TONIGHT

TONIGHT

Youngstown State University Theater couldn’t have found a better place to put on “Murder In the Cathedral” than the adjacent St. John’s Episcopal Church, just down the block from its home court, Ford Theater (Bliss Hall). “Murder in the Cathedral” tells the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, archbishop of the Church of England, in 1170, and St. John’s looks like it belongs in that era. Curtain times are 8 tonight, Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Call (330) 941-3105.

FRIDAY

The Total Package Band, with Lucky Penny, are at B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. The party starts at 10 p.m. Admission is $5.

Here’s what is playing at community theaters:

“The Curious Savage,” 8 tonight and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at the Firehouse Theater, 450 E. Market St., Alliance. For ticket information, call (330) 821-8712.

“Zombie Prom,” 8 tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Salem Community Theatre, 490 E. State St., Salem; (330) 332-9688.

“Sandbag, Stage Left or One Dead Dolly,” a dinner-theater evening 6:45 tonight and Saturday, St. Michael Social Hall, Route 46, Canfield; (330) 533-8789.

“Romeo and Juliet,” Stage Left Players, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon; (330) 424-5093.

Bluesman John Lee Hooker Jr. promises to heat things up at the Ice Zone tonight. He’s doing a show at 8 at the Mezzanine, which is inside the Ice Zone at 360 McClurg Road, Boardman. Call (330) 965-1423 or go to theicezone.com.

Youngstown has a thing for intense alt-metal bands like Hurt, who, it so happens, will headline a show at The Wedge at 8 tonight. The Wedge is in Wedgewood Plaza, 1743 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown. Call (330) 792-1216 or go to atthewedge.com.

SATURDAY

Geo C & Tha Storm, Diesel & Kenny Ali team up for the last outdoor concert of the year at the spacious riverside B & O Station complex at 534 Mahoning Ave. Call (330) 480-9859. Admission is $6 for all-ages show (12 and under free).

Fresh from “Girls Behaving Badly” is comedian Chelsea Handler. She’ll bring her act to W.D. Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren, at 8 p.m. For tickets, call (330) 841-2931.

Violinist extraordinaire Joan Kwuon performs at Ford Family Recital Hall, in the DeYor Performing Arts Center, at 8 p.m. For tickets, call (330) 744-0264

Graduates of the 3 Doors Down-Fuel school of rock is Cleveland’s Three Miles Out. The relentlessly touring band has built a nice following in Northeast Ohio and beyond, but hasn’t really been seen very much in Youngstown. That changes tonight when TMO comes to the Ice House, 5516 W. Webb Road, Austintown, for a 10 p.m. show. Call (330) 544-8800.

SUNDAY

DisCanto is a folk group that is keeping alive the music of southern Italy, while updating it at the same time. The group is visiting the United States for a very limited tour, which includes Youngstown. DisCanto will be at the Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., at 6 p.m. The concert is free.

The Youngstown Area Jewish Film Festival opens at 4 p.m. with “Live and Become.” It’s the story of a Christian Ethiopian mother who forces her 9-year-old son to declare himself Jewish in order to be included in a 1984 rescue mission of Ethiopian Jews from their famine-stricken country. The film, which won the Audience Award for Best Film at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival, will be shown at 4 p.m. at USA Cinema, Great East Plaza in Niles.

The Youngstown Feis, a massive Irish dance competition, gets underway at 9 a.m. at Chevrolet Centre. More than 1,000 dancers will compete. Admission for non-dancers is $10 at the door.

The Packard Concert Band is celebrating its 52nd anniversary with a free concert at 3 p.m. at Packard Music Hall in Warren. The band will be joined by Corinne Morini and Allan Mosher, faculty members at the Dana School of Music.