The musical “Mean Girls” opens the Straw Hat Theatre summer season. It is based on the 2004 movie about Cady Heron, a teenager who enrolls in an American high school after being homeschooled for more than a decade in Africa by her zoologist parents. She infiltrates “The Plastics,” a ...

Submissions sought for Sips & Scripts Kent State University Trumbull Theatre is seeking play submissions for its 2026-27 Sips & Scripts series. Plays should be at least 45 minutes in length and have a cast no larger than 12 actors. Plays are presented in seated, concert-style ...

The street in front of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland recording studio will be renamed after the legendary guitar player, and local educator and Vindys’ guitarist John Anthony will be a part of the festivities. Anthony, who teaches Austintown Fitch’s rock band and history of rock ...

Local favorites Left End will play what is being billed as its “Final Ride” on Oct. 10 at Powers Auditorium. Left End was one of the most popular Mahoning Valley bands in the 1970s. Packed clubs and local radio support led to a record deal with Polydor Records, which released the ...

The Vampire Circus comes to the Robins Theatre on Oct. 28. The touring production blends circus, cabaret and theater in a show inspired by the magic of traveling carnivals and gothic fantasy. It includes dance, gymnastics, acrobatics, contortionists, jugglers, comedy, illusions and audience ...

JCC reopens visual arts studio after renovation The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane, will celebrate the reopening of the Paul and Yetta Gluck School of Visual Arts on Wednesday. The studio recently underwent an accessibility renovation. The more inclusive creative ...