(BENEFIT AND AUCTION) There is a nice little organization called Rain City Projects that helps Northwest playwrights with travel grants and publishing, but you don't care about that. You care about improvised text and performance by the Vis-à-Vis Society, comic theater by Troy Mink, jazzy tunes by Mamie Lavona and Her White Boy Band, the live auction, and more ukuleles than anyone cares to count. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. 7:30 pm, $10, 21+.) BRENDAN KILEY