MOVIES—Some people like to go to the movies to escape the heat, but the Top Down Film Festival lets you enjoy both the magic of cinema (first up: Song of the Thin Man) and the balminess of summertime evenings. Held on a downtown rooftop, complete with local bands, drinks, and BBQ, it definitely belongs on your Portland summer to-do list. MARJORIE SKINNER
w/Malachi Graham; Hotel deLuxe, SW 15th & Yamhill, 8 pm, $9-11
COMEDY—Project Pabst kicks off tonight not with music but with comedian Brian Posehn, who’s had a bit part on seemingly every TV show, and now brings his crazy beard and big glasses to Doug Fir. If you’ve ever been a middle schooler big into Weird Al and Stephen King, be there, for Posehn is your kindred spirit. MEGAN BURBANK<
w/Bryan Cook, Sean Jordan; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $20
I loved the “bullet proof girdle” part, and of course the puppy Asta!