AT HOME IN HUMBOLDT
Pumpkin spider webs make their way through every balcony, yard and garden signaling full Autumn presence. Farmer’s markets are bursting with the Humboldt Harvest season upon us and apples, cooler weather and lengthening shadows all signal that a change of seasons is here. HumCO folks know that we’ve still got warm weather lined up, and it’s not too late to catch the last of the outdoor summer offerings.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3OTH
30TH REDWOOD COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL
The three-decade celebration of roots American music will feature more than 40 performers – from national to regional and local acts – playing at seven Eureka venues. Continues from Sept 29th-Oct 2nd, check link above for detailed information.
4-5:30P The course for Creativity is intention is to share various means to find and explore inner creativity. Activities such as automated writing, guided visualization, movement, and free doodling/exploration through mediums will be covered. The desired outcome is that the participants will have a sense of how to jumpstart their creativity and be able to express themselves in a clear and meaningful way. Recommended for ages 15 and up. (707) 822-0898 Continues through Oct 28th The Sanctuary in Arcata
REEL GENIUS TRIVIA THEME NIGHT FRIENDS
6-8P Trivia Theme Night. It’s all about the TV show Friends. Free to play, prizes for the winners. (707) 601-1606 1945 Hilfiker Lane, Eureka
8P Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010-2012. Directed by and featuring Cynthia Martells, Tony-nominated local actress.
8P (10/1 – 8P, 10/2 – 2P) – Redwood Curtain Theatre is thrilled and delighted to present the one-woman show Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson, Natural Shocks is a 60-minute, one-woman play that bursts to life when we meet a woman waiting out an imminent tornado in her basement. A self-proclaimed unreliable narrator, she begins to reflect on a lifetime of trauma, illuminating the truth behind her endangerment. Angela, our heroine, overflows with quirks, stories, and a final secret that puts the reality of violence, abuse, and firearms in America in your lap. The play is part confessional, part stand up, and part reckoning.
EUREKA SYMPHONY “BOLD BEGINNINGS”
8-10P This season begins with Beethoven’s “Eroica Symphony” plus Ukrainian composer Reinhold Glière’s “Russian Sailor’s Dance from The Red Poppy” and Glière’s “Horn Concerto in B flat, Op. 9” featuring horn soloist Daniel Nebel. (707) 845-3655 Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1ST
8A-5P The first Saturday in October is the day families, artists and sponsors gather on the Arcata Plaza for a magical art show. The sidewalk surrounding the plaza is transformed into a gallery of art with a riot of color! This benefit for Northcoast Children’s Services is supported by local businesses. New businesses and artists are always welcome and encouraged to sign up early to participate in the event. For more information or to sign up, call 707-822-7206
8:30-11A Join Redwood Region Audubon Society for a free guided field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. October often brings many migrants, including sanderlings, sandpipers, other waders, and ducks! Bring your binoculars and meet trip leader Jim Clark at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata for incredible views of Humboldt Bay, easy-to-walk trails, and a great diversity of birdlife. 707 -268-0262
8:45-10:30A Join the City of Eureka and PacOut Green Team for our bi-monthly Trash Bash! For this cleanup, we will meet at Walmart to clean up and beautify the waterfront! We always end with a group photo and raffle! Please meet at Walmart behind the Bayshore Mall and we will pick up trash around the surrounding waterfront areas. When you arrive, you will need to sign in and get supplies. There will be Los Bagel’s for for breakfast so come early at 8:45am and enjoy a bagel.
