FILM: The delightful documentary, Bill Cunningham, New York, makes a brief stint at the S.F. Film Society, which explores the life of elusive 80-year-old New York Times Style photographer and unlikely man-about-town. (6:30 p.m., SF Film Society Cinema, 1746 Post Street) more ›

You've already read about her. (And if you haven't, you should!) Isn't it time you heard her live? Yes. Yes, it is. We're talking about Veronica Klaus, one of the Bay Area's finest soul singers. Join Klaus and her trio as they help ring in the New Year with a heart-turning, humorous jazz and cabaret show. Best of all, Klaus will help inaugurate a new performance space at the Hotel Nikko, R2, the new performance space at the RRazz Bar and Lounge area. more ›

HIP-HOP: Hip-hop collaborators Shwayze & Cisco Adler will be at the Independent in support of their new album, Island in the Sun, which is a "tribute to the life of deceptive leisure the pair is known for," featuring some tracks that stray from the traditional hip-hop setting. Also featuring guests Mod Sun and G-Eazy. (7:30 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street) more ›

DANCE: The 13th Annual SF Hip Hop Dancefest concludes tonight with its Program B performances, featuring local, national, and international acts. (6 p.m., Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, 3301 Lyon Street) more ›

CABARET: Countess Katya Smirnoff-Skyy is at the Rrazz Room tonight and tomorrow night performing her "voyage into the Beatles song book,"Back in the USSR, which is described as "Abby Road meets the Met with a good dose of cabaret." The Countess will be accompanied by the Tom Shaw Trio. (8 p.m., The Rrazz Room, 222 Mason Street) more ›

MUSIC: RSVP now to attend a free outdoor show featuring an acoustic performance by local, Kill Rock Stars duo, Thao & Mirah, at Americano at Hotel Vitale as part of the Soundcheck 2011 Music Series. The band is a collaboration between the two artists, which NPR News says "captures both creative immediacy and a fruitful collaboration!" (5 to 8 p.m., Americano at Hotel Vitale, 8 Mission Street) more ›

FILM: YBCA kicks off its series, Smut Capital of America, which features Michael Stabile’s in-progress documentary that chronicles San Francisco's reign as the center of porn production in the U.S. during the early 70s. Stabile will be present tonight to give an illustrated overview of San Francisco’s sexual underground of the time, along with a screening of different parts of the film. The series continues through August 18. (7:30 p.m., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street) more ›

CABARET: Tony Award nominee Justin Vivian Bond, who has been described by the New Yorker as "the greatest cabaret artist of his generation.....an artful truth telling illusionist," celebrates the release of his first full-length solo album, Dendrophile. Bond will perform a selection of songs from Dendrophile (accompanied by a live band), which ranges from early '70s folk-pop variety records to protest songs to jazz standards to original compositions, while spinning "a magical web of spellbinding stories." more ›

MUSIC: It's a night of classic indie rock performed by a couple of its originators, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. Get a double-dose of David Lowery and Frank Funaro. more ›

FILM: French New Wave classic, Breathless, which popularized the jump cut and the hand-held camera, along with the "Belmondo pout and the boho waif", is at the Red Vic through tomorrow night. more ›

CABARET: "Lose yourself in a haze of haute harlots, high-kicking hedonists, and howling humorists" at Hello, Folly! Revue 2, featuring a menagerie of song, dance, whimsy, and comedy. more ›

DANCE: RAW (resident artist workshop) presents choreographer Aura Fischbeck Dance, who will be sharing a new improvisational work entitled “moment studies, too,” which incorporates the expression of the body in the present moment, in relationship to self, other, and the space. Also featuring guest choreographers Leigh Riley/The Riley Project, Christine Cali, Sam Stone, and DJ Owen Bondurant. more ›