SATURDAY LOWDOWN: North Country Fair! Matisyahu! Hoodslam Wrestling!

Your Humboldt Saturday could be pretty packed if that’s the lifestyle you seek.

The Native Ink Expo continues down at Bear River Casino giving you ample time to add some color to your carcass courtesy notable tattoo artists. Oh, and Saturday night features music from Matisyahu. No big.
This weekend sees the return of the North Country Fair — now in its 45th year, dear God — to the Arcata Plaza. If you plan on attending you should note that they’ve switched up their programming: This year the All Species Parade is taking place Saturday while the Samba Parade is filling the Sunday slot. Now you know.
Oh, professional wrestling! Fill your eyes with dumb spectacle at the Eureka Municipal Auditorium when boys Hoodslam kick the shit out of each other. This is not for kids. Don’t.

Details on this events and more in your Lowdown listings below.

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

North Country Fair

From its inception, the North Country Fair has been a showcase and haven for creativity, alternative solutions, and the resilient people who use those tools for progress.

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Native Ink Expo

Bear River Recreation Center / noon-11 p.m. / $20 Sunday day pass / $25 Saturday day pass / $25 Friday day pass / $50 weekend pass

298-0632 / kylehudson@bearrivercasino.com / Web site

Wizard Apprentice and Julius Smack

Outer Space / 7-10 p.m. / $5

Multimedia artists Wizard Apprentice and Julius Smack embark on a Fall tour this year, focusing on their “shadow self”—the dark side of our consciousness and the personality traits that are hard to look at.

breakfastalldaycollective@gmail.com / Web site

Marjorie Prime

Redwood Curtain Theatre / 8 p.m. / $17 / $10 Thursdays

It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year- old Marjorie—a jumble of disparate, fading memories—has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to feed the story of her life back to her.

Dial M for Murder

North Coast Repertory Theatre / 8-10:30 p.m. / $18 / $16 Students/Seniors

A wealthy socialite, a tennis pro, a torrid affair and a massive fortune on the line – murder returns to the NCRT stage with a tale of greed, jealousy, revenge, and best laid plans gone awry.

442-6278 / northcoastrepertory@gmail.com / Web site

Hoodslam

Eureka Municipal Auditorium / 9 p.m. / $20

Savage Henry brings you wrestling. No, seriously.

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The Rock Collection

Humboldt Brews / 9:30 p.m.

"The Rock Collection is an all-star songwriting and performing collaboration with an amazing chemistry onstage."

826-2739 / Web site

Pancake Breakfast and Flea Market

See Event Description / 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. / $5 Large Size / $3 Small Size

The Dow’s Prairie Grange monthly pancake breakfast and flea market will be on Saturday, September 15th. Breakfast is served 8:30-11:30 am. Large breakfasts are $5, small are $3.

840-0400 /

Coastal Cleanup Day

See Event Description / 9 a.m.-noon / Free

Each year, thousands of volunteers remove tons of trash and plastic waste from our beaches, rivers, bay and estuaries in what is known as Coastal Cleanup Day which has its humble beginning here in Humboldt, started by the Northcoast Environmental Center in 1979. This year’s goal is to have over 1000

822-6918 / coastalcleanup@yournec.org / Web site

Arabic Music Workshops

Redwood Raks World Dance Studio / 9-10:30 a.m. / $35 / $50 General Advance (Both) / $30 General Advance (One) / $35 Student (Both) / $20 Student (One) / $55 General (Both)

Arabic Singing Workshop at 9am with Georges Lammam. Learn the famous song "Habibi Ya Nour al Ain" (Darling, You Are the Glow in My Eye).

616-8205 / kcw218@humboldt.edu / Web site

First Aid/Adult and Child CPR

Center Activities, HSU Campus / 9 a.m.-2 p.m. / $90 / $75 HSU Students

826-3357 / cntract@humboldt.edu / Web site

Humboldt Pet Supply's Monthly Marsh Cleanup

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary / 9:30-11 a.m. / Free

Coffee? Donuts? Helping the environment? Count us in! Join Humboldt Pet Suppy for coffee and donuts before a fun walk throughout the Arcata Marsh cleaning dog waste!

633-6216 / humboldtpet@gmail.com / Web site

All Seasons Orchestra

D Street Neighborhood Center / 10 a.m.-noon / $25 / $31 non-resident

The Arcata Recreation Division and the All Seasons Orchestra invite you to get involved with this community orchestra. All Season Orchestra, open to all ages, offers seasonal performance opportunities throughout the year which are a pivotal part of this orchestra.

822-7091 / rec@cityofarcata.org / Web site

Arabic Music Workshops

Redwood Raks World Dance Studio / 10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. / $35 / $50 General Advance (Both) / $30 General Advance (One) / $35 Student (Both) / $20 Student (One) / $55 General (Both)

Arabic Singing Workshop at 9am with Georges Lammam. Learn the famous song "Habibi Ya Nour al Ain" (Darling, You Are the Glow in My Eye).

616-8205 / kcw218@humboldt.edu / Web site

Harry Potter Fan Art

Humboldt County Library - Eureka Main Branch / 11 a.m. / Free

The Eureka Library will be hosting a Harry Potter-themed celebration for children, teens, and their families at the end of October.

269-1910 / Web site

Story Time

McKinleyville Library / 11:30 a.m.-noon / Free

Join us on Saturdays at 11:30 for stories and crafts.

839-4459 / jasbury@co.humboldt.ca.us / Web site

Open Lab

The Sanctuary / noon-6 p.m. / $5

Open Lab is a time for community access to art-making resources, tools and facilities.

822-0898 / info@sanctuaryarcata.org / Web site

2018 Naming Ceremony

See Event Description / 6-7:30 p.m. / Free

The Naming Ceremony is an annual ritual held each fall within the ancient redwood forest sanctuary of the Mattole River headwaters.

986-1087 / anna@sanctuaryforest.org / Web site

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Kimtu Cookhouse / 7 p.m. / $15 / 18+

This long running Off Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian Café in 1904 before the Einstein transformed physics and Picasso set the art world.

530-629-3564 / dreamquestwillowcreek@hotmail.com /