Ben Neill and Don Yallech performed “ITSOFOMO” at some of the most prestigious museums and arts festivals in the world over the last 37 years. Before taking it to London and Paris later this year, they will perform it in Youngstown, where they got their musical starts. Genesis of ...
Model train group announces open houses The Youngstown Model Railroad Association will have four weekends of open houses before the end of the year. Open houses are scheduled from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sunday and Nov. 14 and 15 and Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13 at its location on the corner of Raccoon and Four Mile Run roads in Austintown. YMRA features both O and HO scale layouts featuring more than 100 scale miles of track. New additions will be on display. Admission is $5 with children ages 11 and younger admitted free. YSU military history series continues at steel museum The second ...
The music of James Taylor, Carly Simon and Carole King will be featured at the next concert as part of the Warren Civic Music Association’s 2026-27 season. Three American Troubadours is a tribute to the three artists, all of whom are inductees in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Taylor is a ...
The musical “1776” opens Nov. 12 for a five-performance run at Columbiana Arts Theater. The Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards show tells the story of the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It made its Broadway debut in 1969, running for more than 1,200 performances. It won Tony Awards for best musical, best direction and best featured actor in a musical. It had Broadway revivals in 1997 and 2022, and a film version was released in 1972. Mark Frost directs the Columbiana production, and the cast features Shawn Theis, Ron Altomare, Tim Carr, Chase ...
Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: Etruscan Press, Lit Youngstown, The Youngstown Press Club and The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County are launching a Community Read next spring. The event is similar to the Trumbull County Reads events that encourage area residents to all read the same book and participate in discussions and special programming; however, there is one notable difference. Through a donation from Etruscan Press, 500 copies of the selected book — “American Mother” by Colum McCann and Diane Foley — are available for free at ...
Special programs are planned throughout the day at the first Mahoning Valley Book Bazaar on Saturday. The program schedule features: 10 a.m. — “Publishing Poetry: Polishing Your Poems Until They Squeak and Then Sending Them Out into the World” with Barbara Sabol of Lit Youngstown 11 a.m. — “True Crime: From Front Page to Cultural Cornerstone” with Laura Beadling and authors Eliza Osborn and Michael Prelee 1 p.m. — “Young Adult Lit” presented by the Youngstown State University English Festival staff 2 p.m. — “Fantasy Panel” with author Kara Zone and special ...
