Staff report Two classical and two pops concerts will be part of Erik Ochsner’s inaugural season as conductor and music director of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. Ochsner, who has guest conducted the YSO nine times since the death of previous conductor / music director Randall Craig ...

“Fancy Like” launched Walker Hayes into the stratosphere. The show he’s bringing to Packard Music Hall on Saturday takes him back to his roots. Hayes is stripping down his country hits and his back catalog for an acoustic show. Last week, a couple of days before the first date on the ...

The locally shot “Midnight Massacre” will have its premiere Saturday at Movies 8 in Boardman. Considering how long it took to make, “Midnight Marathon” might be a more appropriate title. Writer-director Travis Bowen started shooting the movie in late 2013. Two of the film’s ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will host a local author fair and poetry workshop in November. The book fair from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Nov. 8 will feature authors from across Northeast Ohio who will be selling their work. It will ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Jim Soppelsa: Abstract Variations” and “Dan Droz: Hidden in Plain Sight,” both through Nov. 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org ...

Selah Dessert Theater invites theatergoers to a funeral — three funerals, to be exact — but director Mary Ruth Lynn promises it won’t be a sad occasion. “Three Viewings” by Jeffrey Hatcher opens its 2025-26 season tonight in the performance space above Selah Restaurant in Struthers. ...