@ The Sausage Factory, 517 Castro Street. Join LGBT Rotarians on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays to learn about current projects and volunteer opportunities. 6:30–8pm. portal.clubrunner.ca/13807

@ Laurel Bookstore, 1423 Broadway, Oakland.  Polish will present her debut novel, a lesbian faerie tale with dragons that grow on trees. 6:30pm. laurelbookstore.com

@ Wild Side West, 424 Courtland Avenue. Kit Tapata hosts the weekly-on-Wednesdays trivia competition mixed with music and live improv at the popular Bernal Heights location. 7–9pm. tapatatwins.com 

@ GLBT History Museum, 4127 18th Street. Art historian and scholar Ladislav Zikmund-Lender will present an illustrated talk addressing the question of Phoebe Hearst’s awareness of her friend Orrin Peck’s sexuality and if so, the role that might have played in their friendship. 7–9pm. glbthsitory.org

@ California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, 55 Music Concourse Drive. “SpaceAge” is the theme for the evening in the Academy’s ongoing Thursday NightLife series. 6–10pm.  calacademy.org

@ Virgil’s Sea Room, 3152 Mission Street. Electroclash is the genre for this edition of the 1st Thursday event, hosted by Yves Saint Croissant with featured musicians, photobooth and cocktail specials. virgilssf.com

@ Temescal Brewing, 4115 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland. The event, described as an evening of “beers, beats and babes in Oakland,” continues on first Fridays with resident and guest DJs spinning tunes and menu items by El Sabrosito ES. 5pm. Queer First Fridays on Facebook. temescalbrewing.com

@ The Terrace Room, Lake Merritt Hotel, 1800 Madison Street, Oakland. Now in its tenth year, the popular first Friday social networking event for women continues with San Francisco Bay Times co-publishers Betty Sullivan and Jennifer Viegas as featured guests for April. 6-8pm. Ebabes TGIF on Facebook