Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

vSeether, 8 p.m.: “The Remedy” rockers, with opening acts Pop Evil and Phoenix Rising, at Club Gossip, 1743 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown; surfthevalley.com.

v“The Philadelphia Story,” 8 p.m.: Romantic comedy opens tonight at Salem Community Theatre, 490 E. State St., Salem; 330-332-9688.

v“Crimes of the Heart,” 8 p.m.: Stage Left Players present this drama which picks up at a reunion of three sisters. At Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon; 330-831-7249.

vFall Pumpkin Festival, 6-11 p.m.: Food, pumpkin painting and a carving contest and more, at the Penn State-Shenango softball field on Vine Avenue, Sharon, Pa.

v“Our Town,” 7:30 p.m.: A meaningful slice of small-town America. Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455.

“As the World Turns” (2 p.m., CBS): It debuted on April 2, 1956, and has been a daytime television fixture for 54 years. But today, the lights go out on “As the World Turns,” yet another victim of the ratings decline plaguing soap operas.

“Star Wars: THE CLONE WARS” (9 p.m., CARTOON NETWORK): “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” returns with more animated adventures set in a galaxy far, far away. Expect to see the Dark Side grow stronger and our intrepid Jedi Knights to be pushed to the breaking point.

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Fans lament end of ‘As World Turns’

CINCINNATI

Longtime soap opera fans are sad about the end of a TV era coming today. “As The World Turns” airs for the last time, the latest daytime drama to go because of fallen ratings.

The show made its debut in 1956 for Procter & Gamble Co., the Cincinnati-based maker of soap and many other household products. It was once a big hit.

Thirty-eight-year-old Melanie Cosgrove of suburban Cincinnati says she started watching while pregnant and hasn’t missed an episode in 18 years. Cosgrove tells The Cincinnati Enquirer she’s already sad her grown-up baby is ready to leave for college, and now she’ll lose her TV “friends.”

Fifty-eight-year-old Pat Heasley remembers watching with her mother as a child in Fort Wright, Ky. Mom kept her updated during school years.

Cirque du Soleil tickets available

YOUNGSTOWN

Tickets for the Cirque du Soleil show, “Dralion,” which comes to Covelli Centre Nov. 10-14, are on sale. Prices range from $35 to $69, with premium seats $90 to $94. Additional fees may apply. Discounted seats for children 12 and under are available. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 11, 12 and 13; 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13; and 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Nov.14.

Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and the Covelli Centre box office.

The name “Dralion” is drawn from its two main symbols: the dragon, representing the East, and the lion, representing the West. The international cast features 52 acrobats, gymnasts, musicians, singers and comedic characters.