Your Humboldt Sunday offers you several musical ways to forget about the coming Monday as long as possible (sample the following highlights above, left to right):
Avenue Of The Giants
/ 7:45 a.m.
"One of the most scenic courses in the country. Staged on "The Avenue of the Giants" in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, located in rural Northern California, the paved course winds through giant old growth redwoods."
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Blue Ox Historic Village
/ 10-6 a.m.
/ $12
/ Free kids 8 and under
/ $8 Kids ages 9-17
View traditional craft demonstrations: blacksmithing, spinning and weaving, coppersmithing, stained glass, lapidary, ceramics, glass blowing, wood turning and more! Live music featuring Doug Fir & the 2x4's, Lone Star Junctioin, Kenny Ray and the Mighty Rovers and more.
444-3437 /
info@blueoxmill.com /
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 2 p.m.
/ $18
/ $10 5/3 preview
/ $16 students/seniors
"Winner of both the Tony Award for Best Revival and Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, Chicago is the bold, sexy musical about notoriety, celebrity, and human passion."
786-5483 /
info@ferndalerep.org /
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Gist Theater at HSU
/ 2 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 Students/Seniors
Humboldt State University presents "Hay Fever" by Noel Coward. Best described as a cross between high farce and a comedy of manners, the play is set in the 1920s and deals with the four eccentric members of the Bliss family and their outlandish behavior with their invited guests.
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Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 5:30 p.m.
/ $5
"Steven Spielberg filters J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan through a distinctly 1990s sensibility in Hook. Peter Pan has become Peter Banning (Robin Williams), a 40-year-old mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a permanent scowl on his face and a cellular phone in his belt."
613-3030 /
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Outer Space
/ 5:30-10 p.m.
/ $15
/ $12 Presale
MDC - Millions Of Dead Cops - is an American punk rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1981. They play fast hardcore punk music espousing far-left sociopolitical ideals, with singer Dave Dictor expressing his animal rights and anti-capitalist convictions.
disbeatcrasher@gmail.com /
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Arcata Playhouse
/ 7 p.m.
/ $22
Bruce Molsky’s new “power trio.” As Berklee College of Music’s Visiting Scholar in their American Roots Program, Bruce met virtuoso musicians Allison de Groot (banjo) and Stash Wyslouch (guitar), and formed a cross-generational band that brings a fresh approach to old-time music.
822-1575 /
david@arcataplayhouse.org /
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Alibi
/ 9 p.m.
/ $10
"So when you see a man in a jumpsuit and full-face helmet rigged up with a telephone receiver come barreling down the honky-tonk stairs in a lifeboat while beating away on a hollow-body guitar, don’t get out of the way. Jump right in there with him."
822-3731 /
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Westhaven Center for the Arts
/ 1-4 a.m.
/ Free
The May-June exhibit at The Westhaven Center for the Arts showcases work by its members.
677-9493 /
wcaexhibits2@gmail.com /
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/ 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ Free
Hosted by Kyle Keegan and family, this tour/workshop on their "Fools Farm" in Salmon Creek will be an ecology-based hike that focuses on key elements of land stewardship.
986-1087 /
anna@sanctuaryforest.org /
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Trillium Dance Studio
/ 9:30-10:30 a.m.
/ Free
The Arcata Zen Group invites the public to a Dharma talk by Soto Zen Priest Eugene Bush.
826-1701 /
info@arcatazengroup.org /
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Foodwise Kitchen
/ 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
/ $60
Arcata Core Pilates and Foodwise Kitchen are teaming up!
633-8328 /
foodwisekitchen@gmail.com /
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Red Lion Hotel
/ noon-4:30 p.m.
/ $59.99
/ 21+
Breweries may include Lost Coast Brewery, Redwood Curtain Brewing, Six Rivers Brewery and Mad River Brewing company while transported aboard our open air, glass top van.
677-8464 /
redwoodsightseeingtours@gmail.com /
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Highland Park
/ 1 p.m.
/ Free
Like horse polo minus the stable fees.
541-531-6671 /
daryl_witmore@yahoo.com /
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Ma-le'l Dunes North (Off Young Lane)
/ 1-3 p.m.
/ Free
Join Friends of the Dunes naturalist Peter Williams for a guided walk at the Ma-le'l North Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, focusing on identification of Coastal Wildflowers.
444-1397 /
info@friendsofthedunes.org /
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Nugames Eureka
/ 1 p.m.
/ $10
Participate in League Cup events now at Nugames Eureka to earn Championship Points toward an invitation to the Pokémon World Championships!
497-6358 /
nugamesonline@gmail.com /
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Christ Episcopal Church
/ 2-4 p.m.
/ Free
Music by Haydn, Bruckner, Brahms and others are performed by members of the Chamber Players of the Redwoods.
443-2484 /
komponist53@gmail.com /
Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 2-4 p.m.
/ Free HSU Students with ID
/ $5 Senior/Child
/ $10 General
A handful of HSU student instrumentalists will be featured on the program, which includes movements from two Schumann concertos, one with cellist and graduating senior Kira Weiss playing on the Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129.
826-3531 /
patrick@humboldt.edu /
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Nugames Eureka
/ 3 p.m.
/ $5
Come get in and play some games with fellow Pokemon Trainers.
497-6358 /
nugamesonline@gmail.com /
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Northtown Coffee
/ 5-7 p.m.
/ Free
Comedy open Mic presented by Savage Henry Magazine! Hosted by Josh Barnes (usually).
633-6187 /
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Red Lion Hotel
/ 5-9:30 p.m.
/ $59.99
/ 21+
Breweries may include Lost Coast Brewery, Redwood Curtain Brewing, Six Rivers Brewery and Mad River Brewing company while transported aboard our open air, glass top van.
677-8464 /
redwoodsightseeingtours@gmail.com /
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Campbell Creek Connexion
/ 7-8 p.m.
/ Free
Every week, Lifetree Café-Marion gathers friendly people to experience the intriguing stories of life around us.
672-2919 /
campbellcreekconnexion@gmail.com /
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