“In the Moonlight Eddie” continues at Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St.

“In the Moonlight Eddie” continues at Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St. The drama about a struggling playwright and his son will be performed at 8 tonight through Saturday. Call (330) 746-0404 for tickets.

Two plays open tonight at area theaters. Salem Community Theatre, 490 E. State St., has the psychological murder-mystery “Strangers on a Train” at 8 tonight and Saturday and 2 Sunday. Call (330) 332-9688.

The curtain goes up at 7:30 p.m. on Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at New Castle Playhouse Annex Theater, 202 E. Long Ave., New Castle. “Memoirs” continues at 7:30 Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Call (724) 654-3437.

Stage Left Players’ “Seussical, the Musical” continues at 8 tonight and Saturday (2 p.m. Sunday) at Trinity Playhouse (formerly the Outreach Center), 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon. Call (330) 424-5093.

“The Cover of Life” is on the Trumbull New Theatre stage at 8 tonight and Saturday. The theater is at 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles. Call (330) 652-1103.

The Youngstown SteelHounds take on the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs for a three-game weekend series that begins tonight at 7:05 at Chevrolet Centre. Tonight is military night, which means military vehicles will be on display. The Hounds will wear camouflage jerseys tonight and Saturday and auction them off after Saturday’s game. Fans are also asked to bring a nonperishable food item to both games for Second Harvest Food Bank. Sunday is dollar hot dog day. After the 4:05 p.m. game, the Youngstown Skating Club will put on an exhibition. Tickets start at $8. Call (330) 747-PUCK.k

Spiritual Journey, a musical tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., begins at 7 p.m. in Powers Auditorium. The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will be joined by the Martin Luther King Celebration Choir and Mayor Jay Williams and his wife, Sonja. Call (330) 744-0264 for tickets.

The Breezeway breezes into town for a show at Cedars Lounge, 23 N. Hazel St., Youngstown. The guitar-rock trio with roots in Salem will be joined by the Bedspins. The 18-and-over show starts at 11 p.m. Call (330) 743-6560.

Go ahead and let the kids bounce off the walls at Youngstown State University’s Stambaugh Stadium. Bounce-arounds, games and other activities will be set up indoors, under the stadium grandstand, for a day of family fun. The free event begins at 1:30 p.m. Hang around afterward to catch a basketball doubleheader at Beeghly Center. The Penguins will take on Detroit in a women’s game at 4:30, and the men’s team will take on nationally ranked Butler in the nightcap.

Fight the winter blahs by heading south with the Packard Concert Band, who will present a free concert at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave., Warren, at 3 p.m. Titled South of the Border, the program is loaded with sunny, hot-blooded numbers such as “Bolero,” featuring the Packard Trumpet Trio: Brenda Romack, Marc Pupino and Terry Gale. Donald W. Byo is the conductor.

One-of-a-kind performance artist Ron Amstutz visits the Butler Institute of American Art at 1 p.m. to kick off his exhibition, which will run through April 27.

j Jason Ricci and New Blood bring their rock-funk-jam sound next week to Tully’s Steakhouse in Sharon, Pa., at 9 p.m. Monday. Call (724) 981-7221.

Vocal group legend Ben E. King, noted for such songs as “Stand by Me” and “There Goes My Baby,” will sing with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra Feb. 9 at Powers Auditorium. Stuart Malina of the Harrisburg (Pa.) Symphony Orchestra, will be guest conductor. Call (330) 744-0264 for tickets.