MUSIC—Attention nerds! Your literary overlord commands your presence in Beaverton. Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson has been cranking out baroque sci-fi epics for eons. Maybe not that long, but he’s paid his wordy dues, and he’s reading from his newest, the futuristic Seveneves, out in suburbia, where there’s plenty of room to listen to expansive tales of annihilation. COURTNEY FERGUSON
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 3415 SW Cedar Hills, Beaverton, 7 pm, FREE, all ages
FILM—You know what’s still around? Rockapella, the group that used to sing nifty intros and outros on the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego kids’ game show. They don’t dress up like detectives anymore. Related: The a cappella underdogs from 2012’s Pitch Perfect are back for more in Pitch Perfect 2—and this time they’re taking on husky German stereotypes! DIRK VANDERHART
Various Theaters, see portlandmercury.com/movietimes