Tuesday Happenings

Books

-- Malaysian author Preeta Samarasan reads from her debut novel Evening is the Whole Day. A discussion about political identity and literature will follow. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 7:00pm. Free.

Movies

-- Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis are best when seen in pantyhose. Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot will screen as a double-feature with another Wilder-Lemmon collaboration, The Apartment, a hilarious romp about infidelity and authenticity. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets and showtimes.

Beer

-- Sam Adams' founding father Jim Koch will be on hand for a three-course dinner at Toro tonight. Toro, 1704 Washington St., 7 pm. $50 per person. Call 617-536-4300 for reservations. (CF)

Music

-- British Sea Power make music that is highly derivative of 80s Brit-pop. Rosebuds make music that is highly derivative of the Pixies. The concert for people who are afraid of the new, or don't care about it. Paradise Rock Club, 967 Comm. Ave., 7:00pm. $15.

-- The combination of War Tapes, Tiger Army, and The Unseen makes for a progressively more polished show, starting punk and getting post-punker as the night goes on. It's like reliving the 70s and 80s all over again! Which we know you've always wanted to do. Assuming you were even alive then. Middle East downstairs, 480 Mass Ave, 8pm, $15. (KS)

C. Fernsebner contributed to this post.