SLAY: Pride Edition
Let your freak flag fly high at Slay, a dance party that puts LGBTQ+ people and people of color first. Allies are welcome, but Slay is first and foremost about creating a safe space for marginalized communities—so that they can have a good time. Dance to tracks spun by DJs Automaton and Ronin Rock and know a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Planned Parenthood. That’s right: Hot beats and philanthropy in one outing! (Sat 9 pm, Holocene, $5-10) BLAIR STENVICK

Pride Block Party
Scandals joins forces with McMenamin's Crystal Hotel/Zeus Cafe and Peacock Productions to throw the biggest Pride block party yet. With three days of live music, the best DJs, drag shows, and more, all benefitting the Cascade AIDS Project, the Audria M. Edwards scholarship fund, and Pride NW. For a complete day-by-day breakdown, visit the event website. (June 14-16, Fri 5 pm, Sat 2 pm, Sun noon, Scandals, $5)

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Black Filmmaker Fellowship Screening & Celebration
Local filmmakers Kamryn Fall, Elijah Hasan, Tamera Lyn, Sika Stanton, Noah Thomas, Dustin Tolman, Ifanyi Bell, and RaShaunda Brooks share excerpts of new works focusing on gentrification, Portland police, African identity, music, fashion and more. This event doubles as a fundraiser for Open Signal Labs, a new incubator for Black filmmakers based in Portland and will be followed by an after-party at the Doug Fir Lounge featuring music from DJ Kream, Brown Calculus, and Fountaine. (Fri 6:30 pm, Hollywood Theatre, $10)

Power to the Youth
Generation Z is ascending, and it’s time to get on board. The CENTER Youth Collective—a sort of community center for teenagers passionate about social justice—hosts this block party, which will feature youth-produced art, poetry, music, and free food. In addition to being an all-around good time, this is a great opportunity to make connections with the next generation of leaders in our community. (Fri 5 pm, The CENTER, free, all ages) BLAIR STENVICK

SF Supermarket: Grand Opening
Shun Fat Supermarket celebrates the opening of its first-ever Portland location with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, fireworks, entertainment, and deals and giveaways throughout the day. (Fri 9 am, SF Supermarket, free, all ages)

Rose City Book & Paper Fair
The Rose City Book and Paper Fair returns to the Doubletree Hotel, featuring thousands of used, rare, and collectible books, prints, postcards, and paper ephemera. Door proceeds benefit children's literacy organizations. (June 14-15, Fri 2 pm, Sat 10 am, Doubletree Hotel at Lloyd Center, $3, all ages)

CAKE: Pride
The beloved LGBTQ+ hip-hop party returns to Dynasty with a special Pride Month installment, featuring a live set from Portland rapper KayelaJ, dance music from DJs FatherFannie, Ronin Roc, and Automaton, go-go dancers, and more. (Fri 9 pm, Killingsworth Dynasty, $10)

Bare Bones Pride Block Party
Bare Bones shuts down the block for Pride, and fills the empty street with color, vivacity, good times, good barbecue, and great music from Sagitttaire, Creature Party, Latter Day Skanks, Tiger Touch, and the Variants. (Sat noon, Bare Bones Cafe, free)

The 11th Annual Rose City Round-Up
This motor-scootin' extravaganza is moving to Portland International Raceway, where they'll have ample space to accommodate all the outsized automotive fun on deck, including live music, food, drink, and of course, tons of beautiful automobiles from all eras. Proceeds benefit Mount Hood Kiwanis Camp. (Sat 8 am, Portland International Raceway, free, all ages)

Kulululu, Fell Runner, Sheers
Local art-punk rockers Kulululu bring their experimental sounds to the Fixin' To to head up a hometown show, with L.A.'s Fell Runner and Portland's Sheers on hand to round out the bill. (Sat 9 pm, The Fixin' To, $8)

Distillery Row Negroni Cocktail Crawl
A day dedicated to sipping the finest spirits as expertly mixed by the eight craft distillers (and two guests from the NW Distiller's District) that make up Distillery Row, and this month's cocktail of choice is the Negroni, with a wide variety of twists on the century-old drink. Proceeds benefit the Oregon Food Bank. (Sat noon, Distillery Row, free)

