Today’s entertainment picks:


Today’s entertainment picks:

v Summer Festival of the Arts, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Highlights include the Dana Gypsy Jazz Ensemble at noon. Youngstown State University; ysu.edu/sfa.

v Youngstown Jazz Festival, 5 p.m.: Pieces of a Dream headline this free outdoor concert at Harrison Common, on North Walnut St., near YSU. Also performing are the John Reese Project, Alton Merrell, Laura Varcho and SounDoctrine.

v Trumbull County Fair, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Truck and tractor pulls get under way at 6:30 p.m. The fairgrounds are on Everett Hull Road, Cortland; 330-637-6010

v Rick Springfield, 8 p.m.: 1980s pop star in concert at The Harv at Mountaineer resort, W.Va. Route 2, Chester, W.Va.; 1-800-804-0468.

v Disco Inferno, 9 p.m.: Fun-loving act brings the ’70s back. The Cellar, 162 S. Bridge St., Struthers: 330-750-1311.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (7 a.m. Sunday on 21 WFMJ-TV; and 10 a.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): Danielle Smith, lifestyle specialist with Proctor and Gamble, will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard via satellite to discuss the renewal of forgotten New Year’s resolutions.

Next, Kimberly Clinkscale, Allison Smith and Ann Snider will discuss the newest state-funded charter school, Hope Academy for Autism. The school is accepting applications for children who have been identified with any autism spectrum disorder, live in Trumbull County and have an existing Individual Educational Plan (IEP).

entertainment news

Facing music for mansion break-in

RIVERHEAD, N.Y.

A New York man who broke into Sean “Diddy” Combs East Hampton mansion said at his sentencing he drank the rap mogul’s liquor, smoked his cigars and slept in his bed.

According to the New York Post, Quamine Taylor was sentenced Thursday in Suffolk County court to time served after being unable to post $2,000 bail after his April arrest.

The Queens resident was arrested at the sprawling home April 1 after spending nearly 24 hours there. He was charged on trespassing and petit larceny charges.

He had said he had hoped to stay at the house for several days.

Digital album sales rise for first half

LOS ANGELES

Overall U.S. music album sales dropped slightly in the first six months of the year, but digital album sales are up more than 13 percent over a year ago.

Tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan reported that 57 million digital albums have been sold so far in 2012, compared with 50 million during the same period last year. Digital album sales comprise 38 percent of all album purchases for the first half of the year.

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