ART: The artists at Creativity Explored explore the concept of maps in Where Are We? The aptly named New Maps of the West will perform.

7 to 9 p.m. // Creativity Explored (3245 16th St) // free

MUSIC: Berlin's Kuss Quartet performs music of the past, played as music of the present in an effort to "restore the string quartet to where it once stood: at the cutting edge of cultural and compositional life."

8 to 10 p.m. // Herbst Theater (401 Van Ness Ave) // free

LITERARY: Phoenix Books celebrates Noe Valley Celebrates The Book, as well as their new and expanded location, with authors Allison Hoover Bartlett, Tony DuShane, Clare Willis, and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet, along with solo guitar music by Ted Savarese of Octomutt.

6 p.m. // Phoenix Books (3957 24th St) // free