Just because the weekend ended doesn't mean it has to actually stop. Besides, there's a whole bunch of people out there whose weekend manages to land somewhere between Monday and Thursday. And there's also a whole bunch of you who don't really give a shit what day it is, if something cool is going down, you're going to be there. Hangovers are just a part of life, dammit. Earn that workday hangover with this week's worth of wonderfulness.
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Monday Jun 20
Stephen Steinbrink, Erin Tobey, Weird Cactus
Olympia singer/songwriter Stephen Steinbrink's forthcoming record, Anagrams, is delicately intricate folk-pop that's sometimes emboldened by surprisingly powerful riffs. His tourmate Erin Tobey just released Middlemaze—check out opener "I'm Young," a stormy but subdued Midwestern folk song that swells with brooding energy. CIARA DOLAN
Turn! Turn! Turn!, 8 NE Killingsworth, 8pm, $5
Hard Sulks, Naked Hour, Deer Park
Pop-punk from Portland that tends towards the sadder side of things.
Anarres Infoshop, 7101 N Lombard, 7pm, $5-10
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
"You take the trouble to construct a civilization, to build a society based on the principles of... of principle! You make government and art and realize that they are—must be—both the same. You bring things to the saddest of all points, to the point where there is something to lose. Then all at once, through all the music, through all the sensible sounds of men building, attempting, comes the Dies Irae. And what is it? What does the trumpet sound? 'Up yours.'"
Laurelhurst Theater, 2735 E Burnside, 6:30pm, $4
Tuesday Jun 21
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
A documentary about the numerous trials and tribulations that occurred behind the scenes of Chris Strompolos' and Eric Zala's shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a filmmaking journey that started when they were 11 and continued for the next 30 years.
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 9:45pm, $9
Beth Orton, Emmy the Great
Beth Orton's 20-year career has been an unlikely, cognitively dissonant affair. Her '90s albums sat somewhere between '60s British folk revival, Lilith Fair compilations, and rave down-tempo tents. She was an early '00s dorm room staple, a diva of UK trip-hop, and managed to have successful collaborations with both Emmylou Harris and the Chemical Brothers. Following two Jim O'Rourke-produced albums that seemed to relegate her to the graveyard of adult alternative irrelevance, Orton's new record is a largely electronic effort that slowly reveals itself to be a gorgeous, thought-out album of bass-heavy heartbreak. JOSHUA JAMES AMBERSON
Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark #110, 8pm, $30-33
Natashia Deón
A reading from Deón's Grace, following multiple generations of outcast women as they make their way through American history.
Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, 7:30pm
Plants & Animals, Royal Canoe
It's tough to exactly pinpoint the wide-ranging sound of Montreal's Plants and Animals, but it stems from melodic riffs, natural textures, and incredibly tight musical interplay—all of which contribute to make their new album, Waltzed in from the Rumbling, a charming slice of progressive folk-rock, and their live shows some of the most exhilarating around. NED LANNAMANN
Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi, 9pm, $12-14
Wednesday Jun 22
Portland Thorns vs. Chicago Red Stars
In case you haven’t noticed, our kick-ass women’s soccer team, the Portland Thorns, are the ONLY NWSL team that is undefeated this season. When they took on Chicago earlier this month, they battled them to a 1-1 draw… but only because of a verrrry lucky bounce from the Red Stars. Watch our ladies rectify that tie with a glorious win today against the Chicago Red Stars at Providence Park! WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Providence Park, 1844 SW Morrison, 7pm, $13.50-40, all ages
Boogarins
The Brazilian-based psychedelic rock band hit Bunk Bar in support of their 2015 album, Manual ou Guia Livre de Dissolução dos Sonhos.
Bunk Bar, 1028 SE Water, 9:30pm, $8
Thirsty City 2 Year Anniversary: Able8, Diogenes, Montgomery Word, Studenets, Saltfeend, NorthernDraw
The local hip-hop showcase celebrates its second birthday by bringing in one of Australia's best beatmakers.
The Know, 2026 NE Alberta, 8:30pm, $5
The Fast and the Furious 15th Anniversary
“Every generation has a legend. Every journey has a first step. Every saga has a beginning.” Aristotle chiseled those words about Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace—but he might as well have been pondering The Fast and the Furious, 2001’s Point Break ripoff that would go on to spawn six sequels (and counting) and an indelibly exquisite fuck-awesome cinematic universe. For its 15th anniversary, this very first F&F returns to multiplexes, reminding us all of a time before the saga welcomed in the Rock, Ludacris, Sung Kang, Tyrese, and Kurt Russell—a simpler time, when Vin Diesel, Jordanna Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, and Paul Walker (RIP) were the only bold, beautiful, adrenaline-charged speed junkies we needed to know. We still know them, and forever we shall. ERIK HENRIKSEN
Various Theaters, see Movie Times for locations and showtimes.
Thursday Jun 23
Sallie TisdaleViolation: Collected Essays is not the sort of book you find yourself urgently pressing on others, saying, "You have to read this next." It's not zeitgeist-y or cool. There is a frank, artless quality to Tisdale's work, an antidote to the clickbait-y, flashy, sexy, knowing, voyeuristic, position-taking trend of much popular nonfiction. Rather than forwarding one of Tisdale's essays, you find yourself on the verge of telling others, "You should meet this friend of mine who writes." KATIE PELLETIER
Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, 7pm
Party Boyz Presents: Sadie Hawkinz Dance
Tonight Portland’s podcastin’ Party Boyz want you to grab a date and head over to Holocene for their Sadie Hawkinz Dance. They’re promising mysterious prizes at the door and live music from local stalwarts Minden, Animal Eyes, and Boone Howard, with the illustrious Strange Babes spinning records between sets. CIARA DOLAN
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8pm, $8
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
National Public Radio’s Peabody Award-winning quiz show comes to Portland. Hosted by Peter Sagal and featuring a panel of comedians, humorists, journalists, listener contestants, and celebrity guests.
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, 7:30pm, $35-125
Back to the Future
Once upon the 1980s, a young Republican in a life-vest, with the help of his science friend, traveled back in time, where he had to prevent his mother's sexual advances and instead steer her towards Crispin Glover's dick. He succeeded, but accidentally transformed the future into Planet Las Vegas, which sounds cool, but was actually kinda shitty. So he went all the way back to the Wild West, where Mary Steenburgen lives, and managed to set the timeline back on track and everyone learned that it's never really a good idea to steal plutonium from angry Libyans. Costarring Huey Lewis and Flea. BOBBY ROBERTS
Academy Theater, 7818 SE Stark, 11:40am, 4:05pm, 9:10pm, $4