FORTUNA APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL
9A-5P A citywide celebration of the fruit of fall. Narrated tours of the Historic Apple Orchard at Clendenen’s Cider Works, apple dumplings and caramel apples, live music, downtown street fair, merchant and vendor street sales, children’s games and more. Various City Locations,Fortuna
9A-2P This procession starts at the playhouse and finishes with a parade at Carlson Park in Valley West with stops for contributions from cultural groups such as Humboldt Asians & Pacific Islanders in Solidarity, Centro Del Pueblo, the Yurok Wellness Coalition, Outer Space and the North Coast Environmental Center. Walk the whole route or drop by. (707) 822-1575
EXPLORE NORTH COAST HUMBOLDT BAY COASTAL CLEANUP
9A-12:30P North Coast Environmental Center and Explore North Coast are working to clean up Humboldt Bay. Join Explore North Coast for a kayak cleanup around Tuluwat Island in Humboldt Bay. Meet at the Humboldt Bay Boat Launch, under the bridge to Samoa at 9 am. All water craft are welcome, life vests are required. Cleanup supplies will be provided, but if you have any of your own gear you’d like to bring, please feel free.
HUMBOLDT SPONSORS FINAL RUMMAGE SALE
9A-3P It’s our “Grand Finale” – our last & final sale! Don’t miss the 55th Annual Humboldt Sponsors Rummage Sale. Three buildings full of bargains galore for the whole family! Free admission & plenty of free parking! Humboldt Sponsors is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to raising funds solely to benefit the youth of Humboldt County. All net proceeds stay in Humboldt and go to youth-related organizations to enrich the lives of our local kids. Redwood acres.
9A-12PJoin Explore North Coast for a kayak cleanup near Tuluwat Island! This event is part of Coastal Cleanup Month 2022, which is coordinated by the Northcoast Environmental Center.
9A-12:30P Calling paddlers (kayak, canoe, other watercraft) to join Explore North Coast (a local paddling club) to clean up around Humboldt Bay. Launch from boat ramp under bridge to Samoa. Culinary prize for best trash.
9:30A-12P Join Trinidad Coastal Land Trust in caring for the coast. Email or call to sign up. (707) 677-2501 380 Janis Court
AAUW-HUMBOLDT EXPLORES HOSPICE OF HUMBOLDT
9:30-12P Gail Saunders and Tia Bartelle from Hospice of Humboldt will be the speakers for the American Association of University Women-Humboldt (AAUW) meeting. They will address the issues and strategic priorities facing Hospice of Humboldt. Community members are invited to join in to learn more about the vital services hospice offers. The event will be held at the Red Lion Hotel, 1929 4th St., Eureka. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the speaker presentation and Q&A at 10:30 a.m. The cost is $9 including coffee/tea; $24 including breakfast.
RUN IN THE REDWOODS 5K WALK & FUN RUN
10A The scenic 5K course starts on Drury Parkway, midway down Elk Prairie, and ends at the Prairie Creek Visitor Center. In between, it follows portions of four trails and loops roughly around Elk Prairie, past the campground, amidst massive ancient redwoods. Register online.
10A A family weekend of stories, skill, amusements, medieval morsels, treasures, knights, and royal horses celebrating agricultural traditions. There will be jousting, music, fairies, face painting, petting zoo/pony rides, a tavern, dance and aerial performances, food, art and craft vendors, and more. Perigot Park, Blue Lake
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WITH FOOD & FUN
11A-4:30P The 100-year celebration of Standish Hickey State Recreation Area with free tacos (until supplies last), music, games, fun youth activities, piñatas and more. Learn about the park’s legacy and celebrate with the people that made Standish-Hickey a special place. (707) 925-6482, 69350 Highway 101, Leggett
11A-3P High quality flea market items and art made by local artisans. Live music. For more info or to be a vendor, call 707-834-8720. (707) 677-3655409 Trinity St., Trinidad Town Hall
1-10P The Pub Arcata host its first year Beer belly and costume competition! Booty Shakin Music has a STACKED lineup featuring: Scarub of Living Legends, OG of Slightly Stupid, Woven Roots, Swizlo’s Mystery Lounge, DJ Leo, GoldyLocks, G.Davis, Eli Fowler, Nac One, Dj D’Vinity, The Moondots, Checkered Past & Flo J Simpson. Costume contest!
