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MOVIE: Tonight the Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series delivers two very different films. First up is The French Riviera, described as "a road documentary that follows a truck driver on a mission to earn enough money selling ice cream in the Icelandic countryside to go on a vacation on a French beach."

Next up is About A Son, the "intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews conducted with Cobain by noted music journalist Michael Azerrad. The conversations heard in the film have never before been made public and they reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particular."

7pm // Barbés [376 9th St, Park Slope] // Free

READING: Former vegetarian and former Midwesterner, Sara Roahen, will be at McNally Robinson tonight reading from her memoir titled Gumbo Tales. She'll "demonstrate her love of New Orleans food with home-made red beans and rice for all." Joining her is local poet Martha Rhodes, who will read New Orleans poetry. Come join them in a celebration of the Crescent City.

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

Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, feminist activist, and founder of V-Day, will be at The New School tonight to celebrate V-Day’s 10th anniversary. She'll discuss "its mission of ending violence against women and girls worldwide. To date, the V-Day movement has raised more than $50 million and educated millions of people; launched Karama, a partnership with nine Middle Eastern and North African countries; and funded more than 5,000 community-based antiviolence programs and safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt, and Iraq." More info here.

7pm // The New School, Tishman Auditorium [66 W 12th St] // $5, call 212.229.5687 for tickets

THEATER: There’s usually scant theater on a Monday night in New York, but for years now the monthly Little Theater series has been doing a commendable job of filling the void. Tonight’s production promises the same degree of experimental mystery and surprise, with five diverse performances on the bill. That some of the names may be unfamiliar is part of the fun, but because it’s co-curated by Jeffrey M. Jones, you don’t have to worry about walking into a community theater amateur hour. Peruse the line-up at the Dixon Place website. – John Del Signore

8pm // Dixon Place [258 Bowery] // Tickets cost $12