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DEAR ANNIE:Household wages cold war over thermostat

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DEAR ANNIE: I’m 28 and live in a two-bedroom apartment in Washington state with my friend “Jess.” She’s an excellent roommate — clean, considerate, quiet. I know I’m lucky. But there’s one thing driving me crazy: the thermostat. She works from home and keeps the heat cranked to nearly 80 degrees! When I get home from the office, I start sweating before I’ve even taken my shoes off. I run hot and prefer the apartment on the chillier side, especially at night. Jess and I get along on almost everything else, but this has become a daily annoyance. We haven’t talked about ...

'Winter's Tale' on stage in Cleveland

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Submitted photo / Roger Mastroianni From left, Hermione (played by Gina Daniels) and Perdita (Janiyah ‘Jai’ McAllister) are shown in a scene from Great Lakes Theater’s production of “The Winter’s Tale,” which runs through Oct. 11 at the Hanna Theatre, 2014 E. 14th St., Cleveland. Tickets range from $23 to $103 and are available online at greatlakestheater.org and by calling 215-241-6000

YSU Theatre stages mystery-comedy

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The Gothic mystery comedy “Ravenscroft” opens Friday at Youngstown State University. The play is set in a remote manor where a police inspector arrives after a mysterious death. She finds herself surrounded by five women, each with a compelling motive and wildly different accounts of what actually happened. With disguises, comic misdirection and multiple plot twists, “Ravenscroft” is a theatrical puzzle box that rewards close attention — and a sense of humor. This production celebrates the legacy of prolific playwright Don Joseph Nigro (1949–2026), a Canton native who ...

Emissions brings music fans to Youngstown

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Bands such as Voivid, Kowloon Walled City, Torche and Weedeater aren’t household names, at least not in most households. They don’t sell records like Taylor Swift, but those acts and others who fall under the banner of thrash metal, stoner rock, sludge metal and adjacent sounds have ...

YSO opens season with ‘Symphonic Sorcery’

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“Symphonic Sorcery” will open the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra’s 2026-27 season. Music Director Erik Ochsner will conduct the program, which mixes classical works with movie and television scores. The pop culture nods include John Williams’ suite from “Jaws,” Bernard Hermann’s suite from “Psycho,” Andrew Lloyd Webber’s overture to “The Phantom of the Opera” and Marius Constant’s theme from “The Twilight Zone.” Among the classical works known for the cinematic inclusions are Modest Mussorgsky’s “Night on Bald Mountain,” used in Disney’s ...