Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v “Cats,” 7:30 p.m.: The Youngstown Playhouse will begin its season with this popular musical; 330-788-8739.

v Tania Grubbs, 7 to 10 p.m.: Jazz singers will perform in the banquet room with the trio of Teddy Pantelas, Clifford Barnes and Jeff Grubbs at the Manor Restaurant, 3104 S. Canfield Niles Road (state Route 46, at Kirk Road), Austintown; 330-318-8060.

v “Charley’s Aunt,” 7:30 p.m.: Slapstick comedy on stage at Victorian Players Theater, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455.

v “Who’s In Bed With the Butler,” 8 p.m.: Comedy opens at Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road (U.S. Route 422) in Niles; 330-652-1103.

v Costaki Economopoulos, 8 p.m.: Stand-up comedian at the Comedy Cellar at Mojo’s Pub and Grill, 6292 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-6656.

“Think It Up” (8 p.m., ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC): Kristen Bell, Matthew McConaughey and other stars appear in this fundraiser for education.

“Z Nation” (10 p.m., Syfy): You would think that zombies are enough of a threat. But as “Z Nation” returns for Season 2, our characters find themselves coping with the fallout from the nuclear weapons that were launched in last year’s finale.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Ohio Players in free concert in city park

YOUNGSTOWN

Billy Beck’s Ohio Players will give a free concert from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Bailey Park, at Knapp and East Miltonia avenues, on the East Side.

Beck, a Youngstown native and resident, is an original member of the legendary funk-pop band that produced the hits “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster” in the 1970s.

Concertgoers can bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Polish language classes offered

YOUNGSTOWN

Polish language classes will take place Tuesdays from Sept. 15 to Dec. 15 at First Presbyterian Church, 201 Wick Ave., with instructor Anna Sarnacka Smith. Cost is $55, plus optional textbooks.

The classes are sponsored by Polish Youngstown. To register, contact Roseann Yankevich Hogg by email at rosewood55@roadrunner.com.

Here is the class schedule:

Children (age 5-14): 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Introduction to Polish: 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Beginner’s Polish II: 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Mexican artist’s exhibit at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

An exhibit by printmaker Humberto Saenz is featured in the Judith Rae Solomon Gallery in Bliss Hall at Youngstown State University. The gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will run through Oct. 1.

Saenz is a Mexican artist living in Wichita, Kan., where he is a professor at Wichita State University.‚Ø

He will be a guest artist at YSU in the spring semester.

For information, call 330-941-2307.

For a complete calendar of events, go to web.ysu.edu/cac.