FILM: Based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go features the coming of age of three friends who leave the shelter of their idyllic English boarding school and discover a terrible truth "that forces them to confront deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart."

7 and 9:15 p.m. // Red Vic Movie House (1727 Haight St) // $6-9

DISCUSSION: At Middle Class Erosion: Americans Today, Senator Mike Gravel, who represented Alaska in the Senate for twelve years and was the senator who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record, will discuss the causes and possible remedies for the devastating erosion of the middle class.

6:30 p.m. // Hillside Club (2286 Cedar St, Berkeley) // $5

COMEDY: SF Drag Legend Cookie Dough "femcees" the monthly Q Comedy, featuring L.A. comedian Marie Lake with Kurt Weitzmann, Nick Leonard, and more performers to be announced. Stay after the show for Joe Collins at Martuni's famous piano bar.

7:30 p.m. // Martuni's (4 Valencia St) // $5-16