Scott Skiba takes creative approaches with classic operas. Some are born from the imagination of Opera Western Reserve’s production director, such as last year’s steampunk-style “Faust.” Others — 2020’s “La Traviata” that used Stambaugh Auditorium as its set and 2021’s ...
Brian Keith Johnson grew up in Warren, graduating from Warren G. Harding High School in 1984 and going on to study opera at University of Akron and abroad in Italy and Austria. But he didn’t have an opportunity to share his baritone with local audiences in a full-scale production until ...
38 Special will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its debut album in 2027. With the anniversary approaching, lead singer Don Barnes, the one remaining member from that original lineup, bought a new stage set with risers and new lighting to revamp the band’s live show, which has been its ...
There is a meme I’ve seen several times this month that says, “If free public libraries didn’t already exist and someone tried to invent them, they would be condemned as a socialist plot.” Imagine the political ads we’d endure right now if libraries were a new idea. Luckily, they’ve been around for millennia. I’ve written many times over the years about my love of libraries, which started as a child who read every crappy biography ever written about his favorite athletes and continued as an adult who never could have afforded to feed the voracious reading appetites of ...
Art ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: “Small, Quiet Things: Studies in Attention — The Art of Cath Smith,” through Sunday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. ashtabulaartscenter.org and ...
The exhibition "Mental Health: Supporting Recovery Through Art" by NAMI S.E.A. opens Saturday at the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Art Gallery. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Support through Expressive Arts (S.E.A) is a mental health support group that focuses on self-exploration and expression through art. Therapeutic art activities can boost self-esteem, increase feelings of ...
