Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Phantoms hockey, 7:05 p.m.: It’s dollar beer night at Covelli Centre ($12.75 to $25.75) as the local squad takes on the Omaha Lancers; youngstownphantoms.com.

v “The Dinner Party,” 8 p.m.: Black Sheep Players will present this Neil Simon play ($12) at First Presbyterian Church, 600 E. State St., Sharon, Pa.; 802-744-0277 or blacksheepplayers.com.

v “Glam,” 7 p.m.: An original comic musical ($10, $8 for seniors and students) that spoofs the ’80s hair metal era, presented by Stage Left Players at Trinity Playhouse, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon; 330-831-7249.

v Choral concert, 7:30 p.m.: The Dana School of Music’s annual spring concert (free admission, donations accepted) is at St. Columba Cathedral, 159 W. Rayen Ave., Youngstown; 330-841-3636.

v Joe Machi, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.: Stand-up comedy shows ($20) at the Comedy Cellar at Mojo’s Pub and Grill, 6292 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-6656.

“Dead 7” (8 p.m., Syfy): Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys wrote and stars in the campy Western about a ragtag group battling a zombie plague. The cast includes Carter’s bandmates A.J. McLean and Howie Dorough, along with members of ’N Sync, 98 Degrees and O-Town.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Art exhibition opens at gallery

YOUNGSTOWN

“You Make Me,” an exhibition of works by local artists David Pokrivnak and Heather Anderson, will open tonight with a reception from 6 to 8 at M Gallery, 112 W. Commerce St., downtown, and run until May 6.

The NewYOPercussion Quartet, consisting of Dean Anshutz, Bob Young, Bryan Teeters and Matt Hayes, will perform improvisational pieces inspired by the exhibition’s photography, designs and paintings.

“You Make Me” explores the intricacies of the human condition, specifically how people, places and shared moments permanently imprint our lives. As a collaborative exhibit, the two bodies of work contrast in materials and style, yet connect through similar artistic motives.

Pokrivnak, a designer and photographer, creates his images in camera, using digital technology and the camera lens to edit compositions. His works are intentionally underexposed, bringing a level of abstraction and symbolism that evoke the emotions of memories.

Anderson, a painter, layers acrylic pigment in repetitions that become her own intimate ritual. She describes her paintings as “a portrait of my connection with an individual who has helped to shape some aspect of my identity.”

Nobel laureate dies

BUDAPEST, Hungary

Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature for a body of fiction largely drawn from his experience as a teenage prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, died Thursday at age 86.

“Like no one else, he saw so sharply and made others see so exactly the nature of dictatorships, ‘the age of irrationality,’” said Hungarian President Janos Ader.