Today’s entertainment picks:

June 8, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

v Immaculate Heart of Mary festival, 6 p.m.: Rides, music and more at the church grounds, 4490 Norquest Blvd., Austintown.

v Christ the Good Shepherd festival, 6 p.m.: Annual event at the former St. Joseph the Provider parish, 633 Porter Ave., Campbell.

v “The Lion in Winter,” 7:30 p.m.: Royals vie for the throne in the time of King Henry II. Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455.

v Party on the Plaza, 8 p.m.: An outdoor bash with The Rage in front of Buffalo Wild Wings on Federal Plaza, downtown Youngstown; 330-744-2999.

v Live Like You Were Dying, 6 p.m.: Tim McGraw tribute band at Warren Community Amphitheater, 303 Mahoning Ave., Warren; 330-922-8399.

‘Poland Idol’ seeks singers to compete

POLAND

The “Poland Idol” competition will begin at noon June 30. Registration will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. that day. The fee is $20. Contestants can also pre-register by calling Cindy Best at 330-651-2999.

The competition, part of Celebrate Poland Days, is divided into four age groups: K-4th grade, fifth-eighth grade, high school and adult.

Prizes will be awarded for first through third place for all age groups.

Film-tax-credit action applauded

CLEVELAND

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission this week commended Gov. John Kasich and the state Legislature for expanding the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Incentive, a tool for strengthening Ohio’s growing film industry.

Initiated in 2009, the film tax credit provides for a refundable credit against the corporation franchise or income tax for motion pictures produced in Ohio. The tax credit now offers a total of $40 million for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, with up to $20 million that can be allotted in the first fiscal year of the biennium.

The expansion comes shortly after the release of a Cleveland State University economic study showing the motion-picture tax incentive returns $1.20 into the Ohio economy for every $1 invested by the incentive.

In Northeast Ohio alone, the 16 projects that filmed exclusively in the region are estimated to account for 901 full-time equivalent jobs and $27.3 million in household income, according to the study.

Ohio is one of several states that offer a tax incentive to film and television productions

Oldies dance at Stambaugh

YOUNGSTOWN

An oldies dance with DJ Ron Chick, sponsored by Plenty of Fish and DARE, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Stambaugh Auditorium ballroom, 1000 Fifth Ave. Free dance lessons will be given at 6 p.m. Call 330-9890-8929 for information.