Today’s entertainment picks:

June 16, 2018 at 12:00a.m.

v Simply Slavic, noon to midnight: This ethnic festival ($4) celebrates the Valley’s Slavic heritage with music, dance, food and activities, and it closes with a bonfire on East Federal Street, downtown Youngstown.

v Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, 8:30 p.m.: The “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” rockers do an acoustic show ($32 to $72) at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren; ticketmaster.com.

v Country Legends, 5:30 p.m.: Opening the show for this tribute band ($8) will be Chris Higbee. It’s at Warren Community Amphitheater; riverrockattheamp.com.

v Toyhio Toy Show, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Vintage and new toys and collectibles, plus video games and more, will be offered at this event ($3) at the Metroplex Expo Center, Belmont Avenue, Liberty; metroplexexpo.com.

v 8 Balls, 9 p.m. and 11 p.m.: Youngstown’s legendary pop-rock band gets together for two shows at Cedars West End, 706 Steel St., Youngstown.

"Concert for George (8 p.m., PBS): Celebrate George Harrison’s life in this 2002 memorial concert with Paul McCartney and Tom Petty.

“Ransom” (8 p.m., CBS): While on board a plane with his daughter, Morgan, Eric must negotiate with a suicidal co-pilot and find out what triggered him after he locks the captain out of the cockpit and threatens to crash the plane.

For complete listings, see TV Week magazine, included with today’s paper.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV and 11 a.m. on WBCB-TV): June is Elder Awareness Month. Krishmu Shipmon of the Department of Job and Family Service of Mahoning County will join host Madonna Chism-Pinkard to discuss activities.

Next, Lisa Solley with Area Agency on Aging District 11 will discuss options for seniors that includes Ombudsman Service and programs to keep senior citizens independent.

“A Conversation with Dee” (Sunday at 7:30 a.m., WYTV-TV): Host Dee Crawford talks about the upcoming White Linen Prayer Breakfast hosted by the Citizens for Christ. She will also talk with organizers of the McGuffey Center about their summer program for youth.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Pence biography is due in August

NEW YORK

Author and CNN contributor Michael D’Antonio has co-written an “investigative” biography of Vice President Mike Pence.

“The Shadow President,” by D’Antonio and Peter Eisner, will be published Aug. 28 by Thomas Dunne Books. According to the publisher, which announced the book Friday, Eisner and D’Antonio will portray the former Indiana governor as a man of longtime presidential ambitions under his image of “Midwestern nice.”

D’Antonio’s previous books include “The Truth About Trump.” Eisner’s books include “MacArthur’s Spies: The Soldier, the Singer, and the Spymaster Who Defied the Japanese in World War II.” He is a former editor and reporter for The Washington Post.