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Gray Areas: Beerfest adds mocktails, wine to menu

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • The Rotary Club of Youngstown would like to turn “Dry January” into a 30-day-event for 2026. The Rotary’s Groundhog Craft Beerfest will be Jan. 31 this year at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown. The eighth annual event will feature two sessions — an afternoon session from 1 to 4 p.m. and evening event from 5 to 8 p.m. — and this year’s event will feature some home brewers in addition to professional brewmasters. For non-beer drinkers, wines from regional producers have been added to the lineup of beers and ...

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. 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 ...

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JCC will host the screening of a civil rights documentary on Wednesday The documentary “Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane. In 1960, five black students rode a segregated carousel and ignited one of the earliest organized interracial civil rights protests in U.S. history. The documentary is the untold story of the Jews they marched with, the Nazis they provoked, the Congressmen they inspired and the Civil Rights leaders they became. Erin Wiggins Gilliam, associate provost of ...

‘Bat Boy’ has been sighted in Ashtabula

13th Street is putting the audience on stage with the title character in its production of “Bat Boy: The Musical.” Seating will be set up on stage, limiting capacity to 75 audience members per performance. According to co-director Zach Adkins, “The idea to bring the audience on ...

Beyah wants to bring healing laughter

Releasing a new hour of material every two or three years would be considered prolific for most standup comedians. Warren native Larry Beyah played the Funny Farm Comedy Club last July and filmed an 85-minute standup special called “I Do Not Make the Rules.” It can be seen on ...

Westminster College’s Foster Art Gallery will display the work of Youngstown artist Leah Sydney. “If I Could” features ceramic vessels and figurative sculpture by the Youngstown State University graduate, who earned a bachelor of fine arts degree with a concentration in ceramics. ...