Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

vMahoning Commons Holiday Fest, noon to 5 p.m.: A bus will shuttle people between nine stops in the small but artsy neighborhood, including Victorian Players, Ward Bakery Building, Fellows Riverside Gardens and B&O Station.

vOld Fashioned Christmas at the Mill, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Chestnuts will be roasting on an open fire at this pleasant annual affair. Lanterman’s Mill, Mill Creek Park; millcreekmetroparks.com.

v“Alice in Wonderland,” 2:30 p.m.: Youngstown Playhouse Youth Theater presents the favorite tale; 330-788-8739.

v“We R Just Men,” 7:30 p.m.: A dead man reveals his life so the audience can decide whether he goes to heaven. Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., Youngstown; 330-746-0404.

vSojourner House benefit, 7 p.m.: The Dispersers will play at this event, which will include basket auctions and more; 330-942-1962.

“Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle” (8 p.m., Hallmark): Some pretty magical stuff is brewing in “Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle.” Doris Roberts stars as a mysterious woman who brings the Christmas spirit to a troubled department store. The film is the sequel to last year’s “Mrs. Miracle.”

For a complete list of TV programming, see tv week insert.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (6:30 a.m. Sunday, 21 WFMJ-TV): St. John’s Episcopal Church of Youngstown has welcomed a new, young rector, the Rev. Dr. Bradley Pace. The Rev. Mr. Pace will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss activities at the historical church, its community relationships and why he decided to come to Youngstown.

Next, Dr. Victor Wan Ta-Tah will discuss the 11th annual Jabali event at Youngstown State University on Dec. 3, featuring Wendy Webb, superintendent of the Youngstown City Schools.

Entertaiinment news

Black Eyed Peas get Super Bowl slot

ARLINGTON, Texas

The Black Eyed Peas will be the featured halftime performer at the Super Bowl. The Grammy award-winning group will perform Feb. 6 at Cowboys Stadium.

Since forming in 1995, The Black Eyed Peas have sold more than 28 million albums worldwide and nearly 31 million digital tracks.

Plays closing early

NEW YORK

A play about two recently released mental patients in Norway is the latest Broadway show ending its run early, joining a David Mamet valentine to the theater and a revival staring David Hyde Pierce. “Elling,” starring Denis O’Hare and Brendan Fraser, will close Sunday after 22 previews and nine regular performances. It made only about $145,000 during eight performances last week, well short of its $882,000 potential.

“La Bete,” starring Mark Rylance, Joanna Lumley and Pierce, and “A Life in the Theatre,” with Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight, also have not done well financially this season. Mamet’s “Life” will close Sunday, well short of its original Jan. 2 intended end. And “La Bete” will close Jan. 9 after struggling through about 100 regular performances.