OKTOBERFEST AT THE BIGFOOT TAPROOM
1-9P Enjoy drinks, food, games and prizes. Food by The Ville Co., including a variety of sausages, sauerkraut and pretzels. Draft Biers will include: Spaten Oktoberfest, Alesmith Oktoberfest, Fall River Oktoberfest, Goodlife Bavarian Lager, Almanac German Kolsch and more. 707-630-4057
3-6P Raise a glass to coastal conservation during Friends of the Dunes’ annual fundraiser. Spend an afternoon gazing out at the ocean, sipping local wines and nibbling locally made cheeses and other tasty treats. Join and support coastal stewardship and environmental education. Add good friends, live music, a wine pull and fabulous auction items. Get your tickets at Humboldt Coastal Nature Center.
3-5P Rotary Club of Arcata Sunrise offers a meal of bratwurst, German-style potato salad, sauerkraut, soft pretzel and homemade black forest truffles . Meals and to-go Griffin signature drinks or beer must be pre-ordered online. Pick up from 3 to 5 p.m. Must be 21 to pick up drinks. 825-1755. At the Griffin, Arcata
HISTORIC EUREKA CHINATOWN WALKING TOUR
4-5P Explore the history and culture of the Chinese community that lived in Eureka’s Chinatown in the late 1880s until their expulsion and the return of the first Chinese American to Eureka in 1954. It is a story of resilience, resistance and reclaing history. *Last one of the summer.
5:30P Calling all zombies! It’s back! Arts Alive Takeover! 5:30 p.m. meet outside the Humboldt County Courthouse for the 9th annual Zombie Walk.
6-9P Art, and a heap of it, plus live music. All around Old Town and Downtown, Eureka. First Saturday of every month. Check Venues for times and/or exhibits
6-9P Welcome to the first Macabre Market, a hand curated Halloween-themed shopping experience to kick start spooky season! We have more than a dozen vendors lined up that you won’t want to miss, and music by DJ Vulvadon. Come for the art, stay for the raffle and prizes donated by some of our amazing artists! 707-273-8919 320 2nd street suite 1A, Eureka The Shadow Gallery
6:30-9:30P Discount night at Fortuna Skating Rink, Rohner Park, Fortuna. $1.50 off per skater. Refreshments, special photo backdrop, coloring contest with free skate giveaways throughout the night.(707) 725-7622
EUREKA SYMPHONY “BOLD BEGINNINGS”
8-10P This season begins with Beethoven’s “Eroica Symphony” plus Ukrainian composer Reinhold Glière’s “Russian Sailor’s Dance from The Red Poppy” and Glière’s “Horn Concerto in B flat, Op. 9” featuring horn soloist Daniel Nebel. (707) 845-3655 Arkley Center for the Performing Arts
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND & BEYOND…
OLD FASHIONED PANCAKE BREAKFAST
8-11A Enjoy breakfast in the spacious hall with buttermilk and whole grain pancakes, ham, sausages, scrambled eggs, apple compote, orange juice, tea and French roast coffee. 707.442.5464 Freshwater Community Guild 49 Grange Road
10A A family weekend of stories, skill, amusements, medieval morsels, treasures, knights, and royal horses celebrating agricultural traditions. There will be jousting, music, fairies, face painting, petting zoo/pony rides, a tavern, dance and aerial performances, food, art and craft vendors, and more. Perigot Park, Blue Lake
HUMBOLDT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL LUNCHEON
12:30-2:30P The public and members of HCHS are invited to the 61st annual luncheon to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Society at the historic Eureka Veterans Memorial Building. The Society was founded in 1947 to collect, preserve and make accessible, the unique documentary heritage of our North Coast community. We want to celebrate our shared commitment to this work, and especially to honor and recognize our members, who are so vitally important to the Society’s mission! To commemorate this event, past HCHS president Arlene Hartin will speak about the history of the Society from its founding on through to today. Tickets may be purchased by calling our bookstore at (707) 445-4342 make purchases and view menu details online. The caterer Uniquely Yours will provide the meal. The Barnum House is located at: 703 8 th Street in Eureka, CA 95501. Please consider becoming a member today; our nonprofit is entirely supported by the generosity of our members.
