Top entertainment picks for today:


Top entertainment picks for today:

v “Urban Zoo,” 7 p.m.: The super- realism artwork by Vittorio Ottavani will be exhibited at DNA Studios, 137 S. Park Ave., Warren, beginning with a reception that the artist will attend.

v River Rock at the Amp, 5:30 p.m.: Strutter leads off the night at the amp, 321 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren, followed by Dirty Deeds, the extreme AC/DC experience, which takes the stage at 8:30 p.m. Visit www.riverrockattheamp.com for details.

v African American Heritage Weekend Festival, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.: The fourth-annual African-American Male Wellness Walk of Youngstown- Warren is part of the event and participants can walk, run or bike a 5K beginning at theCovelli Centre parking lot, 229 E. Front St., Youngstown. There will be health screenings and family-friendly activities on Federal Plaza.

v Shaker Woods Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Ten acres at 4437 County Line Road, Columbiana, offer the wares of some 200 craftspeople along with entertainment and food. The festival continues Sunday and Aug. 27 and 28.

v Waterfire, 2 to 11 p.m.: The arts and cultural experience in downtown Sharon features lighting of more than 50 floating braziers in the Shenango River. Boardman High School Jazz Ensemble plays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the River Stage and JD Eicher from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on the West Stage. Visit www.waterfiresharonpa.org for more information.

“Make It Pop” (8 p.m., Nickelodeon): The show returns with a special that finds the MacKendrick Prep and XO-IQ band members spending their summer as the house band at an exclusive resort hotel. But tempers flare when the resort manager tries to steer them in a new musical direction.

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

local topics on tv

“Community Connections” (Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV and 11 a.m. on WBCB-TV): August is National Breast Feeding Month. Daljeet Dhillon with the Mahoning County Women Infants and Children Program joins host Madonna Pinkard Chism to discuss benefits of breastfeeding, new programs available to new mothers and the role of WIC in the community. Rose Carter, executive director of ACTION, discusses Sacred Dialogue on Racism at the upcoming convocation Sept. 25.

"A Conversation with Dee” (today at 6:30 p.m. on MyYTV and Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on WYTV-TV): Guest host Katie Dugan welcomes Joe Sepesy, a Vietnam veteran and local author, and Melanie Carfolo of the Rich Center for Autism. They will discuss upcoming fundraisers.

entertainment news

Recital planned Sept. 1 in Bliss Hall

YOUNGSTOWN

Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University will present a recital by guest artist and recent alumnus Wilson Poffenberger on saxophone and Nancy DeSalvo, piano, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1.

Parking is available in the M30 Wick Avenue parking deck for a nominal fee.

Visit web.ysu.edu/cac for more information.