The W.D. Packard Concert Band’s Fourth of July Spectacular will start with a debut and end with a bang. Opening for the Packard band for its annual Fourth of July performance will be the first public show by Brass Express. The group is an offshoot of Brass Metropolis, which disbanded earlier ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Calling hours for Robert Joseph Miller Jr., who died at age 69, took place back in March. But his friends and fellow musicians knew the only way to pay tribute to the guitar player everyone knew as “Rollo” would be with music. That ...

Writer-director Shiloh Hart turned to local history for inspiration for this year’s Kent State University at Trumbull Summer Stock’s touring production. “My goal last year was to inspire the kids that anyone can achieve greatness,” Hart said. “I was like, ‘Man, how am I going to do ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: 52nd Hoyt Regional Art Exhibition, through July 17. 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 and 724-652-2882. BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ...

Rodeo returns to Lisbon Hoppel’s Championship Rodeo celebrates its 40th anniversary this weekend with events at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Hoppel’s Arena, state Route 518, Lisbon. Friday’s rodeo will include a veterans night tribute and a fireworks finale. Saturday’s activities ...

Cirque Italia brings its big tent to the Southern Park Mall parking lot for six performances this weekend. The production tells the story of a 1950s-obsessed adolescent who falls asleep and dreams of living in this bygone era, and it incorporates such circus acts as jugglers, low-wire ...