Today’s entertainment picks:


Today’s entertainment picks:

v Abbamania, 8 p.m.: The premiere ABBA tribute act ($25), with Night Fever (a Bee Gees tribute act) and Kara Chandler as Cher. It’s at Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown; 330-259-0555.

v Monster Trucks, 7:30 p.m.: When it comes to big wheels and big engines, these guys are at the top of the food chain. The show ($12 to $28) is at Covelli Centre; 800-745-3000.

v Jewels of Winter Orchid Show, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Beautiful flower show (free admission) at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown.

v Federal Frenzy Face Off, 6 p.m.: A half-dozen local rock bands will perform as a prelude to the Federal Frenzy rock festival in April. The audience will vote on a favorite, which will gain an automatic berth in the downtown festival. Tonight’s event is at West Side Bowl, 2617 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. Admission is free.

v “Drop of Blood,” 8 p.m.: An original drama, presented by Millennial Theatre Company and Rust Belt Theater, at Calvin Center, 75 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; millennialtheattre.org.

“The Blacklist” (9 p.m., NBC): While Red (James Spader) argues in court to uphold the validity of his immunity agreement, Liz (Megan Boone) and the Task Force question a man whose recent inheritance seems too good to be true.

“Blue Bloods” (10 p.m., CBS): A medium approaches Danny and Baez claiming to know what happened to a woman who was found dead of an apparent suicide.

TV listings, B5

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Artist to lecture, show work at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

As part of Black History Month, Youngstown State University’s art department will present a lecture by guest artist Justin Coleman at 5 p.m. Monday at the McDonough Museum of Art, 624 Wick Ave.

The lecture will be followed by an opening reception, from 6:15 to 7 p.m., for an exhibition of his work at the Solomon Gallery in Bliss Hall. The exhibition will remain on view through March 1.

All events are free to the public.

Coleman is a contemporary artist and an assistant professor at Denison University.

He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Delaware.

Music at Noon concerts at Butler

YOUNGSTOWN

The Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University has announced the following Music at Noon series concerts for February.

All concerts begin at 12:15 p.m. at Beecher Court in the Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., and are free and open to the public.

Wednesday: Tuba- euphonium studio recital

Feb. 13: Flute studio recital

Feb. 20: Dana Piano Trio, featuring Joseph Kromholz, violin; Kivie Cahn-Lipman, cello; and Cicilia Yudha, piano

Feb. 27: Musical theater students present “Songs of the Heart”