DON’T FORGET!—Memory, it turns out, is as much an art as it is a science. Joshua Foer (yes, he’s Jonathan’s kid brother), author of Moonwalking with Einstein, explains how dullards like us can harness fantastic imagery to sharpen our powers of recall. DCT
Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30 pm, FREE
FOLK—Sharon Van Etten has a rare knack for turning the utter desolation of heartbreak into something transformative: Her fierce, intimate songwriting is confident and confessional, lacerating and redemptive. Even rarer—the Brooklyn-by-way-of-New-Jersey-and-Tennessee performer puts on one hell of a live show. AH
w/Little Scream, Sonny Pete; Doug Fir, 830 E Burnside, 9 pm, $12