FILM—The Hollywood’s Grindhouse Film Festival has lined up two rare 35mm flicks for their Killer Creature Double Feature: First it’s Q: The Winged Serpent (1982), in which David Carradine and Richard Roundtree battle a giant flying dragon terrorizing NYC, followed by the John Sayles-penned Alligator (1980), which brims with gator-chompin’ gore AND social satire (a well-known deadly combination). WSH
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, Q at 7:30 pm, Alligator at 9:15 pm, $8 for both
BOOKS—To celebrate The Best of McSweeney’s collection—which, in turn, celebrates the first 15 years of the fantastic, inventive, charming quarterly—Powell’s is hosting author Jess Walter (Beautiful Ruins), filmmaker and writer Arthur Bradford (Dogwalker), AND McSweeney’s Managing Editor Jordan Bass. This will be fun and great. EH
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE