MUSIC: The dynamic trio made up of seasoned musicians, John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Scott Amendola (Nels Cline), and Thollem McDonas (soloist), will perform together alongside New York filmmaker Martha Colburn's 16 mm stop motion animation shorts. Shudder, who employ the English horn, oboe, computer, electronics, tenor sax, Bb clarinet, along with special guest John Shiurba on guitar, to mine the "intersection of digital and carbon-based sound," will also perform.

8 p.m. // Cafe Du Nord (2170 Market St) // $10

THEATER: In Madhouse Rhythm, Joshua Walters utilizes hip hop theater, spoken word, and beatbox to portray the inside of the mind of a man captured in the throes of a psychotic breakdown, forced to make sense of being locked away in a madhouse.

7 p.m. // SF Playhouse (533 Sutter St) // $20