7:30 p.m. – Henry Petroski reads from “The Toothpick” @ Town Hall – You can extrapolate out a lot of knowledge about us humans via the history of the toothpick, I hear. Enough for a whole book, apparently.

7 p.m. – Zombie Movie Marathon @ Chop Suey – Shaun of the Dead, Dead Alive, and Zombie II. Get scared for free!