Friday, July 29, 2011
Today’s entertainment picks:
v Greater Youngs-town Italian Festival, 11 a.m.- midnight: The Miss Italian Festival Pageant will be at 7 p.m. in the main tent off Central Square, downtown; youngstownitalianfest.org.
v Motley Crue, Poison and the New York Dolls, 7 p.m.: Rock concert at Covelli Centre is sold out, but some single seats might still be available; 1-800-745-3000.
v “For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls” and “Titanic,” 8 p.m.: Outlandish comedies by Rust Belt Theater Company. Calvin Center, 755 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-507-2358.
v Elvis car cruise night with Mark Lee Pringle and the Hillbilly Cat Band, 6:30 p.m.: Early-years Elvis impersonator at A&W Root Beer, 680 Boardman-Canfield Road, Boardman. Bring lawn chairs.
v Christmas in July party, with Billy Beck and the Package Band, 9:30: Bring a new toy to be donated to the Salvation Army and get a dollar off admission (normally $6). Choices, at the Metroplex Hotel on Belmont Avenue, Liberty; 330-720-2485.
“thundercats” (8 p.m., cartoon network): In “Thundercats,” a new anime version of the 1980s cartoon series, a boy king named Lion-O, and his fellow humanoid felines, battle the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra, who is a major threat to the kingdom of Thundera and the Sword of Omens on the planet Third Earth. Clearly, someone was smoking catnip when they came up with this stuff.
tv listings, B6
entertainment news
Casting call for film to be made in area
AUSTINTOWN
Actors are being sought for “Night of the Cannibals,” a horror film that will be made locally by director Joe Mohn.
A casting call will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Best Western Meander Inn, 870 N. Canfield-Niles Road, Austintown.
Auditioners should bring a recent photo.
Production will begin in August.
The film is about a group of friends that goes camping in an area where cannibals once roamed. Soon members of their group start to go missing.
Event to benefit Lowellville band
YOUNGSTOWN
A casino night will be Aug. 5 at B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave., to benefit Lowellville High School band’s Disney World trip.
In addition to games and drawings, there will be a comedian, live music, buffet dinner and cash bar.
For tickets, contact Patty Donatelli at 330-536-8014 or Lisa Donofrio at 330-536-6704.
Cedar Point goes for world record
SANDUSKY
Cedar Point amusement park will attempt to set two world records at 9 a.m. Sunday: most beach balls in the air at the same time and greatest number of people applying sunscreen at the same time.
An adjudicator from the Guinness Book of World Records will be on hand.
Tickets to the park for Sunday-only can be purchased cedarpoint.com for $36.
Go to cedarpoint.com for more information.