MUSIC: Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson bring their collaborative sound, which might be described as "folk-hop" to the Independent tonight, along with Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz. (8 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street)

FILM/HISTORY: The San Francisco Historical Society presents an original program by archivist Rick Prelinger, San Francisco Top to Bottom: The City Seen by Hollywood and Home Moviemakers, which explores San Francisco's changing appearance at both its "humblest and its glossiest" in a collection that draws from "never-before-seen Hollywood feature outtakes (1930 - 60) stored for years in studio vaults and from newly uncovered home movie collections." (7:30 p.m, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St)

READING: Writer and photographer Patrick McMahon presents excerpts from his new memoir, Becoming Patrick, about his re-connection with blood relatives after growing up adopted, along with a photography exhibition. (7 to 9 p.m., ARC Studios & Gallery, 1246 Folsom Street)