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Singer-songwriter Sean O’Malley and the group Third Door Down perform tonight at Exile Books and Music, 14925 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks. Showtime is 8 p.m., and there is a $5 cover. Nancy Becker Kennedy performs her one-woman show, “I Had to Break My Neck to Get Here” at 8 p.m. Saturday. $10 cover. (818) 986-6409.

Ron Dvorkin will host the monthly poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble, 16461 Ventura Blvd., Encino. The featured poet will be Sharon Smith-Knight, who will perform about 8 p.m. Sign-ups start at 7 p.m. Readers get about six minutes onstage. (818) 380-1636.

Authors Carla Henry and Yolanda Fintor will sign copies of their cookbook, “Souper Skinny Soups,” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Borders Books & Music, 14651 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks. (818) 728-6593.

Borders Books & Music, 100 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale, will be offering their customers the chance to be photographed with a milk mustache, just as in the famous ad campaign, Saturday at 1 p.m. One free photo per person or group. The musical group House Blend performs tonight at 8. (818) 241-8099.

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

A new discussion group, tentatively titled “Last Sunday of the Month,” will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Once Upon a Time, 2284 Honolulu Ave., Montrose. This inaugural meeting’s topic: Finding More Time to Read. (818) 248-9668.