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CLUB: Tonight at dorkbot-sf, catch "people doing strange things with electricity." While we can't tell you what exactly goes on here, it sure sounds exciting. Tonight's lineup includes DV Rogers ("parkfield interventional eq field work"-- i.e., earthquakes), Jeff Wishnie ("harsh computing"), Jeremy Bornstein ("soapmaking with genetic algorithms"), and David Calkins ("robogames"). This could very well be the most exciting thing, ever. Food and drinks will be served as well. (Read more about it here.) 7:30 p.m. // Polly Harrold's Sometime Gallery - 4701 San Leandro, #15C (Oakland) // free/donation accepted FILM: Media whore, the man who will lead Tibet to freedom, or both? Find out tonight at this screening of Dalai Lama Renaissance. Narrated by Indiana Jones. (Check out the documentary's trailer here.) 7 p.m. 8:40 p.m. // Roxie Film Center (3117 - 16th Street) // $8 MUSIC: Oh, this sounds nice. Very nice. Pela (rock), the Love X Nowhere (indie, rock, psychedelic), and Audio Out Send (ghettotech, big beat, glam) stomp the floor boards for your pleasure tonight in Potrero Hill. 9 p.m. // Bottom of the Hill (1233 - 17th Street) // $10