ART: SFMOMA is holding a Memorial Service honoring Bay Area sculptor and conceptual artist David Ireland, who passed away in May. Ireland's highly idiosyncratic body of work focused on the creation and function of art within everyday life. There will be a program in the Wattis Theater at 4 p.m. featuring speakers who were close to Ireland and his work, followed by a gathering in the Schwab Room at 5 p.m.

4 p.m. // SFMOMA, Wattis Theater (151 Third St) // free

LIT: Two literary notables take the stage tonight in Author Lorrie Moore in Conversation with Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket. Moore will discuss her life, her writing, and her new novel, A Gate at the Stairs.

8 p.m. // Jewish Community Center (3200 California St) // $10-18, buy tickets

THEATER: Crowded Fire Theater Company presents a regular free Matchbox Reading Series featuring works that are in development. Tonight's event will feature a one-night only reading of Forever Never Comes by Enrique Urueta, about a young transgender man who returns home to rural Virginia, which will make its world premiere in 2010.

7 p.m. // SF LGBT Center (1800 Market St) // free

LIT: In the newly released book Smash the Church, Smash the State: the Early Years of Gay Liberation, nearly 40 authors describe their involvement in the radical groups that took the fight for queer rights and connected it to other social justice issues. Tonight's reception for the Bay Area contributors to the book features editor Tommi Avicolli Mecca, Merle Woo and others, and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. Snacks will be served.

6:15 p.m. // New Valencia Hall (625 Larkin Street, Ste 202) // $5 donation requested

MUSIC: Portland-based 12-piece orchestra Pink Martini will be performing with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra for two nights at Davies Symphony Hall. They will be debuting brand-new material from their yet to be titled new album, which will be released on October 13. Pink Martini was described by the Washington Post as crossing the generational gap, as they seem to speak to "just about everybody…from grade-schoolers to grandmothers to the young and hip and beautiful.”

8 p.m. // Davies Symphony Hall (201 Van Ness Ave) // $30-100

PANEL: Even the title Women And Chocolate: A Natural Combination gets our mouth watering. Panelists Carly Baumann (Owner, Cosmic Chocolate), Christine Doerr (Founder and CEO, Neo Cocoa), Malena Lopez-Maggi (Owner, The Xocolate Bar), Kathy Wiley (Owner, Poco Dolce), and moderator Dayna Macy, (Communications Director, Yoga Journal) will discuss their passion for sourcing fresh, local ingredients and how they'veturned artisanal chocolate making into a high art form.

5:30 p.m. // Commonwealth Club (595 Market St, 2nd Fl) // $12-20

LECTURE: The Commonwealth Club hosts an enlightening discussion with Michael Eric Dyson: Can You Hear Me Now? Known as the "hip-hop" intellectual, Dyson examines issues of class, race and poverty, and political strife. There will be wine, cheese, and networking before the talk, and a book-signing aftward. Richard Thompson Ford moderates.

5:30 p.m. // The Commonwealth Club (595 Market St) // $7-18

COMEDY: Kung Pao Kosher Comedy presents The Color of Funny, a Multi-Culty Comedy Show, featuring Diane Amos (The Pine Sol Lady and much, much more), Ali Mafi (gay Muslim Iranian), Mimi Gonzalez (Latino Laugh Festival), Joe Nguyen (Vietnamese Jewish), and hosted by Lisa Geduldig. Learn more about the comedians.

8 p.m. // Victoria Theatre (2961 16th St) // $20-23

MUSIC: English instrumental band with spacey, psychedelic tendencies, Ozric Tentacles, will mesmerize fans at the Independent tonight. SF's Love X Nowhere will get the trip started.

7:30 p.m. // The Independent (628 Divisadero St) // $18-20