Collin Yeo

Let’s break from the musical build-up to the year-killer and enjoy a day at the movies. The Eureka Theater is showing a 2 p.m. matinee of An American Tail, the beloved 1986 film animated by Don Bluth and co. about the coming to America story of young Fievel Mousekewitz, whose family is escaping a Cossack pogrom in the Ukraine ($10, $5 for kids 12 and under). Three hours later at the

It’s New Year’s Eve-eve, and the folks at Septentrio are kicking off a two-night goodbye to 2024 with a couple of big-ol’ dance parties starting at 7 p.m. DJs Red and King Maxwell will be providing the musical mortar to fill the gaps between sets by funk masters Object Heavy and Deadheads The Magnificent Sanctuary Band. The pricing structure goes a little something like this: $25 for tonight, $35 for New Year’s Eve, and $45 if you want to bundle the experience and go to both nights.

It’s the long goodbye, coming in early in the week this year, and I’m going to make a few suggestions, not in chronological order, but rather paired by location and style. For instance, if you are interested in some DJ’ed dance parties, you can check out the big EDM blow at the Arcata Theatre Lounge at 8:30 p.m., with Bass Culture, Whomp, John Holliday, Esch and many more. Tickets are $20, $15 advance, and $30 if you want to go to this shindig as well as Friday’s reenactment.

Welcome to the future. I don’t know what to say other than hopefully it will be less terrible, shitty and infuriating than the recent past and present. I completely understand if you find yourself immobilized by last night, or last year for that matter. But assuming you aren’t frozen in terror or hungover malaise, the Arcata Theatre Lounge

Submitted Mark Paschen of Robber's Roost, which plays Outer Space at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 8.

Go on, enjoy yourself with a little jazz tonight with some local experts in the field. I’m talking about the Alley Cats, who are playing the Basement tonight and not the Speakeasy, so “Opera” is therefore removed from the front of their name. No cover, and doors open at 7:30 p.m.

If you recall from my New Year’s Eve roundup from last week, the Arcata Theatre Lounge had a very whomp- and bass-heavy party to bring on 2025. There was a subtle clause there, too, for those who wanted the gig to roll over into the weekend, where $30 got you a package deal for New Year’s and tonight. Well, here’s the other side of that vinyl, because

Savage Henry Comedy Club comes through again with another Metal Monday, thus giving me something to write about during this famously quiet week and giving you something to consider attending. Should you choose to go, you will be treated to the distorted sounds of Frog Mallet, Bonginator, Kult of Indifference, Bloodspire and Echoes of Ruination. Doors at 6:30 p.m., $5 cover, all ages, but you need an ID to drink beer.

Submitted Mark Paschen of Robber’s Roost, which plays Outer Space at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,Jan. 8.

Swing on by The Basement this evening at 8 p.m. if you are in the mood for some swing jazz and pop excellence, courtesy of Swingo Domingo. No cover at the door, but as always, consider bringing some coin for refreshments and to give the players a dram of something.