MONDAY: Leftover anger from last week’s G8 Summit? Check out John Perkins at Politics and Prose tonight. He’ll be discussing his newest book The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption, which details the shady deals behind U.S. foreign aid to developing countries. 7 p.m. TUESDAY: Hurricane season is upon us yet again, and this August will mark the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating impact…

In the 1998 suspense thriller “Enemy of the State,” Gene Hackman, who plays a disgruntled former employee of the National Security Agency, says of the increasingly surveillance-happy U.S. government: They get into your bank statements, computer files, email, listen to your phone calls…Every wire, every airwave. The more technology used, the easier it is for them to, keep tabs on you. It’s a brave new world out there. At least it better be.When the movie…

A new documentary about U.S. Representative Barney Frank, titled “Let’s Get Frank” is showing at Visions Cinema this weekend only. Screenings at 8:00 and 9:40 p.m. on Friday and Saturday are $9. A 6:15 p.m. screening on Sunday is $15, and features a discussion with Rep. Frank after the film. From the synopsis:Filmmaker Bart Everly has spent the past 24 months following U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.), one of the nation’s few openly gay politicians….