FRIDAY, JANUARY 8
MUSIC—Four vocalists, a horn section, and minimal crotch-grabbing, but still a lot of entertainment in Foreverland’s renditions of all your Michael Jackson faves. The 14-piece band formed in 2009 just before the King of Pop kicked and have been touring in his memory ever since. Go, dance, and sing along. SHELBY R. KING
w/Dr. Spaceman; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 6:45 pm, $12
BLAZERS—A firm belief in miracles will help get you through tonight’s Blazers game against Steph Curry and his Golden State Warriors, but even if you’re a more pragmatic kind of Portlander, this is still an opportunity to see the greatest team in the NBA break basketball like they’re using a Game Genie. BOBBY ROBERTS
Moda Center, 1 Center Court, 7 pm, $75 & up, all ages
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
IMPROV—Whether they’re pretending to be teenage girls or faceless humanoids, the Liberators are one of the funniest improv groups anywhere, delivering cryface-inducing laughs so reliably it seems almost superhuman. Tonight’s show marks their 10th year of always-delightful improv—and a fresh run in the newly opened Siren Theater. MEGAN BURBANK
Siren Theater, 315 NW Davis, Saturdays 8 pm, through Jan 30, $12-15
COMEDY—Baron Vaughn is one of those rare stand-ups who can deliver flawless sociopolitical comedy, and then 180 into a surreal long con of a joke about people who refuse to admit that they’re falling asleep. If you enjoy laughing, you have no business missing his show, also featuring local faves like Amy Miller and Nariko Ott. MEGAN BURBANK
w/Curtis Cook, Trevor Thorpe; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $13-15
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10
FILM—In The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio is marooned in the wilderness, mauled by a bear, shot at, stabbed, starved, drowned in freezing rapids, buried alive, made to watch everyone he cares about die, forced to do surgery on himself, thrown off a cliff, and stuffed inside a dead horse’s still-warm carcass. If you want to see Leonardo DiCaprio suffer, then run, don’t walk, to The Revenant. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Various Theaters, see Film Times for locations and showtimes
READING—Keith Lee Morris’ stellar fiction crackles with mystery and the brittle tenacity of humanity. Dude is a kick-ass storyteller. His new novel, Travelers Rest, is set in the fictional small town of Good Night, Idaho, and is a fairy tale with hints of Stephen King, Jorge Luis Borges, and Kelly Link. COURTNEY FERGUSON
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE