Monday Happenings

Physics porn: A peek at the Higgs boson.

So, what's the deal with the Large Hadron Collider? Is it going to tear a rift in the space time continuum that is going to suck the earth, its people, and their shitty jobs through a wormhole into an alternate universe where the sun only stops shining so that the clouds can rain donuts? Maybe. Find out the probable answer tonight when Skeptics in the Pub present physicist Shulamit Moed to distinguish high speed particle collision fact from high speed particle collision fiction. Tommy Doyle's, 96 Winthrop St., Cambridge, 7 p.m. Free.

WIne

Bostonist got a lot of mileage out of the Second Glass magazine's last minute sparkling wine advice before New Year's Eve last year, so we can heartily recommend tonight's seminar, which features Fourth of July sparklers. Wine Gallery, 375 Boylston St., Brookline, 7 p.m. $10.

Movies

The Brattle's American Independents series continues with The Last Picture Show (1971), a movie about a small Texas town. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets and showtimes.