Today’s entertainments picks:

Today’s entertainments picks:

v Museum Day Live!, 1 to 5 p.m.: The Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave., Youngstown, will open its doors for the eighth annual Smithsonian-related event. There’s free admission to visitors who download a Museum Day Live ticket at Smithsonian.com. Each ticket admits two people.

v Jim Frank Combo, 4 to 8 p.m.: The musical group entertains at Oktoberfest at Thompson Park, 26236 Parkway Ave., East Liverpool.

v Fall plant sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Visit Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown, to pick plants to enhance your landscape.

v Grape Jamboree, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.: The 49th festival in downtown Geneva celebrates the grape harvest. Entertainment, games, car show and wine tasting will be featured. The event continues from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday.

v Katie Herzig, 8 p.m.: The singer opens for Ani DiFranco at The Kent Stage. For tickets, call 330-677-5005, or visit www.kentstage.org.

“lake placid, the final chapter” (9 p.m., syfy): The campy TV film “Lake Placid: The Final Chapter” features rampaging crocodiles (Yea!). Even better: It stars horror icon Robert Englund.

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

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Commmunity Connection (7 a.m. Sunday on 21 WFMJ-TV; and 6 p.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable PTV Community access channel): Steven Mickel, Juanita Byrd and Gwen Fish of Youngstown Branch NAACP join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss the 94th Freedom Fund Banquet and keynote speaker Justice Nathaniel Jones, a Youngstown native. They also will discuss the purpose of the NAACP and the need for a civil-rights organization in this decade. Jaime Filo Gillen of the Entertainment Book will announce the new edition and how the sale of the book helps local schools and nonprofit organizations for fundraising purposes. The 23rd Newton Falls Chili Cook-off set for next Saturday benefits the Newton Falls Fire Department, and Julie Zigler will discuss how the funds will be used.

Increase the Peace (6:30 p.m., MyYTV): Host Andrea Mahone talks with Dennis Griffin, Emaline Smith and Lynn Mitchell about the 35th anniversary of the Needle’s Eye.

Sunday Morning with Dee Show (8 a.m. Sunday, WKBN-TV 27): Host Dee Crawford discusses the second annual Nonviolence Parade and rally scheduled in October. Penny Wells, director of Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, and the Rev. James Ray, a community activist, give details.

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Pumpkin Fest

Conneaut Lake

The Fall Pumpkin Fest is set for Oct. 12-14 at Conneaut Lake. At 5 p.m. Oct. 12, a Bluegrass Benefit for Hospice is planned at Conneaut Lake Park.

A parade will be at 10 a.m. Oct. 13 downtown. Activities are planned from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 13 and 14.

Live entertainment and games for children are planned.

Demonstrating artisans will be on the lawn at Hotel Conneaut. Visit www.conneautlake.com.