Best Bets/Hot Tickets

Best Bets/Hot Tickets
FRIDAY
* Alternative-rock band Days of the New, a national recording act whose music has been described as intense and daring, earning comparisons to Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Nirvana, are the headliners tonight at Creekside Golf Dome, 1300 State Street North, Girard. Kelly and Company will open the 7:30 p.m. show. Tickets are $10. Call Creekside at (330) 545-5000.
* Fresh off his dual Emmy-award wins, comedian Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," is coming to Cleveland. Tickets priced at $42.75, $37.75 and $32.75 go on sale today for the April 2 performance at the State Theatre. Call the box office at (216) 241-6000.
* Don't miss a rare opportunity to see Sting, the universally acclaimed composer, singer and actor, in an intimate setting. At 10 a.m., tickets will be available for the former Police-man's Feb. 23 concert at Cleveland's State Theatre. Prices are $87, $62 and $47. Call the box office at (216) 241-6000, or go to tickets.com.
* End the year in shocking fashion. Get tickets ($46, general admission) today at 10 a.m. for rocker Marilyn Manson's Dec. 30 show at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland. Call the Agora at (216) 241-5555, or go to Ticketmaster.com.
* Identity, a Christian rock band from Youngstown, will perform at 7 p.m. at the Lighthouse Youth Center, 30 N. Market St., East Palestine, at 7 p.m. A free-will offering will be taken.
* Singer Neal Edman will present "Songs In My Life," today and Saturday at 8 p.m. in the intimate Annex Theater of New Castle Playhouse, 202 E. Long Ave., New Castle. Tickets are $13 and can be ordered by calling (724) 654-3437. His unique vocal interpretations range from Broadway to contemporary music. A complimentary wine and cheese reception will begin at 7 p.m. for all ticket-holders on Saturday.
SATURDAY
* The District 5 High School Honors Choir will perform a free concert today at 2 p.m. in Orr Auditorium, Westminster College, in New Wilmington, Pa.
SUNDAY
* Youngstown State University's Dana Chorale and University Chorus will present, "Life, Joy and Praise," under the direction of Dr. Hae-Jong Lee. The free concert starts at 4 p.m. in Bliss Recital Hall. The 57-member University Chorus and the 24-member Dana Chorale recently performed to a packed house at the Butler Museum of Art. For more information, contact the music department at (330) 941-3636.
* They're not revealing the title, but the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will screen a free pre-Thanksgiving "turkey of a movie" at 2 p.m. Here's a clue: Lon Chaney Jr. stars in the 1959 flick as a hook-handed, swamp-dwelling boozer who tangles with a mad scientist. Hope you're hungry. The library is at 444 Mahoning Ave., N.W., Warren.
* The Westminster College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will present "We'll Shout and Give Him Glory," a free performance, at 3 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
NEXT WEEK
* There's no school Wednesday through Friday, and for that, kids are thankful. The Skate Connection, 7080 Tiffany Blvd., Boardman, is offering free roller-skating sessions Wednesday and Friday from noon to 3 p.m. Rentals are extra. Skaters who "dress up" the Thanksgiving turkey's wish bone can win prizes Friday for most original, best-dressed "animal"; best dressed "person"; and most festive, largest and smallest.
* Ed's Redeeming Qualities, a recently reunited rock band that mixes humor with quirky charm, will headline a variety show to benefit the annual Dom Leone Writing Competition. It will be held Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in Ursuline High School's Deibel-Morley Arts Center on Bryson Street in Youngstown. A donation of $3 for students and $5 for adults will be taken at the door. Other entertainers on the bill include The Spurs of the Moment, the Lipsey Mountain Spring Band, Perth Amboy Society Tea Orchestra, Sweatin' Like a Bulldog and the Finelli School of Dance. Acts interested in being added to the bill should call Gina Leone at (216) 795-1654.
AHEAD
* On the heels of sold-out engagements in New York and London, the Broadway production of "The Graduate," starring Linda Gray, will open in Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall on Dec. 30 for an eight-show stint. The production of this iconic piece of American pop culture has proven to be a smash hit. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling (412) 392-4900 or online at www.pittsburghsymphony.org.