FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Wreckers vs. Storm City All-Stars
I’ve long considered Portland’s lack of pro football to be a feature, not a bug. Instead of that distraction, we have the fierce, hip-checking roller derby players of the Rose City Rollers at the top of Portland’s athletic stratosphere. Tonight the league’s recreational team, the Wreckers (featuring our own Courtney Ferguson!), take on Vancouver, Washington’s team. DO NOT MISS IT. MEGAN BURBANK
The Hangar at Oaks Amusement Park, 7805 SE Oaks Park, 8 pm, $10-14, all ages
XRAY Records Launch Party: Ghost Ease, Sun Angle
XRAY.fm is having a baby! Portland’s favorite radio station formed in 2014, and since then its airwaves have been a bastion of local music. Tonight’s the XRAY Records Launch Party, celebrating the new label’s birth with performances by the Ghost Ease and Sun Angle, which features Papi Fimbres as well as Charlie Salas Humara and Marius Libman of XRAY.fm show Heavy Breather. CIARA DOLAN
Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 9 pm, $10-12
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
Late Night Action
Mayoral candidate Ted Wheeler is dropping by Alex Falcone and Bri Pruett’s hilarious Late Night Action tonight. The fantastic live talk show also features Portland entrepreneurs Junea Rocha (Brazi Bites), Steve Jones (Cheese Bar, Chizu), and Matt and Jill Reed (Bee Thinking) for a very special “small business episode.” DOUG BROWN
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 7 pm, $10-15
The Mystery Box Show: 4 Year Anniversary
There are a butt-ton of storytelling shows in this town, but there’s only one that specializes in stories of a very SEXY nature. That’s why sex-lovers shouldn’t miss the fourth anniversary Mystery Box Show, in which smart, sex-positive people of every sexual variety tell TRUE stories about their kinky, fetish-y, vanilla-y, and SEXY exploits! Trust me, it’s fun and illuminating (and sexy)! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta, 7 pm, $20-55
SUNDAY, APRIL 10
American Comedy: An Evening Inspired by Steven Seagal
Following the runaway success of their Andy Kaufman tribute, the funny folks in American Comedy bring us An Evening Inspired by Steven Seagal, with stand-up devotionals to the actor/martial artist/leather fringe aficionado from the hilarious brains of Gabe Dinger, Mercury writer Bri Pruett, Katie Nguyen, Ben Harkins, and more. MEGAN BURBANK
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, FREE
Everybody Wants Some!!
Not many directors are so goddamn good that every movie they make is worth seeing—but Richard Linklater is one of those directors. His latest, Everybody Wants Some!!, is a spiritual successor to his perfect film Dazed and Confused, and promises to be both funny and smart—ONE TICKET PLEASE. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Various Theaters, see portlandmercury.com/movietimes