Tuesday Happenings

Books

-- Ted Sorenson was the personal advisor to John F. Kennedy and the ghostwriter of the president's Pulitzer Prize winning Profiles in Courage. Sorenson's new memoir, Counselor, goes into the details of their relationship in and out of the White House. Presented by Harvard Book Store. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, 6:00pm. $5.

Movies

-- Every word of dialogue in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) is sung, adding an element of absurdity to overlooked director Jacques Demy's masterpiece. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo play a pair of unfortunate lovers; Michel Legrand provides the score. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. 8:00pm and 10:00pm. $9.50.

Karaoke

-- DJ Goldenboots's Classic Karaoke claims to be the longest-running weekly karaoke night in Boston. Milky Way, 405 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 9:00pm. Free.