Wonkette

* World renowned klezmer superstars The Klezmatics perform Woody Guthrie songs at the Synagogue at 6th & I. $30 at 8PM. [Sixith and I]
* 1958’s Mother (Die Mutter) at AFI. Directed by Manfred Wekwerth and Harry Bremer from a Bertolt Brecht play, “This adaptation of Maxim Gorky’s 1931 novel tells the moving story of an oppressed Russian woman (a landmark performance by Helene Weigel) who is transformed into a militant revolutionary.” $9.50 at 6:30PM. [AFI]
* Tomorrow is world AIDS day, so tonight Bar Rouge is hosting a Red Hot & Rouge Cocktail Affair to benefit the Whitman-Walker clinic. Drink specials (The Red Ribbon-Tini and Grand Melon Poinsetta), free appetizers and a silent auction. Free to get in at 6:30PM. [WP]