FRIDAY, APRIL 3
MUSIC—So here’s the plan: Tonight you’re going to mount the gangplank of the Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler, and stand in the very same spot your grandma was sitting in just last month. She was eating fish, though. You’re gonna be watching some of the best hiphop this city’s got on offer. It’s KPSU’s Fly By Night party, and it’s on a boat. DIRK VANDERHART
w/Myke Bogan, Tope, Hot16, Blossom, and more; boards at SW Salmon & Naito, 10 pm, $12-15
COMEDY—Bad Reputation Productions’ Shelley McLendon may be the Mrs. Dalloway of Portland sketch comedy: She brings people together. In this case, it’s with a hilariously wonderful lineup of local performers in The Sisters of Mercy, the latest in the Slingshot late-night sketch comedy series. This weekend’s run guarantees blasphemous chuckles for all—just in time for Easter! MEGAN BURBANK
Ellyn Bye Studio at Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th, Fri & Sat 10 pm, $15-20, badreputationprods.com
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
ROLLER DERBY—Did you know Portland has one of the best roller derby teams in the entire world? Last year, the Rose City Rollers’ Wheels of Justice were just three agonizing points away from winning the whole enchilada. Tonight’s their first home game of the season, so let’s cheer on our #2-ranked skaters as they take on #12-ranked Rocky Mountain Rollergirls. COURTNEY FERGUSON
The Hangar at Oaks Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park, 7 pm, $14-20, all ages
MUSIC—Last time the force of nature known as Bam Bam Baklava hit Portland, he socked up security for trying to snuff out his show (and his joint). Hopefully Action Bronson can manage to perform a full set this time, but even if he doesn’t, the Alchemist is opening, so you’re guaranteed quality hiphop all up in your ears. BOBBY ROBERTS
Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 9 pm, $25-30, all ages
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
MUSIC—Sydney, Australia’s the Preatures achieved pop perfection with “Is This How You Feel?” and the rest of their debut album, Blue Planet Eyes, is just as contagious. Tonight they’ll detonate those dancey earworm bombs directly into the Doug Fir’s underground bunker. NED LANNAMANN
w/the Bots, Bloods; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 8:30 pm, $12-15
FILM—”It will probably win best picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don’t want to be relevant ever,” Vin Diesel said last week about Furious 7. If you’ve been paying any attention, you already know how insanely fun the Fast and Furious movies have become. Today, you won’t be able to find a better time at the movies—even if Furious 7 does not, in fact, win best picture. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Various Theaters, see Movie Times for showtimes