FILM—The always-great, fourth annual Portland Black Film Festival—curated by local writer and filmmaker David Walker—kicks off at the Hollywood tonight with a can’t-miss title: 1972’s Buck and the Preacher, a trailblazing western directed by star Sidney Poitier, who has Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee in tow! It’s well worth seeing on the big screen—and in 35mm. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 7:30 pm, $8, also see our article!
BLAZERS—Portlanders love themselves a good rivalry. When the Sonics (R.I.P.) were around, we hated those green bastards. We still go apeshit at the mere possibility of the Lakers coming to town. But the Houston Rockets? The team that’s developed a real knack for either barring our entry into—or knocking the Blazers out of—the playoffs? Now that’s a rivalry with some meat on its bones. BOBBY ROBERTS
Moda Center, 1 Center Court, 7:30 pm, $10-235, all ages