ART: The 8th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibition 2010 is upon us, and tonight's event is the Artists Reception and A Date with Barbie. Dress as your favorite Birthday Barbie or Ken and meet the artists. The evening will include Barbie Films, Barbie Performance, Barbie MC, El Radio Fantastique!, Gregangelo’s American Icon!, belly dance and more.

5 to 11 p.m. // Shotwell 50 Studio (50 Shotwell St) // free

TALK: Mickey Huff & Peter Phillips celebrate the release of Censored 2011 with a discussion of the year's most censored stories at Project Censored. Hear about the major new stories that were ignored or under-reported by a mainstream press and learn about the hot-button issues of the year having to do with censorship, alternative media, international news, and other relevant topics.

7 to 11 p.m. // City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus Ave) // free

FILM: The Agony and Ecstacy of Phil Spector features a rare freewheeling interview with Spector during his first (hung) trial, in which Spector speaks about his friendship with John Lennon, his father's suicide when Spector was a child, how he attained his distinctive "wall of sound," and how he compares himself to Bach, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Galileo.

7 and 9:15 p.m. // Roxie Theatre (3117 16th St) // $10