>> 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…

DCist’s highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: Stranger Than Paradise “You go to some place new and everything just looks the same,” says Eddie, one of the two hipster-slacker protagonists of Jim Jarmusch’s wickedly funny second feature. Press materials made a big deal of the origin of the film, pointedly calling it “A New American Film by a New American Director.” There’s…

Acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese was recognized last night as the 2006 Guggenheim Honoree at the SILVERDOCS festival. The award, named after the late 4-time Academy Award winning (longtime D.C. resident) Charles Guggenheim, was presented in a ceremony highlighting Scorsese’s contributions to documentary film. After a brief introduction by local filmmaker Grace Guggenheim (daughter of Charles), the packed AFI Silver Theatre audience was treated to a selection of scenes from Scorsese’s documentary work, followed by…

We’re going to be the first ones to call it: the SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival is all grows up. Yeah, you heard us. As of this year, it’s a real-deal film festival, the kind of event any filmmaker who knows anything would be thrilled to participate in. And we’re not just blowing smoke. The lineup of more than 100 films and special events between today and Sunday isn’t just impressive, it’s overwhelming. With all…

FRIDAY: >> Throughout this weekend at the intimate space of Twins Jazz on U Street, enjoy some fabulous local jazz at the Alto Saxophone Summit. For $15, you can catch Charlie Young, a professor of music at Howard University, Marty Nau, a local jazz alto saxophonist, and Marshall Keys, who’s played with Lionel Hampton and Branford Marsalis. Tickets can be purchased here. 9 p.m. >> If you recently caught “Broken Flowers,” the latest film in…