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MOVIES

Toonstruck: Cartoons in Love Cinefamily has front-loaded a formidable evening of romantic cartoons -- with enough unbridled obsession, interspecies stalking and paw-wringing, unrequited love to make you feel pedestrian by comparison. . 8 p.m. Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. $13. www.cine family.org.

BOOKS

Lori Gottlieb The author of “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough” discusses marriage, divorce and flying solo with humorist Sandra Tsing Loh and Rabbi David Wolpe. Her conclusion that marriage is overrated has raised hackles as well as praise. Temple Emmanuel, 300 N. Clark Drive. 7:30 p.m. $20. www .writersblocpresents.com.

MUSIC

St. Vincent Annie Clark’s “Actor” was an alternately whimsical yet deadly insightful record of off-kilter indie rock with rich flourishes from a closet full of gadgets. Her guitar playing, though, is always front and center, and let it be known that she’s a ripper of the highest caliber. El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. $16. www.theelrey.com.

BOOKS

Kevin Sampsell The writer has pulled off the unlikely trick of growing into an insightful, often lacerating novelist and a hipster-publishing mogul of Future Tense books. He’ll read from his latest, “A Common Pornography.” It’s a memoir about small-town American life, you cad. Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., L.A. 7:30 p.m. Free. www.skylightbooks.com.