EROTICA: Get to Orgasmic! early for some tasty free vegan cupcakes (while supplies last), and stay for the tasty erotica by local sexpert, author and editor Violet Blue and New York author, editor and cupcake blogger Rachel Kramer Bussel, along with local contributors to Orgasmic Susie Hara, Dusty Horn, and Donna George Storey.

7:30 p.m. // The Booksmith (1644 Haight St) // free

MUSIC/CRAFT: Listen to a performance by the Berkeley Jazzschool's Advanced High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Erik Jekabson, while perusing Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts, featuring quilts that range stylistically from "sophisticated to delightfully folksy", which all have "a vibrant, improvisational, jazzy air conjured by the juxtaposition of irregularly shaped pieces, bold patterns, multidirectional motifs, and, often, lavish surface decoration."

6:30 to 9 p.m. // Museum of the African Diaspora (685 Mission St) // free

ART: Tonight's Pop Up Empire event by The Bold Italic, will provide participants with an intimate and extravagant art experience within Granny’s Empire of Art featuring works by Alex Luke, Chris Ritson, Cyrus Tabar, Erik Wilson, Shalo P, and Shemoel Recalde, and musical performances by Yoshi Omori, First Family, and Tears Club.

7 to 10 p.m. // Granny's Empire of Art (702 Vermont St) // free, RSVP