k.d. lang is a beautiful wonderful treasure and nobody nowhere can say otherwise. Her show at the Schnitz is an amazing way to say goodbye to February, but don't sleep on Shamir's show at the Star, Haley Heyndericks at Mississippi Studios, Ty Dolla $ign at the Roseland, a heaping helping of Broke Gravy at the Eagles Lodge, and those are but a fraction of the entertainment options available as we head into March and (hopefully) into Spring (enough of these 20 degree days, damn.) Hit the links below and load your plate accordingly.


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Monday, Feb 26

Shamir, Pardoner, Michete
Shamir is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from Las Vegas, Nevada. His sound lives at an unmarked intersection of soul, lo-fi, disco, and electronic pop. Music videos for songs like “In for the Kill,” “On the Regular” and “Call It Off” are indicative of Shamir’s upbeat, care-free personality, but the Black and genderqueer artist is remarkable with nothing but an acoustic guitar, as evidenced by their beautifully raw performance on NPR’s Tiny Desk series. JENNI MOORE
9 pm, Star Theater, $17.50

Superchunk, Bat Fangs
Over the course of their three decade career, Chapel Hill indie rock pioneers Superchunk have managed to mature without shedding any of the raw and cathartic energy that fuels their trademark sound. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the band’s blistering new protest album, What a Time to Be Alive, which utilizes politically charged punk and soaring power-pop to gracefully transform anxiety and rage into a defiant and hopeful rallying cry. CHIPP TERWILLIGER
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $25

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 bears the pros and cons of its titular format: It never dwells overlong on any one subject, but it also sacrifices depth and cohesion. This mishmash of vintage footage of speeches, interviews, rallies, and rioting culled from various Swedish news organizations and recent interviews with black musicians like Erykah Badu, Talib Kweli, and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson chronologically—and sympathetically—examines the movement’s triumphs, defeats, and tenets. Director/writer Göran Olsson admits his film isn’t comprehensive, but his outsider’s perspective lends a piquant slant unavailable to American filmmakers. He devotes almost as much time to ordinary black citizens dealing with injustice, drugs, and poverty as he does to leaders like Martin Luther King, Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, and Eldridge Cleaver, making us realize that Black people’s grievances resonate as urgently today as they did 40 years ago. DAVE SEGAL
6:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre

Margo Price, Blank Range
If you’re wondering where all the Lorettas and Dollys and Tammys have gone, look no further than Margo Price. The Nashville musician’s 2016 debut Midwest Farmer’s Daughter and 2017 follow-up All American Made pay homage to the first ladies of country while kicking down the fences that’re still holding her back, especially on songs like “Pay Gap”—a modern update of Parton’s “9 to 5” where Price laments “ripping my dollars in half” with shrewd analysis of the fact that “This institution, a dead revolution/Is giving young women abuse.” She’s not afraid to criticize Trump and his supporters in her anti-Americana anthems, and even collaborated with fellow alternative country icon Willie Nelson on the track “Learning to Lose.” Margo Price preserves the best parts of country music—the defiance, twang, and homespun warmth—and shucks off the bullshit. CIARA DOLAN
8 pm, Revolution Hall, $20, all ages

Karen Karbo, Olivia Olivia
The award-winning Portland author returns to Powell's with In Praise of Difficult Women, chronicling the lives of 29 women who have helped inspire a new age of feminism. Karbo will be joined in conversation by Olivia Olivia, author of No One Remembered Your Name but I Wrote It Down.
7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books, free

August Wilson Monologue Competition
An opportunity to see some of Portland's best and brightest young performers tackle the work of acclaimed playwright August Wilson, united under the theme "Emerge!," and includes performers in the fields of dance and music as well as theater.
7 pm, Newmark Theatre, free w/ rsvp


Tuesday, Feb 27

Kikagaku Moyo, Don Gero
There’s probably no better place on Earth to see Japanese psychedelic band Kikagaku Moyo than this summer’s Pickathon, where their alternating heavy riffage and pastoral interludes will go perfectly with Pendarvis Farm’s rolling fields and inviting trees. But those lucky enough to have a ticket to tonight’s sold-out show will have a terrific preview of what’s to come. NED LANNAMANN
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, Good Luck at the Resale Sites

k.d. lang
Fresh off touring with a supergroup rounded out by Laura Veirs and Neko Case, Canadian pop and country singer/songwriter k.d. lang returns to town for a headlining show celebrating the 25th anniversary of her 1992 breakout album, Ingénue.
8 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $40-90, all ages

