Trillium Dance Studio
/ 9:20-10:30 a.m.
/ Free
The Arcata Zen Group invites the public to a Dharma talk entitled "Awake". Head Teacher and Soto Zen Priest Eugene Bush will speak at the Trillium Dance Studio.
826-1701 /
info@arcatazengroup.org /
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Red Lion Hotel
/ 9:30 a.m.
/ $8 Children (2-11)
/ $17 Adults & Children 12+
Come eat breakfast, decorate cookies and get your picture taken with Santa.
441-4712 /
misty.hiney@redlion.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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Fulkerson Recital Hall
/ 2-4 p.m.
/ Free HSU Students with ID
/ $5 Child
/ $10 General
The HSU Department of Music, the HSU Wind Ensemble and conductor Paul Cummings are delighted to welcome back music graduate Rachel Kamradt as she performs several solo and ensemble works for oboe.
826-3928 /
mus@humboldt.edu /
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Ferndale Repertory Theatre
/ 2 p.m.
/ $18
/ $10 youth 3-14
/ $16 students/seniors
Directed by Leira V. Satlof. Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey.
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Arkley Center For The Performing Arts
/ 2 p.m.
/ $35
/ $20 kids
The Nutcracker, a holiday tradition, follows young Clara through magical dream-lands with the Nutcracker Prince. Set imaginations aglow this holiday season with this all-ages live dance performance at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts.
Gist Theater at HSU
/ 2 p.m.
/ $10
/ $8 students/seniors
/ 18+
"Dreamers" features stories and characters based on DACA recipients who got to travel to Mexico to visit family and reconnect with their roots. The people at the heart of this play are Americans who have suddenly found themselves vulnerable to expulsion, job loss, and deportation.
826-3928 /
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Yurok Tribal Headquarters
/ 3-4:30 p.m.
/ Free
The Dell’Arte Company’s annual holiday show tour, now in its 39th year, ushers in the festive season with RETURN TO OZ, an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s original world of Oz trilogy.
668-5663 /
mmais@yuroktribe.nsn.us /
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Ferndale
/ 4:30 p.m.
Local farmers and ranchers parade fancifully decorated tractors and tractor-drawn wagons depicting holiday scenes down the Victorian Village's historic Main Street for a sparkling country Christmas celebration!
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First Covenant Church, Eureka
/ 7-9 p.m.
/ Free
See the story of Christmas told through seven drive-thru scenes (including live animals: donkey, sheep, cow) from the comfort of your car. Near I and Buhne streets in Eureka. There also is the option of walking by the scenes, reading the narration as you walk. Look for signs/people directing you to
725-6164 /