» Wil Barnet has survived through Abstract Expressionism, conceptual art and other 20th century trends, and still relies on the human figure as a key element in his art. At age 91, the painter is unlikely to change his ways. Some of his latest work is on display through March 1 at Butler Institute of American Art, Salem, Ohio. Information: (330) 332-8213.

   » Students from Trumbull, Mahoning, Columbiana and Ashtabula counties show off their artistic abilities at the 2003 Regional Scholastic Art Awards Saturday through Feb. 14 at McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown. Information: (330) 742-1400

   » At Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown: "Quilted Construction: The Spirit of Design," an exhibit of quilts that shows a variety of designs and techniques, with some incorporating painting, dyeing, printing, photo transfer and silk screening, through Feb. 23; Edward Lucie Smith photographs of classical European sculpture, through March 9; and Mark Lysowski wall and floor sculptures in the tradition of geometric abstraction, through Feb. 9. Information: (330) 743-1711 and www.butlerart.com

   » Slippery Rock University's Martha Gault Art Gallery in Eisenberg Classroom Building shows the Video Invitational, through Jan. 31.

   » Butler Institute of American Art, Howland Township, hosts the Youngstown State University faculty art show through Feb. 23. Information: (330) 609-9900

   » Max Schang keeps the beat 12 to the bar at 8 p.m. Friday at Barrow-Civic Theatre, Franklin.

   » Scott Ainslie, the author of "Robert Johnson/At the Crossroads," traces the history of blues in a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh. He also offers a workshop at 11 a.m. Sunday at a location that hasn't been determined. Dr. Nelson Harrison and the Blue Orphans opens the concert. Information: (412) 432-0333 and www.calliopehouse.org Tickets: (412) 394-3353 and www.proartstickets.org

   » Saxophonist, guitarist and singer Greg Piccolo returns for a 9 p.m. Feb. 16 gig at Hot Rod Cafe, Sharon. Information: 981-3123 and www.quakersteakandlube.com

   » Local bluesman Elray Johnson plays blues and oldies at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at C.W. Dandy's Lounge in Premiere Hotel, Hermitage.

   » Tickets go on sale Monday for the Gaither Homecoming concert April 25 at Cleveland State University Convocation Center. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (216) 687-5555.

   » Sixpence None the Richer, who crossed over with "Kiss Me," plays for the faithful at 8 p.m. Feb. 14 at Odeon, Cleveland. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (216) 574-2525.

   » Warner Theatre, Erie, stages the gospel play "What a Man Wants ... What a Woman Needs" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11. Information: (814) 453-7117 and www.erieciviccenter.com Tickets: (814) 452-4857, (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Playing at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and pianist Gianluca Gascioli, works by Vacchi, Mozart and R. Strauss, 8 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday; and the orchestra playing works by Tchaikovsky, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets: (412) 392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphony.org

   » Guitarist Christopher Parkening plucks through Piazzolla, Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Rodrigo, Castelnuovo-Tedesco and others at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Katz Performing Arts Center. Tickets: (412) 392-4900 or www.pittsburghsymphony.org

   » Soprano Mei Zhong and pianist Randall Fusco put on a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday in Bliss Recital Hall, Youngstown State University.

   » Youngstown State University Clarinet Studio plays at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown.

   » Butler County Symphony Young Artist Competition will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in Swope Recital Hall. Slippery Rock University.

   » Brett Butler, late of the television show "Grace Under Fire," shows how she's held up since the network ax came down at 8 p.m. today, 8 and 10:15 p.m. Friday and 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday at the Improv, Cleveland. And: Mike Venemen, 8 p.m. Sunday; Dan O'Sullivan, 8 p.m. Tuesday; and Paul Mooney, 8 p.m. Wednesday and Jan. 29 and 30 and Feb. 2; 8 and 10:15 p.m. Jan. 31; and 7:15, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Reservations: (216) 696-4677 and www.clevelandimprov.com

   » Scott Angrave tells proper English jokes at 9 p.m. Friday and 8 and 10:15 p.m. Saturday at Funny Farm Comedy Club, Liberty, Ohio. More: Mike Jones, 9:30 p.m. Jan. 31 and 8 and 10:15 p.m. Feb. 1. Information: (330) 759-HAHA and www.funnyfarmcomedyclub.com

   » Richard Lewis, Bobcat Goldthwaite and Kevin Meany team up at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Lorain Palace Civic Center, Ohio. Tickets: (440) 245-2323 or (800) 889-4842 and www.lorainpalace.com

   » Carrot Top will be up to his old tricks at 8 p.m. April 24 at the University of Akron's Thomas Hall. Information: (330) 972-7570 and www.ejthomashall.com Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Funny business at the Funnybone, Pittsburgh: Rich Vos, today through Saturday. Information: (412) 281-3130 and www.funnybonelive.com

