1. Forensic specialist and suspense novelist Lisa Black (pictured at right) appears for a signing of her debut novel, Takeover. 7 p.m., Inkwood Books, free admission.
2. Hillsborough Education Foundation presents its Eighth Annual Amscot Financial Comedy Night, with stand-up sets by Patrick Garrity and headliner Brian Bradley. Proceeds benefit the foundation’s at-risk student programs. 8 p.m., Tampa Theatre, $25.
3. New York indie foursome Rahim plays a show in Ybor tonight. Tampa's Mogul Street Reserve and The Tape Delay provide support. 9 p.m., New World Brewery, $7.
4. UT kicks off its Writers at the University Series with poet Rick Campbell, who reads from his most recently-published book of poems, Dixmont, about his home in the woods west of Tallahassee. 8 p.m., Scarfone/Hartley Gallery in the R.K. Bailey Art Studios, free admission.
5. Education Channel continues its Independents’ Film Festival with an “IFF Party Like a Film Star Fundraiser.” Locals are inbited to dress up like a film star for a look-alike contest and enjoy food, drink and general carousing to benefit the fest. 7 p.m., Education Channel Annex, $25.
This article appears in Sep 17-23, 2008.