FESTIVAL: The Bay Area Science Festival kicks off continues tonight with Radiolab Live in Berkeley, which explores being In the Dark with a night of "gripping stories, wonder-inducing demonstrations, and jaw-dropping illustrations." Also happening tonight as part of the festival are a science pub crawl and a book swap. (8 p.m., 101 Zellerbach Hall # 4800, Berkeley)

READING: Lawrence Ferlinghetti celebrates the debut of his new poem At Sea, with a reading, along with a conversation with fellow poet and painter Jack Hirschman, who will also be reading from his new Arcana. (7 to 9 p.m., Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street)

FILM: YBCA presents a special one-week engagement of Gary Hustwit’s new film Urbanized, which examines the "issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers." Urbanized is the final installment of Hustwit's trilogy, along with the acclaimed Helvetica and Objectified, which will both also be screening next week. (6 and 8 p.m., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street)