FILM: Watch Michael Jackson's This Is It for free with a two-drink minimum at the Independent's Cinema Drafthouse -- Best of 2009 Movie Night.

7:30 p.m. // The Independent (628 Divisadero St) // free

LITERARY: Writer Maria Finn celebrates the release of her book, Hold Me Tight & Tango Me Home, about how she survived her divorce through tango-dancing, with an evening of music and dancing. There will be lessons for the newbies.

7:30 p.m. // The Booksmith (1644 Haight St) // free

MUSIC: Afrofuturist Janelle Monáe experiments with elements of musical theater, funk, and the dirty South in her debut album, Metropolis: The Chase Suite (Special Edition).

7 p.m. // Cafe Du Nord (2170 Market St) // $12