Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:

• The Mahoning Valley Historical Society is seeking teams for its annual Amazing History Race.

Inspired by the CBS reality competition series, the scavenger-hunt-meets-road trip event tests participants’ knowledge of local history.

Each team will receive a set of clues to find six different historical sites in the Mahoning Valley. The first team back that has correctly identified all six sites — and brought back photographic proof that they were there — will win the Amazing History Race trophy.

Teams will gather at 250 E. Federal St., Youngstown at 5 p.m. Aug. 8 with the race starting at 5:30 p.m. The finish line is Tyler History Center, 325 W. Federal St., where the teams will enjoy a pizza party.

The cost is $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens ages 60 and older and children ages 5 to 13. Children ages 4 and younger are free.

Registration is online only at mahoninghistory.org.

• Why is Christmas in July a thing?

If someone was going to make up an excuse to celebrate that winter holiday in the summer, it would make more sense to do it in June, which is the halfway point.

According to AI, it’s because July is the middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and Christmas in July allows places like Australia and New Zealand to celebrate in winter.

But in the U.S., we only care about other countries’ holidays if we can turn them into an excuse to drink, so I guess Christmas in July is the new Cinco de Mayo, which was the new St. Patrick’s Day …

Downtown Warren establishments will embrace the occasion with a bar crawl starting at 6 p.m. Saturday. Participating locations are Urban Tap, Bushwick, Club Michael, Underground Lounge, Charbenay’s, West & Main, Horseshoe Bar and Modern Methods Brewing Company.

Live entertainment is scheduled at several spots (Undercover Jukebox at Urban Tap, Tony Armeni & Friends at Modern Methods, Drunken Iguanas at Bushwick, DJ Patillac and Matt Skeen at the Horseshoe). Drink specials will be available, and participants will be able to walk with those drinks from place to place within the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA).

• Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumors” is among the most popular albums of all time, selling more than 40 million copies worldwide.

A Fleetwood Mac-adjacent LP long sought by collectors will be a little easier to hear starting in September.

Before they joined Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were a couple and a duo, releasing the album “Buckingham Nicks” in 1973. It didn’t sell many copies, but it caught the attention of Fleetwood Mac. Originally, the band just wanted Buckingham to take the place of Bob Welch on guitar, but as Nicks tells the story in Dave Grohl’s “Sound City” documentary, the band was told Buckingham wouldn’t join without Nicks, so they got a twofer that turned the group from a respected blues rock band to global superstars.

The success of the “Fleetwood Mac” and “Rumors” albums brought a bit more attention to “Buckingham Nicks,” but it never got an official CD release, it’s not available for streaming and the last authorized LPs were pressed more than 40 years ago (and generally sell for at least $50 in decent condition).

Wednesday the lead track on the record “Crying in the Night” became available for streaming, and Rhino Records announced the remastered LP will be released Sept. 19 as part of its high-fidelity series, and it will be officially released on CD and for streaming at the same time, according to an Associated Press story.

Considering their tumultuous history, the album reissue probably is the most that fans can expect.

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