Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Cheap Trick, 8 p.m.: “Surrender, surrender ... but don’t give yourself away” sang the band in 1978, and wiser words have yet to be spoken. Check them out at Mountaineer Casino. 800-804-0468.

v Dulci-More Festival, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.: Rootsy mountain music at this unique festival at BSA Camp McKinley, 37748 Furnace Road, Lisbon; 330-332-4420.

v “The Homecoming,” 7:30 p.m.: Harold Pinter’s acclaimed 1964 drama at the Youngstown Playhouse, Glenwood Avenue; 330-788-8739.

v New Castle Arts Festival, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.: Come for the art, stay for the music. Or vice versa. Cascade Park in New Castle, Pa.; ncartfest.com.

v “Senior Moments,” 7 p.m.: Trumbull Senior Production Company’s annual variety show at Champion High School; 5976 Mahoning Ave. NW, Champion; 330-847-2300.

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): Teen Straight Talk is an organization with a message for youths regarding choosing abstinence. Telisha Reid and Mary Duke will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss the program.

Next, Susan Skrzynski of the Mahoning County Veterans Service Commission will discuss opportunities for veterans and their families.

Finally, Rick Teaberry and Karen Conklin of the American Red Cross will discuss the upcoming Acts of Courage and Spirit of the Mahoning Valley Awards program. Additionally, they will announce the Madonna Chism’s Swimmin’ Women program to encourage mothers, particularly minorities, to learn how to swim.

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Grants awarded for downtown events

YOUNGSTOWN

The city of Youngstown has announced the recipients of its annual grant program for downtown events:

Youngstown Area Community Concert Band, Paramount Project spring concert benefit, date not set, Central Square or DeYor Performing Arts Center, $1,600.

Silly Science Sunday, Oh Wow! Children’s Center of Science and Technology, Sept. 23, a second-year festival on West Federal Street between Phelps and Market streets, $2,000

Mediterranean-Middle Eastern Festival, Sept. 22, a first-year event on West Federal Street between Phelps and Hazel streets, $1,200.

Kwame Kilpatrick book tour, Hot Topix Book Club, June 30, DeYor Performing Arts Center, $2,000.

Hope for the Homeless outdoor concert, Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley, at the Royal Oaks bar, Lansing Avenue between Oak and Fruit streets, $1,200.

New Life Congregation’s Goodness Invasion, Aug. 18, a food distribution event in the Covelli Centre parking lot, $2,000.