Happening Wednesday: Hot Hot Heat in L.A. and more

POP MUSIC

Hot Hot Heat Post punk impresarios from British Columbia, Hot Hot Heat returns with “Future Breeds,” its first album since 2007’s “Happiness Ltd.” The dudes have been burning up the Bootleg Theater every Wednesday this month, and Wednesday they’ll be closing out their residency with Voxhaul Broadcast and the Union Line supporting. Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd. 8:30 p.m. $12. www.foldsilverlake.com.

Damien Jurado With his ninth album, “Saint Bartlett,” misty-eyed troubadour Damien Jurado has turned in a steadily affecting batch of rustic songs made lush with unexpected instrumentation and a wider sense of space. It’s typically hard to switch up the formula this late in the game, but his newfound ‘60s pop sensibility comes courtesy of producer-musician Richard Swift, who knows how to embellish — or when to hold back — Jurado’s minimalist compositions. The Seattle native will play with Kay Kay, and His Weathered Underground. Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd. (323) 661-4380. 8:30 p.m. $10-$12.

EVENTS

Health Care Reform : Government Takeover or Corporate Welfare? The issue of healthcare reform has been nothing if not contentious, and the sweeping overhaul bill passed earlier this year has some conservatives and liberals alike bristling because they feel it either goes too far or doesn’t go far enough. This panel will attempt to parse the bill with help from Wendell Potter, a former executive at CIGNA and Humana, and Emily Friedman, an independent health-policy and ethics analyst. Journalist Ian Masters will moderate. Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 7 p.m. Free. (310) 443-7000. hammer.ucla.edu.

BOOKS

Nicholas Schou The author of “Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World” presents and signs his lively new history of the notorious 1960s-era drug-smuggling hippie church. Producers and distributors of the infamous Orange Sunshine brand of acid, the Brotherhood was also instrumental in the successful 1970 prison break of drug guru Timothy Leary. Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. 7 p.m. Free. (310) 659-3110. https://www.booksoup.com.