The work of Davon Brantley will be featured in Youngstown State University’s Judith Rae Solomon Gallery in February. Brantley is a Cleveland native who earned his bachelor’s degree in drawing from Cleveland Institute of Art in 2018. He has exhibited and curated at such institutions as ...
The Stambaugh Youth Concert Band will be joined by the Cleveland Youth Wind Symphony for a concert at Stambaugh Auditorium The Stambaugh Youth Concert Band provides music education and performance opportunities for young musicians selected through an audition process. Students rehearse weekly with peers from schools and communities across Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Many SYCB alumni have gone on to study music at the collegiate level and pursue careers in music performance and education. The program emphasizes teamwork and discipline, and fosters a lifelong ...
Staff report Two poets from Cleveland will be featured at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Conor Bracken’s latest translation is of Jean D'Amerique's “Workshop of Silence” (Vanderbilt, 2025.) His second book of poems, “All-American Dad,” will be released this fall. He teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Lindsay Turner's third collection of poems, “Middle Slope,” is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux this October. She teaches English and creative writing and directs the graduate program at Case Western Reserve ...
Two poets from Cleveland will be featured at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Conor Bracken’s latest translation is of Jean D'Amerique's “Workshop of Silence” (Vanderbilt, 2025.) His second book of poems, “All-American Dad,” will be released this fall. He teaches at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Lindsay Turner's third collection of poems, “Middle Slope,” is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux this October. She teaches English and creative writing and directs the graduate program at Case Western Reserve University. The program ...
Bruce Springsteen is dedicating his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics of “Streets of Minneapolis,” released Wednesday, describe how “a city aflame fought fire and ice ‘neath an occupier’s boots,” which Springsteen calls “King Trump’s private army.” Springsteen in a statement said he wrote and recorded the song over the weekend and released it in response to a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. Abigail Jackson, a White ...
Staff report YOUNGSTOWN — The Butler Institute of American Art received a state grant to fund an exhibition inspired by the one that opened the Youngstown museum in 1919. The Trillium Local Activity Grant is one of 61 issued statewide for programming in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the United States this year. When the grant was awarded, Doug Preisse, co-chair of the America 250-Ohio Commission, said. “Their (the Butler’s) commitment to educating the public and honoring Ohio’s rich history is deeply appreciated. As we near America’s 250th anniversary, ...
