Mario Ricciardi is no stranger to directing, but he’s used to there being a camera between him and his actors. This time there’s no camera — just an audience — as the Boardman native directs “Almost, Maine,” the final production in the Youngstown Playhouse’s centennial season. ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Four local museums are among more than a thousand institutions nationwide that are offering free admission to military families this summer. Blue Star Museums is a joint effort between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star ...

Family Day returns to the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library on Saturday. This is the fourth year for the event and the second year the Trumbull County Historical Society is partnering with the library to host it. The library will be kicking off its summer reading program at the same ...

The W.D. Packard Concert Band takes the music outdoors with its first performance of the year at Packard Music Hall’s south lawn bandshell. “Honoring the Greatest Generation” is the theme of the concert, which will be conducted by Galen S. Karriker. The program will include Paul ...

Trumbull New Theatre will stage four plays and a musical for its 2025-26 season. It will open Sept. 5 with “Boeing Boeing,” a 1960s French farce about a ladies' man with three fiancees, all of them flight attendants. When they all end up in Paris at the same time, mayhem ensues. Josh ...

The 6th Black and White on Park exhibition opens Friday at downtown Warren’s Art on Park. The non-juried show curated by Dovey Wuvey is open to works in black, white and greyscale. This year it features works in a variety of mediums, including fiber arts, collage, photography, printmaking ...