Susan Egan: Seal Beach native and Broadway star Susan Egan comes back with dinner and drinks at the Carpenter Center. She’ll belt out a performance, too. 6pm.
CARPENTER CENTER 6200 Atherton St, Long Beach 90815. 562.985.7000; carpenterarts.org.

Jermaine Dupri: No word on how much of this autobiography Dupri wrote himself, but the yarn’s  a fascinating one: the story of a modern-day music mogul with an empire after the fashion of Mariah Carey, Usher, Lil Jon and Janet Jackson. 7pm. Tickets required.
BOOK SOUP 8818 Sunset Blvd, W Hollywood 90069. 310.659.3110; booksoup.com.

Frida Kahlo: A handful of artists re-imagine and canonize Frida Kahlo.
PICTURE THIS GALLERY & CUSTOM FRAMING 4130 Norse Way, Long Beach 90808. 562.425.4861.

Alice Sebold: Most of Alice Sebold’s work deals with her own history of violence, punctuated decades ago her brutal rape at Syracuse University. But in channeling that past, Sebold delivered two best-selling books—Lucky and The Lovely Bones—that possess that ever-popular strain of quiet strength. 7pm.
HAMMER MUSEUM 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90024. 310.443.7000; hammer.ucla.edu.

The 710 Ends: A group exhibition picking through the forgotten places from “L.A. to Where the 710 Ends.”
ZEPHYR CAFE 340 E Fourth St, Long Beach 90802. 562.435.7113.

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