The Zombies, Liz Brasher
The Zombies, true to their name, have discovered a surprising and enduring afterlife. After recording their magnum opus, Odessey and Oracle, the group broke up in late 1967 to commercial indifference. But a resurrection was inevitable, and unlike the creatures from which the British beat group took their name, it's been far from grisly or terrifying. Founding members Colin Blunstone (vocals) and Rod Argent (keyboards, vocals) reteamed in recent years and have plundered the Zombies' rich historyâincluding singles like "She's Not There," "Tell Her No," and the magnificent Odessey albumâalong with more recent material. (8 pm, Revolution Hall, $35-65) NED LANNAMANN
Tribe Mars, Neptuna, Mindhala
Local hip-hop fusion ensemble Tribe Mars bring their funk, soul, and R&B sounds out to Mississippi Studios to head up a hometown show along with support from Neptuna and Mindhala. (9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $5)
Fast Break
In 1978, director Don Zavin gave unto thirsty Blazermaniacs a rambly, contemplative, slightly-stoned gift of a documentary, Fast Break. There is no real narrative arc, the closest thing to a through-line basically gets abandoned halfway through, and there's nothing particularly insightful or profound to be gleaned from following the team through their quiet Pacific Northwest adventures following their shock-the-world championship run in 1977. Which is fine, because Fast Break works best as a time-travel device anyway, a shaggy portal back to a Portland that will never exist again, where Maurice Lucas is chilling at the pool, Dave Twardzik is teaching kids the fundamentals, and big bike-riding Bill Walton is doing that charmingly infuriating Bill Walton thing where gallons of melodic syllables rain down over his jutting chin and evaporate into senselessness right around his collarbone. Walton would break his foot in '78 and flee Portland a year later, the team's chemistry slowly soured, and never another Finals would be won, but Fast Break perfectly captures the weirdly serene scenes before it all fell down. (7 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9) BOBBY ROBERTS
Leah Dieterich, Kevin Sampsell
Vanishing Twins chronicles Leah Dieterich's longing desire to find her ideal counterpart in life. Dieterich will be joined in conversation by Kevin Sampsell, publisher of Future Tense Books and author of This Is Between Us. (7:30 pm, Broadway Books, free)
The Amazing Stumptown Spelling Bee
âCalendarâ is the word that got my skinny ass kicked out of my elementary school spelling bee, and I feel the same way about the word now as I did then: It can go fuck itself. But I digress! At the Amazing Stumptown Spelling Bee, you'll witness eager spelling bee champions spelling words correctly for free drinks and cash⌠and youâll also see would-be spelling bee champions go up against words that will refuse to be spelled correctly, words that will become these poor soulsâ nemeses. Hey, maybe one of the spelling bee words will be ânemesesâ! Or âcalendarâ! Fuck that word. (7 pm, Dig a Pony, $5 to enter, free for first timers) ERIK HENRIKSEN
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