A teen production of “She Kills Monsters” is the next offering in the Straw Hat Theatre summer season. Qui Nguyen’s play is the story of a young woman who is leaving her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When she finds Tilly’s “Dungeons & ...

The 89th National Midyear Exhibition opens Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. Chief Curator Liz Hicks described the juried show as ever evolving. New ideas are tried and old ideas are brought back. “The show is such a spectacular display of talent and brings so many ...

Nine concerts are planned this summer for the 2026 Jazz in the Park concert series. It opens this Sunday with the Nightcap Band from Youngstown and the Urban Jazz Coalition, which last month played the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival with Brian Simpson, this year’s headliner for ...

Youngstown main library hosts America250 event An America250 Celebration is planned from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 Wick Ave., Youngstown. The event will include a talk by award-winning science fiction author John Scalzi, whose ...

Youngstown is planning an evening of orchestral music, Ohio Players, Vindys and fireworks to celebrate the Fourth of July and America250. Sunday’s Ignite the Night will feature a free outdoor concert by the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra at Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre with the last 20 ...

The W.D. Packard Concert Band will play its annual Fourth of July Spectacular, and attendees will be able to leave with a souvenir. Thomas A. Groth, executive director of the band, commissioned through the trust he created in memory of his wife, Brenda, a print celebrating local history. It ...