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Grammy winner booked for Ford Family Recital Hall

Grammy, CMA and Americana award-winning artist Brandy Clark will play DeYor Performing Arts Center’s Ford Family Recital Hall on June 13. Clark has released four albums and had a top 40 country hit with “Girl Next Door.” She received Grammy nominations for best country album and best new artist following the release of her debut album “12 Stories” in 2013. In 2024, she was nominated for six Grammys and won for best Americana performance for the song “Dear Insecurity.” Clark is best known for her work as a songwriter. She’s written hits for Miranda Lambert (“Mama’s ...

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Jardine sings Beach Boys hits in Warren Al Jardine brings his Pet Sounds Band to the Robins Theatre on Aug. 15. Jardine is a founding member of the Beach Boys and an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Jardine and his band will perform Beach Boys’ classic hits and fan favorites. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. AEW Wrestling returns to Covelli Centre All Elite Wrestling comes to the Covelli Centre on June 6. The professional wrestling organization is seen on HBO Max, TNT and TBS as well as Pay-Per-View events, ...

YSU’s ‘Kate’ features best of Shakespeare, jazz-age musicals

Cole Porter wrote about 25 musicals for stage and screen in his lifetime, but only “Kiss Me, Kate” and “Anything Goes” are produced with any regularity in the 21st Century. “Some of the subject matters just aren’t relevant anymore,” said Adam Day Howard, who will direct “Kiss Me, Kate” for a four-performance run at Youngstown State University’s Ford Theater. What makes “Kiss Me, Kate” the exception. According to Howard, it’s the source material. “Like all great golden age musicals, it's a musical about another musical. The plot of ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ is, ...

YSU puts freshman art on display in Bliss Hall

YSU puts freshman art on display in Bliss Hall The work of freshmen art students at Youngstown State University will be on display on the fourth floor of Bliss Hall. The Freshman Seminar and Portfolio Review Showcase includes the work of Drew Bowles, Braylon Cole, Adele Colonna, Ryan Conley, Marc Crawford, Bridget Elliott, Tran Ho, JoAnna Ladd, Olivia Lehman, Jayden May, Nevaeh McBride, Darah McKinney, John Mosko, Sumara Myers, Joshua Rivera, Addison Rodenbaugh, Ellianna Volpini, Zane Weaver, Gavin Wheeler, Allison Young and Quintin Zagotti. An opening reception is scheduled from ...

‘Mean Girls’ musical means a lot to millennials

Millennial Theatre Company had a list of three musicals that, whenever they became available, the theater would drop whatever it had scheduled in order to do them. Two of those shows became part of its 2025-26 season. “Dear Evan Hanson” will be staged this summer, and the musical “Mean ...

Carbon Leaf took plenty of time to create its ‘Playground’

Carbon Leaf’s latest release, 2024’s “Time Is the Playground,” was its first studio album in a decade. The long layoff wasn’t planned, frontman Barry Privett said, and it’s not like they weren’t busy. The indie rock band re-recorded the three albums it released between 2004 and ...