Thursday Happenings

Books

-- It's a lefty triple feature as historian Howard Zinn, novelist Russell Banks, and politician Mike Gravel share a conversation about the history and nature of the American identity. Presented by Harvard Book Store. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, 6:00pm. $5.

Community Television

-- Cambridge Community Television may not have produced the greatest moments in television history, but it has been responsible for some of the weirdest. CCTV turns 20 this year, and, to celebrate, the station screens some of its more notorious clips. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. $2, tickets available here.

Banned in Boston

-- Eugenicist, feminist, and birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger was once bound by court injunction from speaking at a public event in Ford Hall. In commemoration of the event, Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, reflects on the meaning of free speech and Sanger's legacy. Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St., 6:30pm. Free.

Workshops for Aspiring Sex Bloggers Porn Stars

-- Sexologist Jamye Waxman hosts a panel discussing how to make DIY porn movies. It's the training you will need if you decide to enter Good Vibrations's Amateur Erotic Film competition. Good Vibrations, 308-A Harvard St. (enter from the rear), 6:30pm. Free.

Dancing Hipsters

-- DJ Ghostdad and Nick Yoder, the Bass Invaders, host their regular night at the Milky Way. Expect music that makes your body go thump, including Rio baile funk, Miami bass, and Baltimore club. Milky Way, 405 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 9:00pm. Free.

-- Across the River, the first intallment of FREETHROW, featuring DJs BREK.ONE and FELIXXX, brings hip-hop, dancehall, and electro to Central Square. The Enormous Room, 567 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 9:30pm. Free.

Image of home porn in action from the Good Vibrations website.