ART: Printmaker Xavier Viramontes is exhibiting his new collection of work, Characters, Friends and Neighbors, featuring a whimsical cast of canines and felines while drawing attention to the plight of homeless animals. Twenty-five percent of the proceeds from the sale of Viramntes' work will benefit SF SPCA. (6 to 7:30 p.m., Leanne B. Roberts Animal Care Center Gallery, SF SPCA, 201 Alabama Street - 2nd Floor)

MUSIC: There will be a few tickets available at the door to tonight's Outside Lands Pre-Party at NightLife, featuring live music by Best Coast and Eskmo, and DJs Motion Potion (Sunset SF), Platurn (Oakland Faders), and Eric Sharp (Rock-it Science Laboratories) spinning throughout the night. There will also be festival eats, fortune telling, and caricature artists, along with the various museum exhibits. (6 to 10 p.m., California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park)

FILM: Oddball Films presents a benefit for Save KUSF at Jet Black Hair People Live! Rare Dada + Surrealist Cinema, featuring the solo project of Peter Conheim of the infamous collage band Negativland. Films include “Dada” (1967), “Your Face” (1987), “Anemic Cinema” (1926), “Un Chein Andalou” (“The Andalusian Dog”, 1928), and “Daffy Duck in Hollywood” (1938). (8 to 10 p.m., Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street)