7:30pm Literature

Regular “Whad’ya Know?” listeners might remember that two weeks ago novelist Jane Smiley stood up host Michael Feldman for the public radio show. But Writers Bloc has them together tonight, when Feldman will interview the author of “Moo,” “A Thousand Acres” and the recent bestseller “Horse Heaven.”

* Writers Bloc with Michael Feldman and Jane Smiley, at the Writers Guild Theatre, 135 S. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills. 7:30 p.m. $15. Reservations required. (310) 335-0917.

7:30pm Theater

Peter Falk and Jason Alexander headline in the world premiere of “Defiled,” Lee Kalcheim’s drama about a police negotiator and an over-the-edge city librarian who’s threatening to blow up the library over the replacement of his beloved card catalog.

* “Defiled,” Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 4 and 8:30 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m. Also June 14 and 15, 2 p.m.; dark June 16-19. Ends July 2. (310) 208-5454, (213) 365-3500. $20 to $42; June 14 and 15 matinee mezzanine seats, $25.

7:30pm Family

Washington Prep High School, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s new musical magnet supported by Gregory Hines, Angela Bassett and other luminaries, presents “What’s Going On,” based on Mark Swinton’s drama “Harlem Hear My Cry.” The musical about a young small-town musician with big-city dreams was conceived by Fernando Pullum. The school’s award-winning Washington Prep Jazz Ensemble, directed by Pullum, will provide accompaniment.

* “What’s Going On,” Stephen and Carrie Odell Theatre of Performing Arts, Washington Prep High School, 10860 S. Denker Ave, Los Angeles. Today-Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. $5 to $10; opening, $25. [323] 757-9281, ext. 0, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

8pm Theater

“The Full Monty, the Musical” is the world premiere of David Yazbek and Terrence McNally’s version of the film about unemployed British blue-collar workers who decide to make a buck by stripping.

* “The Full Monty, the Musical,” Old Globe Theatre, Simon Edison Centre for the Performing Arts, San Diego. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m. Ends July 2. $23 to $42. (619) 239-2255.

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Freebies

The ensembles Vagrant Quartet and Navigational Electronics perform Mark Trayle’s “True North (2000)” at 6:30 p.m., part of the three-day Resistance Fluctuations 2000 festival at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. (310) 577-4684.

Drummer Donald Dean’s Wild Guys play jazz at Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza, One Pier Ave., Hermosa Beach. 6-9 p.m. (310) 937-4693.