BOOKS—Margaret Malone writes spare, sharp-edged short stories set in Portland, and tonight she’s joined by Arthur Bradford, occasional speaker for Eastmoreland’s trees, and full-time writer of what can only be described as charming weirdo lit. They’re two of the city’s best fiction writers, in one of its best independent bookstores. MEGAN BURBANK
Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 7 pm, FREE
MUSIC—With synthpop that’s guaranteed to get you dancing (or at least doing the introvert head-nod ‘n’ torso-sway), a homemade light show to command your attention, AND a new album slated for this year, Starfucker’s show at the Wonder Ballroom should delight fans of the Northwest indie rockers and noobs alike. MEGAN BURBANK
w/Nurses, Fake Drugs; Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 8:30 pm, $22-25, all ages