Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v “Rocktopia,” 8 p.m.: The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra will be fused with a rock band and singers in this concert at Powers Auditorium; 330-744-0264.

v Ballyhoo, 1 to 11 p.m.: The Midlife Chryslers, Michael Stanley’s blues-rock side project, will headline this music festival at Biketown Harley-Davidson, Interstate Boulevard, Austintown.

v Jonesfest, 1:30 to 11 p.m.: Jam-band festival featuring Jones for Revival at 8 p.m. Nelson Ledges Quarry Park.

v Jimmy Sturr, 7 p.m.: The reigning polka king comes to Kuzman’s, 1025 S. State St., Girard; 330-545-8995.

v Wheels & Keels, noon to 4 p.m.: Antique car and boat show at Lake Milton State Park in Craig Beach, will include live jazz and a water skiing show.

“SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE” (11:35 P.M., NBC): Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”; “Ted”), known for his rude and crude humor, should fit right in as host of “Saturday Night Live.” Frank Ocean is the musical guest.

For complete listings, see TV WEEK magazine inside today’s paper.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (7 a.m. Sunday on 21 WFMJ-TV, and 6 p.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): Jaladah Aslam of the Youngstown Warren Black Caucus will discuss the group’s upcoming annual dinner featuring Bishop Timothy J. Clarke, pastor of First Church of God, Columbus, and honoring Ohio Supreme Court Justice Yvette McGee Brown.

Arcadia Publishing uses the knowledge of local writers to author books on communities. Roland Barksdale Hall and Sally Lane will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss their books on Farrell, Pa., and Cortland.

“Sunday Morning with Dee” (8 a.m., WKBN-TV): Host Dee Crawford meets with cancer survivor Donna Detwiler to talk about the Yellow Brick Place, a new cancer wellness center that will be opening in the Valley.

“Increase the Peace” (6:30 p.m. today on MyYTV): Host Andrea Mahone will be joined by guests Jasmine Handy and Penny Wells from Sojourn to the Past as they talk about the upcoming nonviolence week. Other guests include Botch Taylor and Marty Loney from the Local 396 Plumbers and Pipefitters to talk about how local people can be trained for the upcoming increase in shale-play related jobs.

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Canfield native to show short film

LOS ANGELES

Film director John Holowach, a Canfield native, will debut his 16-minute short film “The Sleep Counselor” next Saturday at the Wilshire Screening Room in Beverly Hills.

The film follows a woman who’s lost the love of her life to illness and decides to escape reality using a new kind of hallucinogenic drug that is customized to make fantasies seem real. For information, go to Sleep-Counselor.com.

Holowach’s credits also include the documentary “HIGH: The True Tale of American Marijuana,” which he wrote, directed, produced and narrated.