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The State and the Individual: Films by Marc Bauder and Dörte Franke opens at Goethe-Institut. The film series explores life after the reunification of West and East Germany. Although it's been 20 years, Germany's "extensive spy network and the state's repression of dissident thought continue to have tremendous effects on the cultural fabric of German society." Last to Know screens tonight. The 2006 documentary, nominated for the 2007 German Film Critics Award, tells the story of three German families who had members imprisoned during the GDR's existence. 6:30 p.m. $7/$4. Films are in German with English subtitles.

MUSIC & LITERATURE

Electronic 'beat music' artist Teebs with Sonnymoon and Time Wharp at DC9. 8:30 p.m. $10.

Happy New Year at Montserrat House featuring Cornell West Theory and Red Line Graffiti. 8 p.m. $10. 18+.

Pulitzer-prize winner Art Spiegelman — Metamaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus at DCJCC. 7:30 p.m. $15/$20.