1. As mentioned in today's Morning Fizz, there are a bunch of parties for local advocacy groups, including two unfortunately-coinciding parties for enviro groups Transportation Choices Coalition and FutureWise. FutureWise’s party is 5:30 to 7 pm at AIA Seattle headquarters, at 1911 First Ave. TCC’s is from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at FareStart (700 Virginia).

There's also a happy hour tonight sponsored by the Mayor's Office of Film + Music (the department responsible for providing licensing and incentives for filmmakers and musicians) and the Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy (the people who do the Grammys).

The party is at the Spitfire Lounge, and will include local filmmakers and a couple of KEXP DJs. Sounds like a good networking opportunity for local musicians and cinéastes. Of course, this one's also at 5 pm, and, as far as I'm concerned, pretty much seals the deal on those other parties.

Tuesday, December 15th, 5:00 - 7:30 pm at Spitfire

2. The Neptune Theater is screening a film called Collision , featuring a collection of debates on "whether Christianity is good for the world," between British pundit Christopher Hitchens and an Evangelical minister from Idaho named Douglas Wilson.

Hitchens is known for his angry columns and interviews in publications like Slate and the Atlantic and his outspoken atheism, and his advocacy for interventionist foreign policy. Wilson is pretty much known for being an Evangelical minister who argues with Christopher Hitchens in this movie.

I'd go to the debate because I'm not sure I know who I want to see lose—the conservative Christian dude, or Hitchens, who once said he "hasn't yet run into an argument that has made me want to change my mind."

Tonight at 7 pm, at the Neptune Theater, on NE 45th St in the U District.

3. Langdon Cook is a local writer and foodie whose new book, The Fat of the Land, adapted from Cook's blog, is about how to forage for food (if that sounds like finding and eating weeds, that because that's pretty much what it is), where to find appropriate mushrooms, dandelions, and sea vermin, and how to cook it all. Erica C. Barnett calls the book "awesome."

Tonight, from 7 to 8 pm, at Third Place Books, 6504 20th Avenue Northeast in Ravenna.

There's also the Greg Mortenson reading I hyped yesterday. That's at Seattle Pacific University, at 6:30 pm. It's free.

4. SuttonBeresCuller is a local photo and installation art firm that does some really striking pieces for local magazine covers, public art installations, and their own exhibition material. They're having a party tonight to celebrate their upcoming (starting in January) residency at the MacDowell Colony, a big-deal artist colony in New Hampshire.

And John Roderick from the Long Winters is going to play some tunes.

At the Canoe Social Club, in the International District. From 8 pm to midnight. Entry is $15.

5. Every Tuesday, the LoFi club in Eastlake hosts a beat-conducting extravaganza called "Stop Biting" featuring a large crew local DJs, including DJ Zac Hendrix, who worked for Del the Funky Homosapien and whose beats are accordingly edgy and a little off-kilter.

The draw for me is Brooklyn export Ohmega Watts—his knowledgeable beats are filled with old snappy JBs-sounding guitar funk and vintage horn samples that could've been bootlegged from a phonograph. He also raps.

Tonight at 9 pm, at LoFi, 429 Eastlake Ave E. Entry is $4.