VARIETY: The Rumpus and Kink.com host a Sex, Music, Comedy Night with Jill Sobule, co-sponsored by The Center for Sex and Culture. The evening includes readings and performances from sex worker authors Zak Smith, Kirk Read, Michelle Tea, Lorelei Lee, and Madison Young (NSFW), comedy by Los Angeles based comedian Kyle Kinane, a short film by Wholphin, and music by Sig Hafstrom and special guest Jill Sobule.

7 p.m. // Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St) // $20

LIT: Acclaimed author of the multi-volume series Americans and the California Dream, Kevin Starr, presents his latest work, Golden Dreams, in which he covers the crucial postwar period (1950 to 1963) when the California we know today first burst into prominence.

7 p.m. // Books Inc. (601 Van Ness) // free