Marsh tour
Friends of the Arcata Marsh will sponsor a free tour of the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday.
Everyone will meet leader Sharon Levy at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute walk focusing on birds, wastewater treatment, and/or marsh history. This event takes place rain or shine. For more information, call 707-826-2359.
Dance party
A dance featuring live music and “a great floor” takes place Mondays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Admission is $9.
Plant, craft sale
Dows Prairie Grange No. 505 will host a plant sale and craft fair May 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the grange hall, 3995 Dow’s Prairie Road in McKinleyville.
The hall will be filled with food, crafts to make and hand-crafted items to purchase right from the artist. Additionally, there will be plants available to purchase. This event is free and benefits the grange hall. The kitchen will be open for lunch.
Speaker Series
The Da Gou Rou Louwi’ Cultural Center Speaker Series will continue with a program titled “Reclaiming Place names Douwa dat? (Where are you?)” with linguist Lynnika Butler on May 18 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the center, 417 Second St., Suite 101, Eureka.
Butler will give a talk about the importance of place name reclamation and the Wiyot Tribe Language Department’s project of creating a place name map.
Mini Masters
The Humboldt Arts Council will hold a Mini Masters workshop on May 19 at noon at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St., Eureka.
Families are invited to participate together in this free monthly art-making workshop that complements the month’s storytime book. Projects are geared toward children ages 2 to 5, but children of all ages are welcome.
The May 19 program will focus on the wonderful world of bees with help from Kristen Hall and Isabelle Arsenault’s book, “The Honeybee.” After story time, parents and children are invited to visit the art activity stations together to create their own mini masterpieces with help and guidance from art educator Genevieve Kjesbu. At the end of the event, each family will get to leave with a free children’s book.
Summer camp
Registration is now open for Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt Youth Summer Camps.
Camps are for kids age 6 to 9. All camps include themed art projects, hands-on exploration of materials, story time, research practice and many games.
From June 24 to 28: “Jump, Slither and Run” with live reptiles and amphibians, practice animal tracking while learning about different animal careers.
From July 8 to 12: “Natural Science Explorers.” Dive into marine science, learn to use telescopes, put on a puppet show and learn about what different types of scientists study.
From July 15 to 19: “Our Familiar Friends the Birds & Dinosaurs.” Dig into excavation cakes, see real fossils as a paleontologist would and get hands on with a live chicken.
Camps run Monday through Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. The cost is $120 for non-members per week and $100 for museum members per week For more registration and more information, visit https://natmus.humboldt.edu/summer-youth-camps or call 707-826-4480.
