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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 ...

Derbytown Chorus keeps a Warren tradition alive

The name of the ensemble is different, but the tradition of holiday songs in four-part, barbershop-style harmonies that started with the Stephen Foster Chorus continues in Warren. Akron’s Derbytown Chorus will perform a Christmas concert Sunday at Christ Episcopal Church. When the Stephen Foster Chorus disbanded in 2021 after 75 years, members of the Akron chorus joined them for the final performance to supplement its dwindling ranks. Some of the remaining Warren chorus members joined Derbytown, and last year the group brought its barbershop-style Christmas concert to Warren. ...

Hometown Holidays fills Courthouse Square on Saturday

Downtown Warren will get into the seasonal spirit on Saturday with its annual Hometown Holidays celebration and tree lighting ceremony. Activities at Courthouse Square include carriage rides, an ice sculpting demonstration, music by DJ Boogie Entertainment and costumed Grinch, Olaf and Bluey characters. Families with children ages 6 and younger can walk and play on the indoor Candy Land Lane at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Triyounity, 239 Main Ave. SW, will have a children’s market and wrapping station from 2 to 6 p.m. ...

Packard big band swings with Welch for Christmas

Christmas favorites will get a big band approach with Jingle Bell Swing on Friday. Singer Helen Welch will be backed by the Big Band Sound of Packard, directed by Daniel Carioti, for the annual concert. Born in England, Welch is a frequent guest vocalist with the W.D. Packard Concert Band and its big band. She also has performed with the BBC Big Band and Glenn Miller Europe and appeared in such musicals as “Hello, Dolly!,” “Barnum,” “Carousel” and “42nd Street.” She’s released five CDs, including the 2016 holiday collection “Home for Christmas.” She also ...