Today’s entertainment picks:

October 23, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

vZombie Crawl and Thrill the World, 7 p.m.: Zombies are the new vampires and downtown will be crawling with them. The former event is a bar crawl that begins with a “parade” down West Federal Street. The latter, on Central Square, is an attempt to break the world’s record for dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.”

vYoungstown Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m.: Tonight’s concert will feature the music of Elton John and will have a rock touch. Powers Auditorium; 330-744-0264.

v“Great American Trailer Park Musical,” 7:30 p.m.: Fun farce at New Castle Playhouse, 212 E. Long Ave.; 724-654-3437.

vAries Spears, 8 p.m.: “Mad TV” comedian in free performance at University of Mount Union Theater, Alliance; 330-823-6051.

vHalloween show, 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.: A nonscary show for families that offers some knowledge about the holiday. Ward Beecher Planetarium, Youngstown State University; 330-941-3616.

“Growing the Big One” (9 p.m., Hallmark Channel): We have a Shannen Doherty sighting. She pops up in “Growing the Big One,” a movie that has her playing a city girl who turns to farming and gets immersed in a pumpkin-growing contest.

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

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (6:30 a.m. Sunday, WFMJ Channel 21; and 10 a.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): Metropolitan Baptist Church will celebrate 50 years in the community during October and November. The church’s new pastor, Michael LaMont Miles, will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss his position, the activities geared toward youth development within the church and the church anniversary dinner.

Next, Kevin Ivery, Shawn Williams and Gary McDonald, the Mobile Computer Doctors, will discuss new computer technology.

“Sunday Morning with Dee” (8 a.m. Sunday on WKBN-TV 27): This week’s guests are Latasha Fields and Rosalie Wilkings of the Stepping Out program, who will discuss diabetes and the minority community.

“Increase the Peace” (6:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday on MyYTV): This week’s guests are Patricia Baumgarner, Maureen Boals and Roger Sikroszky of Counseling Center of Columbiana County. They will discuss mental-health issues in the Valley.

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