Community Calendar

Join us at People's Brewing Co. Tuesday May 5th for music, dancing, food, and local craft brew!
Lafayette's Clave Caribe returns to play us 2 sets of Cumbia, Merengue, Salsa, and more! It's always a party when Clave comes to play the taproom! Don't miss out!
Doors 6pm / Music 7pm / 21+ / $12ADV / $15DOS
A Mom&Pop Production

The Lafayette Dulcimer Gathering will play at Cumberland Park every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 8:30pm in June, July and August
All acoustic instrument musicians are welcome to join the jam and play along or, just bring a lawn chair and enjoy the music! Song sheets will be available.

Dr. Daniel Kelly will be speaking about his new book, Somebody Should Do Something. Dr. Kelly is also the author of Yuck!: The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust. Join us for community learning and connection at this accessible and welcoming event.

“A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change—and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference… Somebody Should Do Something pairs stories with science (plus some jokes) to help readers recognize their own power, turning resignation about climate change and racial injustice into actions that transform the world.” –MIT Press

This event is part of the In Print at the Library book talk series, created by a partnership between West Lafayette Public Library and the Purdue University Office of the Provost with funding provided by the Altschaeffl family.

Nine Irish Brothers Traditional Irish Pub hosts a community trad session Wednesday evenings at seven pm. Trad sessions--short for traditional Irish sessions, are a community-led participatory event in which local musicians bring their instruments and play traditional Irish music. Musicians who play Irish instruments or who are striving to learn are welcome to join in, and all members of the community are welcome to enjoy the music and ambiance.

Join Raymond Beets at the Michigantown Community Center on May 7 at
5:30 p.m. to get a reenactor’s perspective on the Revolutionary War.

In his presentation, Beets will help the Revolutionary War come alive for his audience by
demonstrating militia and Continental Army uniforms as well as his rifle, musket, and other
items from the Colonial period. He will also discuss the historical inaccuracies of the famous
poem “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” along with the history of the song “Yankee Doodle
Dandy.” In addition, Beets will talk about the Declaration of Independence and its meaning for
us today.

Beets, who is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, has been actively honoring the
memory of his nine patriot ancestors as a reenactor for 13 years.

Sponsored by the Clinton County Genealogical Society, this program is free and open to the
public. If you are planning to attend, please RSVP to clintoncogensociety@gmail.com by April
30 so arrangements can be made to accommodate everyone.

For those who cannot attend in person, the presentation will be broadcast via Facebook Live.
For more information, contact Jill Garrison at (765) 654-8746, ext. 1137 or
jgarrison@myfcpl.org.

Each year, letter carriers across the country head out on their routes on the second Saturday in May to collect donations of non-perishable food items to benefit local food pantries. Since launching in 1993, the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has grown into the nation’s largest one-day food drive, helping to fill the shelves of food banks in cities and towns throughout the United States.

The need is great, but you can help. We invite you to join letter carriers and our partner organizations in the fight to end hunger in our communities by participating in the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Simply leave your donation of non-perishable food in a bag near your mailbox on the second Saturday in May, and your letter carrier will do the rest.

All donations will benefit Food Finders Food Bank

WHO: All are welcome! No experience or partner needed.
WHAT: Learn dances led by a caller, dancing to live music with a group of people!
WHERE: 333 Meridian Street in West Lafayette - enter through the playground gate
WHEN: Second Saturday of the month at 5:30PM for beginner lesson, dance from 6-8PM
WHY: It's good for your mental health--let's build community!
HOW: Dances are made possible through sponsorship from Indiana Fiddlers Gathering and participants who give what they can ($5-20) to support our caller and band.
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What is Contra Dance?
Contra dance is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. A caller leads the dance, teaching the steps and calling out moves. It's great fun for all ages.
Unlike some other social dances, contra is a group activity. Over the course of each dance, you interact with everyone in your contra line. Your partner is like a teammate, moving with you up and down the line.

Reach out with questions: tippycontraclub@gmail.com

Check out this video to learn more: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Yk4gbE4Vh/

This event is supported by Indiana Fiddlers Gathering, https://www.indianafiddlersgathering.org/

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome

Everybody is welcome at Bethel AME

Come join us for Sunday services at Bethel AME Church

Bethel AME Church

820 Ferry Street Lafayette, IN 47901

Sunday School starts at 10:00 AM

Services start at 11:00 A.M.

Mom&Pop Productions is very proud to present the return of The Slackers to Lafayette, IN on Sunday May 10th, 2026!
The Operators will be opening up!
Doors 6pm / Music 7pm / All ages / $25 ADV

Beer and wine will be available for those of age. We will also have so snacks available for purchase at the bar.
Since 1991, the Slackers have released fifteen albums and countless singles, while their 1000s of live performances feed their fans with energetic sets of ecstatic music.

The Slackers have been called ‘the Sound of New York’ by the New York Times. They were described by Brooklyn Vegan as a“ clean mix of Ska, Reggae, and Soul that gets dirtied up by Vic Ruggiero’s tough New York accent.’
In April 2022, The Slackers released a new album, “Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” (Pirates Press) which quickly shot to the top of the US Billboard charts. The first time that a Slackers’ album has charted! Ironically after 30 years as a band, they qualified as a Billboard ‘new artist!’ The Washington Post noted that the Slackers “remain at the top of their game.”
The chart topping sales of “Don’t Let The Sunlight Fool Ya” capped a 2 year comeback of the Slackers. When Covid stopped live shows in 2020, the Slackers pivoted to livestreams and made5 full band concerts that were broadcast internationally to an audience of thousands. After the streams, they stayed in the studio and recorded the tunes that became ‘Don’t Let the Sunlight Fool Ya.’
The Slackers capped this come back with a series of frenetic tours in 2022 and 2023. They played everything from clubs to festivals in the USA, Canada, Europe, and Brazil.
In 2024, they are currently booking 90 shows. They are also currently working on a 20th anniversary reissue of their classic album, ‘Close My Eyes’ for September and on a new single of original music for October.

We welcome Noble Hobo back to People's May 12th with Swamp Rats! Expect a night of excellently crafted high energy, Dark and gritty Bluegrass and Folk Punk!

Doors 5PM | Music 6PM | 21+
Presented by Mom&Pop Productions

Refreshingly honest and introspective, Noble Hobo (fronted by Skyler Jenkins) is a "one-man" band occasionally accompanied by a rotating collective of traveling musicians with roots in traditional folk, blues, old-time, and jazz music. As proponents of the folk tradition, Noble Hobo draws inspiration from years of rambling, train-hopping, hitchhiking and wandering around the US telling stories of love and loss; grief and acceptance; hopelessness, sorrow, and success through original music, traditional folk tunes, and spoken word

Swamp Rats takes intricate clawhammer banjo and blends it with a driving punk rhythm fronted by gritty & soothing harmonizing vocals. Some have said the music sounds like a type of haunted that makes them happy. Folk with an edge is what most people say about Florida's "Phantom" folk band Swamp Rats.