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The exhibition "Mental Health: Supporting Recovery Through Art" by NAMI S.E.A. opens Saturday at the Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation Art Gallery. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Support through Expressive Arts (S.E.A) is a mental health support group that focuses on self-exploration and expression through art. Therapeutic art activities can boost self-esteem, increase feelings of ...

WPO seeks students for Strings of Joy

The Warren Philharmonic Orchestra is accepting applications for its Frank R. Bodor Strings of Joy program. The program provides free violin or cello lessons for students in grade 3 to 7. Participating students also will be loaned an instrument to use for their studies. Lessons taught by ...

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Program celebrates century of broadcasting The Mahoning Valley Historical Society will celebrate 100 years of local broadcasting with an event today at the Tyler History Center, 325 W. Federal St., Youngstown. The evening will include a panel discussion moderated by Stan Boney and featuring local broadcasting personalities Michelle Nicks, Rich Morgan and Lynn Williamson. On Sept. 26, 1926, Warren P. Williamson Jr. set up an antenna to send the first WKBN radio signal. The program starts at 6:30 p.m., and admission is free. Train show moves to Saxon Club The Iron and Steel Fall ...

Westminster College ending Celebrity Series

Westminster College announced Wednesday that its 59th Celebrity Series season will be its last. The entertainment series starts its 2067-27 season on Saturday with Three Dog Night, the first of five shows scheduled. The final performance will be Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney, on April 24, 2027. The decision to conclude the series was made after the recent retirement announcement of Celebrity Series Director Connie McGinnis. McGinnis joined the program in 1997 as box office manager, later became assistant director and was named director in 2012 following the ...

‘Godiva’ unveiled

Even though it’s been open less than a year, Robert Dennick Joki is no stranger to The Playhouse Downtown. He directed at least a dozen shows at the performance space on the third floor of the Morley Arts Building in downtown Youngstown when it was home to the Oakland Center for the Arts, ...

Oktoberfest Youngstown supports autism community

The Autism Society of the Mahoning Valley and Penguin City Brewing will partner for Oktoberfest Youngstown on Saturday. The autism society staged Oktoberfest events in the mid 2010s for a few years as a fundraiser when Aundrea Cika Heschmeyer was its director. She had experience with staging ...