Happening Tuesday: Election returns at M Bar and more

MOVIES

“Stranded in Canton” There may be no better documentarian of American weirdness than the photographer William Eggleston. With “Stranded in Canton,” he finally got around to editing the 30 hours of film he shot with director Robert Gordon that depicts the shady, hopeless and hopeful denizens of bars, alleys and back roads of New Orleans and Memphis. It’s preceded by the unveiling of a new Eggleston print, “Untitled ( Los Angeles) 1994/2010,” and an appearance at LACMA. Cinefamily, 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A. 8 p.m. $12. https://www.cinefamily.org.

EVENTS

Election returns at M Bar Whether Democrat or Republican, the one thing we can all agree on is the need to have a serious drink once the midterm returns come in. Local rocker Kristian Hoffman will facilitate just that at this election-returns party at Hollywood’s estimable burlesque venue M Bar, where either your sorrows or joys will be plied with strong spirits and scuzzy guitar jams. M Bar, 1253 Vine St., L.A. https://www.mbaronline.com.

BOOKS

Stuart Dybek The Midwestern author who’s been decorated with a MacArthur grant and a PEN/Malamud prize, among other awards, makes a rare West Coast appearance for Benjamin Weissman’s New American Writing series. The Northwestern University writer in residence, who has three acclaimed books of fiction to his name — “Childhood and Other Neighborhoods,” “The Coast of Chicago” and “I Sailed with Magellan” — will read from his latest work. Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 7 p.m. Free. (310) 443-7000.