Today’s entertainment picks:
Today’s entertainment picks:
v “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” 7:30 p.m.: Stephen Sondheim’s zany musical comedy ($17, $14 for seniors and students) opens at the Youngstown Playhouse, off Glenwood Avenue; 330-788-8739.
v “James and the Giant Peach,” 7:30 p.m.: Roald Dahl’s offbeat tale presented by Top Hat Productions ($17.50, $15.50 for seniors, $14 for children) at Fairview Arts and Outreach Center, 4220 Youngstown Poland Road, Youngstown; 800-838-3006.
v “Don’t Hug Me,” 8 p.m.: Musical comedy continues ($17, $15 for students) at Trumbull New Theater, 5883 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles; 330-652-1103.
v Bob Dibuono, 9 p.m.: Standup comedy at the Comedy Cellar at Mojo’s Pub, 6292 Mahoning Ave., Austintown; 330-793-6656.
v Illuminare Choral Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.: A concert of beautiful sacred choral music spanning several centuries (offerings will be accepted) at Poland United Methodist Church, 1940 Boardman Poland Road, Poland.
“The Amazing Race” (8 p.m., CBS): “The Amazing Race” crowns its new champions tonight, but not before the remaining contestants are challenged to jump off a tall building and perform some “synchronized mountaineering.”
“Hawaii Five-0” (9 p.m., CBS): On tonight’s two-hour season finale, the crew is trapped inside a dilapidated building and enemy gunmen are looking to ruin their day.
TV listings, B6
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Artist to visit Butler museum
YOUNGSTOWN
Alfred Leslie will visit the Butler Museum of American Art – where his exhibition “10 Men” is on display – on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. for a free public reception.
Leslie, an internationally renowned painter and filmmaker who has been famous since the 1950s for his abstract and figurative painting, has updated his craft for the contemporary age.
On view at the Butler are 10 of his larger-than-life oil pastels, including portraits of Sam Francis, Richard Bellamy, Al Held, Jerome Liebling, Joel Oppenheimer and Willem de Kooning, as well as three self-portraits.
Leslie is one of America’s most exhibited artists, and is the founder of the New Realism school in the 1960s. His “American Youngstown Ohio” work was on display at the Butler for nearly three decades.
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