ART: Artist Talia Greene's new series of prints, Colony, were created by pairing weaver ants with altered portraits of 19th century Westerners with Orientalist postcards taken and traded by Westerners in the Colonial era, creating quite a skin-crawling effect.

6 to 8 p.m. // Electric Works (130 8th St) // free

LITERARY: Tonight's Lunada Literary Lounge, a full moon literary and performance gathering featuring community poets, local legends, visiting mystics, and other mero meros of the stage, presents special guests L.A. based poet Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo, and Bay Area songstress Roxana Damas.

7:30 p.m. // Galeria de la Raza (2857 24th St) // $5 (free with dish of food)

FILM: The second shorts program of the 5th ATA Film and Video Festival, Lo-Fi Future, explores futuristic landscapes and lo-fi culture. "Chromadepth 3D glasses and chromatic jello shots" will be provided.

8 p.m. // Artists Television Access (992 Valencia St) // free