FILM: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts kicks off its Mexico Rising: Films of Nicolás Peruda series, featuring the prolific work of acclaimed 27-year-old filmmaker Nicolás Peruda, with Summer of Goliath, "a quiet (at times unsettling) study of violence, masculinity and family, set against the sun-drenched beauty of its small-town, rural setting, which is preceded by the short film, Interview with the Earth, "a mesmerizing study of grief that traces the echoes of a child’s accidental death across the lives of his friends and their families." (7:30 p.m., YBCA, 701 Mission Street)

ART: Artists, learn how to market yourself and your work, while making new friends at Lightbox SF's Mixer and Artist Talk, featuring artists Heather Robinson and Rachel Znerold discussing their processes. (6 to 9 p.m., Secession Art and Design, 3361 Mission Street)

MUSIC: Oakland's Uptown Nightclub plays host to Jeanna & Desiree's Hot Mess 2011, a free show featuring RU36, Bam! Bam! Eastern Span, C.U.P.C.A.K.E., and Shake Me!, along with a special acoustic act by Michaeljon Leonardy between bands and plus DJs spinning old school hip hop. (8 p.m. to Midnight, The Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland)