Top entertainment picks:

April 30, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

vYSU Dance Ensemble Recital, 7:30 p.m. Annual performance by Youngstown State University students and faculty troupe. Ford Theater, Bliss Hall, Wick Avenue, Youngstown; (330) 941-3105.

vThe Recycle Revue, 7 p.m. Ballet Western Reserve has choreographed a special program that uses Beatles songs and has a green message. Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown; (330) 744-1934.

v“The Heiress,” 7:30 p.m. A lively tale of a young woman in Victorian times. Victorian Players Theatre, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; (330) 746-5455.

v“SubUrbia,” 8 p.m. Play takes a look at the limitations of life in suburbia. Kent-Trumbull Theater, 4314 Mahoning Ave., Champion; (330) 675-8887.

vH-Beam, 10 p.m. Nashville-based rock act puts on a theatrical spectacle. The Lemon Grove, 122 W. Federal St., Youngstown; (330) 301-0282.

“Who Do You Think You Are?” (8 p.m., NBC): On the latest episode of “Who Do You Think You Are?” filmmaker Spike Lee travels to the deep South to take a deeper look into his family roots. On his agenda: Find out who owned his slave ancestors.

entertainment news

VexFest sets date and seeks bands

YOUNGSTOWN

VexFest, the annual free all-day outdoor rock music festival in downtown Youngstown, will be Aug. 15.

About 50 bands and other acts will perform on multiple stages during the event, now in its seventh incarnation.

Bands and other entertainers interested in performing can submit an electronic press kit at www.sonicbids.com/vexfest.

Submissions will be accepted until June 15.

For more information, send an e-mail to vexfest@gmail.com.

Short-film festival at Lemon Grove

YOUNGSTOWN

The Lemon Grove, 122 W. Federal St., downtown, will hold a short-film festival at 8 p.m. June 6.

All submissions will be screened, as long as they are original (not previously submitted for a class, festival, or other event); no longer than 25 minutes; and made in Youngstown.

There is a limit of one submission per individual or group.

Submissions are due by midnight May 30.

Digital copies can be brought to the Lemon Grove (addressed to Jacob Harver or Josh Cretella.)

Films will be shown and then graded by secret audience ballot.

The winner will receive a $100 Lemon Grove gift certificate.

For more information on the festival of the weekly Sunday Film Series at the Lemon Grove, e-mail Cretella at josh.cretella@gmail.com.

Dance party

AUSTINTOWN

The public is invited to a Plenty of Fish/DARE dance at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Saxon Club on Meridian Road, with DJ Ron Chick. There will be free dance lessons. Call (330) 980-8929 for more information. The POF/DARE dances are usually held at the Grist Mill in Austintown, and will return there on Thursday.