BOOKS—When Elly Blue first edited Bikes in Space, her anthology of feminist science fiction—with bikes!—it was intended as a one-off, second in line to Blue’s quarterly zine. She’s since shelved the zine, turned Bikes in Space into a Kickstarter-funded, annual anthology, and tonight celebrates the release of Bikes in Space Vol. II: More Feminist Science Fiction, which should be the tagline to every sequel. MEGAN BURBANK
Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne, 7:30 pm, FREE, all ages
MUSIC—Weird, charming, passionate, and funny, musician Zac Pennington is always fantastic to see, as anyone who’s been to a Parenthetical Girls show can attest. Tonight, Crying brings together Pennington, composer Jherek Bischoff, choreographer Steven Reker, and the NOW Ensemble from Brooklyn for… something? They’re calling it a “new, multidisciplinary musical ensemble,” and it’s bound to be weird, charming, passionate, and funny. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta, 7:30 pm, $15-18, all ages