Today’s entertainment picks:

May 26, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

v “Sesame Street Live! Elmo Makes Music,” 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.: Furry creatures do the song-and-dance thing at Covelli Centre; 800-745-3000.

v New Castle Arts Festival, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.: This growing arts festival is in beautiful Cascade Park in New Castle; ncartfest.com

v Jonesfest, 11 a.m. to 11:15 p.m.: Arts, yoga, a sand-castle contest, sweet jam-band music and a beard contest at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Nelson Ledges Road, near Garrettsville.

v Civil War re-enactment, 1 p.m.: The battle of Banks Ford, Va., will be fought again at Beaver Creek State Park, near East Liverpool, as part of daylong activities. It’s in the Pioneer Village area.

v Civil War encampment, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Get up close with soldiers and civilians of the Civil War era. Munnell Run Farm, 747 Greenville Road, just north of Mercer, Pa.; 724-662-3490.

“National Memorial Day Concert” (8 p.m., PBS): Gary Sinise and Joe Mantegna return to host the “National Memorial Day Concert.” This tribute to America’s military heroes includes performances by Katherine Jenkins, Chris Mann and new “American Idol” champ Candice Glover.

“BEHIND THE CANDELABRA” (9 p.m., HBO): Odds are you won’t be able to take your eyes off director Steven Soderbergh’s luridly entertaining peek into the relationship between legendary pianist Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (Matt Damon). The film follows the two men from their first meeting to the fallout of the 1982 palimony suit Thorson filed when Liberace broke things off, with lots of juicy drama — and crazy costumes — in between.

“Smash” (9 p.m., NBC): The ratings-challenged, Broadway-themed drama closes the curtains on its two-season run tonight.

TV listings, B8

entertainment news

‘Menopause’ coming to Packard stage

Warren

A touring production of the off-Broadway hit “Menopause, The Musical” will come to W.D. Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, for one show at 7 p.m. June 26.

To buy tickets, call 330-841-2931. For group discounts, call 888-686-8587, ext. 5. For information, go to packardmusichall.com.

Theater interns

WARREN

The high school interns for technical work for Kent Trumbull Theater’s summer stock series are Joe Asente and Angela Sproviero, Girard; E’liyah Conner, Desmond Duvall and Tajha White, Youngstown VPA; and Robery McKay and Amber Palmer, Lakeview.