Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment.

• Rock4Reason hopes a little music and a little beer will provide a lot of relief for individuals and families dealing with terminal illnesses.

The group will have a Rock ‘N Hop event 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Modern Methods Brewing Company, 125 David Grohl Alley, Warren.

The event will feature performances by students from Amanda Beagle Voice Studio from 4 to 5 p.m., Brian Angelo from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and French Blue plus 2 from 8 to 10 p.m. Rock4Reason merch will be available for purchase, and a raffle will include more than 30 baskets donated by area businesses that attendees can try to win.

Babcia’s Lunchbox will be selling food. The event is free to attend, but a $10 ticket comes with three tastings from a “brewer’s choice” of Modern Methods beers.

Rock4Reason was started by Frank and Heather Lindsay and Matt and Jennifer Durno to use their love of music to raise money to help those dealing with cancer and other illnesses.

That assistance includes helping with medical bills, groceries or even just providing gas cards to help offset the costs for patients traveling back and forth to the Cleveland Clinic for treatment.

“Last year we helped 109 families and raised $36,000,” Frank Lindsay said. “A big part of that is the community itself. The community has been awesome as far as supporting our mission. Everyone can think of or knows someone affected by cancer or some other terminal illness. If we can give them a little bit of hope, let them know this will be OK, I think we’re doing our job.”

The group now has a board with 14 members and continues to look for new ways to support its goals.

“I think our mission is the same,” Frank Lindsay said.

“We want to help families in the Valley and support local as much as we can. And since our inception, one of our biggest supporters has been Modern Methods.”

For more information, go to www.rock4reason.org.

• A very American museum will be displaying a work by a French master for the next couple of months.

A painting by Claude Monet, often referred to as the Father of Impressionism, can be seen at the Butler Institute of American Art, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown.

The painting is part of the permanent collection at the Dayton Art Institute.

The Butler loaned the Dayton museum its Edward Hopper painting “Pennsylvania Coal Town” for its exhibition “The Quiet World of Edward Hopper,” which runs through Sept. 8

The Butler gets to display the Monet painting while the Hopper work calls southern Ohio home.

According to Butler Executive Director Louis A. Zona, the painting is inspired by the artist’s magnificent gardens at Giverny.

It can be viewed in the Butler’s Watson Gallery on the main level through Sept. 8.

• I didn’t get to be there for as long as I intended, but I had a chance to catch a portion of Fins to the Left’s show Saturday at Warren Community Amphitheatre as part of the River Rock at the Amp concert series.

Perfect weather and a slew of special guests from Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band brought a huge crowd to the amphitheater.

It’s amazing how well Buffett’s old bandmates slide into the tribute band’s lineup, especially considering they usually have little more than a soundcheck to prepare.

But as talented as the Coral Reefers are, I alway leave impressed by the skills of Fins frontman Shawn Lawless and the talented group of local players surrounding him.

I’m ambivalent about the “tribute band” as a creative endeavor. Too often it feels like musicians resigned to the reality that they can make more money pretending to be someone else rather than putting their own stamp on cover material or — God forbid — trying to get an audience to listen to original music.

But a Fins show always feels like a celebration of music they genuinely love instead of a business decision. That was evident again on Saturday.