BOOKS—Murderers! Wobblies! Vice Czars! And only one Dottie Do-Good. These are just some of the (real life!) shady characters you’ll meet in JD Chandler and JB Fisher’s look into Portland’s checkered past, Portland on the Take. Chandler would know: He’s spent years investigating murder and violent crime in the Pacific Northwest. MEGAN BURBANK
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE
MUSIC—Vancouver BC’s White Lung aren’t just explosive—their two-minute calls-to-arms are actual, detonated explosions, with hardcore beats, heavier-than-metal riffs, and singer Mish Way’s no-bullshit lyrics. It’s everything you want punk rock to be: angry, sharp, smart, loud, and fast as hell. NED LANNAMANN
w/Mormon Crosses; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $10-12