FRIDAY, APRIL 10
COMEDY—Picture This! is a hilarious and sometimes messy monthly mash-up of stand-up comedy and live illustration: Comics do their thang and also-funny artists depict it as they go. Wonder if it works? Take this, their one-year anniversary event, as evidence that it does. Tonight, host Andie Main stacked the lineup with funny ladies like Caitlin Weierhauser and JoAnn Schinderle. MARJORIE SKINNER
Curious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE MLK, 9:30 pm, $7-10
MUSIC—Portland’s Ezza Rose and her four-piece band just got back from a 21-date New Zealand tour promoting their latest album, When the Water’s Hot. The album, released in January, is a departure from Rose’s acoustic folksy singing and songwriting into the world of the electric guitar. Welcome her back! SHELBY R. KING
w/Balto, White Glove; Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 9:30 pm, $10
SATURDAY, APRIL 11
BEYONCÉ!—I would call this the next best thing to seeing Beyoncé live, but it’s probably even better! With The Beyoncé Project, 12 of the hottest local drag performers (including Topaz Crawford, Saturn, and more) will perform Beyoncé’s self-titled album from beginning to end. If you’re not already sold on this concept, there’s something terribly wrong with you. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Rotture, 315 SE 3rd, 9 pm, $6
RECORDS—Forget Record Store Day. Spend those pennies at the excellent, recurring Night Owl Record Show, where Pacific Northwest record hounds ply their vinyl wares and you stand a very good chance of bringing home some terrific discs. Just keep away from that near-mint copy of Black Sabbath with the swirl Vertigo label. It’s mine. NED LANNAMANN
Eagles Lodge, 4904 SE Hawthorne, 5-9 pm, $2 ($15 early admission at 3 pm)
SUNDAY, APRIL 12
BOOKS—In 1957, America’s original indie press, City Lights, overcame an obscenity trial to get Allen Ginsberg’s Howl into the hands of readers everywhere—they were that hardcore about free speech. Tonight, they celebrate their first kids’ book, Rad American Women A-Z, a long overdue, cool-lady-filled supplement to your average history textbook. Get a copy for every child (and adult) you know! MEGAN BURBANK
Reading Frenzy, 3628 N Mississippi, 3 pm, FREE
MUSIC—You can get the “Garth Experience” twice today, if you can handle THAT MUCH Garth Brooks. It’s the first time in nearly 19 years that Oregon will have a good dose of Garth, and he’s coming on strong. The stamina! If you miss both those shows, Garth and his opening act/wife, Trisha Yearwood, will be playing through Thursday. Consider those “Unanswered Prayers,” answered! SHELBY R. KING
Moda Center, 1 Center Court, Sun 4 & 8 pm, Mon, Wed, Thurs 7:30 pm, $68 & up, all ages