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Elvis Costello booked for Packard Music Hall

WARREN -- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Elvis Costello and his band, The Imposters, will play Packard Music Hall on Sept. 15. The six recently added dates on a tour billed as “The Songs of Elvis Costello from the Early Days to the Late Hours” are the only North American dates with an electric band currently scheduled. Costello released his debut album, “My Aim Is True,” on Columbia Records in 1977, and his career includes more than 30 studio albums and such radio staples as “Watching the Detectives,” “Alison,” “Pump it Up,” “Accidents Will Happen,” “Every ...

Pittsburgh art director to lead Butler Institute of American Art

YOUNGSTOWN — The director of galleries and public art at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is the new director of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. The Butler board approved the hiring of Anastasia James at its meeting Thursday. Search and executive committees, led by board ...

‘Urinetown’ mixes political satire, musical parody

“Urinetown: The Musical” is a show with serious undertones, a satire about economic disparity and class struggle. It’s also a funny one, spoofing the musical genre that it uses to tell its story. Both elements appealed to Nate Beagle, who’s directing Youngstown Playhouse’s ...

Fins ready to make a splash for River Rock

River Rock at the Amp will kick off its 2026 season with a beach party. The Jimmy Buffett tribute act Fins to the Left will open the 11-concert series at the Warren Community Amphitheatre. It will be the Fins first show since its 2024 River Rock appearance. Lead singer Shawn Lawless, who ...

Gray Areas: Springsteen rallies Cleveland crowd with political anthems

It was a political rally. It was a revival meeting. It was a therapy session. Friday’s appearance by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band at Rocket Arena was many things, but Springsteen and his small army of musicians and backing singers never forgot that it was, first and foremost, a ...

Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment

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 today; 53rd Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibition and Mini Masterpiece Exhibition, both through July 23. Hours ...