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FRIDAY:

>> Don’t miss our film picks of the week, which include the Goethe Institut’s Film Neu Festival, showcasing the best German language films of the year and running through next Thursday. Tonight’s opening night feature (to be followed by a reception) is Christian Petzold’s Jerichow, a noir-ish thriller about a German soldier back from Afghanistan to find himself dishonorably discharged and riddled with debt.

>> The Junior League Band head home for a D.C. show. Philly’s Hoots and Hellmouth and O’Tasty open up. $12 day of, 9 p.m., Black Cat. Or head backstage for a free DJ set from Kim and Sara, plus guest DJ Ian Svenonius.

>> Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears and D.C.’s Bottles/Cans will offer up some straight forward rock ‘n’ roll. $10, 9 p.m., Rock and Roll Hotel.

>> Elikeh, the Togo and MD roots Afropop collective, have some pretty chill stuff. See them with Godisheus (pronounced “Gotta See Us”), Chocolate City’s international funk hip-hop hybrid. $8, 10 p.m., Velvet Lounge.

SATURDAY:

>> Ghostbusters on the big screen! Early in the morning? Um, OK sure! At the Avalon Theater, 10 a.m., also Sunday.

>> Are your kids extra curious about the White House these days? Take your 6 to 13 year-olds on a Walking Tour of the White House Neighborhood on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m., by the Washington Architectural Foundation. RSVP here. Free.

>> Politics and Prose is hosting a special screening of The City, a 1939 film that paired composer Aaron Copland and the filmmaker/photographers Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke in an examination of the shift from 19th-century rural American communities into larger towns and cities. The City is set to be released on DVD for the first time on January 27.

>> Don’t miss our kick-ass interview with Tampa-based “sex-crazed lesbian Christian hip hop” outfit Yo! Majesty. NB: this show will almost certainly feature bare breasts. With Natalie “The Floacist” Stewart and D.C.’s own Flex Mathews. $15, 9 p.m., Black Cat.

>> There are, remarkably, still tickets available for Bill Cosby’s 9:30 p.m. show at the Kennedy Center. Grab them up now, the 7 p.m. performance is already sold out. $54-$79.

SUNDAY:

>> Fancy yourself a closet cowboy? Head to the Patriot Center for the Professional Bull Riders show. 2:30 p.m., $20-$65.

>> Part of the Iranian Film Festival, Mohammad Rasoulof’s documentary, Head Wind, examines government censorship in the Internet age in Iran. Free, 2 p.m. at the Freer Gallery’s Meyer Auditorium. Tickets are distributed an hour before showtime.

>> Tortured Soul visited D.C. early last year and will be back in town at Liv. $15 in advance, 9 p.m.