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(VIDEOS) SUNDAY LOWDOWN: MDC! Bruce Molsky! Bob Log III!

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):

Details on those shows and more in your Lowdown below.

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Avenue of the Giants Marathon

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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Annual Coast Guard Housing Garage Sale

Coast Guard Housing / 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

15th Annual May Day Celebration

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 / Web site

Chicago

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 / Web site

Hay Fever

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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Hook (1991)

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 / Web site

MDC, Flipout AA

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 / Web site

Molsky's Mountain Drifters

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 / Web site

Bob Log III, Ghostwriter

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 / Web site

Opening Reception for Membership Show

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 /

Nurturing Biodiversity Tour

See Event Description / 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 / Web site

Dharma Talk, "Evidence of Zen Heritage"

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 / Web site

EPIC/Latino Outdoors Bilingual Hike

Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) / 10 a.m.-3 p.m. / Free / Free Open to Public

Join EPIC and Latino Outdoors for a bilingual hike through an enchanting forest landscape watched over by towering giants.

822-7711 / briana@wildcalifornia.org / Web site

Crunch and Brunch

Foodwise Kitchen / 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. / $60

Arcata Core Pilates and Foodwise Kitchen are teaming up!

633-8328 / foodwisekitchen@gmail.com / Web site

Humboldt Brew Tours

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 / Web site

Humboldt Hard Court Bike Polo

Highland Park / 1 p.m. / Free

Like horse polo minus the stable fees.

541-531-6671 / daryl_witmore@yahoo.com / Web site

An Introduction to Wildflower Identification

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 / Web site

Pokemon Ultra Prism League Cup

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 / Web site

Chamber Players of the Redwoods

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 /

Humboldt Symphony

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 / Web site

Pokemon League

Nugames Eureka / 3 p.m. / $5

Come get in and play some games with fellow Pokemon Trainers.

497-6358 / nugamesonline@gmail.com / Web site

Sunday Service Comedy Open Mic

Northtown Coffee / 5-7 p.m. / Free

Comedy open Mic presented by Savage Henry Magazine! Hosted by Josh Barnes (usually).

633-6187 / Web site

Humboldt Brew Tours

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 / Web site

The Big Lebowski

E&O Lanes / 7-9 p.m. / Free / 21+

825-9160 / Web site

Lifetree Cafe: Where is God When Life Turns Tough

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 / Web site

Karaoke w/ KJ Leonard

Blue Lake Casino Hotel / 8 p.m.

When selecting your song, please keep in mind your audience would like to dance.

668-9770 / Web site

G.O.A.T. Karaoke Night

The Miniplex at Richards' Goat Tavern / 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. / Free / 21+

Sing, you!

630-5000 / info@miniplexevents.com / Web site

Sundaze

The Jam / 9 p.m. / 21+

House music.

822-5266 / Web site

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema
Mill Creek Cinema
Minor Theatre