“Mickey’s Search Party” has the spins, jumps and solo and pairs routines that audiences expect from a Disney on Ice production. But skater Allison Merges, who skates the role of Belle from “Beauty and the Beast,” said the show that includes Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” also ...

The 86th Area Artists Annual opens Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. The exhibition is open to artists who live within a 75-mile radius of Youngstown, and all types of media are accepted. According to Butler Executive Director Louis A. Zona, “The Area Artists Annual ...

I read a lot of musician biographies and memoirs. It’s nice to learn something about the subjects’ lives and how those lives influenced their creative endeavors. It usually gives me a greater appreciation for their music, even if most of them follow a similar arc, kind of like an episode ...

The success of the single “Rise Up” indicates smooth jazz fans will find Darryl Alexander’s new album worth the wait. The Youngstown native, who now lives in Boardman, has been getting airplay on terrestrial and internet radio stations with “Rise Up.” It peaked at #9 on ...

The Cleveland Museum of Art will celebrate its 110th anniversary with exhibitions featuring 20th century American master Andrew Wyeth and 19th century French impressionists. Opening Sept. 20, “Spectacular Freedom: Andrew Wyeth and the Modern American Watercolor“ will feature more than 100 ...

Two Cleveland fiction writers will be the featured authors for Lit Youngstown’s First Wednesday Reader Series. Nicole D. Miller is a self-published author and the host of the “Girl Talk” podcast. She owns ND Miller Publishing, where she specializes in assisting debut authors with ...