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Playhouse will make it ‘Rain’

It’s every building owner’s worst nightmare — rain falling from the ceiling. This weekend at Youngstown Playhouse it will be a welcome sight as the community theater presents “Singin’ in the Rain.” The Playhouse originally had a different musical in mind for the main stage opener of its 101st season, but it wasn't available from the rights’ holder, so a replacement was needed. Tyler Stouffer, who is directing, suggested “Singin’ in the Rain,” the stage adaptation of the 1952 Gene Kelly-Donald O’Connor-Debbie Reynolds movie that’s considered one of the ...

TAG/RAA Annual attracts new talent

WARREN — Many new artists will be featured in the 59th TAG/RAA Annual, which opens Saturday at Trumbull Art Gallery. This is the third year TAG has collaborated with the Sharon, Pa.-based group Random Acts of Artists for its juried exhibition. Gallery Director William Mullane, who has been involved with TAG since it was located in the Gillmer House on Mahoning Avenue NW, said the partnership has expanded the talent pool. “It gets the word out,” Mullane said. “I know most of the artists (in the region), and in this show, there are at least 20 that I have never met.” Juror ...

Douglas and his bandmates deliver a winner in Cleveland

Alison Krauss & Union Station is a lot like the Los Angeles Dodgers. It truly is a band with an All-Star at every position. Unlike the Dodgers, who only have the fourth-best record in the National League and are struggling to hold onto the lead in its division, AKUS doesn’t disappoint or underperform. The band came to Jacobs Pavilion Sunday for its first tour together in a decade in support of “Arcadia,” its first album since 2011. It was a homecoming for Leavittsburg native Jerry Douglas, the dobro master who’s played with everyone — literally. Douglas estimates he’s ...

Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment

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 Tuesday 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: “Greg Zbach: Surrealectric II — Intricate Digital Dreamscapes for the 21st Century,” through Sept. 29 with reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 19. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...

TCHS Oktoberfest turns 10

Trumbull County Historical Society will raise a stein to a decade of Oktoberfest on the Square. The 10th annual event is scheduled Sept. 20 at downtown Warren’s Courthouse Square and is one of the organization’s main fundraisers. “We knew we wanted to do something that was community oriented and sort of unique for the area,” TCHS Executive Director Meghan Reed said. “When we started in 2016, it was really the only one in Trumbull County. As time has gone on, we definitely have a better sense for what folks want to see, what things work well and what things we should ...

Butler displays Cuban American artist’s work

The work of acclaimed Cuban American artist Julio Larraz will be featured in an exhibition opening Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. The exhibition coincides with National Hispanic Heritage Month. Larraz, who lives in Miami, started as a political cartoonist whose work appeared in such publications as the Washington Post and New York Times. The sharp observation and keen sense of narrative displayed in that work infuses his paintings. His oil paintings inhabit a realm where reality and imagination converge. With a mastery of light, precision of detail and an ...