Political Gabfest: Live in Portland
Political Gabfest is the most reliably informative weekly podcast about US politics, and they’re taping a show right here in Portland! Join host David Plotz (of Atlas Obscura), and his partners in banter Emily Bazelon (of the New York Times Magazine) and John Dickerson (the freshly minted co-host of CBS This Morning) as they tackle the big issues and lovingly bicker with one another. If you can’t get into tonight’s sold-out taping, you can always listen to the podcast later—unless they pull a Lovett or Leave It and forget to air the damn thing. NED LANNAMANN
7:30 pm, Revolution Hall, $35, all ages
George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Miss Velvet & the Blue Wolf
People! What’cha doin? Shit! Goddamn! Get off your ass and jam! I said SHIT. GODDAMN. GET OFF YOUR ASS AND JAM.
8 pm, Roseland, $35-60
Drunken Palms, Soft Butch, Conditioner
Drunken Palms’ sweet trepidation makes their music accessible and digestible but still eerie and impassioned. EMMA BURKE
9 pm, The Fixin’ To
The Brothers Billygoat, Ice Princess, Indira Valey
We’re blessed with beauty around Portland in so many ways. For me, the opportunity to catch the audio/visual performance of local trio Billygoat ranks pretty high on that list. David Klein and Nick Woolley relocated the project from Los Angeles to Portland back in 2009. The duo performs lush live scores using harp, keyboards, and percussion, while projecting some of the most beautifully intricate stop-motion films you’ll ever lay eyes on. When they aren’t out touring or giving a TED Talk performance, I imagine them laboring non-stop in some remote workshop, cluttered with photos and cutouts resembling the fragments of a dream world. When they do find the time to step out and play a show like this, you owe it to yourself to be there to witness it. CHIPP TERWILLIGER
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $8
Elizabeth George
The bestselling British mystery author returns with The Punishment She Deserves, chronicling the latest crime solving adventures of Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers and Inspector Thomas Lynley.
7 pm, Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, free
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