According to our exclusive weather source (Google), the rainy skies will give way to a brief window of sunshine this weekend. When you’re not strolling through your local park taking in the autumn leaves, check out the latest batch of easy-breezy goings-on that won’t cost more than 15 bucks, from the Portland Holiday Market to the Portland Audubon’s Wild Arts Festival, and from a screening of Melvin Van Peebles’s blaxploitation classic Watermelon Man to a Mrs. Claus Tree Lighting Celebration at Lloyd Center. See them all below, and check out this week’s top picks for even more options.
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Clinton Cult Classics presents Samurai Cop
Matt Hannon (who, fun fact, was once Sylvester Stallone’s bodyguard) plays the titular samurai cop, a glutton for the punishment of criminals who kinda sucks at his job because he kills dozens of innocent people in the process of hunting down bad guys.
Clinton Street Theater, Hosford-Abernethy ($6)
