FILM: Tonight's edition of the weekly Cinema Drafthouse -- The Best of 2009 will feature the incorrigible Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes.

7:30 p.m. // The Independent (628 Divisadero St) // free (2 drink minimum), 21+

LITERARY: The April Monthly Rumpus, hosted by editor Isaac Fitzgerald, will feature authors Mac McClelland, Randall Mann, Susan Steinberg, and Broke-Ass Stuart, a performance by yo-yo master Doctor Popular, and music by The Yellow Dress and Peter Squires. Food will be provided by The Girl From Empanada, and be sure to enter their monthly porn raffle.

7:30 to 9:30 p.m. // The Make-Out Room (3225 22nd St) // $10