Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: A two-time Grammy nominee is coming home to Youngstown this weekend to benefit an organization run by a childhood friend. Tenor Lawrence Brownlee headlines There’s Power in Music at 6 p.m. Sunday at Stambaugh Auditorium. All proceeds ...
The Block Party is a “big tent” event, bringing together many components — music, comedy, vendors market, food, community, etc. — under one banner. This year it adds a “big blanket” to that big tent. The Block Party 2026 at B&O Station in Youngstown is adding a third stage for ...
Al Jardine calls his group the Pet Sounds Band, but the founding member of The Beach Boys doesn’t limit himself to that iconic 1966 album on stage. Several tracks from “Pet Sounds” will be part of the setlist when Jardine and his band perform Saturday at the Robins Theatre, but so will ...
Saudia Mills was a creative person in need of a creative outlet. She found it with “Black Eyed Peas at Midnight,” a play she wrote and directed that will make its debut on Saturday at The Playhouse Downtown. With the stage name Saudia Yasmein (her first and middle names), Mills worked ...
Nick Adduci and Anthony LaMarca spent some time together at Peppermint Recording Studio over Christmas break, and they’ll share the stage Saturday at Westside Bowl. LaMarca, a member of The War on Drugs who releases his solo work as The Building, produced Adduci’s new album, “Tabula ...
CLEVELAND — The last refrigerator I bought died after a decade. My grandparents had a refrigerator they probably bought shortly after World War II, and there’s a chance it may be in a basement somewhere today still keeping beer incredibly cold. Dependability is a dying commodity in ...