FILM: Tonight's installment of McSweeney's quarterly DVD magazine series, Wolphin, celebrates the most "uniquely odd and profoundly amusing expressions of love" with An Evening of Wholphin Love, featuring a screening of short films from the recently-released Wholphin No. 15 and a live "love competition" featuring an EEG "love meter" and specially-made Bi-Rite candies dipped in oxytocin. (7 and 9 p.m., SF Film Society Cinema, 1746 Post Street)

MUSIC: Portland's Horse Feathers, a band heavily influenced by the seasons, takes the stage at the Independent tonight, along with Death Songs, also of Portland, and S.F.'s Garrett Pierce. (9 p.m., The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street)

LAUNCH PARTY: New independent fashion, style, design, and culture magazine, Decades, celebrates the release of Issue No. 1, The Beet Stain Issue, with a night of live music by Noveller (Sarah Lipstate), Jealousy, Chasms and Tied to the Branches, along with DJs, fashion art performances, gourmet grilled cheese, and more. (7:15 p.m., The Lab, 2948 16th Street)