Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • For those who made a New Year’s resolution to finally finish — or start — that novel, registration is open for Lit Youngstown’s ninth Winter Writing Camp on Feb 28. The day-long camp offers writing activities led by regional ...

Former radio talk show host Dan Rivers will be the guest speaker for the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society’s next Memories of a Lifetime program. Rivers retired in 2024 after more than 40 years at WKBN-AM, and he succeeded Dan Ryan as the station’s late morning talk show host in ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e,” through Jan. 29. 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. BUTLER INSTITUTE ...

The W.D. Packard Concert Band and its affiliated ensembles will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary throughout 2026. The programming starts with Sunday’s concert, “America’s Jubilee,” which will feature a musical lineup of all-American composers. Thomas Groth, executive director ...

Area artists will bare their bare art for Art on Park’s Nude on Park exhibition. This is the eighth edition of the show that celebrates the human form with a slant toward erotic art. According to curator Dovey Wuvey, acrylic paintings dominate this year’s exhibition. Nothing was censored ...

It took about five decades to serve up “Dinner at Mr. Billy’s.” The new Blue Ash album, available now on streaming and due on vinyl and CD in February, compiles some of the previously unreleased music from the 1970s by the band. It’s the latest release by Peppermint Records, a ...