Today’s entertainment picks:

Today’s entertainment picks:

v Monster trucks, 7:30 p.m.: Horsepower will be on display at this show at Covelli Centre; 866-448-7849.

v “Shining City,” 8 p.m.: Modern ghostly drama makes area debut at Oakland Center for the Arts, 20 W. Boardman St., Youngstown; 330-746-0404.

v “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” 7:30 p.m.: The story of Lorraine Hansberry, author of “A Raisin in the Sun,” on stage at Youngstown Playhouse, off Glenwood Avenue; 330-788-8739.

v “M*A*S*H,” 8 p.m.: Opening night for this show at Salem Community Theater, 490 E. State St., Salem; 330-332-9688.

v Zapp, 9 p.m.: Funky R&B group comes to Club Amauri, 3807 Belmont Ave., Liberty. Opening act is Youngstown’s Total Package Band; 330-759-3699.

Pre-Lenten party with polka music

new castle, Pa.

A Polish-style pre-Lenten celebration will be Feb. 18 at Pulaski Hall, 175 Elmwood St.

Music will be by Bob Uleck Polka Relations of Erie, Pa., with dancing from 7 to 11 p.m.

Admission is $6.

Polish food and paczki donuts will be sold.

This event is sponsored by the American Polish Central Committee.

For more information, call Rose Marie Anthony at 724-658-5916 or go to polishnewcastle.org.

Father-daughter dinner, dance

Boardman

The ninth annual Father-Daughter Princess Dance at the Lariccia Family Community Center in Boardman Park will be three nights this year due to the increased interest in this event: Feb. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m.; Feb. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.; and Feb. 19 from 5 to 8 p.m.

This semiformal dinner- dance will include dinner, dancing to DJ music and a professional photo for a keepsake.

Feb. 17 and 18 are sold out, but there are a few tickets remaining for Feb. 19.

Tickets can be purchased at boardmanpark.com and at the park office, Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. No tickets will be sold at the door.

For more information call the park office at 330-726- 8105.