DANCE: It's the first night of the weekend-long 12th Annual San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest, featuring hip hop dance companies, b-boys, and veteran dancers from France, South Africa, Belgium, Stateside, and the Bay Area.

8 p.m. // Palace of Fine Arts Theatre (3301 Lyon St) // $40

ART: Rare Device and The Working Proof present Aesopica, a group art show centered around the classic children's stories from Aesop's Fables. Fifteen percent of the gross proceeds from purchases of original artwork and prints during the show will be donated to 826 Valencia.

7 to 9 p.m. // Rare Device (1845 Market St) // free

THEATER: It's the preview night for The Tender King, which is based on hundreds of declassified government documents, personal letters, and diaries from World War II, depicting "a war and a man quite different than the one enshrined in American folklore."

8 p.m. // The Phoenix Theatre (414 Mason St, 6th Fl) // $12-20