MUSIC: Three-time Grammy winning saxophonist, NEA Jazz Master, and member of "jazz’s most storied living dynasty", Branford Marsalis, will be at Yoshi's tonight through Sunday, in support of his latest release, Songs of Mirth and Melancholy. (8 and 10 p.m., Yoshi's San Francisco, 1330 Fillmore Street)
LITERARY: Author Julie Salamon will talk about her latest book, Wendy and the Lost Boys, which explores the life of Wendy Wasserstein, the first woman playwright to win a Tony Award, as well as "a Broadway titan, an audience darling, a cherished confidante and a deeply private person." (7 p.m., Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California Street)
FILM: The new film, Revolutionary Wake: Unfinished Spaces, documents the struggle and passion of three revolutionary architects who were recently invited by Fidel Castro to revisit the construction of Cuba’s National Art Schools, a project they started in 1961 but were forced to abandon due to the prevailing political climate. (5:30 p.m., San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin Street)