Joe Bonamassa returns to Youngstown

Joe Bonamassa will return to Youngstown Monday for a concert at Covelli Centre. Here are a few facts about the blues guitar master:

v Early days: Bonamassa’s career began onstage opening for B.B. King in 1989 when he was 12 years old.

v Prolific: Bonamassa has released 15 solo albums in the last 13 years.

v Road warrior: The guitarist averages 150 performances around the globe each year.

v Standard-bearer: He founded and oversees the nonprofit group Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, which promotes the heritage of the blues to future generations.

v No stranger: Bonamassa has played the Mahoning Valley several times, starting with a 2007 appearance at the now-defunct club The Cellar in Struthers.

“Bob’s Burgers” (7:30 P.M., FOX): “Bob’s Burgers” airs a holiday-themed episode that has Linda trying to get the kids to go caroling and Bob drawn into an intense gingerbread house-building competition. We sense disaster on two fronts.

“Soul Train Awards 2016” (8 p.m., BET and Centric): Bobby Brown, Dru Hill, Doug E. Fresh and Candice Boyd are among the performers for the “Soul Train Awards 2016.” Heading the nomination list is Drake with 12.

“Poldark” (9 p.m., PBS): Another round of spirited swashbuckling comes to a close as “Poldark” finishes off its second season. In the finale, Ross and Demelza face their demons.

TV listings, C4

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Dana ensembles in winter concert

YOUNGSTOWN

The Dana School of Music Chamber Winds and the Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave.

Admission will be $6 ($5 for senior citizens and children).

The concert will open with the Dana Chamber Winds performing “Little Threepenney Music,” a classic work by Kurt Weill. After a brief intermission, the YSU Wind Ensemble will begin its program with Saint-Saens’ March Militaire Francaise.

The closing work on the program will be Alfred Reed’s “Russian Christmas Music.”

‘Santa Conquers Martians’ play

WARREN

Kent State University at Trumbull Theater will present Mark Landon Smith’s “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and also Dec. 9-10, and 3 p.m. Dec. 4 and 11, in the campus theater, at 4314 Mahoning Ave. NW.

It is directed by Jim Canacci. Tickets are $10 ($8 for seniors and students, and $6 for children under age 12).

The play follows the children of Mars, who have become distracted from too much Earth television. Martian leaders have had enough so they kidnap Santa Claus and force him to set up a toy factory on Mars. It’s up to young Betty and Billy to help Santa escape back to Earth in time to save Christmas. But first they must bring laughter, joy and the Christmas spirit to the children of Mars.

Attendees are invited to take pictures with Santa before each show.