MUSIC—Put that zazz back in your ring-a-ding, because Eleni Mandell’s easy-peasy, loose ‘n’ breezy tunes are pure concentrated smile juice. The LA singer/songwriter’s latest album, Let’s Fly a Kite, is a dizzy, daffy ride through pop music’s past and present, with jazz, honky-tonk, and exotic Euro flourishes each contributing colors to the kaleidoscope. NED LANNAMANN
w/Rachel Taylor Brown; Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 8 pm, $10-12
FILM—In 2008, Ari Folman made Waltz with Bashir, the Oscar-nominated animated documentary about the 1982 Lebanon War. His latest, The Congress, is an ambitious sci-fi allegory—part live action, part animated—featuring Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, and the dreamy, dreamy voice of Jon Hamm. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside, see Movie Times, $4