Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:

• Barry Burkey might be the “hottest” artist in the Mahoning Valley, at least some of his art is.

His seventh solo show will open Saturday at Curated Vintage Goods, 310 Elm Road NE, Warren.

Apparently not everyone could wait until the opening. Someone broke into the shop last week and made off with two of the paintings. Judging by the pieces taken, the thief has a taste for the female form.

The thief was caught on security cameras, and a police report will be filed, Burkey said. But even with the two missing paintings, Burkey still will have about 50 works on display, both oil and acrylic paintings as well as a few wood pieces.

“I met (owner) Mark (Martof) when they opened up the store,” Burkey said. “They had all this cool stuff. I bought some Browns football programs and put some pieces in the place just to hang, and we talked about have a show down there. Then COVID happened.”

Those plans reignited earlier this year. Burkey’s subject matter includes comic book superheroes, women and rock stars.

“It’s all over the place,” he said.

An opening reception is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. Burkey said the work will be on display for a couple of weeks, and anything that doesn’t sell may stay up longer.

Admission is free.

• Leavittsburg native and dobro master Jerry Douglas was at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park over the weekend as part of its Grassfire music festival.

For those who missed and those who can’t wait to see him again, the 15-time Grammy Award winner will play The Kent Stage at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18.

In addition to his work as a solo artist, as a member of Alison Krauss + Union Station and leading the Earls of Leicester, Douglas has appeared on more than 1,500 albums, and he’s produced albums for Krauss, Del MCoury Band, John Hiatt and Molly Tuttle (who’s Douglas-produced “Crooked Tree” won the Grammy this year for best bluegrass album).

Performing with Douglas in Kent will be bass player Daniel Kimbro.

Tickets are $40 and $30 and go on sale Friday at kentstage.org.

• Salem’s annual salute to a rock radio legend returns this weekend.

Freed Fest celebrates the city’s ties to the “King of the Moondoggers” Alan Freed, who often is credited with coining the term “rock ‘n’ roll.” At the very least he popularized it as a Cleveland DJ in the 1950s, and the concert he organized at Cleveland Arena in 1952 — dubbed the Moondog Coronation Ball — is considered the first rock concert.

Freed’s family moved to Salem when he was a boy and he graduated from Salem High School in 1940.

The fest kicks off Friday with live music at Liebe Wein, Kast Iron Soda Works, Flying Pig Saloon and BB Rooners.

McCullough Park will be the site of two stages on Saturday. The Freed Acoustic Day Stage will start with yoga at 9 a.m. and feature open mic performers from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Fest Main Stage starts at 6 p.m. with Negative Zen, followed by Leo D’Angelo at 7 p.m., Conkle Brothers at 8 p.m., Black Wolf & the Thief at 9:10 p.m. and the Willis Gordon Band at 10:30 p.m.

Admission is free. For a complete list of activities, go to freedfest.com.

Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at agray@tribtoday.com