A comedy show featuring Keith Terry, with Matt Bergman and host Tim Sampsell begins at 8 p.m. tonight and Friday at Tangier Bar, 80 Youngstown-Poland Road, Struthers. Call (330) 750-6140 for tickets.
A comedy show featuring Keith Terry, with Matt Bergman and host Tim Sampsell begins at 8 p.m. tonight and Friday at Tangier Bar, 80 Youngstown-Poland Road, Struthers. Call (330) 750-6140 for tickets.
The Mahoning Valley Home and Garden Show is at Eastwood Expo Center, Niles, this weekend, with special guest Mr. Food, the TV chef who always says, "Oh, it's so good." The Expo Center is located at the rear of Eastwood Mall. Call (330) 799-3111 or go to Homeandgardenshows.net.
The Youngstown Steelhounds take on Wichita in Central Hockey League action at Chevrolet Centre, downtown, at 7:05 p.m. tonight and Saturday, and 4:05 p.m. Sunday. Call (330) 747-7825 for tickets.
Here's what's playing at area theaters:
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at New Castle Playhouse, 202 E. Long Ave., New Castle; call (724) 654-3437 for tickets.
"Heartbreak Hotel" dinner-theater, 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday, Das Dutch Village Inn, 150 E. state Route 14, Columbiana; (866) 482-5050.
The Butler Institute of American Art's newest acquisition, the Norman Rockwell masterpiece "Lincoln the Railsplitter," goes on display to the public. To mark the event, the Butler will show two free films: "Norman Rockwell: Painting America" at 1 p.m.; and "Abraham Lincoln: Preserving the Nation" at 2:30 p.m. Both films will be shown in the Zona Auditorium in the Beecher Center wing.
Packard Music Hall will present "The Vagina Monologues" in a 7 p.m. show that will benefit local shelters for women. Tickets are 15 for cabaret-style table seating on the floor, and 12 for balcony seats. Call (330) 841-2931.
Has the bleakness of winter given you the blues? Chase the blues away by checking out Chasin' the Blues band at the new State Street Bar and Grille in Girard. The band will begin its set at 9:30. The bar is located at State Street and Route 304. Call (330) 545-8662.
Bobby Vinton sings in concert at 8 p.m. at Westminster College's Orr Auditorium, New Wilmington, Pa. Call (724) 946-7354 for tickets.
Michael Flatley's "Lord of the Dance," the spectacular Irish stepdancing show, comes to Powers Auditorium for a 3 p.m. show. Call the box office at (330) 744-0264 for tickets.
Randall Craig Fleischer leads the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra in a Feb. 24 concert at Powers Auditorium, downtown. It will mark the first time Fleischer has conducted the YSO since being named music director. Call the box office at (330) 744-0264 for tickets.
An opening night buffet will precede Youngstown State University's production of "Hamlet" on Feb. 22. The 20 package includes dinner at Winslow's Restaurant, located in the Butler Institute of American Art, and a ticket to the play in Bliss Hall, which is right across the street. Call the YSU box office at (330) 941-3105 for reservations. Deadline is Friday.
Tickets are now on sale for Jamboree in the Hills, the annual country music party in Wheeling, W.Va. How's this for a lineup: Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, .38 Special, the Charlie Daniels Band, the PovertyNeck Hillbillies, Taylor Swift, Jack Ingram, Jason Michael Carroll, the Marshall Tucker Band, the Outlaws, Neal McCoy, Sawyer Brown and Kellie Pickler? Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and at Jamboreeinthehills.com. The music festival, which is held on its grounds off U.S. 40, 15 miles west of Wheeling in Morristown, Ohio, takes place July 19-22.
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