Community Calendar

Thursday night trivia, FREE to play! Bring your friends and compete to win fun prizes!

Join us at the historic Eureka Theater for a night of glamour, nostalgia, and magic. We will honor the Thin White Duke with a costume contest, followed immediately by a screening of his iconic fantasy film, LABYRINTH.

Strut your stuff in our Bowie Costume Contest! Come dressed as your favorite Bowie era, Ziggy Stardust, the Goblin King Jareth, the Thin White Duke, Halloween Jack, or any incarnation of the Man Who Fell to Earth. Prizes will be awarded for Most Authentic, Most Creative, and Best Jareth.

Doors open at 7:00 PM for mingling and strutting. The costume contest judging and prizes will happen at 7:30 PM. The feature film will begin immediately following the contest.

Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Costume contest entry is free with your ticket. Just come dressed to impress!

Redwood Region Audubon Society will be offering a free public field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary.

Bring your binoculars and enjoy the incredible views of Humboldt Bay, easy-to-walk trails, and a great diversity of birdlife!

Friends of the Arcata Marsh (FOAM) is sponsoring a free tour of the Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary each Saturday. Meet leaders at 2 p.m. outside the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute, rain-or-shine walk.

The Eureka Chamber Music Series has enjoyed presenting many vocal concerts over the years, often featuring promising young opera singers from the training grounds of San Francisco's impressive opera scene. This season, ECMS presents two singers who are well into brilliant professional careers, mezzo-soprano Laura Krumm and baritone Simon Barrad, joined by the superb collaborative pianist and composer Eric Zivian. They will perform two different sets of repertoire composed expressly for voice and piano, helping us bring the light into the new year with a program titled "Tears of Gold." This will be an exceptional evening of music.

Humboldt Repair Café is a free program where community members can bring in small items and receive expert assistance with repair.

A Repair Café is a community-driven event where people can bring their broken items to be repaired by volunteer experts. These volunteers, ranging from electricians and seamstresses to bike mechanics and woodworkers, are passionate about fixing things and helping others. The Repair Café not only encourages sustainability by preventing waste but also fosters a sense of community, learning and creativity.

Event Highlights:

Free Repairs: Bring broken items and get them fixed for free by skilled volunteers.
Expert Advice: Volunteers will provide tips on how to fix items at home and extend the life of these belongings.
All Ages Welcome: The Repair Café is family-friendly and encourages everyone to get involved.
Community Building: Meet neighbors, share knowledge and collaborate on keeping items out of landfills.
How It Works:

Bring Broken Items: Gather items to get repaired and bring them to the event.
Get Matched with a Volunteer: A team of experts will match participants with the right volunteer based on the items brought.
Learn and Fix Together: Watch as the repair happens, learn valuable skills and ask questions during the process.
The first Humboldt Repair Café will take place on Sunday, April 6 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Arcata Community, 321 Dr. MLK Jr. Parkway. This event is free and attendees should bring broken household items, clothing, small appliances, electronics and similar items, but motor vehicles, large household appliances and anything that cannot be individually carried through a doorway should be left at home.

For more information, please visit cityofarcata.org or call (707) 825-2202.

The Eureka Chamber Music Series has enjoyed presenting many vocal concerts over the years, often featuring promising young opera singers from the training grounds of San Francisco's impressive opera scene. This season, ECMS presents two singers who are well into brilliant professional careers, mezzo-soprano Laura Krumm and baritone Simon Barrad, joined by the superb collaborative pianist and composer Eric Zivian. They will perform two different sets of repertoire composed expressly for voice and piano, helping us bring the light into the new year with a program titled "Tears of Gold." This will be an exceptional afternoon of music.

Dr. Spritzer is Associate Professor of Organ at the University of Oklahoma. Her recital engagements take her across the United States as well as to international venues. Her highly praised CD recordings include several premier releases. Her performances have been hailed as "expressive and musical" (American Record Guide), "stylish" (The Tracker), and "elegantly assured" (Dallas Morning News). Don’t miss this opportunity to hear an internationally acclaimed artist in recital on the superb Kegg pipe organ of Christ Church! The suggested donation is $20.00 per person. There will be a reception following the concert. The doors will open at 3:30 pm.

Humboldt Bay Rowing Association is accepting new Junior rowers aged 12-17.Practices are Monday-Friday, 4:00-6:15 p.m. at the HBRA boathouse in Halvorsen Park, Eureka. Call 707 267-7976, email HumboldtBayRowingAssoc@gmail.com, or check our website at HBRA.org.

The Erik Koskinen Band plays at The Arcata Playhouse January 12th at 7:00pm. Erik is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, whose music is not categorized by sub-genres. Stylistically he is on his own while heavily influenced by American roots music. Erik recently performed at The Playhouse in Jeffrey Foucault's band.

"as dazzling a guitarist as he is an evocative storytelling songwriter. The real deal” - MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE