Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Quinn Patterson, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.: Standup comedian returns ($20) to the Funny Farm Comedy Club, at its new room in the Knox Building, 110 W. Federal St., downtown Youngstown; 330-759-4242.

v “The White Sheep of the Family,” 8 p.m.: Zany comedy ($14) about a crook that goes good at Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown Warren Road, Niles; 330-652-1103.

v “The Sea Horse,” 7:30 p.m.: Dialog-driven drama ($13) that takes place in a seaside bar, on stage at Hopewell Theatre, 702 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown; 330-746-5455.

v Mike Head and Greg Smrdel, 8 p.m.: Comedy show ($20) presented by Warren Comedy Club at Cafe 422, 8586 South Ave., Boardman; 330-506-0114.

v Youngstown’s Total Package Band, 8 p.m.: Party at the Grist Mill, 1741 S. Raccoon Road, Austintown; 330-792-1949.

NFL Playoffs (8:15 P.M., FOX): The Dallas Cowboys travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams in the NFC divisional-round playoff game.

"48 Hours” (10 p.m., CBS): Betty Jones and her friend Kathryn Crigler were brutally attacked in 1990 at Crigler’s home in Starkville, Miss. Jones died immediately. The killer then walked to room of Crigler, who was in a wheelchair, raped her, strangled her and left her for dead. Crigler was able to crawl to a phone and call for help, but died two months later. The case, which was unsolved for three decades, prompted Jones’ step-grandson, Jason B. Jones, to spotlight it in a podcast he started in 2017. Thanks to some new identification technology, the cold case is back in play.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Richter again wins award for kids song

COLUMBIANA

Children’s music artist Chip Richter of Columbiana was recently awarded Best Children’s Song in the Ohio Music Awards for his song “Monster Under My Bed.”

This is the third year in a row Richter has received the award; his songs “Let’s Dance” and “Jammy Day” brought home the honor in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Richter’s other notable recognitions include being named Best Children’s Musician by Lake Erie Living Magazine and a Parents’ Choice Award for his CD “The Dream Tree.”

Richter has writing, producing and performing music for children and families for more than 20 years.

“I’ve come to a place in my career now where I’m starting to see young parents who grew up listening to my music coming back to my shows with their own kids,” he said.

Richter frequently performs at area schools, churches, libraries and festivals. The Ohio Music Awards are open to Ohio artists whose original recordings are either recorded, produced or mixed primarily within the state.

LA-based artist to lecture at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown State University art department will present a free lecture by Jennifer Vanderpool at 5:10 p.m. Jan. 24 in the McDonough Museum auditorium.

A native of the Mahoning Valley, Vanderpool is a Los Angeles-based artist who works across mediums to reveal relationships between physical landscapes and the unseen forces that shape them, knitting together narratives about forgotten institutions, people and communities.

Her 2017 exhibitions included Super Natural, which first opened in 2014 at the National Centre for Contemporary Art in Moscow.