MUSIC: Bay Area hip hop/rock fave Silk-E headlines this special Sisters of Soul showcase at Yoshi's Oakland tonight featuring the Bay Area's most prominent female entertainers. Also on the bill are Ryan Nicole, Khela, Mi Mi, But-Tah & DJ Pam the Funkstress. (8 p.m., Yoshi's Oakland 510 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square)

FILM: Carrying on the soul theme, Oddball Films presents Soul Music Spectacular, an evening of rare films featuring iconic soul and jazz artists from the 1960s and 1970s, including James Brown: The Man and Aretha Franklin: Soul Singer, Eddie Kendricks in a Motown promotional film for his 1973 LP Keep On Truckin’, and lots more. (8 p.m., Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street)

LITERARY: Departing from the soul theme, we present to you an awesome-sounding book club, Not Your Mother's Book Club. Tonight's event, entitled The Dark Days Tour, features guest authors Taherah Mafi (Shatter Me), Ellen Shreiber (Magic of the Moonlight), and Veronica Rossi (Under The Never Sky). (7 p.m., Books Inc., 601 Van Ness Avenue)