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Keith Sweat brings new jack swing to Powers

R&B singer Keith Sweat will perform Feb. 6 at Powers Auditorium. Sweat has sold more than 25 million records worldwide and helped shape and define the new jack swing sound. His first six albums from 1987’s “Make It Last Forever” to 1998’s “Still in the Game” all sold at least a million copies, and the first five hit No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B albums chart. His chart-topping R&B singles include “I Want Her,” “Make You Sweat,” “I’ll Give All My Love to You,” “Keep It Comin’,” “Twisted” and “Nobody.” Sweat is an inductee into the Georgia Music ...

Christmas comedy opens at Kent-Trumbull

‘Tis the season for the feast of the seven fishes. Kent State University at Trumbull Theatre’s feast will be dominated by one see-food — the comedy of “A Tuna Christmas.” It will be staged for three performances this weekend in Champion. Harmon Andrews, a familiar face at ...

Comicon celebrates pop culture

Mahoning Valley Comicon will be back with some familiar guests and a new location for its 2025 edition. This year’s pop culture convention, which has had several homes since it started at the long-gone Eastwood Expo Center, moves to the Metroplex Expo Center in Liberty. “We were doing it at the Holiday Inn (in Boardman), and it just outgrew there,” said local filmmaker Travis Bowen, who started the event and is co-hosting this year’s edition with Carlos Rivera and Joe Mohn. “We tried it at the Calvin Arts Center, but there just wasn’t enough parking. What I like about the ...

Gray Areas: Leavittsburg’s Douglas returns with Krauss, Dando shouts out Cedars in memoir

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Leavittsburg native Jerry Douglas, announced its 2026 tour plans this week and has two summer shows not too far away on the schedule. After playing Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica on its first tour together in a decade, the band will return to Northeast Ohio for a concert at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron on June 24, 2026. AKUS also is one of two acts announced so far for the 2026 Ohio State Fair, performing Aug. 1 at the Celeste Center in Columbus (Weird Al Yankovic is the other announced fair ...

Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment

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, 2026. 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 OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “Robert Rauschenberg: A Centenary Tribute,” through Jan. 4, 2026. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. www.butlerart.com and 330-743-1107. JUDITH RAE SOLOMON GALLERY, Bliss Hall, Youngstown State ...

Boardman ensembles play Winter Orchestra Festival

Three ensembles and several soloists will perform at Boardman High School’s Winter Orchestra Festival. Boardman’s Classical Orchestra will open the concert, followed by the Chamber Orchestra playing Corelli’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 6, featuring soloists Amie Nguyen, Katie DePinto and Hannah Austin. Senior solo competition winners Lydia Kenney, viola, and Hannah Austin, cello, will be spotlighted on Hoffmeister’s Viola Concerto in D Major (3rd movement) and Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra. The 90-member Symphony Orchestra will conclude the ...