If the holiday season left you strapped for cash, not to worry. There’s plenty of fun to be had on the cheap this weekend, with events from the Black History 101 Mobile Museum to the Pokémon Regional Championships and from a Booze-Free Beverage Fest to Topaz Farm’s Free Christmas Tree Drop. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
FRIDAY
COMEDY
Swiped Out!
If your love life could use a new year’s kick-start, why not do something utterly terrifying and allow a pack of “professionally trained dating experts” (aka comedy improvisers) analyze your dating profile on stage? Kickstand’s CVLT members (Rachel Rosenthal, Kristen Schier, Sky Mcleod, Natalie Haddad, and others) will perform improv sets “inspired by Portland’s dating scene” (gulp) and potentially help you send the perfect message to your app matches. What could go wrong? LINDSAY COSTELLO
(Kickstand Comedy, Ladd’s Addition, $15-$20)
