When a loved one dies due to addiction, many people try to hide those details. Donna Guerriero McAuley put it in the opening sentence of her daughter’s obituary — ”Amanda Marie McAuley, 27, of Poland, passed away at her family home Wednesday morning, April 5, 2023, from street-laced ...

The W.D. Packard Concert Band will celebrate its 70th anniversary with the debut of a newly commissioned work. Jerry Ascione, a 1975 Dana School of Music graduate who spent 31 years as a musician, composer and arranger with the U.S. Navy bands, composed “We, Are Packard” and will conduct ...

Youngstown band Kitchen Knife Conspiracy now shares a record label with some Rock & Roll Hall of Famers. The metal band — Ian Pethtel, vocals; Jeremy Cibella and Rickie Palmer, guitars; Fred Whitacre, Jr., drums; and Johnny Kihm, bass – that describes its music as “stompcore” ...

TCHS presents program on preservation A program on “Preserving Family Memories” is scheduled at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren. Savannah Moss, collections and research manager with the Trumbull County Historical Society, and ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Jim Soppelsa: Abstract Variations” and “Dan Droz: Hidden in Plain Sight,” both through Nov. 6. 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 ...

The musical “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” opens Friday for a two-weekend run at ACTS Performing Arts Center. Based on Charles Dickens’ final and unfinished novel, the musical invites audiences to solve the mystery for themselves — making every performance unique. The musical was ...