   » Brush up on your basic theology with "Late Night Catechism," an interactive humor show by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan in which a nun teaches an adult catechism class (the audience). The show opens Tuesday at Hanna Theatre, Cleveland. Shows run Tuesdays through Saturdays. Tickets and information: (800) 766-6048 and www.playhousesquare.com

   » Getting the last laugh at Jr.'s Last Laugh, Erie: Orny Adams, Mark Matsuoff and Larry DeFelice, 7:30 p.m. today and 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and "Black Jack" Wilson, Rick Younger and Joe Shmoe, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 and 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. Information: (814) 461-0911 and www.jrslastlaugh.com

   » Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center team up at 8 p.m. Saturday at State Theatre, Cleveland. Tickets and information: (800) 766-6048 and www.playhousesquare.com

   » Dance and Martial Arts of Manipur presents classical and traditional folk dance and music and martial arts heritage of the small, independent kingdom at 7:30 p.m. March 15 at Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh. Peking Acrobats, a group of gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers, will be accompanied by a Chinese orchestra at 4 p.m. March 23. Tickets and information: (412) 456-6666 and www.pgharts.org/events

   » Slippery Rock University Dance Theater features a work created for SRU dancers by Bridget Moore of the Ron Brown/Evidence Dance Co., a modern jazz piece based on the music of Queen by faculty member Nora Ambrosio, and student works including a piece by Leigh Puntureri of Grove City at 8 p.m. Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 in Miller Auditorium. Tickets: at the door. Information: (724) 738-2036.

   » Farruquito y su Familia dances the flamenco at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Cleveland Museum of Art. Information: (216) 421-7350, (888) 262-0033 and www.clevelandart.org

   » A sophisticated New Yorker stuck in the Blue Ridge Mountains finds redemption in hospice work with a 90-year-old woman who had moved to a one-room cabin to die in "Grace and Glorie," the Tim Ziegle play Trumbull New Theatre will stage this weekend. Tickets: (330) 652-1103 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. weeknights and on performance nights.

   » Meadville Community Theatre presents "Fuddy Meers" by David Lindsay-Abair at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 7 and 8, and 2:15 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Oddfellows Building on the Allegheny College campus. Reservations: (814) 333-1773.

   » Erie Playhouse encounters "The Women," the Clare Booth Luce play about what happens to a woman, her daughter and her mother when her husband has an affair, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30- Feb. 1, Feb. 6-8, 13 and 14; 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 9; and 5 p.m. Feb. 15. Tickets: (814) 454-2852. Information: www.erieplayhouse.org

   » City Theatre, Pittsburgh, gets the tear ducts working with "Sorrows and Rejoicings" by Athol Fugard through Feb. 16. Tickets and information: (412) 431-CITY and www.citytheatrecompany.org

   » Avalon Inn in Howland, Ohio, presents the murder mystery dinner-theater show "That's Not Shakespeare," written by Jan Kennedy, at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and occasional Saturdays.

In the play, a murder is committed during a small-town production of Shakespeare. The audience in encouraged to take part. Information: (800) 828-2566.

   » World's Toughest Rodeo bare backs it at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22 and 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at Gund Arena, Cleveland. Darryl Worley will sing a few songs along the way. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (216) 420-2200 and www.gundarena.com

   » Palace Theatre, Cleveland, comes alive with "Sing-A-Long Sound of Music" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Jan. 30 and 31, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 and 1:30 p.m. Feb. 2. The event includes a screening of the film with an emcee leading the audience through songs. Props will be available for audience members to use at appropriate moments. Tickets and information: (800) 766-6048 and www.playhousesquare.com

   » Slippery Rock University screens "The Crucible" at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Strain Behavioral Science Auditorium.

   » Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, shows "The Beyond" by Lucio Fulci, about zombies that invade an old hotel, at 6 p.m. Friday. The band Zombie will play after the show. Information: (412) 237-8300 and www.warhol.org

   » Blooming at Rosebud, Pittsburgh: Patti Larkin, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16; and Yonder Mountain String Band, 8 p.m. Feb. 19.

Information: (412) 261-2221 and www.rosebudstage.com Tickets: (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Kate and Anne McGarrigle harmonize at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Beachland Ballroom, Euclid, Ohio. Information: (216) 383-1124 and www.beachlandballroom.com

   » Jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson hits the high notes at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Niles McKinley High School auditorium. Tickets and information: (330) 652-9131 and Niles@aol.com

   » Cleveland Jazz Orchestra tunes up big band standards at 8 p.m. Friday at Tri-C Western Campus Theatre, Parma, Ohio, and 8 p.m. Saturday at Fairmount Temple Auditorium, Beachwood, Ohio. Information: (216) 524-BAND and www.clevelandjazz.org

   » Jazz pianist Joe Augustine holds court from 6 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at Opus Twenty One, Howland, Ohio. For reservations and to make sure Augustine is in town: (330) 856-2121.

