JAZZ TOBACCO—So the Mercury‘s ringing endorsement of legal pot convinced you to VOTE YES ON MEASURE 91, but you want to know more. And you want to laugh, and learn about some good strains before weed becomes legal (because you voted, right?). Check out live podcast Let’s Talk About… Pot, a show that features stand-ups Gabe Dinger and Nathan Brannon, local weed luminary Ganja Jon, and the Merc‘s own Josh Jardine. And vote, damn you. DIRK VANDERHART
Hawthorne Theatre Lounge, 1507 SE César E. Chávez, 8 pm, FREE
BLAZERS—This year’s season opener, featuring our Blazers taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder, is like Christmas and Thanksgiving combined for hoop heads in PDX. Granted, Kevin Durant won’t be there (you’ll get to boo the living shit out of a superstar when LeBron and the Cavs hit town next week), but ’tis a small matter, really. The season has begun. Blazermania prevails. BOBBY ROBERTS
Moda Center, 1 Center Court, 7:30 pm, $25-235, all ages