Your Humboldt Friday has its share of smaller musical gems easily discoverable by those unafraid of a little Lowdown scrolling. Note that this is the last weekend you get to experience Bat Boy: The Musical at the Ferndale Repertory Theatre — LoCO caught a performance last week and, wow, yeah, never seen anything quite like that. Go see it so we can analyze it while drinking at some future date.
Humboldt has a beekeeping community! Who knew?! And those little workers are all abuzz (<— legally required, here) about this weekend’s returning BeeFest which kicks off tonight at the Bayside Grange with a bee lecture and slide show (yes!) and wraps with a screening of The Last Beekeeper — the trailer actually looks pretty good. See beelow.
Trinidad
/ 6-9 p.m.
Kinda like Garberville Arts Alive, but in Trinidad.
Bayside Grange
/ 6:30-9 p.m.
/ Free
The Humboldt County Beekeepers Association presents the 3rd Annual Bee Fest Film and Lecture night for a special lecture and film, and celebrate the amazing world of the honey bee and other pollinators!
845-3362 /
qmr_Bees@iCloud.com /
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Northtown Books
/ 7 p.m.
Jerry Martien will read and sign copies of The Price of a Life, a history of money in Humboldt County from shell exchange to gold rush, and from carbon notes to weed.
822-2834 /
info@northtownbooks.com /
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 8 p.m.
/ $10
Strangebird Films, in association with Abstrkt Volcano Musik, presents the feature length debut from William Head, who ventures beyond the Redwood Curtain into the never-ending hills of the Emerald Triangle to chronicle the deeds and mis-deeds of Savage Henry Magazine.
613-3030 /
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Cher-Ae Heights Casino
/ 8 p.m.
/ $39
/ $49 VIP
"Big Bad Voodoo Daddy has appeared in concert venues across the world, sold millions of records, and had their music appear in hundreds of movies and television shows. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy continues its mission to celebrate and revitalize jazz and swing music."
800-684-2464 /
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Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $15
/ $10 Thursdays
"At turns funny and powerful, this extraordinary play portrays a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son."
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $18
/ $16 students/seniors 60+
/ 18+
"An adult only theatrical experience, Bat Boy: The Musical was inspired by a series of tabloid headlines published in 1992 by The Weekly World News claiming that a terrifying creature, half-man and half-bat, had been discovered in a cave, escaped, and was terrorizing the local dairy farmers."
786-5483 /
info@ferndalerep.org /
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Avalon
/ 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
/ Free
All proceeds go to Jefferson Neighborhood Project and community-building efforts.
Arcata Community Forest
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ $40
The City of Arcata Recreation Division’s Challenge Course, located in the beautiful Arcata Community Forest, is a fun-filled outdoor adventure focusing on team building, skill development and environmental education.
822-7091 /
rec@cityofarcata.org /
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HSU Parking Lot G15
/ 2-4 p.m.
/ Free
Basic care of equines in backcountry environments.
826-4064 /
sem11@humboldt.edu /
The Miniplex at Richards' Goat Tavern
/ 4 p.m.
Russian director Alexander Sokurov, best known for his single-take history of the Hermitage Museum, RUSSIAN ARK, turns his attention to The Louvre for this magisterial, centuries-spanning reflection on the relation between art, culture and power.
630-5000 /
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Fortuna River Lodge
/ 5:30-10:30 p.m.
/ $60
/ 21+
A Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser to benefit the Eel River Valley Foundation. Proceeds will help cover operational costs of Suzanne’s House, which provides housing for family members of patients at Redwood Memorial Hospital.
725-6681 /
buttered_yams@yahoo.com /
Nugames Arcata
/ 7 p.m.
/ $15
"Weekly social gathering of Magic fans, hosted at your local friendly game store."
826-1228 /
nugamesonline@gmail.com /
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Eureka Woman's Club
/ 7:30 p.m.
Humboldt Light Opera Company's women's chorus performs music from jazz to contemporary. Joined by HLOC Guys Chorus, along with Tim Willits on sax and Aurora Pitts on violin.
442-3458 /
Broadway Billiards
/ 8 p.m.
/ $10
/ Free Public
/ 21+
Corner pocket.
442-7665 /
Broadwaybilliards.humboldt@yahoo.com /
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 8-9:30 p.m.
/ $8
/ Free HSU students
/ $5 seniors, children
An orchestral suite from the opera “Carmen,” favorites by Rachmaninoff and Copland, and a tribute to Louis Armstrong.
826-3928 /
attentionservices@sbcglobal.net /
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Bear River Casino Resort
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ Free
"Dr. Squid performs the greatest dance music from the last 50 years of rock and roll as well as jazz standards and a bit of country music."
800-761-2327 /
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