Almost 20 years after the death of graffiti artist turned art star, Jean Michel Basquiat, we have a new documentary about graffiti in the art world, Next: A Primer on Urban Painting screens at Mezzanine (444 Jessie St. near 5th) courtesy of SF360 Film+Club. Directed by Pablo Aravena, the film combines cinema vérité of artists in action and interviews with painters, journalists, collectors, sociologists, DJ's, art critics and others. There will be a live demonstration featuring renowned urban painter ONESTO and others after the film. Free Peroni beer (while supplies last). (7pm)

Oh my, here's some geographic diversity, it's a free reading in the Glen Park area: Writers Break Out features Nikki Thompson, Aimee Le Duc, Kate Colby, Youmna Chlala, and Elliot Harmon, at Bird & Beckett Books and Records (2788 Diamond at Chenery, near Glen Park BART). Sponsored by Hotelito Productions, Deconstructed Artichoke Press, and California College of the Arts' MFA in Writing. (7:30pm)