SFist Tonight

FILM: Incredibly Strange Picture Show presents Wattstax, a documentary about a one-day concert put on by Stax Records in the summer of 1972 commemorating the 7th anniversary of the Watts riots in Los Angeles, featuring amazing performances by Kim Weston, The Bar-Kays, Rufus Thomas, The Staple Singers, and headliner Isaac Hayes. "The documentary's exploration into the Watts neighborhood, as well as the thoughts and expressions of the African-American community (and celebrity), are what secures this film as an important cultural time capsule."

8 p.m. // Cafe Royale (800 Post St) // free

PANEL: Phil Bronstein will discuss the demise of print media at Newspapers are Dead. Now What?, along with fellow panelists Lowell Bergman (Professor, Berkeley School of Journalism; Producer/Director of PBS Documentaries), Kara Andrade (Online Community Organizer, Spot.Us), Cynthia Typaldos (Founder and President, Kachingle).

6 p.m. // Commonwealth Club (595 Market Street, 2nd Fl) // $7-18

BENEFIT: Variety Children's Charity of Northern California is having their first-ever Gatsby Ball. "Flamboyant, elegant, sexy or contemporary" attired is suggested, and culinary delights by the Bay Area's finest purveyors of food and drink will be served. Attendees are eligible to win a trip for two to London's countryside and stay at Lord Astor's Hever Castle Estate.

6:30 p.m. // SF War Memorial, Green Room (401 Van Ness Ave) // $17.50-50