Ciudad Juarez as 'Murder City'

Journalist/author Charles Bowden will discuss his new book, "Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields," tonight at Aloud at the Central Library. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez will ask the questions, starting at 7 p.m. "There is no one better equipped to take you to the heart of the disintegration of this once lively, now deadly city than Tuscon-based journalist/writer Charles Bowden, who has been immersing himself in Cuidad Juarez off and on for 20 years," Celeste Fremon writes.

Noted: Aloud's Thursday program with Natalie Merchant doing songs from her new album, Leave Your Sleep, is sold out. It's at The Aratani/Japan America Theatre on south San Pedro Street.