Annalee Newitz, Daniel H. Wilson
One of the smartest, most engaging voices in tech, culture, and sci-fi, Annalee Newitz has been an editor at io9, Gizmodo, and Ars Technica—and finally, her first, long-awaited sci-fi novel is here. Autonomous digs into deep questions with a story set in 2144 and featuring a military agent, a robot, and a drug pirate. Newitz is in town to chat with Portland's own bestselling sci-fi writer, Daniel H. Wilson (Robopocalypse), whose new story collection, Guardian Angels & Other Monsters, comes out in March. ERIK HENRIKSEN
7 pm, Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, free

Ty Dolla $ign, 24hrs, TC Da Loc, Dre Sinatra
Ty Dolla $ign’s big breakthrough came with “Paranoid,” the first single from his 2014 debut EP, Beach House. Since then, the Los Angeles rapper has been busy collaborating with big-name artists like Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Future, and Skrillex. He’s got yet another partnership in the works, this time a 21-track joint album with R&B crooner Jeremih called MihTy. Rumor has it the record’s dropping later this month, though the duo’s keeping details under wraps for now. Those lucky enough to score tickets to Ty’s sold-out “Don’t Judge Me” tour stop in Portland will probably get a sneak peek at what MihTy has to offer, but if you weren’t, there's always the official after-party at Dante's. CERVANTE POPE
8 pm, Roseland, $25, all ages

Tiny Moving Parts, Mom Jeans, Covet, Oso Oso
The Yunahon Mixtape, the latest album from Long Beach, New York band Oso Oso, heralds punk’s pivot towards ’00s revivalism, which makes sense—’90s kids are aging out, and now it’s our turn. Leaving behind some of the more explicit classic emo and pop-punk influences present on their 2015 debut, Real Stories of True People, Who Kind of Looked Like Monsters
, The Yunahon Mixtape is instead a bricolage of sounds mined from early-to-mid-’00s, soft-rocking touchstones like the Shins (pre-muzak), Rilo Kiley, and the Weakerthans. These callbacks might seem a little premature to anyone over, like, 33, but for younger adults who occupy that awkward generational blind spot between dial-up and smartphones, an album reminiscent of the Wedding Crashers soundtrack is resonant on a visceral level. Thankfully, The Yunahon Mixtape isn’t just satisfying conceptually—Oso Oso singer Jade Lilitri is one of pop-rock’s great contemporary songwriters, as evidenced by the indelible “The Slope” and “Reindeer Games,” which shamelessly cribs the intro to “Ride” by the Vines but is ultimately a much better song. MORGAN TROPER
6:30 pm, Analog Cafe & Little Theater, $13-15, all ages

Streets of Fire (70mm)
After 48 Hrs. struck box-office gold and made Eddie Murphy a full-blown superstar, director Walter Hill was given a blank check by Universal Pictures and allowed to do whatever the hell he wanted with their money. Apparently what he wanted was to make a noir/comedy/musical/thriller/fantasy about a soldier of fortune who has to rescue his ex-girlfriend, the lead singer of a popular band, from a biker gang run by a young (so much as that word can apply to someone as agelessly weird as) Willem Dafoe. It sounds kinda like the plot to a NES game, doesn't it? Well that's pretty much exactly what it is. But in 70mm. And starring Rick Moranis, Diane Lane, Bill Paxton, and Ed Begley Jr. because why the fuck not. BOBBY ROBERTS
7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre

Pop-Up for Puerto Rico 2: The French Connection
This week marks five months since Hurricane Maria swept devastated U.S. territory, Puerto Rico. On January 25, CNN estimated that nearly half a million Puerto Ricans are still without power. Chef Andres Gonzalez-Diaz has prepared a Puerto Rican dinner to raise money to send emergency supplies to Casa Alondra, the assisted living home his grandmother, Juanita Melendez, called home before she died in the week following the hurricane on a rationed water and food diet. EMILLY PRADO
6 pm, Daruma Sushi + Sake, $60

André Aciman
Egyptian-born Italian-American author André Aciman reads from Call Me by Your Name, his award winning novel about a powerful summer romance that was adapted into one of 2017's best films.
7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books, free

