FILM: This week's free Cinema Drafthouse film is Horrible Bosses, which is centered around the questionable plot point involving three people who decide to kill their bosses instead of just quitting their jobs because the economy is tough these days. (7:30 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street)

STORYTELLING: Have a story to tell about holiday excess? Then head over to the monthly Porchlight Open Door, to tell your 5-minute anecdote for a chance to win $50. "Sex, drugs, food, love, pain, -- even OCD handwashers entirely welcome!" (7 p.m., Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk Street)

LITERARY: Chronicle Books presents acclaimed Swiss author Peter Stamm for a discussion about several of his novels, which have been praised for their "spare prose and their complex explorations of difficult relationships in modern Europe." (6 p.m., Chronicle Books, 680 Second Street)