CEMETERY THEATER—By the pricking of my thumbs, Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest, nastiest, most accursed plays, with witches and murder and the original Claire Underwood. So it’s only right to see it performed in AN ACTUAL CEMETERY. You can do this tonight at Portland Actors Ensemble’s Lone Fir Cemetery production… UNLESS YOU’RE TOO SCARED. MEGAN BURBANK
Lone Fir Cemetery, SE 26th & Washington, Thurs-Sat 7 pm, through July 25, FREE, portlandactors.com
MUSIC—Mimicking Birds takes the stage. The Portland crowd does that thing where half the assholes in the back won’t shut the fuck up. Mimicking Birds begins quietly, confidently, pouring their hearts out. Their volume never rises above “melodic lilt,” but by the end of their set, nobody is talking. They’re too busy being transfixed. BOBBY ROBERTS
w/Us Lights, Dogheart; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $12-14