The W.D. Packard Concert Band will celebrate its 70th anniversary with the debut of a newly commissioned work. Jerry Ascione, a 1975 Dana School of Music graduate who spent 31 years as a musician, composer and arranger with the U.S. Navy bands, composed “We, Are Packard” and will conduct ...

Youngstown band Kitchen Knife Conspiracy now shares a record label with some Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. The metal band — Ian Pethtel, vocals; Jeremy Cibella and Rickie Palmer, guitars; Fred Whitacre, Jr., drums; and Johnny Kihm, bass – that describes its music as “stompcore” ...

TCHS presents program on preservation A program on “Preserving Family Memories” is scheduled at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. Savannah Moss, collections and research manager with the Trumbull County Historical Society, and ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Jim Soppelsa: Abstract Variations” and “Dan Droz: Hidden in Plain Sight,” both through Nov. 6. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org ...

The musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” opens Friday for a two-weekend run at ACTS Performing Arts Center. Based on Charles Dickens’ final and unfinished novel, the musical invites audiences to solve the mystery for themselves — making every performance unique. The musical was ...

13th Street Theatre will stage the musical “Guys and Dolls” at Ashtabula Arts Center. Gambler Nathan Detroit is trying to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck. Meanwhile, his girlfriend and nightclub performer Adelaide laments ...