The Warren Philharmonic Orchestra will return to its chamber origins for the opening concert of its 2025-26 season. For his inaugural season as music director and conductor of the orchestra, Christopher Cicconi programmed some music that required an expanded ensemble, such as the larger horn ...

The concerts we love, the ones that stick in our memories, often have little to do with the actual music. It’s the adventure getting there, the people you were with, the circumstances in your life at that moment that made the music hit in a certain way. I have a long history with Elvis ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Jim Soppelsa: Abstract Variations” and “Dan Droz: Hidden in Plain Sight,” both through Nov. 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org ...

Dan Rosenberg will be opening for himself when he comes to the Funny Farm Comedy Club on Oct. 9. It’s a lot of Rosenberg. Before the Beaver Falls, Pa., native performs, he will screen the pilot for the television series he wrote and stars in called “It’s a Lot.” “We show it, we ...

First Fridays Youngstown coincides with ghost tour Phelps Street Gateway downtown will be the site for October’s First Fridays Youngstown. The event runs from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and will include music by November Loop, vendors and community organizations and family-friendly games and ...

Staff report Stage Left Players will stage the comedy “The Foreigner” for a three-weekend run. Larry Shue’s play tells the story of Charlie, a painfully shy Englishman seeking peace and quiet at a fishing lodge in rural Georgia. To avoid social interactions, his friend concocts a ...