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Events, Tuesday, Nov. 11: Free admission for Vets, GWAR, BalletBoyz

The Columbian

Published: November 7, 2014, 12:00am

The Portland Japanese Garden celebrates the new year with the O-Shogatsu, the New Year???s Festival, Jan. 1, 2014.

Concerts

GWAR, American Sharks, 8 p.m. Roseland Theater, 8 N.W. Sixth Ave., Portland; $20 through TicketsWest, 800-992-8499 or www.ticketswest.com; www.roselandpdx.com

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall, 8 p.m. Aladdin Theater, 3017 S.E. Milwaukie Ave., Portland; $42.50 to $45 through Ticketfly, 877-435-9849 or www.ticketfly.com; www.aladdin-theater.com

Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, 8 p.m. McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside St., Portland; $30 through Cascade Tickets, 800-514-3849 or www.cascadetickets.com; 503-225-0047 or www.crystalballroompdx.com

RAC, The Knocks, 8:30 p.m. Wonder Ballroom, 128 N.E. Russell St., Portland; $10 through Ticketfly, 877-435-9849 or www.ticketfly.com; 503-284-8686 or www.wonderballroom.com

Nightlife

Future Historians, The Weather Machine, 9 p.m. Mississippi Studios, 3939 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland; $5, 21 and older. 503-288-3895 or www.mississippistudios.com

Streets of Laredo, 9 p.m. Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E. Burnside St., Portland; $10 to $40, 21 and older, through Ticketfly, 877-435-9849 or www.ticketfly.com; 503-231-9663 or www.dougfirlounge.com

Dance

White Bird Dance presents BalletBoyz, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11-12. Ten young male dancers, selected and trained from all walks of life, will dance to a program by two of Britain’s celebrated choreographers, Liam Scarlett and Russell Maliphant. Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. Broadway, Portland; $26 to $68. 503-245-1600 or www.whitebird.org

Theater

“The Typographer’s Dream” presented by Portland Center Stage. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Nov. 16. Ellyn Bye Studio at the Armory, 128 N.W. 11th Ave., Portland; $40 to $55, $25 for youth and students. 503-445-3700 or www.pcs.org/typographer. For more details, see the go: friday page.

Words

Shawn Levy, “De Niro: A Life,” 7:30 p.m. Powell’s Books, 1005 W. Burnside St., Portland; 800-878-7323 or www.powells.com

Fairs & festivals

The Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival, through Nov. 15. Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 S.W. Park Ave., Portland; $9, $8 for students and seniors, $6 for children ages 12 and younger; $40 for a festival pass. festivals.nwfilm.org/nwfest41. For more details, see the go: friday page.

Attractions

Free admission day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Portland Japanese Garden, 611 S.W. Kingston Ave., Portland; free. 503-223-1321 or www.japanesegarden.com

Honoring America’s Veterans, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge will be free in honor of Veterans Day. Fort Vancouver, 1001 E. Fifth St., Vancouver; 360-816-6230 and www.nps.gov/fova. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, River S Unit, on South Hillhurst Road, south of Pioneer Street, Ridgefield. South Ninth Avenue becomes South Hillhurst Road. Carty Unit, on Northwest Main Avenue, north of Pioneer Street, Ridgefield. 360-887-4106 or www.fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges

Dancing

International Folk Dancing, 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Marshall Center, 1009 E. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver. Learn different folk dances. No partner or experience needed. 360-487-7050 or www.cityofvancouver.us/parksrec

Country line-dance lessons, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Fishers Grange No. 211, 814 N.E. 162nd Ave., Vancouver; $4. No partner or experience is required. Led by instructors Tom and Kathy Peters. 360-521-8360.