Tool's Maynard James Keenan has wine on his mind today. / Photo by Tyler S. Andrews via LAist's flickr pool. WORDS: Zócalo hosts journalist E. Benjamin Skinner tonight at MOCA. He’ll discuss his book A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery. Skinner has witnessed negotiations for the sale of human beings in 12 countries and four continents (e.g., a Haitian 12-year-old girl sold as sexual and domestic slave for $50) and will discuss......

TALK*: Tim Sinclair from the Booker T. Washington National Monument in Hardy, Va., will discuss Washington’s story around a traditional campfire at Temescal Gateway Park at 7:30 pm. Born as a slave, Booker T. Washington became one of America's most prominent African American educators and orators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. FILM: Baghead screens at 8 pm at the ArcLight Hollywood tonight. Now we wonder if anyone in LA can relate to......

Happy Bastille Day! Celebrate with our favorite French food: pomme frites. / Photo by jslander via LAist's flickr pool. FILM*: There’s a great double feature starting at 7:30 pm tonight at the Egyptian Theatre honoring actress Celeste Holm. Up first is The Tender Trap (1955) with Debbie Reynolds stars as a romantic interest of a womanizing socialite, played by Frank Sinatra. Holm plays a rival for Frank’s attention. Following is a newly restored print......

F.W. Murnau's Sunrise screens at the Silent Movie Theatre tonight. / Photo by Shawnté's via LAist's flickr pool. TALK: Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum moderates a Zócalo Public Square Lecture tonight on “Baby, I’m Bored: When Did Motherhood Become a Career and Is It a Professional Disaster” with authors Leslie Bennetts and Meg Wolitzer. Bennett’s book The Feminine Mistake suggests that even women who stop working even temporarily sacrifice much more than financial......

Catch the spawning grunions tonight at Cabrillo Beach. / Photo by ercwttmn's via flickr. FILM TALK Brick Lane, a film based on the novel of the same name by Monica Ali, will be screened and discussed at the latest Zócalo event tonight. Director Sarah Gavron and actress Tannishtha Chatterjee will be interviewed by Los Angeles Times columnist Meghan Daum to talk about the classic immigrant story that focuses on London's Bangladeshi community. 7:30 pm......

TALK* Zócalo asks “Is Business Abusing the Ballot?” in a panel discussion tonight. “California businesses are increasingly taking their disputes with cities, labor and especially each other to municipal ballots in the form of initiatives and referenda. As a result, voters, not the market, are forced to pick business winners and losers and decide complex development, planning and zoning questions that are supposed to be handled by city governments.” To discuss this trend are......

All kinds of art happens today and through the weekend / Photo by LaurenP! via LAist's flickr pool. TALK Zócalo’s lecture series continues tonight with Sen. Chuck Hagel and “America: Our Next Chapter.” The Republican from Nebraska will talk about the nation’s most pressing issues and his theories on how to get the country back on track. 7:30 pm // ArcLight Sherman Oaks // 15301 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks // Free, but reservations recommended.......

Joe Satriani talks and plays at the Guitar Center on Sunset today. / Photo by Photo by db via LAist's flickr pool. TALK Zócalo’s lecture series continues tonight with “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Party of One” with Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub. He’ll make the case that “Schwarzenegger's first four years as governor also represent an opportunity lost. The governor has squandered much of the advantage he once enjoyed with missteps, bad decisions, and poor execution.”......

A couple events tonight focus on the city of LA. / Photo by Tyler S. Andrews via LAist's featured photo pool. TEEVEE It’s as if the Paley Fest never ended. The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills hosts the cast and crew of the Disney Family’s Kyle XY tonight. Scheduled to appear are: Eric Tuchman, executive producer; David Himeltarb, executive producer; Julie Plec, supervising producer; Matt Dallas, "Kyle"; April Matson, "Lori Trager"; Chris......