All dressed up and no place to go?

Thursday, Oct. 31

U.S. Air Force Band Woodwind Quintet

PSU

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

Noon

FREE

All ages

www.fpa.pdx.edu

Military men and women blowing hot air … into instruments. They’ll make beautiful music, and for free.

Dia De Los Muetros Ayer Y Hoy

Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center

5340 North Interstate Ave., 503-823-2072

Through Nov. 27

5 p.m.

FREE

All ages

www.ifcc-arts.org

This art exhibit opening reception will start your Halloween right, with plenty of skeletons on canvas by artists like Armando Olveda and more.

Cool As Cucumbers

The Rabbit Hole and Mad Hatter Lounge

203 S.E. Grand, 503-231-2925

9 p.m.

FREE

21+

www.slyrecords.com

Local band! These white-boy rappers will make your brain bounce in your head and get you stuck on them like gum on a Nike. *Highly recommended*

Ani DiFranco

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

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

8 p.m.

$35.25 general ad.

All ages

www.pcpa.com

Supporting her new album, So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter, Ani leaves her band behind for this enticing solo show.

Thrice, Hot Water Music, Coheed and Cambria, Curl Up and Die

B Complex

315 S.E. Second, 503-235-4424

5 p.m.

$10 advance general ad.

All ages

www.thrasherpresents.com

California punk rock at its ___. You can only fill in the blank if you check Thrice out. Don’t you want to know?!

KUFO Paranormal Party

Crystal Ballroom

1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811

8 p.m.

$15 general ad.

21+

www.danceonair.com

Featuring bands Earshot, Assisted Living and The Strand, here’s a Halloween party where can get you at least a little tipsy.

“Rock ‘n’ Ghoul”

The White Eagle Hotel

836 N. Russell, 503-282-6810

8:30 p.m.

$5 general ad.

21+

www.mcmenamins.com

Go out to a spooky hotel and listen to the sounds of The Freak Mountain Ramblers. There’s enough tequila to go around.

Disco Dance Party

McMenamins Edgefield

2126 S.W. Halsey, Troutdale, 503-669-8610

Evening

$10 general ad.

21+

www.mcmenamins.com

If you’re going to go all the way to Troutdale, you may as well dress up as a dead disco queen.

Friday, Nov. 1

“True West”

Portland Center Stage, Newmark Theatre

1111 S.W. Broadway, 503-274-6588

Through Nov. 17

8 p.m.

$12-$47 general ad.

All ages

www.pcs.org

Go see this intense, absolutely amazing play by Sam Shepard. It’s the story of two violent brothers that’ll make you feel better about your home life. *Highly recommended*

The Residents

Crystal Ballroom

1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811

9 p.m.

$25 general ad.

All ages

www.danceonair.com

The 30th birthday of the band that makes odd pop songs. Come on, they’re younger than The Stones.

Kurosawa and Mifune Film Series

Cinema 21

616 N.W. 21st, 503-223-4515

Through Nov. 14

7 p.m.

$5 student

$6 general ad.

All ages

www.cinema21.com

Starting with the 1954 film “Seven Samurai,” this series includes a total of five masterful films by Kurosawa and stars the legendary Toshiro Mifune. Hi-ah!

Saturday, Nov. 2

Elaine Summers, Andy Stochansky

Music Millennium

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

1 p.m., 3 p.m.

FREE

All ages

www.musicmillennium.com

Both performing, Summers is a veteran of television and film performances (like “Almost Famous”), while Stochansky sounds a little like Bono.

Bruce Campbell

The Hollywood Theatre

4122 N.E. Sandy Boulevard

503-281-4215

5 p.m.

FREE

All ages

www.brucecampbell.com

Everybody’s favorite “B” movie actor is coming to promote his book. Look for a full review and interview by the opinion section’s own Ira “The Pissed Off Artist” Kortum next week.

Stone Sour, Chevelle, Sinch

B Complex

315 S.E. Second, 503-235-4424

8 p.m.

$20 advance general ad.

All ages

www.thrasherpresents.com

A couple of guys from Slipknot take off their masks and become Stone Sour. A young man claims Chevelle sounds like Tool, but I wouldn’t say they’re quite up to Maynard’s standards yet.

The Movielife, Brand New, Salem, Blue Turns White

The Meow Meow

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

8 p.m.

$8 general ad.

All ages

www.thrasherpresents.com

Just four kids from Long Island, Movielife made it into the safe hands of Drive-Thru Records. I’ll let you decide if that’s good or bad.

DRI, New Society of Anarchists, 2X Noise

Ash Street Saloon

225 S.W. Ash, 503-226-0430

8:30 p.m.

$12.50 advance general ad.

21+

www.thrasherpresents.com

It’s the Dirty Rotten Imbeciles! Are they British? God, I hope so.

Sunday, Nov. 3

Lou Rawls

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

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

Through Nov. 4

3 p.m.

$23-$65 general ad.

All ages

www.pcpa.com

Grammy award-winner Lou Rawls will be in town. I’ve always wanted to say that. (It’s R&B.)

East Meets Jazz

Hollywood Theatre

4122 Sandy, 503-281-4215

7:30 p.m.

$3 student

$5 general ad.

All ages

www.hollywoodtheatre.org

EMJ kicks off its NW tour. From a tabla to a saxophone to a mridangam, you’ll hear instruments whose names you can’t even pronounce.

Tuesday, Nov. 5

Chris Mills, Reclinerland, Carl vs. Carl

Lola’s Room

1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811

8 p.m.

$6 general ad.

21+

www.danceonair.com

Mills is a singer-songwriter from Chicago. He’s for those of us that melt when James Taylor plays on the radio. Some of us really do. Really.

Hoobastank, Home Town Hero, Greenwheel

Roseland Theater

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

7 p.m.

$13 advance general ad.

All ages

www.thrasherpresents.com

I know some of you out there are suckers for wussy “rock.” This show is for you.

Wednesday, Nov. 6

Ben Folds, Duncan Sheik

Crystal Ballroom

1332 W. Burnside, 503-225-5555, ext. 8811

8 p.m.

$20 general ad.

All ages

www.danceonair.com

Both men are famous, both have great voices. Folds is a bit more humorous, Sheik a bit more ethereal. This’ll be good. *Highly recommended*

U.S. Air Force String Band

PSU

Lincoln Recital Hall, Room 75, 503-725-3011

7:30 p.m.

FREE

All ages

www.fpa.pdx.edu

More Air Force music! Enjoy, dear students, and have a good week.