Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v“Closer,” 8 p.m.: The play about complicated relationships opens at Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., Youngstown. For reservations, call 330-746-0404.

vSublime Weekend VI: Outdoor music featured at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Nelson includes Badfish and the Tripping Billies. For information, call 440-548-2716.

v“A Little More Than You Wanted to Pay,” 8 p.m.: It’s onstage at Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown. For reservations, call 330-788-8739.

vYankee Lake and the Northwest Truck & Tractor Pullers Association, 6 p.m.: Truck- pull finals are planned. Intermission will be highlighted by Ray Kohn of the Northeast Ohio Dukes jumping the General Lee through a ring of fire and over two school busses.

v“Mona Lisa Mosaic Masterpiece”: The exhibit of the 14-by-20-foot mural returns to Art Outreach Gallery at Eastwood Mall in Niles. It runs through Nov. 14. Information, photos and posters of the masterpiece are available through the website: www.communityartworks.com.

“Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS): On the new drama “Blue Bloods,” Tom Selleck will surely experience some tough days as the patriarch of a family of cops. But one thing is certain: His mustache will never falter.

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Lecture, recital

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The Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University will present guest artist and violinist Dr. Hristo Popov at 8 p.m. Thursday in Bliss Recital Hall. Popov will lecture on early 20th century Eastern European composers and perform a recital including selections from Bartok, Vladigerov and Enescu. Popov is in residence at the Dana School of Music. Popov is artistic director of Chagrin Valley Chamber Music Concert Series and founder and artistic director of International Festival for Strings & More in Sandusky.

Both the lecture and the recital are free and open to the public.