Tuesday, April 9
Art
“Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”
Nationale
Mon & Tue: Noon–5 p.m., Thu–Sun: Noon–6 p.m., through April 23
Free
Portland-based painter and sculptor Shohei Takasaki combines domestic life with the abstract in this solo exhibition.
Music
Doug Fir Lounge
9 p.m.
$10–12
Troll’s ready to debut a new folkloric album of mystifying stoner doom, and it’s going to be a doozy.
Film & Theater
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
7:30 p.m., through April 10
$26 & up
Renowned tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover returns with an ensemble of dancers and a six-piece band to share his new show All FuNKD’d Up, The Concert.
Community
The Stories of Portland’s Parks Told Through Their Birds
Audubon Society of Portland
7–8:30 p.m.
Free
Come learn about the different birds in Portland’s parks and greenspaces—it’s free!
Wednesday, April 10
Art
PDX Contemporary Art
Tue–Sat: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Free
Speculations come to life in these multimedia works by 0rphan Drift, Caspar Heinemann, Emily Jones and more and will be on display until April 30.
Music
Kontravoid, Damascus Knives, Xibling
Star Theater
8:30 p.m.
$13–18, 21+
Soloist Kontravoid will scarily crawl into your mind with his industrial synthwave and EBM sounds.
Film & Theater
Little Punk Rock Drag Show of Horrors
Blackwater Bar
8 p.m. through April 13
$18–35
Part musical, part genderbending drag show, it’ll be an entertaining nod at the classic Little Shop of Horrors 80s film.
Community
Tonic Lounge
10 p.m.
No cover, 21+
If the name alone isn’t enough to sell you, the thought of getting down to The Cure, Bauhaus and Joy Division might.
Thursday, April 11
Art
Portland Art Museum
Tue–Wed, Sat–Sun: 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Thu–Fri 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
$17–20
The latest exhibition at the Portland Art Museum includes works collected by the Associated American Artists.
Music
The Fixin’ To
9 p.m.
$7, 21+
Help and their raucous blend of noise rock and proto-punk are one of the best new things to come out of Portland lately. Trust us.
Film & Theater
Queer Horror: The Silence of the Lambs
Hollywood Theatre
8:45 p.m.
$10
Question horror and its relation to queerness with Hannibal Lecter and the next installment of the bimonthly fest Queer Horror, this time hosted by the one and only drag clown Carla Rossi.
Community
Powell’s City of Books
7:30 p.m.
Free
Author of Steal Like an Artist and Show Your Work! Austin Kleon completes his trilogy with Keep Going. Signed copies are available for preorder through the Powell’s website.
Friday, April 12
Art
Roll Up Photo Studio
Fri–Sat: Noon–5 p.m. and by appointment
Free
This group exhibition by photographers Jan Cook, Jayna Conkey, Anna Daedalus and Heidi Kirkpatrick will be on display until April 27.
Music
Hawthorne Theater
8 p.m.
$16–20
Thank goodness prolific lyricist Murs is still making music, and he’s coming through town in support of his new record A Strange Journey Into The Unimaginable.
Film & Theater
7 Deadly Sins: Kids These Days
Mission Theater
7:30 p.m.
$20–25, 18+
Local writer, auctioneer and performer Andrew Dickenson mixes comedy and TED-Talk style lecture in the latest of his 7 Deadly Sins series, funnily detailing what it’s like to be a parent.
Community
Oregon Convention Center
Fri: 3–11 p.m., Sat: 11 a.m.–11 p.m., Sun: 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
$20 general admission
More than 100 artists will be at the 2nd annual Oregon Tattoo Expo. Come get tattooed!
Saturday, April 13
Art
Wolff Gallery
Wed–Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
Free
Small Talk is a group of seven women photographers who formed in 2015. Catch their exhibition “Rumors” through April 28.
Music
Mom Jeans, Mover Shaker, Alien Boy, King of Heck
Paris Theater
7 p.m.
$15
Mom jeans aren’t just for wearing—they’re for listening and rocking out to.
Film & Theater
Newmark Theatre
2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.
$29 & up
Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Kevin Irving had his choice of three works and this time, it’s Nicolo Fonte’s Presto and Giants Before Us and Gioconda Barbuto’s BringingOutsideIn.
Community
100 SE Alder St
4–11 p.m.
Free
Always free and all-ages, the Portland Night Market features 175 vendors with lots of food, art, merchants and more.
Sunday, April 14
Art
Fourteen30 Contemporary
Fri–Sat: Noon–5 p.m. and by appointment.
Free
Sidony O’Neal’s work will be on display until April 27.
Music
Cambrian Explosion, Ghost Frog, Ayla Ray
Doug Fir Lounge
9 p.m.
$10–12, 21+
Cambrian Explosion’s doomy drone-rock is just as explosive as the evolutionary event it’s named after.
Film & Theater
5th Avenue Cinema
3 p.m.
$5 (Free to PSU students)
It’s an indie film about the Midwest featuring Shia LaBeouf. Let’s hope he freaks out in it.
Community
Mindfulness For Survivors Of Trauma
Q Center
1–3 p.m.
Free
Hosted by Reimagining Recovery, this peer-to-peer group focuses on the potential harmfulness of being mindful and teaches new techniques for coping.
Monday, April 15
Art
Camerawork Gallery
Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–5 p.m., through May 3
Free
This exhibition by Portland photographer Ray Bidegain consists of pairing the artists’ old work with his newer to “create conversations previously unspoken.”
Music
Crystal Ballroom
8:30 p.m.
$30
Like Feist and Jenny Lewis all rolled up into one.
Film & Theater
Mission Theater
5:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
$4
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic about a nosey-ass neighbor who becomes convinced his neighbor is a murderer.
Community
Alberta Street Pub
7–10 p.m.
For when you want to use your brain for something other than school and work—and have a drink while you do it.