LITERARY: Get ready for the upcoming World Cup tournament with Alan Black's The Glorious World Cup: A Fantatics Guide, in which he and co-writer David Henry Sterry "take the piss from past to present." The book is filled with tall tales, stats, photos, hilarity, famous-player profiles, hooligans, maniacs, commentary from famous fans, a look back at the greatest World Cup Finals, and so much more."

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

THEATER: It's the last week of SF Playouse's Slasher, featuring a low-budget slasher flick star and her "malingering mother’s thwarted feminist rage."

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