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music
Blues By the Bay 2010

10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Halvorsen Park, Waterfront Dr., Eureka. Annual Festival returns! Seating is first come first serve. Bring your blanket or low-back beach chair. Food and beverage, art and craft vendors, and micro-brew beers from many local breweries available. $85/$80 adv.. 445-3378.
events
I-Block Party

Noon-6 p.m. On I Street in Arcata between 10th and 11th. Benefit for the Arcata-Camoapa Sister City Project. BBQ dinner, kids’ activities, raffle and silent auction, local microbrews and music by Singing Nettles, Berel Alexander, Lost Coast Marimbas and Ani Quartet. 822-7130.
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movies
Ocean Night Film Screening

7 p.m. Arcata Theater Lounge, 1036 G St. Ocean Night happens the first Thursday of every month. From majestic documentaries to epic surf flicks, explore the great blue sea with Ocean Conservancy, Humboldt Surfrider and Humboldt Baykeeper. $3. 822-1220.