Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

vYoungstown Community Concert Band, 8 p.m.: Christmas concert at Ford Family Recital Hall, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown; 330-744-0264

vRockin’ Around the Square, 8 p.m.: A lively rocking Christmas concert at Main Street Theater, 5 N. Main St., Columbiana; 330-482-9647.

vThe Vogues and The Shades of Blue, 7:30 p.m.: Vocal groups in concert at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren; 330-841-2931.

v“The Cricket on the Hearth,” 7 p.m.: Actress-playwright Carol Weakland presents the Dickens classic in a one-woman show at Chloe Pierce Memorial Chapel, 131 N. Mercer Ave., Sharpsville, Pa.; 330-782-4322

v“Believe: Christmas Is Coming,” 7 p.m.: Inspirational music and dance in a theatrical setting by Move Over Broadway Productions. St. Michael Church Family Life Center, state Route 46, Canfield; 330-533-8789.

“Farewell Mr. Kringle” (8 p.m., Hallmark Channel): In the new TV movie “Farewell Mr. Kringle,” a jaded journalist (Christine Taylor) attempts to prove that Santa Claus is a fraud.

FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PROGRAMMING, SEE TV WEEK INSERT.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (6:30 a.m. Sunday, 21 WFMJ-TV; and 10 a.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will sponsor its second financial awareness workshop, “Doing More with Less”, which will feature experts on finance, budgeting and planning. Anita Wainwright and E. Nikki Davis will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss the event and the community commitment of the sorority.

Next, local author and evangelist Karen Green will discuss her new book, “Thee Welcome Wagon,” which offers a unique perspective of welcome speeches that can be used for churches, organizations, schools and numerous other groups.

“Sunday Morning with Dee” (8 a.m. Sunday, WKBN-TV 27): This weeks guest is Jo Ann Stock and Betty Cmil from Akron Children’s Hospital. They will discuss what the Kid’s Crew and staff of Akron Children’s Hospital have planned for fundraising.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

ABC News names new president

NEW YORK

ABC has selected Ben Sherwood, a former producer of “Good Morning America” who left to write novels and start a website, as its news division president. He replaces David Westin, who announced earlier in the fall that he would be stepping down after 14 years.

Sherwood takes over a news division where many of its broadcasts — “World News,” “Good Morning America” and “This Week” — have recently undergone personnel transitions that left them losing ground in the ratings to the market leader, NBC News. Like many news organizations, ABC has been hit hard by staff cuts and faces the challenge of turning a profit in a rapidly changing television world.

Besides his work as a journalist, Sherwood is an author who wrote the novel “The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud.” He is a founder of a website that is a resource for people surviving in the face of adversity.