Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Rockin’ Around the Town Square, 2 p.m.: An electrified holiday rock concert ($13) at Main Street Theater, 5 N. Main St., Columbiana.

v Memories of Christmas Past, noon to 4 p.m.: This dazzling display of bygone Christmas decor ($7, $6 for senior citizens and students, $5 for children 3 to 18) has quickly become a Youngstown tradition. It’s at the Arms Family Museum, 648 Wick Ave., Youngstown; mahoninghistory.org.

v “A Tuna Christmas,” 2:30 p.m.: Today is the last chance to take a trip to the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, for this offbeat holiday show ($15, $12 for senior citizens and students) in the Moyer Room at Youngstown Playhouse; 330-788-8739.

v Comedy night, 8 p.m.: Local standup comics Joe McCormick and Tim Wolfe will do their act ($5), with host Steve Swanson, at the Whistle and Keg, 101 W. Federal St., downtown Youngstown.

v Joy of Christmas light show, 6-9 p.m.: A drive-through show ($10 per carload) with dozens of displays in Firestone Park in Columbiana.

“Madam Secretary” (8:30 P.M., CBS): In the fall finale, Elizabeth goes head to head with a U.S. governor over the state’s new policy of separating unauthorized immigrants from their children.

SDSqABC News special; THE YEAR THAT WAS” (9 P.M., ABC): An entertaining two-hour look at the most iconic and memorable moments of 2018. Hosted by Robin Roberts and a team of ABC News anchors, including George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Amy Robach and David Muir.

TV listings, C5

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Club plans next square dance

NILES

The Friendly Squares’ next monthly square dance will take place Jan. 12, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the Niles SCOPE Center, 14 E. State St. Neil Harner will be the caller and Frankie Hammond will cue the line dances. This will be a High/Low dance with alternating tips for new dancers currently taking lessons and more experienced dancers. Admission is $6.

Carpenters get symphonic touch

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.

Karen Carpenter has now been gone longer than she was alive.

Yet her best work may have just been released, at least according to her brother, arranger and performing partner, Richard, who has made it his mission to keep her singing voice resonant and relevant since her death 35 years ago.

In the new collection, “Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,” Richard Carpenter gave new string arrangements to many of the duo’s classic recordings from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, including “Close to You” and “Superstar,” and pushed his sister’s unmistakable voice even more to the fore than it already was.

“I think it’s the best album we’ve ever made,” Carpenter, 72, said. Longtime fans are enthused by the collection, which includes the holiday touch of “Merry Christmas Darling.”

The album debuted at No. 52 on the Billboard charts in the U.S. after its Dec. 7 release. A vinyl release will follow in February.