Events happening Wednesday

EVENTS

Travel Night at the Zoo The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Assn. presents a free preview of two unique GLAZA-sponsored vacations to Botswana and Peru. Hosted by professional guides, the event focuses on the exploration of each area’s exceptional wildlife, plant life and ecosystems. L.A. Zoo, 5333 Zoo Drive. 7 p.m. Free. (323) 644-4200, www.lazoo.org

MOVIES

Tom Gunning and Thomas Demand The common language of the image intrinsically links film and photography. The Hammer presents a conversation with two esteemed thinkers from each medium: Gunning is a film theorist and historian who has written books on early cinema, D.W. Griffith and Fritz Lang. Artist Demand makes realistic images of rooms that are actually photographs of three-dimensional models. Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. Free. 7 p.m. (310) 443-7000.

MUSIC

Black Lips They play what sounds like a sloppy-fun hybrid of ‘60s psychedelia and late ‘70s punk. Opening for them is the Japanese Motors, with raucous, surf-soaked garage rock in tow. Detroit Bar, 843 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa. $15. 8:30 p.m. (949) 642-0600, detroitbar.com

COMEDY

Jackie Mason Did you not get your fill of groan-inducing Yiddish humor around the dinner table at Hanukkah last year? Jackie Mason, the defining voice on such matters, will help you atone during this run, titled “No Holds Barred,” at the Wadsworth, 11001 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. today-Sun. $22-$87. www.richmark ent.com