Raleigh
OFFSIDE
N.C. STATE CAMPUSN.C. State’s Film Studies and Middle East Studies present a year-long series of culturally relevant Middle Eastern films. Tonight’s movie, Offside, examines the fight for women’s rights in Iran through the story of a soccer game. The movie begins at 7 p.m. at Witherspoon Cinema, preceded by a short presentation about the context of the film. Admission is free. Visit www.ncsu.edu/cinema. Ashley Roberts

Chapel Hill
YIP YIP, FUTURE ISLANDS
LOCAL 506Durham-based 307 Knox Records presents an evening of electronic-fueled party music: Carolina’s Future Islands flutters between New Wave guitar and an electro shimmy of keys-and-bass squawk. Spend $8 for the 9 p.m. show. Kathy Justice

Durham
QUINN DALTON AND AMY KNOX BROWN
REGULATOR BOOKSHOP Quinn Dalton and Amy Knox Brown, both locally published by Press 53, will read their work at 7 p.m. Visit www.regbook.com or call 286-2700. Megan Stein