Field biologist George Schaller will be at the National Zoo Wednesday for a free lecture on his experience in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Tibetan Plateau. Photo courtesy of WCS. DCist's guide to lectures and panel discussions in the D.C. area Wednesday >> At 7:30 p.m., the National Zoo will have a free lecture by field biologist and Wildlife Conservation Society head conservationist, George Scheller. At A Life in the Wild, Schaller......

>> The Jets are gonna have their day tonight at Wolf Trap with the first night of a one week stand of the Leonard Bernstein/Steven Sondheim classic West Side Story. The production celebrates the 50th anniversary of the musical. 8 p.m., $18-$55. >> It's a great evening for movies. If the Jim Jarmusch classic we recommended last week isn't quite what you're looking for, then there's also a FREE screening of Butch Cassidy and......

Night of the Living Theater...by Dead Playwrights largely presents exactly what you'd expect to happen if notable writers from the ages were asked to take their scripts to modern-day producers and pitch them for Hollywood treatment. But while the five works highlighted in the piece may frequently lack surprises, the work as a whole still adds up to enjoyable, briefly-diverting entertainment. The best of the short skits is "A Lot of Talking", which smartly echoes......