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Benders will play encore at Robins The Benders will return to the Robins Theatre on Aug. 28. The surviving members of the band reunited for a show at the Warren theater last June. The Benders (Jeff Draime, Dante Cerni, Dave Lemasters and Bill Griffin) regularly appeared at the Mahoning Valley Rib Burn Off, opening for such acts as Michael Stanley & the Resonators, Cheap Trick, Dennis DeYoung and the Gin Blossoms and also shared the stage with Bad Company and Kansas at Eastwood Field and Ted Nugent and ZZ Top at Yankee Lake. The group split up in 2005 when Cerni moved to South ...

Packard premieres piece for band, accordion

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Normally it takes a rainstorm to move the W.D. Packard Concert Band indoors during the summer. This Sunday it wasn’t weather, but a world premiere that dictated the move. The band will premiere “Terra Incognita,” a new composition for accordion and wind band written by composer Stan Bann and featuring Joseph Natoli of Howland on accordion. “Because of the nature of the piece, I just felt we should play it inside,” said Thomas Groth, executive director of the band. “It’s really hard outside to get a good sound, and this is a major work. We’d like to have people hear ...

Drone show added to Juneteenth events

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Drones will light up the sky above the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre as part of the city’s Juneteenth festivities. Donovan McWilson, owner of Titan Tech Collaborative, is creating a drone show specifically for the Juneteenth holiday and for his hometown. “It's going to be able to ...

Hints from Heloise: Keep neck tie intact

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DEAR HELOISE: I’ve enjoyed and learned from your column for years. If you’re like me, tying a neck tie can be frustrating. When I get a tie with a knot that has the style and length I like, I’ll take it off by loosening it just enough to get it off my neck and over my head. Then I hang it up intact on a tie rack that I have on the wall. So, the next time I want to use it, it’s already tied and ready for me to put on. — Mike D., in Indiana DEAR HELOISE: Most cars come with two key fobs, and the key fobs have a button to set off an alarm on your car. As single woman living ...

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Library hosts author Robin Yocum The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 Wick Ave., Youngstown, will present “A Writer’s Life: An Evening with Robin Yocum” at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Yocum is known for his novels set in the Ohio River Valley. The son of a West Virginia steelworker, Yocum will discuss his blue-collar roots and how his writing developed in the “grit and the grind” of the Ohio Valley. The program is free, but advance registration is required at www.libraryvisit.org. Attendees will have a chance to win a copy of his latest book, “The Last ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

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The signal is probably the single most valuable weapon available to the defense, but, like any other weapon, there is a proper time and place for its use. Take this case where a signal proved useless, partly because of a good play by declarer and partly because one defender could not obey the ...