READING—People get tattoos for all occasions—weddings, funerals, getting serious about pizza—many of them captured in Pen and Ink, Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton’s collection of lovingly illustrated stories about tattoos and their owners, introduced by Cheryl Strayed and ranging from just brutal (Roxane Gay makes you cry in three sentences) to
my favorite (a dinosaur). MEGAN BURBANK
w/Cheryl Strayed, Carson Ellis, & more; Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE
MUSIC—Christopher Owens made a big splash with his band Girls a few years back, and now he’s two albums into a solo career that picks up where Girls left off. The brand-new A New Testament incorporates gospel and country sounds into his soaring, vintage rock ‘n’ roll, which he’ll be delivering with a seven-piece band tonight. NED LANNAMANN
w/the Tyde; Star Theater, 13 NW 6th, 9:30 pm, $13-17