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Event celebrates first flight of Neil Armstrong A 90th anniversary celebration of astronaut Neil Armstong’s first airplane ride is planned from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the First Flight & Lunar Module site, 2553 Parkman Road NW, Warren. Attendees can design and fold a paper airplane and enjoy space-themed refreshments. Remarks honoring Armstrong’s first flight, which occurred July 26, 1936, at Warren Airways in a Ford Tri-Motor airplane will start at 3 p.m., followed by a paper airplane flying competition in different age groups. Armstrong became the first man to walk on the ...

Labra Brothers get bigger, better with new album

Labra Brothers will be joined by some of its extended musical familia for its first Westside Bowl gig in nearly a year. Trumpet player Tommy Lehman recorded with the band for its new album, simply titled “The Labra Brothers,” and the instrument now is a part of all its live shows. ...

‘American Soldier’ play comes to Salem High School

The play “The American Soldier” will be staged for one performance on Saturday at Salem High School. This production tells the story of the American soldier through 14 characters based on real people, actual letters and true experiences spanning from the American Revolution to present day. The play captures the discipline, teamwork and brotherhood of military service while also examining the internal struggles soldiers face when returning home. Audiences meet a Revolutionary War soldier freezing at Valley Forge, a WWII veteran haunted by Iwo Jima, a grieving Vietnam-era ...

Rust Belt Theater Company stages ‘Forbidden Youngstown’ revue

The Rust Belt Theater Company brings its 14th edition of “Forbidden Youngstown” to Youngstown Playhouse this weekend. This bawdy, irreverent musical revue is a spoof of theater culture and the city of Youngstown that Rust Belt calls home. It pokes fun at classic musical theater tropes ...

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Pardi bring party to Covelli Centre Jon Pardi returns to Youngstown for a Sept. 25 show at the Covelli Centre as part of his Gamblin’ Man tour. The country singer — whose hits include “Head Over Boots,” “Dirt on My Boots,” “Heartache Medication” and “Last Night Lonely” — headlined a show at the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre in 2024 and played Packard Music Hall back in 2016. The current tour is named after a fan-favorite track on “Honkytonk Hollywood,” Pardi’s fifth studio album, and Youngstown is one of 19 cities on the two-month ...

‘Rocky’ gets off to smooth start at Kent-Trumbull

CHAMPION — Certain musicals always look the same, no matter who’s doing them. The visual style is so ingrained in audience members’ minds that directors seldom stray from those expectations. Kent State University at Trumbull Theatre breaks the mold a bit with its staging of “The Rocky Horror Show,” and those choices pay off in the production that opened Thursday for an eight-performance run. The primary set still is a castle as far as the dialogue is concerned, but Kenzie James-Ramsey’s set design has a carnival feel with its colorful stripes. Dr. Frank N. Furter’s ...