It started with a premise, one of those ideas that came to playwright Greg A. Smith a decade ago as he was falling asleep. He didn’t pause to write it down, but unlike other drowsy thoughts, it’s one he remembered when he woke up the next morning. That idea becomes a fully realized ...

A founder of Neo-African Abstract Expressionism will display his work in an exhibition opening Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. Through his use of dots, textiles and tribal markings, Danny Simmons reclaims and recontextualizes traditional African motifs within the language of ...

A historian and a novelist will take part in Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Ben Lariccia is a Youngstown native who taught for 30 years in Philadelphia. With Joe Tucciarone, Lariccia authored two studies on early Italian immigration, “Coal War in the Mahoning ...

Art made with nontraditional items will be featured in the next exhibition at downtown Warren’s Art on Park. For Rubbish on Park, artists were instructed not to submit traditional paint-on-canvas works. Curator Ashley Kellar’s suggestions in the call for artists announcement included such ...

Trumbull Senior Production Company brings its annual musical variety show to Lakeview High School auditorium. This is the 17th year for the nonprofit performing group, which is open to people ages 50 and older. “Feel the Beat” features a cast of more than 25 singers, dancers and ...

Upton series features program on P.T. Barnum Magician Tom Phoolery will be the guest for the Upton Association’s monthly program at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Harriet Taylor Upton House, 380 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. In addition to a few magic tricks, he will talk about P.T. Barnum and the ...