Re-run Theater: Rap City 2
This month’s tribute to classic television honors the golden ages of both hip-hop and music videos—when Yo! MTV Raps! and BET’s Rap City battled for the eyes and ears of young heads in the late ’80s and early ’90s via longer, louder, ever-more-elaborate promotional clips that came to resemble big-budget blockbusters based on bonafide headbangers (think Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” or Biggie’s “Hypnotize”) rather than the sort of camcordered one-take-jakes that music videos used to be. BOBBY ROBERTS
7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9
Helvetia, Blesst Chest, Wet Fruit
Sink your teeth into tonight’s all-star triple-stack of exploratory Portland music, headlined by the excellent Helvetia, whose pop-adjacent psychedelia defies easy categorization. They’re joined by the spectacular riffage of Blesst Chest and the no-wave experimentation of Wet Fruit. If someone drew a family tree of Portland bands, tonight would be a dense tangle of its many branches. NED LANNAMANN
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $10-12
Uniiqu3, Dai Burger
A pair of acclaimed East Coast hip-hop artists bring the “Nailz N Ponytailz” Tour through Portland for a double dose of Jersey Club and bass music.
8:30 pm, Holocene, $12-14
Annihilation
It might be easier to explain Annihilation by telling you what the movie isn’t. It isn’t a comedy, that’s for sure. Nor is it a period-accurate costume drama. Beyond that, though? Annihilation could squeeze into just about any label you give it: a horror film; a science-fiction flick that toys with the possibility of extraterrestrial life; a wilderness adventure; a romantically yearning character study; a chilling, painfully suspenseful mystery; a “message” film about either the environment or male toxicity, depending on where you feel like directing your anger; an abstract, allegorical art piece with long stretches of dialogue-free visuals. However you classify it, Annihilation is the best kind of cinematic experience—one that floods the senses without battering them into submission, and one that moves the mind and heart without manipulating them. NED LANNAMANN
Various Theaters, see Movie Times for showtimes and locations.
Science on Tap: The Neuroscience of Music
OHSU neuroscientist and accomplished pianist Dr. Larry Sherman heads up the latest installment of Science on Tap with a multi-media presentation about music and its incredible impact on the human brain.
7 pm, Aladdin Theater, $8-15
2018 Oregon Beer Awards Ceremony
The “Academy Awards for Oregon beer” returns the Revolution Hall, honoring the finest brews, bars, and festivals in all the land.
6 pm, Revolution Hall, $15
Altan, Lúnasa, Kevin Burke
Traditional Irish music from a group known worldwide for delivering the best of it.
8 pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, $25-40
Don’t forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!