Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Zombie Crawl and “Thriller” dance, 6:30 p.m.: A brigade of disheveled and decomposing folks will shamble through downtown Youngstown. The “Thriller” dance will begin at 7 p.m. on Central Square.

v “The Masque of the Red Death,” 7:30 p.m. and midnight: An adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s tale at Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngs-town; 330-746-5455.

v “Living Dead: The Musical,” 8 p.m.: Rust Belt Theater’s risque and wildly funny original production at Calvin Center, 755 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-398-6659.

v Youngstown’s Total Package Band, 9 p.m.: Dance band will get political with new song “Barack Steady” and the Obama line dance (search YouTube for DJ Gregie J) at a new club. Changes Nightclub, 2001 W. State St., New Castle, Pa.; 724-971-1093.

v Halloween Horror Expo, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.: A gathering of ghoulish culture at the Eastwood Expo Center in Niles; halloweenhorror- expo.com.

“rise of the zombies” (9 p.m., syfy): In the shlocky new TV film “Rise of the Zombies,” survivors of a zombie plague risk life and limb when they leave their refuge on Alcatraz to find a scientist they believe can save mankind.

For complete listings, see TV Week magazine, included with today’s paper.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (7 a.m. Sunday, 21 WFMJ-TV; and 7 p.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): The Youngstown City School system remains in academic watch, but changes have been made and school leadership remains positive. Connie Hathorn, superintendent, will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss the direction of the city schools.

Next, John Hoppa and Ron Novak of the USS Renegade Star Trek club will discuss an upcoming auction to benefit the Relay for Life.

Audra Carlson, education manager of the Roger and Gloria Jones OH WOW! Children’s Center for Science and Technology, will perform an Oh Wow! Moment featuring exhibits at the center.

“Increase the Peace” (6:30 p.m. today on MyYTV): Host Andrea Mahone will be joined by Scott Lewis and Lisa Wallace from Big Reach Center of Hope. Hasheen Wilson of Youngstown State University’s Black Faculty and Staff Assistants group also will be on the show.

“Sunday Morning with Dee” (8 a.m. Sunday on WKBN-TV): Host Dee Crawford’s guests will be James Ferraro and Thomas Nugen from Western Reserve Transit Authority. They will discuss new services available for veterans and other residents.

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Concert and dinner

POLAND

The Poland Seminary High School Wind Ensemble will give a free concert at 6 p.m. Sunday in the school auditorium.

A pasta dinner also will take place Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. in the cafeteria. Tickets are $7 ($5 for children 12 and under; free for preschoolers).

Proceeds will benefit the band’s trip to Disney World, where it will perform on New Year’s Eve.