Go, Thursday: “Unnecessary Farce,” Top Down Rooftop Cinema

Concerts

Flexor-T, 6 to 8 p.m. The country rock band performs as part of the Six to Sunset Concert Series. Esther Short Park, 605 W. Esther St., Vancouver; free. www.cityofvancouver.us/concerts

Sabroso, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Afro-Cuban band performs, part of the 20th annual Summer Concerts in the Park. Crown Park, Northeast Everett and 17th Avenue, Camas; free. 360-834-5307 or www.cityofcamas.us/index.php/parkshome

Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets, 8 p.m. Revolution Hall, 1300 S.E. Stark St., Portland; $26 for 21 and older. 877-987-6487 or www.revolutionhallpdx.com

Nightlife

Holly Herndon, 9 p.m. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland; $12 to $14, for 21 and older. 503-288-3895 or www.mississippistudios.com

Michael Propsom and Loren Schulte, 6 to 8 p.m. The Grant House, 1101 Officers Row, Vancouver; 360-906-1101 or www.thegranthouse.us

Nurses, 9 p.m. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside St., Portland; $7 to $10, for 21 and older. 503-231-9663 or www.dougfirlounge.com

On stage

“The Elixir of Love,” 7:30 p.m. The Portland Opera presents the production, sung in Italian with English titles projected above the stage. Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway, Portland; $30 to $110. 503-241-1802 or www.portlandopera.org. For more details, see the go: saturday page.

Top Down Rooftop Cinema, 8 p.m. Thursdays, through Aug. 27. Northwest Film Center hosts a movie night atop Hotel deLuxe’s parking structure, music, food and art house movies. “The 10th Victim” by director Elio Petri will be shown. Hotel deLuxe, Southwest 15th and Yamhill streets, Portland; $9 to $11, $8 to $10 for students and seniors. www.nwfilm.org/festivals/topdown

Theater

“Twelfth Night,” presented by Portland Shakespeare Project. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Aug. 2. Alder Stage, Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 S.W. Morrison St., Portland; $35, $20 for students. 503-241-1278 or www.portlandshakes.org. For more details, see the go: friday page.

“Unnecessary Farce,” presented by Lakewood Theatre Company. 7:30 p.m. Continues through Aug. 16. Lakewood Center of the Arts, 368 S. State St., Lake Oswego, Ore.; $32, $30 for seniors, $20 for students. 503-635-3901 or www.lakewood-center.org For more details, see the go: friday page.

Words

Get Pop-Cultured: Throwback Thursdays 1990s, 7 p.m. Explore the books, toys, music and movies of the era. Barnes & Noble, Vancouver Plaza, 7700 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver; free. 360-253-9007 or www.bn.com/events

Elizabeth Murphy, “Building Soil: A Down-To-Earth Approach,” 7:30 p.m. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 3723 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., Portland; free. 800-878-7323 or www.powells.com

Rinker Buck, “The Oregon Trail: An American Journey,” 7:30 p.m. Powell’s Books, 1005 W. Burnside St., Portland; free. 800-878-7323 or www.powells.com

Comedy

Tom Segura, 8 p.m. July 30; 7:30 and 10 p.m. July 31-Aug. 1. Helium Comedy Club, 1510 S.E. Ninth Ave., Portland; $17 to $32 for those 21 and older. 888-643-8669 or www.heliumcomedy.com/portland