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MOVIES: Head to the Navy Memorial Theater tonight for short film screenings from the DC American Pacific Asian Film Festival at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door (cash only).

Or try the AFI Silver to catch Oblivion, part of the Latin American Film Festival. The documentary follows director Heddy Honigmann as she returns to her hometown of Lima to interview service workers and street performers as a way of exploring the effects of years of political turmoil on the city’s working class. 9 p.m., $10.

READING: Free Minds, an organization that introduces young inmates to the power of reading and creative writing, presents Hear Us Out! at Sixth & I for free at 7 p.m. Tonight’s performance will feature released members of the program who will read both their poetry and the work of friends who are still in prison.

MUSIC: Strong local music line-up at the Black Cat backstage tonight, with John Davis’ Title Tracks, Andalusians and Fulton Lights (featuring DCist contributor Eric Axelson). $8 doors, 9 p.m.

TALK: The Center for American Progress and the Progressive Book Club present Moving Forward: Foundations of a New Progressive Era, an authors series that brings writers and policy experts together. Tonight’s discussion features Howard Dean, historian Kevin Mattson, The Atlantic’s James Fallows, and CAP’s John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira moderating a talk about Mattson’s new book, “What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?” Jimmy Carter, America’s “Malaise” And the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country. 6:30 p.m., free but RSVP please.