Sports teams regularly promote players from the minor leagues or bring in new draft picks to play alongside the veterans. The same goes for long-running events like Easy Street Productions’ “Miracle on Easy Street,” which celebrates its 36th year with three public performances this ...

Expect some audience participation when the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra plays its “Home for the Holidays” concert on Monday at Stambaugh Auditorium. “We don’t have a chorus yet with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra,” said Music Director and Conductor Erik Ochsner. “We’re ...

Editor’s note: I wrote this column a dozen years ago. My opinion hasn’t changed — AT ALL — about the topic, but I did make a few updates. My answer to the personality-defining question, “Beatles or Rolling Stones?” always will be The Beatles. While I’m partial to John Lennon ...

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 ...

Christ Episcopal presents fest of lessons, carols The annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols is scheduled at 6 p.m. Sunday at Christ Epsicopal Church, 2627 Atlantic St. NW, Warren. The event weaves together scripture readings, choral music and congregational carols to celebrate the ...

The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band and the Stambaugh Chorus will raise funds for Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley with the 15th Holiday Concert Of Giving. Both the band and chorus are volunteer groups featuring musicians and singers from all over the Mahoning Valley. ...