MOVIE: Delve into the mind and life of H.L. “Doc” Humes (pictured) in a documentary by his daughter. Titled Doc, the 96-minute film focuses in on the counterculture icon. "In the 1950s and early '60s, Doc co-founded The Paris Review, wrote two acclaimed novels, and was a gregarious fixture of the cultural scene in Paris, London and New York. Doc was a 1950s NYC intellectual, a 60s free speech militant, and a 70s visionary crazy genius. His story is the story of decades of cultural history, a poignant personal long-strange-trip, and a fount of ever-relevant ideas." Tonight Immy Humes (filmmaker) will be at the 8pm screening, and tomorrow night she will be joined by Paul Auster. More info here.

6, 8, 10pm (through January 29th) // Film Forum [209 W Houston St] // $10.50

READING: Is the internet reshaping our minds? Our society? Brooklynite and cultural critic Lee Siegel says yes in his new book, Against the Machine. How will being so connected and dependent on technology impact our future? Siegel will be on hand to discuss this and more tonight. If you can't make it because you've got to catch up on your email correspondence, don't worry, you can purchase the book online.

7pm // McNally Robinson [52 Prince St] // Free

THEATER: The Godlight Theater Company, which has previously done well with stage adaptations of A Clockwork Orange and Fahrenheit 451, is back with their tribute to the late Kurt Vonnegut: a fast-past production of Slaughterhouse-Five. Originally adapted by Eric Simonson for the Steppenwolf Theatre in 1996, this slightly revised version is staged in the round and hews close to the book, about an American POW in Dresden in 1945 who witnesses the Allied firebombing and is subsequently put to work cleaning up the messy human remains. (He’s also imprisoned in an extraterrestrial galactic zoo.) The Times calls the show “a pressure-cooker production, an intense, kaleidoscopic 90-minute tour without intermission through Vonnegut’s nonlinear narrative.” – John Del Signore

8:30pm // 59E59 [59 East 59th St.] // Tickets cost $25

EVENT: Reverend Jen brings her Really Cool Neighborhood to the stage tonight. She'll be joined by "her chihuahua co-host, Reverend Jen Junior and a slew of eccentric art star friends who just happen to be in the neighborhood to present a show of unparalleled grooviness. Part Mr. Rogers, part Dada experiment, Reverend Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood, combines baking, choreographed dance and puppetry with a talking cockroach, a wizard, a giant swan and the music of T. Rex."

10pm // Bowery Poetry Club [308 Bowery] // $7