Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 1 p.m.: The parade, which attracts tens of thousands of viewers, begins at McClurg Road in Boardman, and travels north up Market Street to Southwoods Avenue; mvstpatrickparade.com.

v The Packard Band, 3 p.m.: Helen Welch will be the guest vocalist at this free St. Patrick’s Day concert at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave., Warren.

v Swizzle Stick Day, noon to 4 p.m.: Tour the Daffin’s Candies chocolate factory and try a free sample at this free annual event. A free shuttle bus will run from the Sharon City Centre parking lot; 724-342-2892.

v “The Children’s Hour,” 3 p.m.: In this drama ($10, $8 for students and seniors) set in an all-girls academy in the 1930s, a devious student accuses two female teachers of having an affair, setting off a clash between culture, politics and sexuality. It’s at Kent-Trumbull Theater, 4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren; 330-675-8887

v Mahoning Valley Home Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: See what’s new from manufacturers for the home and garden at this free show at McMenamy’s, 325 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles

“And Then There Were None” (8 p.m., Lifetime): Agatha Christie’s mystery novel comes to prime time in a two-part miniseries. Set in 1939, as Europe teeters on the brink of war, 10 strangers with dubious pasts are invited to an isolated island where a murderer stalks them one by one.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

‘Drop Dead’ at Canfield High

Canfield

Canfield High School theater department will present “Drop Dead,” a play by Billy Van Zandt and Jane Milmore, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the school’s auditorium.

The story involves a cast of has-been actors who plan to revive their careers in “Drop Dead,” a potboiler murder mystery. At the dress rehearsal, the set falls, props break and the producer and an actor are murdered. During the opening-night performance, the murders continue. The remaining thespians must save the show and their careers, solve the mystery and stay alive for curtain calls.

Regina Renyolds is the director.

Tickets are $8 ($5 for senior citizens) and at the door or in advance by calling 330-702-7128.

S. Range presents ‘All Shook Up’

NORTH LIMA

Shakespeare meets James Dean, set to the music of Elvis Presley, in South Range High School Drama Team’s production of the 2005 Broadway hit “All Shook Up” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. March 20.

Performances will be at the school’s performing arts center, 11300 Columbiana Canfield Road.

Tickets are $10 and $8 and will be sold at the door and in advance by calling 330-727-0160.

The musical is about a guitar playing roustabout who changes a town with the power of love and rock’n’roll.

It is directed by Michael Sobota and features a cast of 58 students.