Today’s entertainment picks:

April 29, 2016 at 12:00a.m.

v Country Music Songwriters Series, 7:30 p.m.: Nashville songwriting great Bob DiPiero, a Liberty native, and his colleagues return for an intimate evening of songs ($75, $42 and $22); Ford Family Recital Hall, 260 W. Federal St., Youngstown; 330-744-0264.

v Liz Rubino, 8 p.m.: The cabaret singer will sing songs made famous by male singers ($20, $10 for students) in this show in the ballroom of Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; 330-259-0555.

v Chatham Baroque Trio, 7:30 p.m.: This unique act plays 17th- and 18th-century music on instruments from that period, and it would be hard to imagine a better place to hear them than St. John’s Episcopal Church, 323 Wick Ave., Youngstown, which is a period piece in and of itself (free-will offerings will be accepted).

v “Church Basement Ladies,” 7:30 p.m.: A warm musical comedy that might remind you of some of the folks in the kitchen at your church ($15, $11 for seniors, students) at Salem Community Theater, 490 E. State St., Salem; 330-332-9688.

v Tribute to Prince, 8 p.m.: Sting Ray Brooks, Frankie B and Youngstown’s Total Package Band will play the music of the late, great Prince ($5) at Club Pandora, 169 S. Four Mile Run Road, Austintown.

“W. Kamau Bell: SEMI-PROMINENT NEGRO” (10 P.M., SHOWTIME): In this new stand-up special – shot in Brooklyn and directed by Morgan Spurlock – the comedian who specializes in sociopolitical material riffs on subjects ranging from gentrification and marriage equality to raising his family in a post-Obama nation.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Artists will open studios for sale

YOUNGSTOWN

Artists of the Mahoning Commons and friends will present a spring open studio and sale this weekend. Visitors can watch the artists work and browse their wares in the Ward Bakery Building, 1024 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown (across from the U-Haul building) on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

Available for purchase will be paintings, jewelry, sculpture, pottery, fiber art, glass, soap, mixed media, drawings, prints, photography and custom woodwork. On Saturday only, Lit Youngstown, Extending Grace, Flutterby Books and the Cranky Pressman will present readings, book signings and music on the loading dock.