Lenore., Wonderly, Anis Mojgani
Local singer/songwriters Joy Pearson and Rebecca Marie Miller bring their harmony-driven "witch folk" project out to Revolution Hall to celebrate the opening of the venue's new "Sunset Room" performance space. The event doubles as a release show for Portland folk, country, and pop duo Wonderly, who will be unleashing their new 7-inch, Oh Dear Someone.
9 pm, Revolution Hall, $10


Wednesday, Feb 28

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

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, LĂșnasa, Kevin Burke
Traditional Irish music from a group known worldwide for delivering the best of it.
8 pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, $25-40


Thursday, Mar 1

Haley Heynderickx, Vikesh Kapoor
Portland singer/songwriter Haley Heynderickx is finally releasing her long-awaited debut LP, I Need to Start a Garden, and celebrating its grand unveiling with a show at Mississippi Studios alongside her Mama Bird Recording Co. label mate Vikesh Kapoor. Heynderickx is one of NPR Music’s 2018 Slingshot Artists, and for good reason: Her first album brims over with chillingly beautiful “doom folk” songs that contemplate life’s mysteries with tenderness and curiosity. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $10-12

Broke Gravy: Live and in Color
When it comes to improv, Portland is killing it. If you’re skeptical, go see Broke Gravy, a group of hilarious local dudes who will wipe every bad improv show you’ve seen from your memory. Per the dudes themselves: “We're here to cure your Black History Month hangover with our unique mix of audience interaction, narrative storytelling, relationship-building, and cohesive comedic nonsense.” Don’t snooze on it! MEGAN BURBANK
7 pm, Eagles Lodge, $10

The Thesis
Fans of the sizzling hot monthly showcase the Thesis won’t be caught sleeping for this month’s installment, which once again features the very best of Portland hip-hop. Tonight’s lineup is straight-up FIRE, featuring the smooth, trippy rap of Bocha, who will be sharing the stage with rapper, beatmaster, and fan favorite sxlxmxn (formerly Stewart Villain). And joining the Thesis for the first time will be RC $pitta (a top name on the Burn Money Music roster) providing raw rhymes that'll put a serious bounce in the room, as well as Smokey Charles whose track “The Sauce” is rapid-fire, whip-smart, and just about everything you’ll ever need from life. Add the always-reliable DJ Verbz on the turntables, plus a sure-to-shock special guest, and you’ll see why the Thesis is the hip-hop lover's show that puts you in the know. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
9 pm, Kelly's Olympian, $7

Alex Cameron, Molly Burch
In his 2017 album Forced Witness, Alex Cameron takes a microscope to the toxic masculinity that powers bar fights, misogyny, and internet trolling. With backup from the likes of Angel Olsen and Killers frontman Brandon Flowers, it’s one of last year’s strangest (and greatest) records—Cameron’s sleazy synth-pop is sometimes vaguely Buffett-esque, and sometimes as glittery as a Vegas fireworks show. Tonight, the hip-swiveling Australian visits Portland with his business partner/saxophonist Roy Molloy and opening act Molly Burch, whose 2017 debut Please Be Mine is retro-pop perfection. CIARA DOLAN
9 pm, Doug Fir, $13-15

Blind Pilot
Beloved local indie folk and pop outfit Blind Pilot headline the Schnitzer with backing from their hometown orchestra, performing songs off of their 2016 full-length, And Then Like Lions, along with some older fan-favorites.
7:30 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $27-75

Kathleen Saadat, Thomas Lauderdale, China Forbes
Portland political activist Kathleen Saadat showcases her musical side at a special performance celebrating the release of her new album of jazz standards, Love For Sale. Thomas Lauderdale and China Forbes of Pink Martini provide support, along with an all-star backing band featuring Portland jazz scene staples Mel Brown, Randy Porter, Dan Faehnle, and Phil Baker.
8 pm, Aladdin Theater, $22, all ages

Charts, Mini Blinds, Mere Mention
Three of Portland's finest purveyors of infectious indie pop share their latest offerings live on the Holocene stage.
8:30 pm, Holocene, $8

Urban Bush Women
White Bird presents a trio of shows with the renowned dance troupe out of Brooklyn. Hair and Other Stories is the collective's latest multidisciplinary work, addressing the topics of race, gender, identity and economic inequality through the perspectives of African American women and their hair.
8 pm, Newmark Theatre, $25-34

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