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New year, new fun

1 — New Year’s Day hike at Turkey Run Trail, Cortland, at 10 a.m. 2-4 — Disney on Ice: “Mickey’s Search Party” at Covelli Centre, Youngstown 3 — Program by Amy Reeher from the Trumbull County Soil and Water Conservation District, on “Eugene Odum: Biologist and Ecosystem Pioneer” at Warren-Trumbull County Public Library Brookfield Branch at 11 a.m. 3 — Third Senior Showcase at Robins Theatre, Warren, at 2 p.m. 4 — Model Railroad & Toy Train Flea Market at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Center, Austintown, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4 — 86th Area Artists ...

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for The Cure, dies at 65

NEW YORK (AP) — Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. The band made the announcement on their official website on Friday. “It is with enormous sadness that we confirm the death of our great friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte, who passed away after a short illness at home over Christmas,” the band wrote. “Quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story,” the statement continued. “Our thoughts and condolences are with ...

Best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers

The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, alongside all those “safe” sequels, reboots and known brands? Most, however, are more likely destined for cult classic status. Hollywood as we know it is undergoing seismic changes, with yet another studio, Warner Bros., staring down a ...

Gray Areas: 2025 leaves mostly happy memories … at least with local entertainment

Year-end columns are a chance to look back fondly on the year that was. They’re also intimidating. No matter how much I try to cram in, there’s something that gets overlooked. Here are some of the events that stand out in local entertainment for 2025, and hopefully the first column of 2026 won’t be filled with apologies for the things I forgot. Anniversaries, endings and beginnings Youngstown Playhouse wrapped up its centennial celebration with a gala in June that featured both current performers and people who hadn’t been on the Playhouse stage in decades. The W.D. ...

Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e,” through Jan. 29, 2026. 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 and 724-652-2882. BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “Robert Rauschenberg: A Centenary Tribute,” through Jan. 4, 2026. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. www.butlerart.com and 330-743-1107. MEDICI MUSEUM OF ART, 9350 E. Market St., Howland: “ZODIAC: ...

Nancy L. Ryan 1934-2025

CANFIELD – Nancy L. Ryan, passed away peacefully, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, at the age of 91. She was born March 27, 1934, in Cincinnati, a daughter of John Vincent TenBieg and the former Marie Gertrude Terwest. Nancy graduated from Mount Notre Dame High School in Cincinnati in 1952 and ...