HOLIDAY PARTY—Work in an office, but hate your parties? No office, and wish you had a party? Then don’t miss our annual Portland Holiday Office Party, featuring you dressed in semi-business attire, dancey music from Ancient Heat and DJ Evil One, a makeout cubicle, a Xerox machine for photocopying private parts, and tons of BOOZE! (Attendance is mandatory!) WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Branx, 320 SE 2nd, 8 pm, $12-15
MUSIC—Give yourself the best present of all with a jam-packed evening of lovely local music. The Lower 48 offer tinsel streamers of Beatles-esque, harmony-laden pop, and Brownish Black can turn any Xmas bash into a soul shindig, while Moon by You’s vintage psychedelia is the bow on top. NED LANNAMANN
Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside,9 pm, $8-10
FILM—For her Fashion in Film series, the Mercury‘s Marjorie Skinner is screening 1992’s Drew Barrymore erotic thriller Poison Ivy! Marjorie will be happy to tell attendees how Poison Ivy inspired all sorts of fashion trends; I’m happy to tell anyone how Poison Ivy gave 12-year-old me a massive crush on Barrymore—one that has yet to diminish in the slightest. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 9:45 pm, $8