DOT DASH—The original art punks, UK’s legendary Wire, have a string of vital recordings stretching from 1977’s indispensable Pink Flag to this year’s sharply intelligent Red Barked Tree. Seeing the massively influential band in the flesh is not to be missed. NL
Dante’s, 1 SW 3rd, 9 pm, $20-25
ELVIS—Accomplished local performers Holcombe Waller, Leah Yorkston, Stephen Marc Beaudoin, and Angela Niederloh team up with Fear No Music to take a crack at Elvis Costello’s The Juliet Letters, a song cycle based on imaginary letters written to Shakespeare’s Juliet that incorporates classical and folk music, musical theater, peace, love, and understanding. AH
Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaukie, 8 pm, $28-30