Pencil This In

THEATER: Get ghastly tonight with The Final Kiss & The Kiss of Blood, an evening of vintage Grand Guignol horror. The aptly named Blood Brothers are shepherding this journey “into a style of theatre that proliferated in the early 1900s and was eventually assimilated into the 'splatter' genre of horror films. Blending suspense, stage magic, eroticism, and farce, Grand Guignol was a powerful theatrical entertainment drawing an audience from every echelon of Parisian society — anyone in search of a sexy, scary thrill." But will 21st century New Yorkers go for it? (Adults only: the producers boast that this production features graphic violence and strong sexual situations.) - John Del Signore

8pm // 78th Street Theatre Lab, 236 West 78th Street // Tickets are $15

READING: Everyone loves Obama! To see that rising star in the tattered hopes of the Dem Dream, Hit the 17th Street Barnes & Noble to catch Barack Obama reading from his book Audacity of Hope. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras

7pm // 33 E 17th St // Free

FILM: Graffiti art, we were introduced to it sometime around the time Beat Street and Breakin' came out, but it's been around for a long time, and even exists in other cities (gasp). In Next: A Primer on Urban Painting, filmmaker Pablo Aravena takes a look at graffiti culture and the global art scene.