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Picks: ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live’ hits the road

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MOVIES

” Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live” The mainstay on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, now in its 10th year, takes the show on the road, boasting “two-thirds of the cast” in the guise of co-creator Dave Willis and voice actor Dana Snyder, who will serve up a heaping platter of variety show niceties including musical performances, script readings and exclusive video clips. The El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. Tue. $26. (323) 936-6400. https://www.aquateenlive.com.

BOOKS

Helen Benedict Her “The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq” has been praised by the Nation’s Katha Pollitt as a “must-read for everyone who cares about women, justice, fairness, the military and the United States.” The author will be in conversation with Deanne Stillman, author of the bestselling “Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojave.” Aloud at the Central Library, 630 W. Fifth St. 7 p.m. Tuesday. (213) 228-7500.

Will the Internet Collapse? The rising tide of Internet illegality building in the wild west world of cyber-space is the focus of this surprising presentation. Joseph Menn, technology correspondent for the Financial Times and author of “Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet,” visits Zócalo to explain why this new breed of criminal threatens to end the Internet as we know it. National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Ave., Little Tokyo. 7:30 p.m. Free. Reservations recommended. (213) 830-1880. https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org.

Carol Burnett The TV comedy legend steps back into the spotlight with two appearances this week to discuss and sign her new memoir, “This Time Together.” Tonight Burnett will share the stage with her longtime costar Tim Conway; Thursday will be a one-woman affair. Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. 7:30 p.m. $22. (323) 655-0111. https://www.sabantheatre.org. Borders Westwood, 1360 Westwood Blvd., L.A. 7 p.m. Thu. Free. (310) 475-3444. https://www.borders.com.

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