Singer-songwriters Erin McKeown and Darryl Purpose perform...

Singer-songwriters Erin McKeown and Darryl Purpose perform tonight at 8 at Exile Books & Music, 14925 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks. $7 cover. Saturday night will feature music and spoken-word performances with E.C. Archibeque, Michelle Ben Hur, Jennifer Hardaway and Phil Van Tee. 8 p.m., $5 cover.

Teresa Willis will read from her new book, “Heartcloset,” Sunday at 3 p.m. The store also has Elena the Tarot Lady plying her trade Saturdays, noon-4 p.m. The Sunday open mike is for performers with original material. Songwriters may perform two songs and spoken-word artists get eight minutes on stage. Sign-ups at 6 p.m. (818) 986-6409.

Cookbook authors Carla Henry, Travis Henry and Yolanda Fintor offer recipes from “Vegetarians in the Fast Lane” and “Souper Skinny Soups” Saturday at 2 p.m. at Borders Books & Music, 6510 Canoga Ave., Canoga Park. Actor Austin Peck of TV’s “Days of Our Lives” will sign the June issue of Solimar magazine Saturday at 10 a.m.

Tonight, the flamenco-flavored jazz of the Jim Stubblefield Band will be featured at 7:30, and jazz violinist Eddie Fields performs Saturday at 7 p.m. (818) 887-1999.

Author Rennie Gabriel will discuss his book “Wealth on Any Income” Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Borders Books & Music, 9301 Tampa Ave., Northridge. Tonight, singer-songwriter Craig Savoy performs at 8, and the musical group Pacific Coast Highway takes the stage Saturday at 8 p.m. (818) 886-5443.

Barnes & Noble, 731 N. San Fernando Road, Burbank, holds its poetry open mike tonight at 8. (818) 558-1383.

Author Patricia Treece will sign and discuss her new book, “Quiet Moments with Padre Pio,” at 2 p.m. Sunday at Barnes & Noble, 4735 Commons Way, Calabasas. Also, the store’s Shakespeare Reading Group will read a play by the Bard in its entirety and then discuss it at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Signups for reading parts at 7:15 p.m. (818) 222-0542.

UCLA professor Mary F. Corey will discuss her new book, “The World Through a Monocle: The New Yorker at Midcentury,” at 2 p.m. Sunday at Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., Encino. (818) 380-1636.