SitemapToday’s entertainment picks:
v WWE Live, 7:30 p.m.: The wrestling show returns to Covelli Centre with tag-team champs New Day and more ($15 to $110 at the box office); 800-745-3000.
v Greek Festival, noon to 10 p.m.: Greek food and entertainment (free admission) at Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church, 401 12th St., Campbell.
v Katrina Brown, 8 and 10 p.m.: Raw standup comedian at the Comedy Cellar at Mojo’s Pub and Grill, 6292 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-6656.
v “Dear Liar,” 7:30 p.m.: An intimate show that relives playwright George Bernard Shaw’s affair through letters ($17.50, includes dessert and coffee at intermission). It’s in the cabaret room at Selah Restaurant, 130 S. Bridge St., Struthers; 800-838-3006.
v “Vaudeville at the Vic,” 7:30 p.m.: This annual fundraiser ($10) is a fun revue-style show. The theater is at 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455.
“MythBusters” (8 p.m., Discovery): The explosive final season of “MythBusters” continues. Tonight, Adam and Jamie try to determine whether or not gummy bears can be used as rocket fuel.
For complete listings, see TV Week magazine, included with today’s paper.
LOCAL TOPICS ON TV
“Community Connection” (Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV and 11 a.m. on WBCB-TV): Host Madonna Chism Pinkard’s guests will be Nick Santucci or Youngstown city schools, Jerome Franklin of the Starting Lineup, Katie Seminara of the Youngstown Phantoms and JoAnn Stock of Akron Children’s Hospital.
“Increase the Peace” (today at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on MyYTV): Host Andrea Mahone will welcome local artist Monica Currie.
“A Conversation With Dee” (Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on WKBN-TV): Host Dee Crawford’s guests will be Ian Beniston and Tiffany Sokol from the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.
“Senior Focus” (today and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Armstrong Cable channels 20 and 100): Host Bill Adams will talk with guests from the Antonine Sisters and Easter Seals Adult Day Care programs.
Oscar contest deadline nears
The deadline to enter The Vindicator’s Best of Film contest, in which the winners win gift certificates from Rulli Brothers, is Wednesday. The ballot will appear in Monday’s paper.
Musicologist will lecture on campus
YOUNGSTOWN
Michael Baumgartner, a professor of musicology at Cleveland State University, will give a free lecture at 4 p.m. Feb. 26 in Bliss Recital Hall, on the Youngstown State University campus. For information, call the Dana School of Music at 330-941-2307.
Baumgartner will focus on Jean-Luc Godard’s early films from 1960 to around 1966, which reveal an ironic reflection of Hollywood cinema from the 1940s and 1950s.
His research comprises music in relation to the other arts (cinema, theater and visual arts), music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and the narrative capacity of music.
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