HOT TICKETS

Hip-hop kingpin Jay-Z is in concert at Wolstein Center in Cleveland at 7:30 tonight, with opening acts J. Cole and N.E.R.D. Tickets range from $35 to $125, and are available through Ticketmaster.

On area stages:

“The Black Cat,” based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, continues its run at the Victorian Players Theatre, 702 Mahoning Ave. (across from Flynn’s Tires), Youngstown. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. There also will be a special midnight show Saturday night. Call (330) 746-5455.

“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” will be presented at New Castle Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The theater is at 212 E. Long Ave., New Castle, Pa. Call (724) 654-3437.

Poobah, fronted by Youngstown native Jim Gustafson, has been churning out psych-rock for a few decades now and seems to be getting its due. The band recently signed to Texas-based Rockadrome Records, which was then purchased by major-label Warner Bros. The band will be featured in an upcoming issue of Guitar World magazine and also has an interview posted at www.goldminemag.com, Web site for the national music-collectors magazine. The band will be at Aces Wild Wings in Boardman Plaza (Route 224) Friday night. Magma, a classic-rock trio whose members are only 12 years old, will open the 9 p.m. show. Call (330) 758-8404.k

Stage Left Players will present “A Streetcar Named Desire” at Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon, at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Call (330) 424-5093.

Comedians Guy Torry and Marina Franklin will entertain at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Ford Family Recital Hall in the DeYor Performing Arts Center, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown. It’s a women and minority networking event, sponsored by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, the city of Youngstown and the Ohio Department of Development. Tickets are $20 ($17 for chamber members and city and state employees). Call (330) 744-2131, ext. 12, for tickets; or check Ticketmaster.

Greenville Symphony Orchestra will present a concert with a Halloween theme at 8 p.m. Saturday at Passavant Center on the Thiel College campus in Greenville, Pa. Call (724) 475-1177.

Country singer Darryl Worley makes an area appearance at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Dusty Armadillo, 3147 state Route 44, Rootstown. Call (330) 325-0647.

An exhibition of quilts by Ohio artist Nancy Crow can be seen at the Trumbull Branch of the Butler Institute of American Art, Howland, through Jan. 10. At the main branch, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, check out the exhibition by Mark Sijan, America’s premiere hyper-realism sculptor. More than one person has been caught talking to one of Sijan’s life-size sculptures of people, because they are so real looking. Sijan’s last exhibition at the Butler six years ago was a hit with families.

Rhythm In Shoes has been mixing American styles of dance and music for 20-some years but will disband at the end of this season. The Mahoning Valley will get one last chance to see the troupe at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Packard Music Hall in Warren. Call (330) 399-4885.

jRock act Daughtry comes to Covelli Centre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4. Tickets range from $41.20 to $51.45 and are available through Ticketmaster.