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Gray Areas: Pride returns to Warren, YO NIGHTS start at amp

Assorted rambling from the world of entertainment: • The 7th Full Spectrum Pride in the Valley will fill downtown Warren’s Courthouse Square from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday. The event is presented by Full Spectrum Community Outreach Services, which offers mental health services, support groups and other needs for the LGBTQIA+ community. The annual festival has grown to include more than 100 vendors and more than two dozen performers. The festival starts with a parade around Courthouse Square at noon, followed by the opening ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Entertainment is planned ...

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Packard premieres piece for band, accordion

Normally it takes a rainstorm to move the W.D. Packard Concert Band indoors during the summer. This Sunday it wasn’t weather, but a world premiere that dictated the move. The band will premiere “Terra Incognita,” a new composition for accordion and wind band written by composer Stan Bann and featuring Joseph Natoli of Howland on accordion. “Because of the nature of the piece, I just felt we should play it inside,” said Thomas Groth, executive director of the band. “It’s really hard outside to get a good sound, and this is a major work. We’d like to have people hear ...

Twitch reunites for show at Westside Bowl

Twitch got the itch to play again, and the band will do its first show in 26 years on Saturday at Westside Bowl. Twitch formed in 1996 when Dave Moondogg Mooney, lead vocals; Brandyn Marlon Thomas, guitar; and Jeff Killin, DJ and vocals, split with their original rhythm section in The Good ...

Making of ‘Jaws’ inspires Playhouse’s next production

Youngstown Playhouse is bringing a behind-the-scenes look at one of the biggest summer movie blockbusters of all time to its new performance space downtown. “The Shark Is Broken” is about the making of “Jaws,” focusing on the behind-the-scenes drama involving the film’s stars — ...

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Library hosts author Robin Yocum The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 Wick Ave., Youngstown, will present “A Writer’s Life: An Evening with Robin Yocum” at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Yocum is known for his novels set in the Ohio River Valley. The son of a West Virginia steelworker, Yocum will discuss his blue-collar roots and how his writing developed in the “grit and the grind” of the Ohio Valley. The program is free, but advance registration is required at www.libraryvisit.org. Attendees will have a chance to win a copy of his latest book, “The Last ...