Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Monster trucks, 7:30 p.m.: Cars will be crushed into the dirt at this event ($12 to $36) at Covelli Centre. Get tickets at the box office.

v Kirk Bogos and Dan Brown, 8 p.m.: Standup comedians in a Warren Comedy Club show ($20) at Cafe 422, 4422 Youngstown Road, Warren; 330-506-0114.

v Leanne Binder, 7 p.m.: Record release party by the veteran Valley rocker (free admission) at B&O Station, 530 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown.

v Geo C and tha Storm, 9 p.m.: Live music by the progressive funk band at El Cowboy, 1739 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown (in Wedgewood Plaza).

v “West Side Story,” 7:30 p.m.: The landmark musical ($20) at the Armory of the Arts, 49 S. Sharpsville Ave., Sharon, Pa.; thechrysalisstage.org.

BEST BETS ON TV

“Celtic Woman: ANCIENT LAND” (7 P.M., PBS): Stunning new music is performed in a concert at the Johnstown Castle in Wexfor, Ireland.

LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on 21 WFMJ-TV and 11 a.m. on WBCB-TV): Neil Durbin of Dominion Energy will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss programs for consumers who need help and assistance to pay their natural gas bill.

Next, Sarah Edmonds and Tracy Pasillas from the Trumbull Community Action Program, (TCAP) will discuss the Winter Crisis Program provided through HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program) for low income families.

Finally, Carla Gipson will discuss a production of the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” which will open Feb. 15 at the Hopewell Theater in Youngstown.

“A Conversation with Dee” (Sunday at 7:30 a.m, WYTV-TV): Host Dee Crawford talks with leaders from Students Motivated by the Arts. She explores their programming and how their efforts are impacting the community.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

School to present Shakespeare comedy

BOARDMAN

The Boardman High School Drama Guild will present a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Boardman Performing Arts Center, 7777 Glenwood Ave., at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Tyler Moliterno. a Boardman High graduate, is the director. The cast and crew consists of more than 30 students.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door, online at BoardmanPerfomingArtCenter.com and by phone at 330-259-7150.

Grammy initiative targets women

NEW YORK

The Recording Academy’s Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion is launching a new initiative to create and expand more opportunities to female music producers and engineers.

The academy on Friday announced the Producer & Engineer Inclusion Initiative, which asks that musicians, record labels and others consider at least two female producers or engineers when working on a project, whether it’s a song or an album.

More than 200 have already pledged and are committed, including Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Pearl Jam, Quincy Jones, Pharrell Williams, John Legend, Ariana Grande, Common, Pink, Missy Elliott, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and Shawn Mendes.

The initiative comes after last year’s USC Annenberg study, which said only 2 percent of music producers and 3 percent of engineers in popular music are women. Others who have signed on to the new call-to-action include Jennifer Lopez, Maroon 5, Carrie Underwood, the Killers, Kacey Musgraves, Meek Mill, Usher, Katy Perry, Janelle Monae, Kelly Clarkson and Selena Gomez.