USA Women's World Cup Viewing Party
Revolution Hall's Show Bar opens its doors early to host viewing parties for the USA Women's 2019 World Cup campaign, with all games being shown on all three of the bar's massive projector screens (Sun 9 am, Thurs noon, Revolution Hall, free)

"You Don't Know Me!" Comedy Showcase
The monthly comedy showcase returns to the Goodfoot to serve up a night of laughs from up-and-coming comedians and local heavy-hitters, including Brian Thomas, Laura Anne Whitley, Steven Wilber, Katie Nguyen, and Hunter Donaldson. (Sun 8 pm, Goodfoot, $5)

Rainbow Rendezvous
A Pride dance party from Chelsea Starr and Mr. Charming, highlighting 50 years of queer dance anthems. (Sun 8 pm, Doug Fir, free)

Belgianfest
It's not PDX Beer Week without this celebration of Belgian beers at North 45, with Chef Katie's Belgian frites, mussels, and items from the regular menu available to nosh on while sampling from a whole bunch of Belgian beer deliciousness. $10 admission includes a tasting glass, two tokens, and a raffle ticket, with additional 3oz. tastes at $2. (Sun 2 pm, North 45, $10)

Craft Night at Atlas Pizza Foster
Atlas Pizza and collage host the latest installment of this free, monthly craft night. Just drop by, grab a slice, and take advantage of supplies and instruction provided free of charge by collage. (Mon 6 pm, Atlas Pizza, free)

Samantha Allen
Senior Daily Beast reporter Samantha Allen reads from Real Queer America, documenting the uplifting stories of the queer people who stay in Middle America and fight for a better world instead of moving to the liberal coasts. (Mon 7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books, free)

Worriers, Lee Corey Oswald, J. Graves
Worriers frontperson Lauren Denitzio is one of punk’s keenest songwriters. Their anthems are packed with pith that rings painfully true. This is what heartbreak is really like. It doesn’t attack us in a vacuum, and we can’t stay in a dark room forever. We have to drag ourselves through dazed days in a world razed by people who barely even care about one another, let alone buildings full of memories. We still have songs, though. And they’re still beautiful. (Tues 8 pm, Killingsworth Dynasty, $10) CHRIS STAMM

James Ellroy
The Demon Dog of American Literature returns with This Storm, a new hard-boiled crime novel set in Los Angeles in the midst of World War II (Tues 7:30 pm, Powell's City of Books, free)

Aan, Korgy & Bass
Deschutes and Mississippi Studios team up to bring you an eclectic co-headline album release party, featuring full-sets from Portland-based art-pop outfit Aan and experimental hip-hop and beat-making duo Korgy & Bass. (Wed 9 pm, Mississippi Studios, $5)

Mestizo Beat, Alden & the Ambience
The Los Angeles-based funk and soul outfit make their way up the coast to head up a mid-week dance party at the Goodfoot with their driving rhythms and upbeat groove.  (Wed 10 pm, Goodfoot, $10)

Male Fragility
A night of stories from Katie Piatt that serves as a tough love letter to men, and the Patriarchy that's fucking us all up. (Wed 7:30 pm, Siren Theater, $10)

Salo Panto, Shannon Entropy, Dream Wulf
Portland garage-psych and art-rock outfit Salo Panto join forces with like-minded locals Shannon Entropy and Dream Wulf to head up a hometown show at Holocene. (Thurs 8:30 pm, Holocene, $8)

Cider Summit Kick-Off Party
Kick off Oregon Cider Week and Cider Summit with release party for one-off cider infusion at AVID Cider Co.'s new Pearl District taproom. (Thurs 7:30 pm, AVID, free)

Sumalienz, Cockeye, Cry Babe, Ex-Kids
An eclectic array of Portland punk and hip-hop outfits head up a birthday show at the Liquor Store, with all proceeds going to benefit Planned Parenthood. (Thurs 9 pm, The Liquor Store, $7)

There's even more to do in our Cheap, Free, & Fun calendar, and don't forget to check out our Things To Do calendar for even more things to do!