcata Playhouse / 8 p.m. / $18 / $15 students/members/seniors

"RVSQ's surprisingly broad repertoire embraces the diverse influences of all four players, from classical, jazz, and rock, to songs and styles from West Africa, Brazil, and rural America."

822-1575 / info@arcataplayhouse.org / Web site

The Trouble, Companion Animal

Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn / 9 p.m. / $5 / 21+

Americana rock band, The Trouble, return to the Palm Lounge with synth rockers, Companion Animal.

Govinda

Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m. / $15 / 21+

Govinda is the alter ego of Austin-based producer/composer Shane Madden. He began studying violin and composition at the age of eight and went on to study classical violin at the University of Texas, where he fell in love with electronic music production.

826-2739 / Web site

Annual Coast Guard Yard Sale

Coast Guard Housing / 8 a.m.-4 p.m. / Free

23rd Annual Letter Carriers Food Drive

Food for People, Inc. / 8 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free

All residents of Humboldt County are being asked to participate and help “Stamp out Hunger.” Look for the blue donation bags in your mailbox the week leading up to the drive.

445-3166 / lhughes@foodforpeople.org / Web site

Bee Fest Humboldt 2015

Bayside Grange / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. / Free

Learn more about the fascinating world of the Honeybee, and get to know your local beekeepers.

599-1902 / QMR_Bees@iCloud.com / Web site

Birding by the Bay

Freshwater Farms Reserve / 9-11 a.m. / Free

Join Chet Ogan of Redwood Region Audubon Society and the Northcoast Regional Land Trust’s Executive Director, Michael Cipra for a birding interpretive walk.

822-2242 / s.pilkington@ncrlt.org / Web site

Get the Word Out!

College of the Redwoods Community Education / 9 a.m.-noon / $55 / 18+

Do you want to promote a small business, non-profit, or perhaps yourself? Shows you how to attract media attention, identify the people you want to communicate with, build a following online, establish yourself as an expert and bring people to your business or event.

476-4500 / sarah-connelly@redwoods.edu /

Arcata Celebrates Water Week

Locations Vary / 9 a.m.-5 p.m. / Free

Water Week is a unique opportunity for both water professionals and our community to join together in recognizing the vital role water plays in our daily lives.

825-2167 / twatkins@cityofarcata.org / Web site

Family Grass Grab

Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. / Free

"Participants of all ages will be removing easy to pull invasive annual grasses around the Nature Center, and will go on a Quest to the beach to learn about the dune ecosystem."

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

Visitor Services Training Day

Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 10-11:30 a.m. / Free

Friends of the Dunes is seeking Visitor Services volunteers to work the front desk at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, especially during busy summer months.

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

Low Cost Rabies Clinic

Ferndale Veterinary Hospital / 10 a.m.-noon / $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.

725-6131 /

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

Mother's Day Weekend Tea

Eureka / 11 a.m.-4 p.m. / $20

At the Holland Home. RSVP

445-8775 / eurekaheritagesociety@gmail.com / Web site

Lyme Awareness Day

Dias Artistries / noon-8 p.m.

Free event to inform the public about Lyme Disease and tick prevention.

Arts Brew and BBQ

Eagle Prairie Art's District / noon-8 p.m. / $20 out of area people / $10 Rio Dell-Scotia members / Free EPAD members

Art walk, five bands, a drum off competition, kids games, a bouncy house, a community market, a raffle and much more.

506-5081 / rdscrechena@hotmail.com /

'Drawn to Birds'

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge / 1-4 p.m. / Free

A bird walk and drawing workshop with Louise Bacon-Ogden.

733-5406 / denise_seeger@fws.gov / Web site

Redwood Coast Children's and Adult Chorus

Morris Graves Museum of Art / 2-4 p.m. / $5 / Free MGMA members/children / $2 students/seniors

Celebrate Mother’s Day weekend with a performance by Redwood Coast Children’s and Adult Chorus during Family Arts Day at the Morris Graves. After the performance children are invited to create a special keepsake book to give to mom for Mother’s Day. This event is free to children.

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

Nature Story Time

Humboldt Coastal Nature Center / 2-3 p.m. / Free

Join naturalist Melissa Zielinski for flower themed stories.

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

Pat Holland

Fieldbrook Family Market / 3-7 p.m. / Free

Acoustic guitar tunes.

616-4534 / hollandhomes@live.com /

Women's Only 8-Ball Tournament

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

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

Breaking Away (1979)

Eureka Theater / 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Iconic 1979 American “coming of age” comedic drama screened in celebration and promotion of Bike Month Humboldt.

442-2970 / Web site

Fortuna High School Camarada Singers and Jazz Express

Fortuna Monday Club / 7:30 p.m. / $10 / $8 Students and seniors

The Fortuna Concert Series is pleased to present The Fortuna High School Camarada Singers and Jazz Express. Directed by Dr. Sarah McClimon and accompanied by pianist Dana Christen, Camarada Singers is the auditioned choir of Fortuna High School.

768-3231 / fortunaconcert@live.com / Web site

HSU Jazz Orchestra

Fulkerson Recital Hall / 8-9:30 p.m. / $8 / Free HSU students / $5 seniors, children, students

HSU Jazz Orchestra plays new tunes by Arcata’s recording artist Nathan Parker Smith and band grad Dan Fair as well as student originals and jazz classics of several eras. Directed by Dan Aldag.

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

Cowgirls: A Musical Comedy

Redbud Theater / 8-10 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 /

The Restless Sons

Redwood Curtain Brewing Company, Arcata / 8-11 p.m. / Free

826-7222 / office@redwoodcurtainbrewing.com / Web site

Trabants, Let it Fever, Dotcom Dotcom

Blondies Food and Drink / 8:30 p.m.-midnight / $5

Classic '60s surfrawk.

822-3453 / Web site

Missing Link's Matt n' Adam, DJ Pandemonium Jones

The Miniplex at Richards' Goat Tavern / 9 p.m.-2 a.m. / Free / 21+

In a very special Whatever Forever, The Goat's resident DJ Pandemonium Jones is joined by Matt n' Adam of Missing Link Records and Soul Night fame.

630-5000 / Web site

Dr. Squid

Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 9 p.m. / 21+

Dance hits.

668-9770 / Web site

Selector Rotten

Robert Goodman Wines/Machine Works / 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

826-9463 / Web site

Mojo Rockers

Central Station / 9 p.m.-1 a.m. / Free / 21+

Rising.

839-2013 / centralstationtavern@gmail.com /

Karaoke

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

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MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema
Minor Theatre