Contact 20th Anniversary Screening
Strange and subtle and smart, Contact isn't your standard movie about aliens—it's something much better. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Jodie Foster, and based on the novel by Carl Sagan, Contact finds Dr. Ellie Arroway (Foster) dealing with the world-shaking implications of extraterrestrial contact. To celebrate Contact's 20th anniversary, the Hollywood has it on 35mm—and Dr. Jill Tarter, the former director of SETI and Sagan's inspiration for Arroway, will introduce the film. ERIK HENRIKSEN
7 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9

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Portland Hip-Hop Festival and Toy Drive
This weekend marks the return of the Portland Oregon Hip-Hop Festival, after taking a few years off. The venue is only fitting, serving as a last hurrah before The Ash Street closes its doors at the end of the month. POH-Hop fest will feature performances from scene leaders like Rich Hunter, Mic Capes, and many more. There will also be a toy drive, and couple of curated panel discussions (“The Importance of Quality Content” and “The Qualities of a Bookable Artist”) designed to inform and uplift the local hip-hop community. JENNI MOORE
Dec 6-8, Ash Street Saloon, $10-12

Jhené Aiko, Willow Smith, Kodie Shane, Kitty Cash
Los Angeles-hailing singer/songwriter Jhené Aiko brings her neo soul and R&B sounds to the Roseland stage for an all-ages Portland stop on a tour supporting her latest album, Trip.
8 pm, Roseland, $27.50, all ages

John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension, Jimmy Herring & the Invisible Whip
Revolution Hall presents co-headlined bill featuring sets from influential jazz guitarist and Mahavishnu Orchestra founder John McLaughlin and Widespread Panic lead guitarist Jimmy Herring, both performing with full backing bands in tow.
8 pm, Revolution Hall, $40-75

Noche Libre
Holocene hosts the latest installment of Noche Libre, a new dance party for Latin sounds, featuring an array of Mexican pop, Cumbia, Corrido, Son Cubano, and Chicha jams curated by Luz Elena Mendoza (Y La Bamba, Tiburones), Jene Etheridge (XRAY.FM, Marmoset), and Emilly Prado (Remezcla, Portland Mercury).
9 pm, Holocene, $5

Back Fence PDX: Russian Roulette
The less-serious, more competitive version of the long-running local storytelling series (it's got a wheel o' topics, even), featuring true stories from Chris Williams, Leather Storrs, Kahlie Towle, Kirsten Kuppenbender, and Katie Piatt. Hosted by B. Frayn Masters and Mindy Nettifee.
7:30 pm, Curious Comedy Theater, $16-20

Siren and the Sea
Portland-based singer/songwriter Cristina Cano brings her Siren and the Sea pop project out to happy hour at the White Owl to round out a busy year which saw the release of her debut full-length, This Time With Feeling.
5 pm, White Owl Social Club, free

The Stone Foxes, Fort Atlantic
With a blues-rock foundation and vocals just hidden behind a wall of distortion, the Stone Foxes could easily confuse you into thinking Arctic Monkeys just collaborated with Dan Auerbach. The coolest thing about this band is their Goodnight Moon Project; lead singer Shannon Koehler recruited homeless musicians to play on a track he wrote about living on the streets, and the band collects canned goods at their shows to give to homeless shelters. Based out of San Francisco, the Foxes are modern-day blues slathered on slow, loud rock. Though their gritty vocals and basic chords sound like a lot of bands within the genre, they undoubtedly do it well. ROSE FINN
9 pm, Doug Fir, $12

Scrooged
Richard Donner has a tendency to let the manic energy of his filmmaking slide into shrillness. Films that played as madcap hijinks on release (The Goonies, Lethal Weapon 2) are, on second viewing, just annoying noise. But 1988’s Scrooged—arguably the last great movie Donner made—is different. Rewatches reveal an underlying sweetness and patience it didn’t get credit for at the time—audiences and critics were likely distracted by its on-the-nose parodies of then-crass-but-now-quaint television programming and the evergreen joy of seeing Carol Kane swing a toaster like a mace. But Bill Murray’s expert blend of acid and schmaltz (along with the genius idea of making Bob Goldthwait into Bob Cratchit) turn what could have been a mean-spirited misfire of soured sentimentality into a Christmas gift that is both 100 percent of the decade that spawned it, and better than that decade deserved. BOBBY ROBERTS
2 pm, Academy Theater, $3-4

Nasty Disaster: A Puerto Rico Benefit
A quartet of top-notch punk and garage rock acts combine forces for a benefit show supporting the people of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
8:30 pm, Star Theater, $10

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