@ Beat Museum, 540 Broadway. Queer writer and performer Kimberly Dark will present her first collection of Poetry, Love and Errors. 7pm. kerouac.com

@ First Unitarian Church, 685 14th Street, Oakland. Gender-free dancing with no partner necessary. 8–11pm. lcfd.org

@ Laurel Book Store, 1423 Broadway, Oakland. 1pm: Midday Femme Mayhem: Love and Errors Book Launch; 3pm: Ruth Clein: Author of Ramblings of a Recovering Heterosexual; 7pm: Dancing Girl Press Poetry Night with Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Alison Moncrieff, and Cathryn Shea. laurenbookstore.com

@ Beaux, 2344 Market Street. The event will launch a new monthly benefit for the Imperial Court’s Monarchs Charity Fund and other non-profits. 3–6pm. imperialcouncilsf.org

@ Everett Middle School, 450 Church Street. A new Miss/Mr Castro Country Club will be crowned while Sister Roma and Miss Ethylina Canne serve as emcees. 6:30–10pm. castrocountryclub.org

@ Castro Theatre, 490 Castro Street. The event includes the presentation of the George Gund III Craft of Cinema Award and a screening of End Game, the most recent documentary by awardees Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.

@ BAMPFA (UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Arthive), 2155 Center Street, Berkeley. The exhibit is a sweeping exploration of creativity through art, film, poetry and performance as expressed in diverse communities of the Bay Area during the past two centuries. Thursday–Sundaythrough June 3. bampfa.org

@ Strut, 470 Castro St. The Horizons Foundation’s event examines why queer people are still criminalized today, who is affected, and how queer lives can be rebuilt. 6–9pm. horizonsfoundation.org