Lowdown: Tuesday Night's Best Bet For a Ghanaian Drum Solo

Here are two things Humboldt could do this Tuesday night that just happen to all be in Arcata. Sorry! That’s just how it worked out tonight! We are not playing favorites! Ahhhhh!:

When you and I were talking yesterday, you said “Humboldt is cool, but it seems we lack music from the nation of Ghana.” I totally should have remembered to tell you that Ghanaian Afro-fusion jazz/pop drummer Paa Kow and band would be rolling through Jambalaya Tuesday night. I apologize and I’m telling you now. Watch PK take a nice, long drum solo in the clip above.
By some metic, England-born reggae artist Pato Banton had a number one reggae hit in 1994 with a cover version of "Baby Come Back." Today, Banton comes back to Humboldt (Humboldt Brews, specifically) to spread his particularly positive brand of soul-infused reggae. Franky Hernandez opens.

--Andrew Goff

EVENTS (SUBMIT YOURS!)

Humboldt Crabs vs. Pacific Union Capitalists

Arcata Ball Park / 7 p.m. / $8

Root on your hometown baseball team as they whoop up on some hapless bums.

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Paa Kow

The Jam / 9 p.m.

Fusing rhythm and artistry from his home in Ghana with jazz and African pop. Meskalito and SambAmore open.

822-5266 / Web site

Eureka Farmers' Market

Old Town Gazebo / 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Locally grown produce and live music.

441-9999 /

The Complete Donor Management Toolkit

See Event Description / 10-11 a.m. / $200 / $175 NorCAN members

Designed to help nonprofits understand how to think about choosing and then implementing the donor management system that best suits their needs.

267-9916 / norcan@hafoundation.org / Web site

Jeans for Giraffes

Sequoia Park Zoo / 10-5 a.m. / Free

Donate a pair of jeans you don't want anymore to help support giraffe conservation.

441-4263 / redwoodaazk@gmail.com / Web site

Ping Pong

Logger Bar / noon / 21+

Sometimes The Logger Bar sets up ping pong tables. This is one of those times. Get your Gump on.

668-5000 / Web site

Wildberries Farmers' Market

Wildberries / 3:30-6:30 p.m.

Fresh produce and live music in the parking lot.

822-0095 / Web site

Game Night

Crush / 5 p.m.

Don't be bored. Play board games.

Humboldt Cribbage Club

Moose Lodge / 6:15-9:30 p.m. / $8

Muggins! Get your weekly crib on.

444-3161 /

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Humboldt County Library / 6:30-8:30 p.m.

In which two drifters try to stop the mob lynching of three men who might be innocent. Hosted by Michael Cooley. Part of Humboldt County Library's "Based on the Book" classic film series.

269-1900 / Web site

Anna Hamilton

Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn / 7-11 p.m. / 21+

Songs and stories from HumCo's blues riff-slingin' raconteur.

(Re)Debris: A Marine Debris Educational Sculpture

SCRAP Humboldt / 7 p.m.

This sculpture will be built utilizing trash gathered from beach cleanups and will take the form of a local creature affected by the harms of plastics and other pollution in our oceans.

633-8349 / director@scraphumboldt.org / Web site

Buddy Reed

Libation / 7-9 p.m.

Local bluesman gets low down. Accompanied by Andy Fihn.

825-7596 / Web site

8-Ball Tournament

Broadway Billiards / 7:30-11 p.m. / $10 / Free Public / 21+

442-7665 / Broadwaybilliards.humboldt@yahoo.com /

The Opera Alley Cats

SpeakEasy / 7:30-10:30 p.m. / Free / 21+

Burning live jazz under the "stars."

444-2244 / Web site

Good and Evil Karaoke

Silver Lining / 8 p.m.

Karaoke. In an airport.

839-0304 / Web site

Anna Banana Hamilton

Palm Lounge at The Eureka Inn / 8-11 p.m. / Free / 21+

Original blues and humor with Anna and friends.

223-2500 / annasongwriter@gmail.coom / Web site

Sunny Brae Jazz

Six Rivers Brewery / 8 p.m.

Local jazz and southern fried chicken night.

839-7580 / Web site

Karaoke w/ Chris Clay

Cher-Ae Heights Casino / 8 p.m.

Your Lowdown will go on the record as saying that Chris Clay is Humboldt's most pro karaoke jockey. We know this stuff.

800-684-2464 / Web site

Pato Banton

Humboldt Brews / 9 p.m. / $15 / 21+

"Reggae artist from Birmingham, England who peaked in the early 1990s with the number one hit "Baby Come Back," a cover of the classic The Equals song."

826-2739 / Web site

MOVIES

Broadway Cinema

22 JUMP STREET: 1:05, 3:45, 6:25, 9:20
AMERICA: 12:50, 3:30, 6:10, 8:50
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 11:55, 1:50, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D: 4:55, 8:00
EARTH TO ECHO: 12:20, 2:40, 5:10
FAULT IN OUR STARS: 7:40
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 2D: 12:15, 2:45, 5:20, 7:55
MALEFICENT 2D: 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30
PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE 2D: 2:00, 4:15, 6:30
PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE 3D: 11:50, 8:40
PURGE: ANARCHY: 1:20, 4:00, 6:50, 9:30
SEX TAPE: 1:40, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10
TAMMY: 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 2D: 1:00, 8:10
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 3D: 4:35

Mill Creek Cinema

22 JUMP STREET: 6:10, 8:50
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 12:00, 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 3D: 1:50, 4:55, 8:00
EARTH TO ECHO: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 2D: 1:10, 3:40
PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE 2D: 11:50, 2:00, 4:15, 6:30, 8:40
PURGE: ANARCHY: 1:30, 4:05, 6:45, 9:20
SEX TAPE: 1:25, 4:00, 6:35, 9:10
TAMMY: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION 2D: 7:50

Minor Theatre

BEGIN AGAIN: 4:20, 6:50, 9:20
CHEF: 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES 2D: 3:00, 6:00, 9:00