Smart Night Out

Hear a lecture on quantum entanglement and the nature of reality as part of a bar-based series featuring professors, experts and storytellers.

Hear a true-crime lecture separating CSI fact from fiction as part of the Lectures on Tap series in an East Hollywood bar setting.

Test your useless knowledge over drinks at Native Son LA’s Tuesday-night trivia, listed as free.

Discuss Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood at ZIBBY’S BOOKSHOP’s October book club; the event is free.

Christopher Buehlman and Wes Chatham discuss *The Thrice-Bound Fool* at Barnes & Noble The Grove, giving the evening a focused literary conversation.

Hear author Ashia S. Ajani lead a teach-in on *Tending the Vines: Black Abundance in Eight Plants* at Reparations Club.

Authors Regina O’Melveny, Carolyn Brigit Flynn and Deena Metzger share their newest work and sign books at Village Well Books & Coffee.

Discuss the monthly mystery-book selection with the La Crescenta Mystery Book Club.

Put your knowledge to the test with Girls Only Game Club’s monthly trivia night, with wine, cheese, questions and prizes.