Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The dance world can be a staid, white, male-dominated place (COUGHCOUGHPeterMartinsCOUGHCOUGH), but New York’s Alvin Ailey Dance Theater has broken the mold time and time again with a diverse company and modern technique. They’re bringing both to town this week in a partnership with White Bird. If you think you hate dance, this is the show to dissuade you of that notion. MEGAN BURBANK
7:30 pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, $36-120
Cigarettes After Sex
Greg Gonzalez’s project Cigarettes After Sex dates back to 2008, but his dark, dreamy slowcore only recently picked up steam with increasing YouTube clicks and likes. That eventually led the now four-piece to release their self-titled debut LP last year. Its lyrics are rife with lovelorn infatuation and melancholy that sounds even more engaging when set to the lethargic tempo of the group's beats. Cigarettes After Sex bring a sexiness to the madness of love; it’s addictive music, no matter your current romantic situation. CERVANTE POPE
8:30 pm, Wonder Ballroom, $20-22, all ages
Flatbush Zombies, Nyck Caution
The Brooklyn hip-hop outfit spearheaded by Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice, and Erick Arc Elliott return to the Roseland to support their 2018 full-length, Vacation in Hell.
8 pm, Roseland, $25, all ages
Black Coffee: A Dialogue on Race & Coffee Culture
This live podcast event will feature several leading coffee experts discussing the intersections of race and coffee culture. Hosts include Michelle Johnson, Ian Williams, and Gio Fillari with guests Dee Stubblefield, Cameron Heath, Zael Ogwaro, and more. Proceeds will be donated to Brown Girl Rise and Sandoka Collective Northwest. EMILLY PRADO
6 pm, Clinton Street Theater, $10
Grindhouse Film Festival: Cisco Pike
This month’s entry in the Hollywood’s celebration of Grindhouse cinema is a rare 35mm print of director Bill L. Norton's 1972 crime drama starring a young Kris Kristofferson—or as "young" as Kris Kristofferson can be (pretty sure he was born at age 37 and simply accumulated crags from that point forward) as a hard luck musician forced into indentured drug-dealing servitude by Gene Hackman as a crooked cop. BOBBY ROBERTS
7:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $7-9
Black Belt Eagle Scout, Holy Hum
Portland musician Katherine Paul brings her Black Belt Eagle Scout project back to Mississippi Studios to split a co-headlined bill of atmospheric post-rock along with Holy Hum, the recording project of Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Andrew Lee.
9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $10-12
Jenny Don't & the Spurs, Star Club, Kassi Valazza
Jenny Don't and the Spurs play vintage country and western straight out of the lonesomest corners of mid-20th century America, Don't and her cohorts sound nothing like a museum piece; rather, there's grit, sadness, and an edge of danger to these rumbling-boxcar country songs. NED LANNAMANN
9 pm, Alberta Street Pub, $8
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