TALK: Andy Bichlbaum, leading member of The Yes Men will speak with the Chronicle's Joe Garofoli about The Yes Men's latest documentary, The Yes Men Fix the World, which has been hailed as "a riotous reminder that patriotism is often misconstrued as troublemaking."

7 p.m. // The Commonwealth Club (595 Market Street, 2nd fl) // $7-20 (buy tickets)

LITERARY: At Day and Noir: 5th Annual Noir Literary Night, moderated by Peter Maravelis, editor of San Francisco Noir, three supernovas of the Noir genre, Cara Black, David Corbett, and Joe Gores, come together to talk about their new novels, which will "thrill and grip their readers with international intrigue, black-market morass, and a famous detective's back-story."

6 p.m. // Mechanic's Institute Library (57 Post St) // $12

THEATER: In Lydia Stryk's An Accident, a man who almost takes a woman's life in a car accident helps her in her recovery.

7 p.m. // Magic Theatre (Fort Mason Center, Building D, 3rd Fl) // $20-50