• Five Live: Get Out
1. Birding & Blues Festival (pictured) The annual event in Pacific City combines indoor and outdoor naturalist activities with evening blues concerts for a family-vacation outing. Learn about bird conservation efforts, see birds of prey shows, or take a guided hike. Blues concerts Friday and Saturday nights. Events Friday-Sunday; most events at Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City; $15-$55; www.birdingandblues.com
• Five Live: Performance
1. Columbia Symphony David Franzen performs Joaquin Rodrigo's charming "Conceirto de Aranjuez" in a concert with Franz Schubert's "Great" Symphony. 8 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church, 1838 S.W. Jefferson St.; 3 p.m. Sunday, Good Shepherd Community Church, 28986 S.E. Haley Road, Boring; $5-$25, 503-234-4077; www.columbiasymphony.org
• Five Live: Music
1. Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars From their start as refugees fleeing violence in Sierra Leone, this band's traveled the world with their blend of Afro-pop, reggae and roots rock. Music to be grateful for, in more ways than one. 9 p.m. Friday, Berbati's Pan, 10 S.W. Third Ave.; $18 advance, TicketsWest; 503-224-8499.
• High Five
1. "The 80th Academy Awards" Before Sunday night's big show, Portlanders can still catch virtually every important film in the race. All five best picture nominees are in local theaters (though I had to dig a bit to find "Michael Clayton," hanging on at the Portlander) and if you include the video store you can see all 20 acting nominees. After that, it's dicier: Two of the three animated feature nominees ("Ratatouille" and "Surf's Up") are on DVD, while "Persepolis" is in theaters; none of the documentary feature nominees is onscreen, but three are on DVD. And you're pretty much outta luck with the foreign language films because none are onscreen or DVD. (To find movie times and locations, use the tool at www.oregonlive.com/movies)
• Nickel and Dime
"Haroun and the Sea of Stories" The stage version of Salman Rushdie's acclaimed novel is the magical tale of a son who embarks on an extraordinary adventure to restore his father's special talent to tell stories. 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Thursday plus 2 p.m. Sunday. Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland State, 1620 S.W. Park Ave.; $3.50-$9.50; Ticketmaster, 503-224-4400