TUESDAY
7P Cirque Mechanics returns to Cal Poly Humboldt with their newest production Zephyr, a theatrical circus show that, unlike historical windmills, harnesses human power, instead of wind, to generate an energetic acrobatic experience. Cirque Mechanics, although inspired by modern circus, finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. The stories are wrapped in circus acrobatics, mechanical wonders, and a bit of clowning around. “ … daredevil antics, circus acrobatics, mechanical wonders” —Anchorage Press
WEDNESDAY
DEEP BELONGING IN THE GREAT TURNING
10A-12P through 11/9 – A 6-week experience for people hearing the call to cultivate their ecospirituality, deepen their decolonial journey, and practice belonging to place and purpose as we intentionally meet this collective initiation of intersecting ecological/social crises and opportunity. We’ll explore the following through conversation in circle, sense and somatic practices, integration activities, embodied action, poetry, & 1:1 consultations. Meeting outside at various local places.
5:30-7:30P Joint the Defiant Art Collective for this class offering, for illustrators of all skill levels 16+. At the 2 street Art Lab (Also happening 10/12)
THURSDAY
5-7P – The Best of the Wurst is back! The Rotary Club of Southwest Eureka will host its annual bratwurst dinner on October 6. Grilled bratwurst, German potato salad, giant pretzel. Two dining options: dine-in at the Lodge or drive-by and have your boxed dinner delivered to your car. A benefit for Lyme-TAP (Lyme Disease Testing Access Program) and other club projects. Ticket purchase: buy tickets online at swrotary.org or at pickup site. Credit or debit card purchases only–no cash purchase of tickets. More information at swrotary.org.
WINE BENEFIT FOR NORTH COUNTRY FAIR
6-9P Please join us for a fun benefit night for the North Country Fair! Come join our vendors, staff, board, and community for an evening of connections and fun. Join us at Septentrio Winery. 10% of wine sales will benefit the Fair. There will be a fantastic silent auction with items from many fair vendors, drinks from Septentrio, food from Nosh food truck, music by Samba da Alegria, Canary and the Vamp, and the Redwood Steel Band.
7P Drag Queen Bingo featuring Mo Heart from RuPaul’s Drag Race at the Jolly Giant Commons
HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS 2022
Check out THIS SPECIAL EDITION WEBPAGE, updated weekly through October, with ALL of the local Humboldt County events for Halloween. The page includes, Pumpkin Patches, Haunted Houses, Nightlife and more. Send us your Halloween event at [email protected]
…THERE IS DEFINITELY MORE!! YOU’LL WANT TO KEEP SCROLLING FOR THE FULL LIST OF EVENTS HAPPENING LOCALLY, INCLUDING ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES, A LIST JUST FOR KIDS, AND THE LIVE MUSIC AND MORE IN THE LINKS BELOW.
LIVE MUSIC/ETC
Looking for a live show? We’re updating this page constantly, trying to include all of the local venues we can find, with their latest events listed in an easy-to-read way. There continues to be more and more happenings throughout Humboldt including a huge variety of music, comedy, open mics, outdoor venues, trivia and more.
JUST FOR KIDS
This list just got an update – stay tuned for more additions weekly to this growing list of ideas for ways to keep your kids happy with a wide variety of options all over Humboldt.
ONGOING EVENTS
Ongoing events are the backbone of our community’s offerings. Click through to find the list broken down by each town/city and see what kind of ongoing happenings, workshops, classes, etc are in the works where you live.
STAY BUSY, LEARN A SKILL, MEET SOMEONE NEW!
VOLUNTEER/DONATE
Our amazing local non-profits are always hosting an array of events that benefit the people and land of our community. We’re lucky to have so many powerful and supportive groups that keep the backbone of Humboldt alive and well. Consider offering a few hours of your time, donating cash or goods or participating in a fundraiser for any number of our community organizations.
This newsletter is a free weekly offering to our Humboldt Community! We hope you love it. If you’d like to add an event, or if you have pictures to share, or feedback to offer, we’re all ears – our email is [email protected] and we want to know what you think.
STAY GREEN, HUMBOLDT!
