MUSIC: Terrorbird and Smile! present a stellar night of disco pop. Hailing from NYC, octet The Phenomenal Handclap Band will get the dancefloor moving and sweating. Bay Area faves Bart Davenport, Tempo No Tempo, and DJ Neil Martinson will get the party started.
10 p.m. // The Knockout (3223 Mission St) // $7
THEATER: There are three days left to catch A.C.T.'s Junior Young Company's performance of Moontel Six, Part I. A group of genetically altered teenagers, cast out of normal society, dream of earthly comforts while squatting in an abandoned hotel on the moon.
7:30 p.m. // Hastings Studio Theater (77 Geary Street, 6th Fl) // $15-20, buy tickets
LIT: 8/26 marks the annual 826 Quarterly Release Party, a celebration of 826 Valencia's in-house quarterly publication. Students will read selections from the latest issue.
6 p.m. // 826 Valencia (826 Valencia) // free