Library offers program on Jackie Kennedy Onassis

A program on the life of Jackie Kennedy Onassis is scheduled at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren.

Presenter Susan Cannavino will look at the life of the former First Lady, style icon and cultural ambassador.

Admission is free for either in-person attendance or via Zoom. To register for a Zoom link, go to wtcpl.org or call 330-399-8807 ext. 200.

ESC of Eastern Ohio displays student art

The annual Student Art Show is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Educational Service Center of Eastern Ohio, 7320 N. Palmyra Road, Canfield.

The exhibition features more than 250 pieces of artwork created by students from across the region. It celebrates the creativity, talent, and hard work of young artists representing a wide range of schools and grade levels.

Families, educators, and community members are invited to attend. Admission is free.

Pogram explores downtown Youngstown’s history

A program on “Downtown Youngstown Through the Years” is planned at 5 p.m. May 14 at the Warren-Trumbull County Library Liberty Branch, 415 Churchill-Hubbard Road.

The Mahoning Valley Historical Society presentation will explore more than 200 years of downtown Youngstown through historic images, maps and stories that show its growth from a frontier village to a thriving industrial community.

The event is free, but registration is required by calling 330-759-2589.

Author plans book signings for Midlife Moxie release

Austintown author Nancy Christie will do two book signings this weekend in conjunction with the paperback release of “Transforming Tessa,” the fourth book in her Midlife Moxie Novel Series.

Christie will be at Look Nook Gift Shop at Salem Regional Medical Center, 1995 E. State St., Salem, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit patient care.

Christie, who has written 11 books, also will do a signing from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 381 Boardman-Poland Road, Boardman. For more information, go to www.nancychristie.com.

Charles Grodin documentary coming to JCC on May 14

The Youngstown Area Jewish Film Series will present the documentary “Charles Grodin: Rebel with a Cause” at 6 p.m. May 14 at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane.

Raised in a Jewish household in Pittsburgh, Charles Grodin’s life embodied the concept of Tikkun Olam or “repairing the world.” The film not only celebrates Grodin’s hilarious acting career but also his decades-long, successful fight to get wrongly convicted people out of prison.

The screening is free, but donations will be accepted at the door.

Go to jewishyoungstown.org/filmseries to register.

Ballet Theatre Ashtabula presents spring concert

“Echoes,” Ballet Theatre Ashtabula’s 2026 spring dance concert, will be staged for six performances at Ashtabula Arts Center, 2928 W. 13th St.

The annual concert features Ballet Theatre Ashtabula’s senior division dancers performing original choreography in an array of styles — ballet, modern, contemporary and musical theater — as well as excerpts from the ballets “Paquita” and “Swan Lake.”

Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through May 17.

Tickets are $19 for adults, $17 for students, senior citizens and military and $15 for children ages 2 to 12 if purchased in advance at ashtabulaartscenter.org or by calling 440-964-3396. Tickets are $21, $19 and $17 at the door.

YSU offers Summer Art Camp on June 22-26

The Youngstown State University art department will host a Summer Art Camp June 22 to 26 for students ages 13 to 18.

The camp runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at Bliss Hall.

Participants will work across multiple media — including painting, printmaking, photography, and graphic design — with instruction and critique from college-level art faculty. It concludes with a public exhibition of the work created.

The cost is $325, and the deadline for registration and payment is June 5. Lunch is provided each day.

To register online, go to academics.ysu.edu/art. For more information, email art@ysu.edu or call 330-941-3627.

Stuck in Ohio documentary showing at Stambaugh

Tickets are on sale now for “The YO,” an urban adventure documentary created by Stuck in Ohio, a Mahoning Valley production company founded by brothers Ken and Dan Mizicko.

Filmed throughout the streets, parks and hidden corners of the city, “The YO” reveals a side of Youngstown rarely seen — one shaped by movement, creativity and resilience.

What began as documenting friends and everyday moments grew into a two-decade journey of storytelling connected to the people and places that define this region.

It will be shown at 5 p.m. Aug. 30 at Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown.

Tickets are $6 and are available at the DeYor Performing Arts Center box office, online at experienceyourarts.org and by calling 330-259-9651.