If you go ... WHAT: “Spring Awakening” WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Nov. 23 WHERE: Kent State University at Trumbull, 4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Champion. HOW MUCH: Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for students and senior citizens and $15 for ...

Trans-Siberian Orchestra was born with the song “Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24),” recorded by the progressive metal act Savatage for its 1995 album “Dead Winter Dead.” Paul O’Neill, who wrote the song and started TSO, died in 2017, but the drummer on that recording, Jeff Plate, will ...

Paul Dahman first saw the musical “Spring Awakening" when he was a student at Otterbein University. “I love the themes of it, of pushing back against authority,” he said. “Questions are OK. It's important to question things and not be afraid to ask what more or why? I always think ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • The Mahoning Valley has plenty of talent, and LOOP Youngstown will use some of it to help raise money for an arts and culture center locally. The second LOOP Youngstown Variety Show and Art Raffle runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e,” Tuesday through Jan. 29, 2026. 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 and ...

Top Hat Productions is bringing back “Amazing Grace” for another chorus. The musical opens Friday for a two-weekend run at Fairview Arts & Outreach Center. In 2019 Top Hat was the first non-professional theater to produce the Christopher Smith and Arthur Giron musical. “It was ...