Today, Annie Wagner suggests I see:

‘Who Killed the Electric Car?’ (FILM) So, Annie, did you like the movie? “Yes.” Why? “Well, there are these annoying people who owned this electric car, the EV1. Rich people, like Mel Gibson, and eager activists who want them back. See, GM rolled out the cars to great fanfare and then it took them back and said it wanted to squish them.” Squish them? “GM didn’t say ‘squish.’ It said ‘we’re going to put them in this parking lot.’” Wait, why did GM recall the cars? “Well, that’s what the movie’s about.” (See movie times for details.) BRENDAN KILEY

Otherwise, tonight looks quiet. The books listings aren’t enthusiastic about anything. The music calendar just sighs and turns to the wall. The theater calendar offers a play reading (Little Bookstore Riots, by local Josh Beerman, at Theater Schmeater, if you’re interested). There are some concerts by bands I’ve never heard of with intriguing names like A Gun That Shoots Knives, in the opening-opening-opening slot at Skylark. If I wanted to, I could check them out on the Stranger bands page. I could listen to an audio clip, read about them, consider whether I’d like to see them play. If I felt like it.

For those who missed Alex Ross give his iPod lecture on the history of 20th-century music at On the Boards in April—relax, already. You can hear a lecture by the New Yorker music critic—on his marathon listen of Mozart’s entire ouvre, nearly seven full days’ worth of music, with observations on bass lines, Bob Dylan, and Salieri—here.

T.S. Eliot’s lost hiphop poem is here.

Don’t know what to get the Vatican museum for its 500th birthday? Museums director Francesco Buranelli says he wants to begin acquiring more modern art, specifically a Picasso (who will have his 125th birthday later this year). What God wants, God gets.

Newsflash: Superman not medically accurate.

(UPDATE: Per the reader comment below, here is an image from another Alex Ross, a comic-book illustrator famed for his complex and realistic style. You’re right, Lark. He’s impressive.)