HUNGRY FOR COMEDY? Then Iron Comic is for you. Comedian Arj Barker will host five comedians at the Punch Line in San Francisco tonight at 8 p.m., who will get 10 minutes to come up with a bit based on audience suggested topics. Throw out the zany ideas and sit back and enjoy watching professional comics make a fool of themselves all to feed your appetite.
STEROID FREE MUSIC: The A-Rod of pianists doesn't need steroids to up his game. Cuban artist Alfredo Rodriguez is just that good and he brings his music -- with the help of Quincy Jones -- to Yoshi's San Francisco, 1330 Fillmore St., tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are $14.
SOPHISTACTED ART: Photographer, mountaineer, scientist, and explorer James Balog joins KQED's Rachael Myrow to record one of the Bay Area's best radio shows: City Arts and Lectures. The interview format style show in front of a live audience explores how the creative minds of artists and thinkers work.