A sampling of things going on around the hoods today. There may be more in the happenings section (our ever-expanding listings). Send your listings to editor [at] westphillylocal.com

• Snow Caps CD Release Party/Kate Ferencz and The Chairman Dances • 7 p.m. • Green Line Cafe • 4426 Locust St. • Cover: $5-7 sliding scale.

Snow Caps is Andrew Keller. Here he is performing in Tulsa in 2009

“Baby Bird” by Andrew Keller (a.k.a. Snowcaps) from Taryn Jones on Vimeo.

• WPEB Programming meeting • 6:30 p.m. • WPEB studios • 541b S. 52nd St.

Check out West Philly’s FM station here.

• Books Through Bars 20th Anniversary Film Festival • 7: 30 p.m. • Cindergarden • 4823 Baltimore Ave. • Suggested donation $3-5.

Books Through Bars’ film festival continues tonight with the theme Immigration Detention: The Racialized Face of U.S. Incarceration. Mia-lia Kiernan, a Cambodian Community Organizer, will introduce the three films. See the full schedule and a description of the films here.

• Andrew’s Video Vault at The Rotunda • 8 p.m. • The Rotunda • 4014 Walnut St. • Free

This month installment of A.R. McElhinney‘s movie madness features:

Before I Forget [aka, Avant que j’oublie] (2007 / 108 minutes) In one of the great movies of the last decade Jacques Nolot writes, directs and stars as a gay man adjusting to his lover’s death, advancing age, and his failing body.

Poison (1990 / 85 minutes)  Todd Haynes’ masterful first feature is inspired by the writings of Jean Genet and propelled by Haynes’ own unique sense of collage.

The Meatrack (1970 / 65 minutes)  A young boy grows up to be a hustler in this time capsule of a more carefree and groovy era.