By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN A company’s renovation of a once-empty downtown
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com, youngstown In an effort to create tourism synergy, three
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Party on the Plaza, the Friday-night blowouts
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The Suite D’s will unveil their new EP, “Root
During the multitude of interviews I’ve done with local bands over the years, one name has come up
Don Arthurs turned a dream into reality. But now he’s ready to move on. The lifelong Columbiana
Comedy team returns By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com COLUMBIANA Main Street Madness
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com It takes most bands an album or two before they find their
BY GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN The organization that played a key role in the
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com Like her late father, Devorah Gottesman has been a cantor
Last week’s Third Eye Blind concert at Youngstown State University didn’t get anywhere near the
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com Summer is the peak season for jam bands, including
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com AUSTINTOWN The first local public screenings of
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com One of the best moments of Elton John’s marathon concert
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com Walking With Dino- saurs has walked around the globe over
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com Ty Campana of Struthers will be profiled on “Inside Edition”
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com EAST PALESTINE The Big Show is coming back. A group of
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com “Dodo,” a film made by comedian-actor Bob Golub, a native of
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN Seven local theaters have mounted an effort to
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com CHAMPION A song that local rocker Frank Fordeley wrote
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com WARREN The Warren Philharmonic Orchestra will conclude its
Daniel-Raymond Nadon has been keeping theater alive and healthy at Kent State-Trumbull for 17 years.
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com BOARDMAN It’s being billed as the largest craft-beer
By DAVID SKOLNICK skolnick@vindy.com YOUNGSTOWN President Barack Obama will discuss health
“THE BACHELOR: JASON AND MOLLY’S WEDDING” (8 P.M., ABC): On “The Bachelor: Jason and Molly’s
Top 5 iTunes downloads: v”Break Your Heart” (feat. Ludacris), Taio Cruz v”Need You Now,” Lady
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS WYSU program receives award YOUNGSTOWN An episode of WYSU-88.5 FM’s public
vThe Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents “Zing, Zang, Zoom:SDRq 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and
if you go What: “Inherit the Wind.” Where: The Youngstown Playhouse. When: 7:30 p.m. Friday
Brooklynite Beyonc NEW YORK The president of Brooklyn has declared Beyonc an official
“Community Connection” (6:30 a.m. Sunday, WFMJ Channel 21): March is National Colorectal Cancer
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, winner of a bronze medal at the
ALICE IN WONDERLAND Grade: B Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Wasikowska, Anne
YOUNGSTOWN — “Walking With Dinosaurs,” the show that recreates a prehistoric experience, will come
What is ’80s British pop star Brian Bonhomme doing on the Youngstown State University campus? Why,
By GUY D’ASTOLFO dastolfo@vindy.com Many people in the Mahoning Valley know Jim Couchenour as a
Exhibition at the Butler preserves the memories of a Holocaust survivor. THE ART OF ESTHER
COLUMBIANA — It was a mini-Hollywood scene at the premiere of “The Last Vampire on Earth.”
YOUNGSTOWN — Riverdance’s run at Powers Auditorium began two days after ice sent bricks on the
Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini lends direction during a shooting session in May of 2008 at the Youngstown Club, where the filmmaking team interviewed residents.
WARREN — Angelo Babbaro, the Canfield man with a voice like Sinatra, will take to the Packard Music
Hop, Skip and Jump Productions has a new location for its next production, but the material will be
Justin Jason Edwards generally does things ahead of schedule. At age 15, he graduated from
New York City provides the canvas and the entrepreneurial spirit for “How to Make it in America,”
Brock Sellards was having another strong year on the Arenacross circuit, until last week. That’s
The mathematics professor has been doing a stage act for several years. Art Benjamin can do
“Preacher’s Kid,” the film written and directed by Youngstown native Stan Foster, will get at least
YOUNGSTOWN — Robert Mangino, a popular and sometimes polarizing morning radio talk-show host on WKBN
KENT — An Austintown native will compete with 23 other men for the attention of a supermodel on
“Preacher’s Kid,” the second feature-length film directed by Youngstown native Stan Foster and easily his biggest, will be released nationwide Friday.