Today’s entertainment picks:

January 25, 2013 at 12:00a.m.

v Dooney’s Winterfest: Break the ice at this unique winter party. Popular rock band The Rage will perform at 10 p.m. It’s at Dooney’s Downtown Bar and Grill, 50 W. Federal St., Youngstown; 330-743-9783.

v “Bye Bye Birdie,” 7 p.m.: Stage Left Players present the perennial favorite at Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon; 330-831-7249.

v “Vaudeville at the Vic,” 7:30 p.m.: A fun and silly benefit show for the Victorian Players. The theater is at 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngs-town; 330-746-5455.

v “Dog Sees God,” 7:30 p.m.: Adult drama by Youngstown State University Theater. At Spotlight Arena Theater, inside Bliss Hall, on Wick Avenue; 330-941-3105.

v “Preserving a Legacy: Shenango China,” 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: This exhibition is a testament to the craftsmanship of folks who worked at Shenango China in New Castle, Pa. At the Hoyt Center for the Arts, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle; 724-652-2882.

“Spartacus” (8 p.m., Starz): The warrior makes headway against the Romans in tonight’s third-season opener.

“shakespeare uncovered” (9 p.m., pbs): “Shakespeare Uncovered” is an excellent new series that tells the stories behind the bard’s greatest plays by combining history, fresh analysis and the personal passions of individual hosts. In the opener, Ethan Hawke dissects “Macbeth.”

entertainment news

Opera company receives grants

YOUNGSTOWN

Opera Western Reserve recently received grants from the following:

The Warren P. Williamson Jr. Fund of The Youngstown Foundation, $1,000, for general operating expenses.

Dominion Resources Services Inc., $1,000; and the Aimee and Lulu Seidel Foundation, $1,000, for OWR’s educational outreach program, which is performed by its young-artists troupe and offered free of charge to area schools.

‘Bye Bye Birdie’ at Stage Left

LISBON

Stage Left Players’ production of “Bye Bye Birdie,” the Tony Award-winning musical satire, opens tonight and runs for two weekends at the company’s theater at 234 E. Lincoln Way.

The show is directed by Nathan Kuhns with musical direction by Jodine Pilmer. Tickets are $12 ($10 for seniors and students). Curtain times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 30-831-7249 for reservations.

Stop-smoking class at PSU campus

Sharon, Pa.

Penn State Shenango is hosting a free, six-session Smoking Cessation class this spring, facilitated by staff from the Behavioral Health Commission of Mercer County and the Northwest Pennsylvania Tobacco Cessation Program.

The first session will be Feb. 1, from noon to 1 p.m., in Sharon Hall, room 105, located on the Penn Avenue campus, downtown. The final session will be March 1.

For more information or to register, call Jeff Hanley at 724-662-1550.