La Femme, Wet Dream
While Parisian experimental pop project La Femme has been releasing unabashedly weird dance music since 2010, the group broke into American consciousness with 2013โs Psycho Tropical Berlin, closing the album with their only English title, โWelcome Americaโ (a synth-punk song sung in rapid-fire French). Think The Big Lebowskiโs artistic love interest Maude (Julianne Moore) singing an erotic mix of ye-ye and cold wave dance-pop. โLa Femme Ressortโ builds an icy, cartoonish soundscape thatโs like a frightening reimagining of a claymation Christmas special. โSi un jourโ sinisterly pulsates with layers of drum machine noise and bouncy synth while Clรฉmence Quรฉlennecโs crystalline vocals commandingly match the syncopated rhythms. La Femmeโs new record Mystรจre doubles down on their Neu! post-punk influences. CAMERON CROWELL
Doug Fir, 9pm, $12-15
EYRST Halloween Party: Maze Koroma, Golden Retriever, Volcanic Pinnacles, Wine & Coffee
Itโs time to stop thinking of Halloween as a holiday predominately soundtracked by punk, metal, โMonster Mash,โ and any other old school ghoulish jam redone by Kidz Bop. Instead letโs celebrate by rolling up, turning up, and zoning out to tunes from our leading provider of quality Pacific Northwest hip-hop, EYRST. The local label is hosting a spooky spectacle featuring hypnotic lyricist Ripley Snell, Maze Koroma, whose rhymes will get your brain wheels turning as you bounce to his beats, and a bit of experimental, ambient jazz/post-rock fusion from Volcanic Pinnacles and Golden Retriever. CERVANTE POPE
Holocene, 8pm, $8-10
Ghosts of Portland Party
The Ghosts of Portland Party is a family friendly costume party and the final fundraising push for Chloe Eudaly’s Portland City Council campaign. The event will feature a cupcake making station, an instructional performance of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” and live music from Portland indie-rock heroes, Hazel.
Leftbank Annex, 2pm, $10, all ages
Joel McHale
Actor and comedian Joel McHale reads from his new book, Thanks for the Money, a tongue-in-cheek memoir that doubles as a guide to getting rich in Hollywood.
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, 2pm
Rosemary’s Baby
Roman Polanskiโs 1968 maternal-jitters flick is simultaneously one of the scariest horror movies ever made and one of the funniest black comedies of all time. Mia Farrow plays an expectant mother who fears a clan of Satanists has an eye on her unborn child. Is she hormonal? Paranoid? OR IS SHE RIGHT? Rosemaryโs Baby is wonderfully creepy (and pretty hilarious), proving that despite his real-life creep factor, Polanski knows what heโs doing behind the camera. NED LANNAMANN
Hollywood Theatre, 9:30pm, $9
Music for Halloween: Oregon Symphony
A special program for the spookiest weekend of the year kicks off with the Prelude from Czech composer Leoลก Janรกฤekโs opera From the House of the Dead (based on the book by Dostoevsky), followed by Sergei Prokofievโs terrifying Symphony No. 3, which features reworked music from his orgiastic opera setting of Bryusovโs The Fiery Angel. Violinist Joseph Swensen provides calm in the storm with the caress of Samuel Barberโs Violin Concerto before the frights come back with Bachโs thunderous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, in the well-known orchestration by legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski. NED LANNAMANN
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 7:30pm, $23-105
The Oregon Dope Cup 2016
The Old Freeman Factory is taken over to help celebrate Oregon’s finest growers of cannabis, and the cannabis community they serve, with vendor booths, food, and live musicโincluding a performance by hip-hop legends the Pharcyde.
Old Freeman Factory, noon
Oregon Mycological Society Annual Fall Mushroom Show
Cats get shows. Dogs get shows. Why shouldn’t shrooms? Wild, locally foraged mushrooms have been carefully selected, chosen, and arranged to best educate the public. Includes special interest tables, instructions on mushroom growing and cooking, mushroom-themed art, and more.
World Forestry Center & Museum, noon, $5
A Burlesque Nightmare Before Christmas
The 4th annual Burlesque Nightmare Before Christmas show pays tribute to Jack Skellington and Co., as well as a wide range of other great characters from the mind of Tim Burton, with burlesque, music, and visual performance. Featuring performances by Carla Rossi, Kai Mera, Judy Patootie, Jasmine Rain, Romeo Bedwell, and more.
The Analog Cafe and Little Theater, 6pm, $12-50
Apple Market
Rev Nat’s Cidery invites you to come out and fill your pantry and fridge with fresh fruit and juice from some of the region’s best growers. While your at it, fill you stomach with warm cider doughnuts, and take part in one of two free Cidermaking classes offered at 12 and 2pm.
Rev. Nat’s Cidery and Taproom, 10am, free, all ages
Don’t forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!