Jeanine Rees was looking forward to a trip to “Middletown,” but she didn’t expect it to be in the director’s chair. When the Will Eno play first was announced for Hopewell Theatre’s 2024-25 season, retired Youngstown State University theater professor Matthew Mazuroski was slated to ...

Cedars West End opened in 2013, but its lineage goes back to 1975, when Cedars Lounge became a music venue on North Hazel Street in downtown Youngstown. West End owners Mara Simon, daughter of original Cedars Lounge owner Tommy Simon, and her husband Billy Danielson celebrate that 50-year ...

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: 52nd Hoyt Regional Art Exhibition, through July 17.. 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 ...

The Youngstown Playhouse will have auditions June 22 and 23 for “Singin’ in the Rain,” the first musical of its 101st season. Director Tyler Stouffer is seeking a large, energetic cast ages 16 and older. There are plenty of different opportunities for performers of different skills ...

Joseph Pellegrini is planning a Broadway-filled finale to his tenure as music director of the Youngstown Area Community Concert Band. The band started its 42nd season last month, and Pellegrini has been conductor and music director for 35 of them. “I was going to be 75 at the end of the ...

Lundeana Thomas remembered when she first learned about Juneteenth and how those last slaves, when they learned that the Civil War was over and slavery was abolished, stopped working, cooked food and shared stories together. “That whole thing of telling our stories just meant so much to ...