Four events tonight.

Lois Bernstine reads at the Hugo House. Bernstine is 76 years old. She has just written her first book, an autobiography titled Sixty Seven Secret Years. This should be cute, at the very least. Unless, of course, she's bitter that she hasn't been published before, in which case it could be bitterly funny. And possibly cute.

Third Place Books hosts my idea of hell tonight. Tom Wilson, who is the son of the man who created Ziggy, reads from his inspirational memoir, Zig-Zagging: Loving Madly, Losing Badly—How Ziggy Saved My Life. Here is part of a promotional statement about the book:

In this mesmerizing and nostalgic account of a beloved artist's life, Tom Wilson details his compelling journey from growing up in the shadow of his father's genius to inheriting an iconic cartoon when his father falls ill, all while struggling to overcome a crippling depression.

There are two events going on at Town Hall, and they both look good. Alan Aderem, who is a "global leader in immunology and cell biology research," discusses the future of vaccines and the fight against AIDS and the bird flu, among other illnesses. And then Andrei Codrescu reads from his new weird little book, The Posthuman Dada Guide, which has something to do with an imaginary chess game with Lenin and dada. Either of these could be the reading of the night.

The full readings calendar, including the next week or so, is here.