BEER—Hood River’s pFriem Family Brewers make a host of exceptional beers (I would happily drown in vats of their Wit and Belgian Strong Dark ale), and tonight they invade North Portland, taking over the taps at the Old Gold for a single evening. There will be small-batch rarities, whiskey-and-beer pairings, food specials, and—yeah—really, really good beer. NED LANNAMANN
The Old Gold, 2105 N Killingsworth, 4 pm
READING—The Oatmeal, known to his mother as Matthew Inman, has collected all of his web comics about the most masochistic of endeavors in The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances. Need I tell you of these stories’ hysterical attributes? Probably not… the Oatmeal be hella popular with his twisted sense of humor and wicked way with a word. You should probably go and laugh a lot. COURTNEY FERGUSON
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE, all ages