They can be found on the same radio stations and playlists and in many of the same CD collections. Saturday they will be on the same stage. Ezra Ray Hart is Better Than Ezra’s Kevin Griffin, Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath and Tonic’s Emerson Hart playing their hits together and, on this tour ...

Better Than Ezra never performed on “Saturday Night Live,” but the group is a tiny part of the show’s history. The band was part of a memorable Norm Macdonald joke during Weekend Update: “And in music news, No. 1 on the college charts this summer was Better Than Ezra. And at No. 2 ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Back in August, I wrote about Anthony LaMarca’s latest album, “Weapon,” and its unique distribution model, being available for download only through a QR code printed in the PETRA Int’l Herald, an 8-page newspaper he ...

“Give us a clock tick” is an expression uttered several times in “Wicked: For Good.” But Jon M. Chu’s two-part musical has asked for quite a bit more than that. Together, the two halves of this “Wicked” adaptation have run 297 minutes, which, more than the threat of lions and ...

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. ASHTABULA ...

Before Warren Zeiders travels the world, he’s coming to Youngstown. Zeiders will play the Covelli Centre on Friday, the same week that he announced his first world tour, which includes shows throughout Europe and Australia next year. His Youngstown appearance was delayed by more than a ...