We see it all the time, and we are fairly certain there is good money to be made doing it - public art is the topic of tonight's workshop in Southern Exposure's SoExchange series of artist-led workshops. How Do I Make My Art Public Art? features panelists, Seyed Alavi, Louise Bertelsen, Packard Jennings, Wang Po Shu, and Rigo 23. It takes place at the Mission Cultural Center (2868 Mission St at 25th) and covers how to see a public art project through from proposal to installation, advice on researching legal issues surrounding your project, and discussion about the advantages and disadvantages to mounting a guerilla style project. (7pm)

Everytime we see the yahoo headlines of the latest inconclusive study about the differences between men and women, we appreciate the work done by people like the authors included in the recent anthology, Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity, edited by Mattilda a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore. Modern Times Bookstore (888 Valencia at 20th) hosts a reading by contributors: Sand Chang, Logan Gutierrez-Mock, Amy Andre, Jen Cross, Dominika Bednarska, Tommi Avicolli Mecca and Eric Stanley. Nobody Passes starts by tearing binary gender norms to shreds, and then proceeds to examine the perilous intersections of identity, categorization, and community in order to challenge the very notion of belonging. (7:30 pm)

We've been remiss in promoting the South Bay's cultural offerings. Lively Arts Stanford presents Sō Percussion, a contemporary ensemble that plays traditional percussion instruments as well as an assortment of everyday objects such as clay pots, wooden planks, and dried gourds. Featured on the program is music by minimalist composer Steve Reich, which draws on African, Asian, and American pop influences, and a new work by David Lang, The So-Called Laws of Nature, which employs instruments made of wooden slats, metal pipes, and flowerpots to achieve music of contrasting moods. (Dinkelspiel Auditorium on the Stanford Campus, 8pm)