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YSU puts freshman art on display in Bliss Hall

YSU puts freshman art on display in Bliss Hall The work of freshmen art students at Youngstown State University will be on display on the fourth floor of Bliss Hall. The Freshman Seminar and Portfolio Review Showcase includes the work of Drew Bowles, Braylon Cole, Adele Colonna, Ryan Conley, Marc Crawford, Bridget Elliott, Tran Ho, JoAnna Ladd, Olivia Lehman, Jayden May, Nevaeh McBride, Darah McKinney, John Mosko, Sumara Myers, Joshua Rivera, Addison Rodenbaugh, Ellianna Volpini, Zane Weaver, Gavin Wheeler, Allison Young and Quintin Zagotti. An opening reception is scheduled from ...

‘Mean Girls’ musical means a lot to millennials

Millennial Theatre Company had a list of three musicals that, whenever they became available, the theater would drop whatever it had scheduled in order to do them. Two of those shows became part of its 2025-26 season. “Dear Evan Hanson” will be staged this summer, and the musical “Mean ...

Carbon Leaf took plenty of time to create its ‘Playground’

Carbon Leaf’s latest release, 2024’s “Time Is the Playground,” was its first studio album in a decade. The long layoff wasn’t planned, frontman Barry Privett said, and it’s not like they weren’t busy. The indie rock band re-recorded the three albums it released between 2004 and ...

Gray Areas: Youngstown Summer Movie Series lineup has been announced

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Eight films are scheduled for the Youngstown Summer Movie Series, which was announced this week. It includes a mix of recent box office hits, and a few titles that will have a nostalgic tug for kids of the ‘90s. The lineup is: June 22 – “Minecraft” (2025) June 29 – “Men in Black” (1997) July 6 – “Superman” (2025) July 13 – “Good Burger” (1997) July 20 – “How to Train Your Dragon” (2025 live action version) July 27 – “Free Willy” (1993) August 3 – “Frankenweenie” ...

Packard band hosts annual jazz appreciation concert

Ensembles from five area high schools will join the Big Band Sound of Packard for its annual Jazz Appreciation Month Big Band Jazz Festival. The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History led the effort to establish April as Jazz Appreciation Month to draw attention to ...

Grammy nominee plays with YSU Jazz Ensemble

Jazz trombone player John Fedchock will join the Youngstown State University Jazz Ensemble and the Conneaut Area Blue Note High School Jazz Band for a concert Wednesday in Sharon, Pa. Fedchock, a Cleveland native, received degrees in music education and jazz studies at The Ohio State ...