Today’s entertainment picks:


April 20, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Tim Cavanaugh, 9:30 p.m.: Laugh it up at Funny Farm Comedy Club at Los Gallos Restaurant in Boardman and 8:30 and 10:15 p.m. Saturday at Quality Inn in Liberty.

v “Doo Wops and Beauty Shops”: 6:45 p.m. today and Saturday and May 8-12 at Dutch Village Inn in Columbiana.

v Lectures, 7 p.m.: Dr. Randall Goldberg, assistant professor of music history at the Dana School of Music, will give a 20-minute lecture prior to the operas “Dido & Aeneas” and “La Serva Padrona” today and Saturday in Bliss Recital Hall.

v House of Heroes, 7 p.m.: Performance in Main Street Theater in Columbiana.

v Musicologist, 4 p.m.: Dr. Susan McClary of Case Western Reserve University will speak on “Salome in the Court of Queen Christina” at 4 p.m. in Bliss Recital Hall.

Market for artists

YOUNGSTOWN

The Artists of the Rust Belt is seeking artists to participate in the Summer Market, June 9-10 at the B&O Station, which benefits Youngstown State University’s SMARTS program.

Table/booth spaces are $60-$75.

Details and application are available on the bottom of the Winter Market page at artistsoftherustbelt.com.

Early deadline is April 28; final deadline is May 19.

For more information, call 330-219-9539.

Jazz clinic

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The Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University will present a jazz clinic from 12:30 to 3 p.m. next Friday in Bliss Hall room 2222 with nationally known jazz guitarist Joe Negri of Pittsburgh.

Negri is best-known for his appearances as Handyman Negri on the PBS show “Mister Rogers Neighborhood,” a role he has played for 30 years. As a composer, he has written music for many documentary film scores.

This clinic is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 330-941-3636.

Spring weekend

NELSON ledges

Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, 12001 Nelson Ledge Road, presents Spring Hookah Weekend May 4-6, featuring two nights with Ohio jam band Ekoostik Hookah.

The rest of the lineup includes Waterband, Sultans of Bing, Jones for Revival, Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band, Broccoli Samurai, Aliver Hall, Elephants in the Mud, Desperation String Band with Ciff Starbuck, The Recipe, Front Porch Revival, Mucklebucks and more.

Admission is $50 for Friday through Sunday, or $40 for Saturday through Sunday.

Glass bottles, fireworks and dogs are prohibited.

There is no extra charge for camping.