   » "Spider-Man Live!" swings into Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, Tuesday through Feb. 2. Tickets: (412) 456-6666.

   » Board the "Freedom Train" when Theatreworks USA tells Harriett Tubman's story with dialogue, dance and music at 2 p.m. Saturday in Allen Theatre, Cleveland. Tickets and information: (800) 766-6048 and www.playhousesquare.com

   » Saturday doings at Pittsburgh Children's Museum: an interactive child's version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with actress Chris Laitta, noon; and the Pittsburgh Opera and the Troubadour Choir of the Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Information: (412) 322-5058 and www.pittsburghkids.org

   » Manhattan plays dance music from the '60s to the '90s at 9:30 p.m. Friday at Buzzy's Sports Bar and Grille in 10 Pin Alley, Hermitage; at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Phoenix, Sharon.

   » Revving at Hot Rod Cafe, Sharon: Son of Glam, 10:30 p.m. Friday; and Velveeta, 10:30 p.m. Saturday. Shari Richards entertains at 9 p.m. Monday in Tully's. Information: 981-3123 and www.quakersteakandlube.com

   » Locust Grove, Jefferson Township, hosts open mic nights at 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays.

   » Make "Contact" March 25-30 at Benedum Center, Pittsburgh. Tickets go on sale Monday at (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » "Anything Goes" when Great Lakes Theater Festival stages the Cole Porter musical through Feb. 2 at Ohio Theatre, Cleveland. Tickets and information: (800) 766-6048 and www.playhousesquare.com

   » Pittsburgh Musical Theater lines up "A Chorus Line" at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Byham Theatre, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (412) 456-6666.

   » "Always, Patsy Cline" starring Tori Lynn Palazola, who played the role off-Broadway, falls to pieces through March 2 at Carousel Dinner Theatre, Akron, Ohio. Tickets: (800) 362-4100 and www.carouseldinnertheatre.com

   » Nick Carter and Justin Case get the dancers dancing at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Metropol, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (412) 261-4512 and www.emstage.com

   » Bone Thugs-N-Harmony sums up the "Thug World Order" with Twiztid at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Metropol, Pittsburgh. Insane Clown Posse pops up at April 24. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (412) 261-4512 and www.emstage.com

   » Remember Big Daddy Kane? The early rapper puts on a show March 9 at Cleveland Agora.

How about 2 Live Crew? The group's sex raps pale in comparison to what sells millions for Eminem. 2 Live Crew opens for Insane Clown Posses April 25 gig. And: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, 8 p.m. Feb. 2. Information: (216) 881-6911 and www.clevelandagora.com Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for the dueling pianos of Elton John and Billy Joel, which are tuned up at 7:30 p.m. April 15 at Gund Arena, Cleveland. John and Joel sold out their March 7 concert at Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls play the hits at 7:30 p.m. March 24 at Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (412) 642-1800 and www.mellonarena.com

   » 3 Doors Down, who caught fire with "When I'm Gone," and Theory of a Deadman play at 7 p.m. Saturday at Cleveland Agora. Kittie, Biohazard, Eighteen Visions and Brand New Sin team up at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Information: (216) 881-6911 and www.clevelandagora.com Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Tickets go on sale Saturday for Toad the Wet Sprocket reunion show at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Metropol, Pittsburgh. More: Gov't Mule, 8 p.m. Feb. 14; Papa Roach, 7:30 p.m. March 18; and Saliva, Hed and Breaking Benjamin, 6 p.m. April 18. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (412) 261-4512 and www.emstage.com

   » Disturbed says a "Prayer" March 15 at Cleveland State University's Convocation Center. Tickets go on sale Saturday at (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (216) 687-5555.

   » Load up on Camper van Beethoven at 8 p.m. today at Rosebud, Pittsburgh. And: the Jayhawks, 8 p.m. Jan. 25; and Los Lobos, 8 p.m. Feb. 3. Information: (412) 261-2221 and www.rosebudstage.com Tickets: (330) 747-1212, at Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

   » Marshall Crenshaw rocks at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Beachland Ballroom, Euclid, Ohio. Information: (216) 383-1124 and www.beachlandballroom.com

   » Opera star Beverly Sills uses her pipes in a different way to lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh. Tickets: (412) 392-4900 or www.pittsburghspeakersseries.org

   » Rocker and writer Henry Rollins mixes stand-up comedy and monologue at 8 p.m. Sunday at Odeon, Cleveland. Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com Information: (216) 574-2525.

   » Former President Gerald Ford sounds off at 8 p.m. April 28 at the University of Akron's Thomas Hall.

Information: (330) 972-7570 and www.ejthomashall.com Tickets: (330) 747-1212, Kaufmann's or Iggle Entertainment, both Hermitage, and www.ticketmaster.com

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