Should you start feeling a creeping inadequacy about your current means of transportation this weekend, never fear. The annual Cruz’n Eureka event, which draws car enthusiasts from far and wide to our region, will only assault your insecurities for the next three days. Just know that this slight inconvenience to your ego benefits a good cause, namely the Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods. Deal.
Humboldt State University Founders Hall
/ 5:30-7 p.m.
/ Free
Ken Liberman will present "Can ‘Nature’ Teach Anything?” Liberman argues that environmental studies has been burdened with perspectives that have failed to afford access to the actual experience of living in a landscape, and that dualist and nondualist inquiries alike are plagued by anthropocentrism
826-3653 /
envcomm1@humboldt.edu /
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/ 6 p.m.
/ $10
/ $25 suggested donation
RSVP. Join us at Concerts at the Crib for a concert! Featuring award-winning Southeast Texas songwriter Mare Wakefield on guitar and Turkish-born, classically-trained Nomad on piano and accordion.
Vista Del Mar
/ 6-9 p.m.
/ Free
Local bands Cold Blue Water and Ghost Train will be rocking the lot while fine classic cars arrive from the poker run.
443-3770 /
vistadelmarbar@gmail.com /
Eureka
/ 6 p.m.
Annual weekend-long celebration of classic car culture. Poker Run on Thursday. Cruise on Friday. Car show in Old Town on Saturday. Benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods.
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The Siren's Song Tavern
/ 7:30-10 p.m.
/ $5
"After 12 years, The Humboldt Poetry Show kicks off the first of the new poetry season. There will be live art by Dre Meza, Live Music by DJ Goldylocks, a special performance by Melanie Zapper, and a feature performance by Zigzilla!"
502-0162 /
areasontolisten@gmail.com /
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Redwood Curtain Theatre
/ 8 p.m.
/ $10
/ $22 Gala Opening Night (9/9)
/ $17 Friday/Saturday/Matinees
/ $10 Previews and Thursdays
/ 18+
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?! Not Snow White and her posse of princesses in this hilariously risqué musical that’s anything but Grimm.
443-7688 /
boxoffice@redwoodcurtain.com /
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Van Duzer Theater
/ 8 p.m.
/ $39
Demetri Martin rose to relative obscurity when he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City at the end of the 20th Century. He released a comedy album called These Are Jokes and then created and starred in his own television series called Important Things with Demetri Martin.
826-3928 /
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Henderson Center
/ 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
/ Free
Celebrate the bounty of Humboldt County’s rich agricultural heritage and experience everything that our local family farmers and food producers have brought to share at our weekday farmers’ markets!
441-9999 /
info@humfarm.org /
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See Event Description
/ noon-1:30 p.m.
/ Free
This group is open to caregivers coping with all types of caregiving situations.
Eureka Natural Foods, McKinleyville
/ 3:30-6:30 p.m.
/ Free
Celebrate the bounty of Humboldt County’s rich agricultural heritage and experience everything that our local family farmers and food producers have brought to share at our weekday farmers’ markets!
441-9999 /
info@humfarm.org /
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See Event Description
/ 5-8 p.m.
/ Free
Celebrate the bounty of Humboldt County’s rich agricultural heritage and experience everything that our local family farmers and food producers have brought to share at our weekday farmers’ markets!
441-9999 /
info@humfarm.org /
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SCRAP Humboldt
/ 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Bring your friends or make new ones at this monthly crafting night. Pull out all of your old t-shirts, because September’s Community Craft Night is all about reusing those cotton beauties.
633-8349 /
director@scraphumboldt.org /
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Humboldt County Department of Agriculture
/ 6-8 p.m.
/ $2
Join us for an evening getting to know native bees and the plants that nourish them. Pete is co-author with Judy Haggard of the field guide “Insects of the Pacific Northwest.”
760-505-9021 /
justinmreeve87@gmail.com /
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Arcata Community Center
/ 7 p.m.
Sing your favorite folk, rock and pop songs with leader Joel Sonenshein. Songbooks provided, just bring your voice.
Center Activities, HSU Campus
/ 7-8:30 p.m.
/ $55
/ $45 HSU Students
This course will cover basic self-defense, as well as defenses against assaults by multiple assailants, takedowns, and some weapons.
826-3357 /
cntract@humboldt.edu /
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The Fuzion
/ 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
/ $8
/ $12 Non-Members
The only weekly Karaoke & Lip Sync night open to all ages! Music provided by Accurate Productions, Inc.
345-1040 /
hello@thefuzion.com /
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Sidelines
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ 21+
Hip hop krunkage for your butt.
822-0919 /
Pearl Lounge
/ 9:30 p.m.-midnight
Music mixed by DJ Pressure. Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Reggaeton and more.
444-2017 /
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Alibi
/ 11 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Outlaw country punk on the Plaza.
822-3731 /
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