THEATER: In Den of Thieves, a pair of recovering kleptomaniacs, a drug dealer, and a topless dancer unsuccessfully join forces in order to pull off the perfect crime, resulting in a very long night in a mob boss' basement.

7 p.m. // SF Playhouse (533 Sutter) // $40

FILM: Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, DIRT! The Movie focuses on how dirt, which is part of everything we eat, drink, and breathe, is mistreated by industrial farming, mining, and urban development.

5:45 to 7 p.m. // San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin) // free

LITERARY: Writers Nona Caspers (SF), Lonely Christopher (Brooklyn), and Richard Loranger (Oakland) celebrate the release of Correspondence #3, a new Brooklyn-based journal of poetry, prose, and critique, with "an evening of ecstatic riddles, laughter, and just plain kickass work."

8 p.m. // Adobe Bookshop (3166 16th Street) // free