VISUAL ART—For six years, Northeast Portland art space Xhurch (it used to be a church, get it?) has hosted an alternative to the seasonal plastic-Jesus-in-the-yard routine with the art installation NTVTY, which this year eschews ye olde Santa snow globes for “programmable LEDs, laser lights, two-way mirrors, and virtual reality headsets.” What, like you have something better to do today? MEGAN BURBANK
Xhurch, 4550 NE 20th, 7-9 pm, Wed-Fri, FREE
FILM—After jabbing a shot of adrenalin into the heart of the western with Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino returns with The Hateful Eight. He shot his eagerly awaited epic on 70mm, framing each shot in a gorgeous, ultra-wide ratio known as Ultra Panavision 70. The only place in Portland you can see the film as Tarantino intended? The Hollywood Theatre. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 6 pm, $12-15