Summer Festival of the Arts is going back to school … as in back to Youngstown State University. The annual arts festival, now in its 27th year, started as Walk on Wick, and then its artist market, performance areas and food vendors filled the walkways of the tree-lined campus. That’s ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Many Grammy winners have passed through the Mahoning Valley over the years, often playing the area’s most prestigious venues with a ticket price commensurate with their acclaim. Having a Grammy winner play a free park concert on a ...

The 4th Mahoning Valley Irish Festival takes place this weekend at Penguin City Brewing Company. The entertainment lineup includes The Irish Brigadiers, Achill Crossing, Dullahan, Burke School of Irish Dance and County Mayo on Friday, and Seamus, The Fiddlechicks & the Irish Badland Band, ...

Warren Chalk on the Walk rescheduled for Saturday After being rained out in June, Chalk on the Walk and Youth Art Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at downtown Warren’s Courthouse Square. Children will be able to create sidewalk art with free chalk. Other activities ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: 52nd Hoyt Regional Art Exhibition, through July 17. 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 724-652-2882. ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. ...

Singer Lindsey Webster will be the headliner for this year’s Youngstown Wine & Jazz. Described by Soultracks as, “If Carole King and Sade had a baby …,” Webster first attracted attention with her album “You Change.” The single “Fool Me Once” spent a month at the top of ...