Staff report Two classical and two pops concerts will be part of Erik Ochsner’s inaugural season as conductor and music director of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. Ochsner, who has guest conducted the YSO nine times since the death of previous conductor / music director Randall Craig ...
“Fancy Like” launched Walker Hayes into the stratosphere. The show he’s bringing to Packard Music Hall on Saturday takes him back to his roots. Hayes is stripping down his country hits and his back catalog for an acoustic show. Last week, a couple of days before the first date on the 18-city tour, he talked about what audiences can expect and his latest album, “17 Problems.” The tour was inspired by a longtime Nashville tradition — the writers round — where songwriters will play their songs and share the stories behind them. It’s the kind of gig Hayes played often in ...
The locally shot “Midnight Massacre” will have its premiere Saturday at Movies 8 in Boardman. Considering how long it took to make, “Midnight Marathon” might be a more appropriate title. Writer-director Travis Bowen started shooting the movie in late 2013. Two of the film’s actors — Conrad Brooks, who appeared in such Ed Wood films as “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “Glen or Glenda,” and Pedro Don Colley (“THX 1138,” “The Dukes of Hazard”) — died eight years ago. “I was kind of embarrassed, because I kept getting asked, ‘When’s this movie gonna ...
Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • The Warren-Trumbull County Public Library will host a local author fair and poetry workshop in November. The book fair from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Nov. 8 will feature authors from across Northeast Ohio who will be selling their work. It will include both fiction and nonfiction writers and books for children and teens as well as adults. Authors scheduled to participate are: Alisha Alls, Terry Armstrong, Chelsea Banning, Jelisa Dallas, Cari Dubiel, Elaine Evans, M.E. Greenfield, Wendy Koile, James Laux, Lori Orr, Victoria Perkins, ...
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 and 724-652-2882. ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: Paul and Norma Tikkanen Painting Prize Exhibition, through Oct. 31. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. ashtabulaartscenter.org and 440-964-3396. BUTLER ...
Selah Dessert Theater invites theatergoers to a funeral — three funerals, to be exact — but director Mary Ruth Lynn promises it won’t be a sad occasion. “Three Viewings” by Jeffrey Hatcher opens its 2025-26 season tonight in the performance space above Selah Restaurant in Struthers. That wasn’t the original plan. Lynn originally scheduled “Ripcord” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire as the opener. Before that, it was slated to close the 2024-25 season, but in both cases casting difficulties forced her to find an alternative. “Three ...
