All dressed up and no place to go?

Thursday, Nov. 21

PSU Symphony Orchestra

PSU

Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75, 503-725-3105

Noon

FREE

All ages

www.fpa.pdx.edu

Led by conductor Keith Clark, this will be a wonderful (and free!) way to relax this afternoon.

Add N to X, Soviet, Cobra High

Berbati’s Pan

231 S.W. Ankeny, 503-248-4579

8:30 p.m.

$10 advance general ad.

21+

www.berbati.citysearch.com

Vintage synthesizer technology meets (what else?) pop. Think Stereolab and enjoy.

Lali Puna, Opiate, Styrofoam

The Blackbird

3728 N.E. Sandy, 503-282-9949

Evening

Cover

21+

Thomas Knak (Opiate) helped write and produce Bjork’s Vespertine album, and Styrofoam is non-biodegradable.

Friday, Nov. 22

Benefit for Susi Rourke

PSU

Shattuck Hall, Room 212

6 p.m.

$5-$20 suggested donation

All ages

21+ Alcohol available

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Miss Rourke was a mentor for the UNST program here at PSU. She has been diagnosed with cancer and needs the help of her community. Silent auction, reggae band, DJ, raffles, fun for all.

Mark O’Connor Trio

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

1037 S.W. Broadway, 503-796-9293

7:30 p.m.

$31.50-$77.50 general ad.

All ages

www.pcpa.com

This is a tribute to Stephane Grappelli, jazz violinist whose “dizzying technical proficiency changed the face of jazz forever.” Sounds good, doesn’t it?

Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Roseland Theatre

8 N.W. Sixth, 503-224-2038

9 p.m.

$15.50 general ad.

21+

www.jambase.com

Join the Swedish revolution! They used to open for Oasis, but you’ll be sure to understand them better than the mumbling Gallagher brothers. I guarantee it.

Brenda Weiler

Music Millennium

801 N.W. 23rd, 503-248-0163

7 p.m.

FREE

All ages

musicmillennium.com

Performing live, Weiler plays folk music less stripped-down acoustic and more intimate electric. Does that make any sense to you? If so, you should see her.

Saturday, Nov. 23

Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 2

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

1037 S.W. Broadway, 503-796-9293

Through Nov. 25

7:30 p.m.

$18.50-$77.50 general ad.

All ages

www.pcpa.com

Good ol’ Sergei Rachmaninoff, that symphonic devil. This is practical conductor James DePriest’s signature piece.

Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Big Wig, Slick Shoes

Crystal Ballroom

1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-0047

7 p.m.

$15 advance general ad.

All ages

dancenair.com

Put on that zoot suit, run a comb through that curly black hair, and then go get down at the Crystal.

Immolation, Vader, Berzerker, Origin

The Meow Meow

527 S.E. Pine, 503-230-2111

8 p.m.

$13.50 advance general ad.

All ages

thrasherpresents.com

An all-ages death metal show. This is exactly what you’ve been waiting for!

Tommy Womack

Music Millennium

801 N.W. 23rd, 503-248-0163

5 p.m.

FREE

All ages

musicmillennium.com

Playing alternative country, Womack is a bit quirky with albums like Circus Town, his most recent. All the way from Nashville, just for you.

Pretty Girls Make Graves, JR Ewing, Hint Hint

Satyricon

125 S.W. Sixth, 503-243-2380

9:30 p.m.

$8 advance general ad.

21+

thrasherpresents.com

Pretty Girls is not Bikini Kill or Sleater-Kinney. Maybe a little like Fugazi, but that’s all you’re getting from me as far as comparisons go.

Porcupine Tree, Fingertight

Dante’s

1 S.W. Third, 503-226-6630

9:30 p.m.

$10 advance general ad.

21+

danteslive.com

Tree started out as a joke, the boys making “lost” music of the legendary (but nonexistent) ’70s band. Is it real? Will it continue? Find out for yourself.

Tuesday, Nov. 26

Master class with Prazak Quartet

PSU

Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75, 503-725-3105

Noon

FREE

All ages

www.fpa.pdx.edu

A chance to catch the group for free, before they put on a show at 8 p.m. in Lincoln for $13.50-$27. They are straight from Prague.

Rubberneck

Music Millennium

801 N.W. 23rd, 503-248-0163

6 p.m.

FREE

All ages

musicmillennium.com

Think Idia Arie and D’Angelo. Rubberneck’s Richardo Ojeda says, “If you listen to the new soul and funk, you’ll find our muse. We just come at it with an old-school approach.”

Wednesday, Nov. 27

PRAXIS Lecture Series

PSU

Shattuck Hall, Room 212, 503-725-3105

1 p.m.

FREE

All ages

www.fpa.pdx.edu

If your into building and architecture at all, then this is the place to be. So check it out and something educational with your time!