The Great Thaw is slowly underway at long last. Kick your cabin fever to the curb with weekend events from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Birthday Celebration to a Sleater-Kinney In-Store Signing at Music Millennium and from Babkush Pastry Pop-up to an Anti-Resolution Party. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
FRIDAY
COMEDY
1-Star Review
This one goes out to the Karens: Bridge City Improv’s 1-Star Review will draw from a “popular travel app” to pull up the most godawful reviews of hotels and resorts, which will then (to crowd fanfare, I’m sure) be read aloud. (Is there anything better than hearing someone else’s beef?) After that, the impressive cast of improvisers will interpret the review’s insights by constructing a scene. I want to speak to their manager. LINDSAY COSTELLO
(Chapel Theatre, Milwaukie, $15)
