If you're not going to see Jim Woodring tonight, there's another literary event that you shouldn't miss. Local lit magazine Hoarse is celebrating a release party for their third issue in the Grotto of the Rendezvous. It's Houdini-themed, and there will be readings, along with finger traps, "a wandering magician," "Fortune Teller Miracle Fish," and "an escape cake."

The bar opens up at 7. The reading starts at 8. Featured readers include young local lit heartthrob Greg Bem. Find more information (but not much more information—gotta love those seat-of-your-pants operations) on the party's Facebook page.