Robyn E. Maas called Tony Armeni “Mr. Youngstown.” “You go anywhere with Tony and somebody knows him or he already knows a dozen people there,” Maas said. Many of them are fellow artists or former students of Armeni, who taught for 31 years as an adjunct professor at Youngstown ...

Anthony Bambino went from shredding to swinging. Bambino leads the Rock This Town Orchestra, which plays the music of the Brian Setzer Orchestra and the Stray Cats, but it includes other swing era standards and early rock and rockabilly favorites. The band replaces Louis Prima Jr. and the ...

It started with a dinner. Back in 2023, I accompanied a group from the Trumbull County Historical Society to California to get a first glimpse at the more than 500 pieces that Modern Props’ creative force (and Warren native) John Zabrucky donated to the organization for what we now call the ...

Trumbull fairgrounds hosts Firewood Expo The 3rd Annual International Firewood Expo, hosted by Ohio Wood Burner Ltd.,takes place Friday and Saturday at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds, 899 Everett Hull Road, Bazetta. The event brings together firewood industry leaders, cutting-edge ...

Art ART ON PARK, 180 N. Park Ave., Warren: Youth Art Day, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, free. BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “Sally Weber and Craig Newswanger: Entangled Attraction,” through Sunday; “Chuck Olson: Paintings from 2010-2024,” through May 18; ...

Two poets will be the featured readers for the next Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Reader Series event. David B. Prather of Parkersburg, W.Va., is the author of three poetry collections — “We Were Birds” (Main Street Rag, 2019), “Shouting at an Empty House” (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, ...