Art sought for anti-drug / alcohol show

The Art Outreach Gallery at the Eastwood Mall in Niles is seeking entries for its “Anti Drug and Alcohol Art Show,” which will run Jan. 10 to 26, 2020.

The show will divide entries into two groups, students in grades 7 to 12 and adult artists. The show is open to all mediums, and there is no limit to the number of pieces an artist can enter. There is a $2 fee per entry.

Melissa Mills, an art instructor at McDonald High School, will be the juror. Trinity Hobbs, a senior at Trumbull Career and Technical Center, is the curator.

Entries can be dropped off at 3 p.m. Jan. 7 at the gallery. For more information, email aaboutique@aol.com.

TAG presents holiday open house

Trumbull Art Gallery will have its annual holiday open house this weekend.

The event will include an arts and crafts market, clay / ceramic workshops and demonstrations in the TAG Underground and a raffle to win a $45 gift certificate good for TAG classes or purchases in the gift shop.

The open house runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the gallery, 158 N. Park Ave., Warren. For more information, call 330-395-4876.

Gallery displays MVHS photos

A meet-the-curator session is planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday in conjunction with the “Hidden Gems from the Mahoning Valley Historical Society” exhibition at the Weller Gallery at Mill Creek MetroParks’ Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Way, Youngstown.

Curator Jessica Trickett will be on hands to answer questions about the show, which features 19th and 20th century photographs from the MVHS archives, including snow-covered landscapes and images of downtown Youngstown decorated for the Christmas season.

Admission is free. For more information, call 330-740-7116.

Boardman choirs to perform

The Boardman High School Choral Department, directed by Linda M. Smrek and assistant Laura Kotheimer, will present its annual winter concert 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Boardman Performing Arts Center, 7777 Glenwood Ave.

Nearly 200 students in five different choral groups — the Freshman Mixed Chorus, the all-male Spartan Singers, Upperclassman Choir, all-female Boardman Singers and the elite performing Chorale — will be featured. Alumni are invited to join the ensembles in singing “O Holy Night,” a tradition since 1954.

Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $5 with senior citizens admitted for $4.

Book signing set for ‘Images’

A book signing for “Images of America: Warren” is planned Friday in conjunction with the city’s Christmas in the Square event.

Authors Meghan Reed, executive director of the Trumbull County Historical Society, and Josh Nativio, a local historian, will sign copies of the book and answer questions from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at National Fire & Water Repair, 145 W. Market St., Warren.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.