Samantha Fish
Kansas City blues crooner Samantha Fish is as prolific as she is talented. Her latest record, 2017’s Belle of the West, was her second LP of the year, following Chills & Fever. Both albums feature Fish’s melodic dexterity and her affinity for sultry blues traditions, but they also feature some of the best blues guitar lead you’ll hear from anyone in the business. “He Did It,” the rollicking opener to Chills & Fever, showcases Fish’s incendiary fretwork under a canopy of skronky brass and jangly rhythms. While she dabbles in other areas of songcraft—most notably on her third record Wild Heart, where she explored a rootsier rock vibe—Fish excels when allowing her dalliances with the outskirts of roadhouse blues to shine, as heard on the title track from Chills & Fever, which finds her exceptional backing band slinking along in an intoxicating ’60s pop shuffle. RYAN J. PRADO
9 pm, Doug Fir, $15
Patrick DeWitt
The bestselling novelist and screenwriter returns with French Exit, a dark and comedic novel about a wealthy widow, her adult son, and their cat, Small Frank, who are all forced to leave New York for Paris in the aftermath of a scandal.
7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books, free
Grindhouse Film Festival: Infra-Man
Normally, the Grindhouse Film Festival focuses on the down-and-dirty side of ’70s cinema. But this month, there’s no tortured addicts scrounging for one last score, no bloodthirsty victims out for bone-cracking revenge, and no crooked cops bucking a broken system. Instead, you’re getting a rare 35mm print of the Shaw Brothers’ 1975 psychedelic superhero freakout Infra-Man, about an ordinary man who, thanks to science and sensible costuming, can shoot lasers out of his hands and feet—that is, when he’s not already using those limbs to punch and kick the ever-living shit out of every floppy rubber mutant monster summoned from the depths by a whip-wielding demon princess. If you have ever in your life considered yourself—even fractionally—a fan of shit like Power Rangers? You absolutely owe it to yourself to catch this ridiculousness on the big screen. BOBBY ROBERTS
7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9
Emo Nite
Dust off your My Chemical Romance T-shirt, apply excessive eyeliner, and get ready to shamelessly scream Dashboard Confessional lyrics at Holocene's bi-monthly emo night (FKA Taking Back Tuesday). XxscenexX forever. BRI BREY
9 pm, Holocene, $10
Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue
The Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue swings through Portland, bringing an array of rebels, rule breakers, outlaws, and mavericks to the stage at Dante's for a circus thrill-show full of stunts and acrobatics.
9 pm, Dante, $15
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