The 23rd annual Warren Italian American Heritage Festival opens and runs through Sunday at

The 23rd annual Warren Italian American Heritage Festival opens and runs through Sunday at Courthouse Square in downtown Warren. There will be Italian food, music and vendors.

WYSU and Youngstown Film will continue the free Summer Classic Film Festival with “Shane” at 7 p.m. in the auditorium in DeBartolo Hall (Room 132) at Youngstown State University. The movie, based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Jack Schaefer, is one of the great American westerns. Released in 1953, the film stars Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur and Van Heflin. “Shane” tells the story of a weary gunfighter who attempts to settle down with a homestead family but who is drawn into a fight for homesteaders’ rights against a cattle baron.

The BreezeWay performs at 9:30 p.m. in a free show at the Timberlanes of Salem and follows up with another show at 9 p.m.. Saturday at the Flying Pig Saloon in Salem. The band, originally from Salem, now is based in Nashville.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. for concerts by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor on Oct. 1 at the Agora Theatre in Cleveland and comedian Lisa Lampanelli on Oct. 26 at Lorain Palace Theater in Lorain. Contact Ticketmaster or visit www.livenation.com.

Mercer County Jamboree with ice cream social from 6 to 9 p.m. and concert with bluegrass, gospel and country music at 7 at courthouse square in Mercer, Pa.

Vocalist Kathleen Carnali will present a free concert at 7 p.m. at Abundant Life Fellowship, 46469 state Route 46, New Waterford.

The Shaker Woods Festival, marking its 25th year, opens this weekend and continues Aug. 18-19 and 25-26. The craft festival features more than 200 artists and craftspeople from across the country. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shaker Woods is located on Route 7, a mile north of the intersection of Route 14 in Columbiana. For information, call (330) 482-0214.

“Rediscovering the Ceramics of Ron Pivovar” opens with a public reception from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa. Pivovar, who has been a potter for some 40 years, also taught at Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., from 1967-2000. The show continues through Sept. 28. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Buc Wyld, a country band, will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Judge Morley Pavilion as part of Mill Creek MetroParks 7UP Summerfest Spectacular. The concerts are free.

The 16th annual Brier Hill Italian Festival is planned Aug. 16-19 at Calvin and Victoria streets in Youngstown. Proceeds will benefit ITAM Memorial Post 12 on Calvin Street.

Kennywood Park, West Mifflin, Pa., will hold Nationality Days. Scottish Day is Aug. 24 with bagpipers and fiddlers, Jewish Community Day is Aug. 26 with kosher foods, and Croatian Day is Sept. 1 with ethnic pastries and lamb and a special program at 5 p.m.

Anúna will perform Oct. 5 at the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Monday at LiveNation.com and www.pghart.org and the box office at Theater Square. The group’s music is part classical, part folk, part world and part Celtic. They will be featured in a concert special on Public Television this month and September for the annual National Pledge Drive.