Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v The Rat Pack Is Back!, 8 p.m.: This tribute show ($31, $43, $58, $67) relives the Las Vegas shows of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. It’s at Packard Music Hall in Warren; 800-745-3000 or ticketmaster.com.

v Pete George, 8 p.m.: Popular comedian returns ($17.50, dinner packages available) to the Comedy Cellar at Mojo’s Pub and Grill, 6292 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-6656.

v Mike Jones, 8:45 p.m.: Live standup comedy ($15) at the Funny Farm’s room at Bourbon House 45, 775 Mahoning Ave., Warren; 330-759-4242.

v “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” 8 p.m.: An evening of theatrical storytelling ($12, $10 for students) in revue format, with monologues, dialogues and multiple voice narration, at Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles; 330-653-1103.

v Natalie Cole tribute show, 9 p.m.: Valley singer Liz Majors, with Youngstown’s Total Package Band and Howard Howell, will pay tribute to the late singer ($10); Monteen’s, 3807 Belmont Ave., Liberty.

“Hawaii Five-O” (9 p.m., CBS): Things are getting a little weird on “Hawaii Five-0.” McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danny (Scott Caan) head to Maui, not to kick back or play golf, but to attend a couples retreat to work on their issues.

“In Performance at the White House” (10 p.m., PBS): Audra McDonald, Smokey Robinson and others perform.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Villani to read poems about river

WARREN

DNA Studios Art Gallery, 137 South Park Ave., will host a poetry reading by Jim Villani, editor and publisher at Pig Iron Press in Youngstown, at 7 p.m. Saturday Jan. 9.

Villani will present poems about the Mahoning River, its influence on the development of the Valley, and about the essential element of water in bodies, be they streams, rivers or seas. In addition to his own works, Villani will perform poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sylvia Plath, W.S. Merwin and the Mahoning Valley’s Kenneth Patchen.

Included in the presentation will be performances of Patchen’s classic steel- industry poems “The Orange Bears” and “May I Ask You A Question, Mr. Youngstown Sheet & Tube?” The poems will be grounded by Villani’s personal observations and research about the Mahoning River. He will demonstrate in performance how the Mahoning River and its integrated tributary and river connections form a vine upon which communities grow and prosper.

A free-will offering will be accepted. For information, contact Amber Slick at 330-980-8794.

Lonestar will play college auditorium

Meadville, pa.

Meadville Fraternal Order of Police will present the Country Music Show featuring Lonestar and Larry Frick at 1 and 6 p.m. March 20 at Allegheny College Auditorium, 520 N. Main St. Tickets are $25. To pay with a Mastercard, Visa or Discover card, call 814-337-5650.