*MUSIC: Head over to Valencia Street to hear some rockabilly beats. Perfecting the tricky fusion of Goth, surf, and garage rock sounds, Arizona's the Mission Creeps headline tonight in the Mission. Lil Esther & Her Tinstars, dropping in from all the way over in Amsterdam, and Al Foul open this night of luscious rock.
9 p.m. // Elbo Room (647 Valencia) // $6
LECTURE: Check out Abe Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League. tonight at "The Deadliest Lies: The Israel Lobby and the Myth of Jewish Control." Fox breaks the news that, apparently, people of Jewish descent don't rule the world.
8 p.m. // Jewish Community Center of SF (3200 California) // $10
FILM: Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Own Soul (2005), a Middle Eastern "road movie" is an "existential journey" filled with music, poetry, and aforementioned soul searching that's a banquet for the eyes and the soul. Aw.
7 p.m. & 9:25 p.m. // Lumiere (1572 California) // $6-9