Youngstown is planning an evening of orchestral music, Ohio Players, Vindys and fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July and America250. Sunday’s Ignite the Night will feature a free outdoor concert by the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre with the last 20 ...

The W.D. Packard Concert Band will play its annual Fourth of July Spectacular, and attendees will be able to leave with a souvenir. Thomas A. Groth, executive director of the band, commissioned through the trust he created in memory of his wife, Brenda, a print celebrating local history. It ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • The Oakland Center for the Arts will share its future plans for downtown Warren during an open house on Monday. The theater company, which started in 1987 in Youngstown, has a new home at the former First United Church of Christ, 280 ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: 53rd Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibition and Mini Masterpiece Exhibition, both through July 23. 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 ...

The unveiling of the Layer of Legacy mural will be part of First Fridays Youngstown. The mural in the 100 block of West Federal Street was part of America250-Ohio’s efforts to commemorate the country’s semiquincentennial. Artists were selected from nearly 30 applicants to create the mural ...

The Millennial Theatre Company will stage the nonprofessional Ohio premiere of the musical “Dear Evan Hansen.” Desire and persistence made it possible. MTC Director Joe Asente said he fell in love with the show when he saw the national tour in Cleveland in 2019. “It was the first ...