ART: Tonight's the monthly First Thursday Art Walk, in which local galleries are open late for casual open houses. Some exhibitions of note are
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Evolution of a Painter at George Krevsky Gallery, Exploration and Celebration Finale at Sandra Gallery, C3, Akira, KMNDZ at Shooting Gallery, plus many more.

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. // Various locations // free

PERFORMANCE: Tonight kicks off the 12th Annual Tranny Fest with a one-night only line-up of live performances, including "award-winning modern dance, maverick performance artists, steamy burlesque and kink chasing rock n' roll adventurers." Seating is limited, so get there early! Tomorrow and Saturday night will feature two different themed film fests, R is for Revolution and G is for Glitter, the latter of which is 18 and older only.

8 p.m. // Mama Calizo's Voice Factory (1519 Mission St) // $12

COMEDY: It's the opening night (and 2-for-$30 Thursday, bonus!) of Ham Pants Productions' Random Idiot Factor. The Ham Pants crew "has deconstructed our society’s inadequacies into interwoven comic vignettes that ridicule our culture’s most serious shortcomings. It’s a lot like the future that’s disappointing you right now, but if we all wore jumpsuits." They also warn that there might or might not be comic nudity.

8 p.m. // The Dark Room Theater (2263 Mission St) // $20 or 2 for $30, buy tickets