Traci Manning makes her living sharing true stories from the past as director of education with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society. She’ll share some history in a different venue by directing Lauren Gunderson’s “Silent Sky,” which opens Friday at Hopewell Theatre in Youngstown for ...

Kayla Boye is back for an encore. The Howland High School and Youngstown State University graduate has created another one-woman show about a raven-haired star from Hollywood’s bygone era. After bringing “Call Me Elizabeth” to the area — first as a streaming production in 2021 ...

Engelbert Humperdinck’s 2024-25 tour was supposed to be his final one. He even billed it as “The Last Waltz” tour. Humperdinck quickly decided he wanted to keep dancing or, in his case, singing. “I sat at home for about two, three months, and I was climbing the wall,” Humperdinck ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Bill Scudier, who celebrated his 50th anniversary in 2025 leading the band Sideshow, has played more benefits than he can count over the decades for fellow musicians and others in need. Just because he is the beneficiary of an event ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Greig Leach: Past in the Present Will Be the Future” and “Cheryl Capezzuti: Some of Us,” both through May 21. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. ...

London-based designer and artist Adam Nathaniel Furman will visit Kent State University as part of the Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series. Furman will lead a design workshop with architecture and fashion students in collaboration with Kent State’s Sue Hershberger Yoder, professor of ...