While Wednesday may be the weekly slot for whomp over at Jambalaya, this week's most high profile beats will pound up at the Arcata Theatre Lounge where 22-year-old EDM wunderkind Henry Laufer AKA Shlohmo.
If you're craving some midweek gyrating, you may sample Laufer's "simple and emotive melodies, subtle bass drops and swinging slow motion drums" below. Otherwise, scroll lower for less promoted event listings. Or read a book. -AG
Trinidad Library
/ 10 a.m.-noon
This series of lectures explores the adventurous people, lonely places and dangerous voyages leading to the Spanish landing at Trinidad. Presented by Patricia Fleschner, president of the Trinidad Museum Society.
677-0227 /
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Clarke Historical Museum
/ 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
/ $3
/ Free members
/ $5 families
The Clarke Historical Museum will be exhibiting a display of Humboldt’s clothing history spanning from the 1920s to the 1940s as well as a tribute to the history of baseball in Humboldt County with objects and photographs spanning from modern day all the way back to the 19th century.
443-1947 /
clarkehistorical@att.net /
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SCRAP Humboldt
/ 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
/ Free
Have you always wanted to paint a glitter unicorn on obsolete technology? SCRAP Humboldt seeks community participation in an art exhibit featuring mythical creatures in all their forms, rendered on a material that has become equally as mythical and unseen.a
822-2452 /
info@scraphumboldt.org /
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/ 5-6:30 p.m.
/ Free
/ 18+
Community members are invited to engage in a student-led workshop on intersectionality, power and privilege, and engage in a discussion on re-imagining ways that we can resist reproducing systematic inequalities. We will play a few rounds of “musical chairs”, and then an informal group discussion.
510-289-6305 /
lll174@humboldt.edu /
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/ 5:30-7 p.m.
/ Free
"The Student Association for Fire Ecology (SAFE) is hosting its 2nd Annual Spring Speaker Series. Our theme this year is Native Americans and Fire and we hope to educate our audience on the importance of wildland fire in an ecological and cultural sense."
safe@humboldt.edu /
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D Street Neighborhood Center
/ 6 p.m.
/ $75
/ $85 non-residents
/ 18+
Instructor Delilah Huck helps you start your puppy off on the right “paw” by providing socialization and behavior modification.
822-7091 /
rec@cityofarcata.org /
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D Street Neighborhood Center
/ 7 p.m.
/ $75
/ $85 non-residents
/ 18+
Instructor Delilah Huck helps you start your puppy off on the right “paw” by providing socialization and behavior modification.
822-7091 /
rec@cityofarcata.org /
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Broadway Billiards
/ 8-11 p.m.
/ $5
/ Free Public
/ 21+
442-7665 /
Broadwaybilliards.humboldt@yahoo.com /
Arcata Theatre Lounge
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $20
/ $15 adv.
/ 21+
"Shlohmo" is the creation of 22-year-old Henry Laufer, LA-native and visual artist turned self-taught musician. Laufer combines deceptively simple and emotive melodies, subtle bass drops and swinging slow motion drums.
613-3030 /
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The Jam
/ 9:30 p.m.
/ $5
/ 21+
Every Wednesday Jambalaya makes with the whompity whomp.
822-5266 /
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Toby and Jacks
/ 10 p.m.
/ 21+
Were you just thinking, "Is there anyplace that has Dancehall Wednesdays?" Here it is!