FILM—In 1979, upstart director Ridley Scott treated B-movie tropes with fluid grace and ruthless skill in Alien; the result isn’t just one of the prettiest movies ever made, it’s also one of the scariest. See it at the Laurelhurst—and look forward to next week, when they’ll have James Cameron’s smash-bang follow-up, Aliens. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside, 9:45pm, $4
MUSIC—Alan Singley and Papi Fimbres have pooled their musical resources to form Singley Fimbres Orkestra, a one-of-a-kind stew of classical, jazz, and electronic influences, resulting in space-age lounge music for a galaxy much hipper than ours. Be sure you don’t miss the excellent Sama Dams at tonight’s free Ear Candy show, either. NED LANNAMANN
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9 pm, FREE
Of all the adjectives one could use to describe the brilliant ALIEN, ‘pretty’ is one I never heard before.
But I get your point.