FILM—It's a Wonderful Life goes something like this: George Bailey—a small-town bumbler who can't refuse the bums he calls his “friends”—trusts an incompetent relative with a lot of money, right before Christmas, and then the money winds up lost. Facing ruination, he gets drunk, menaces his family, and hallucinates after a botched suicide attempt. And I always BAWL MY GODDAMNED EYES OUT. DENIS C. THERIAULT
Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy, 6:30 pm, $8

SWEATERS—Sure, Santa has come and gone… but you’re in need of one last holiday celebration. So pick out the most horrific sweater in your Xmas collection and head on down to the Tonic for House Call: Ugly Sweater Party. It’s an evening of top notch house and techno featuring the excellend DJ Mikey Velazquez (along with special guest turntablists Mena Lynn, bahb, Joshua Faded, and Easy Company). By the end of the evening, I bet that old sweater is going to smell fantastic. WM. STEVEN HUMPHREY
Tonic Lounge, 3100 NE Sandy, 9 pm, $5-10