WARREN — The W.D. Packard Concert Band will play the world premiere of a new work at its 4th of July Spectacular! The band commissioned Jerry Ascione to compose “Our Music, Our Strength.” The new work will replaces Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” as the penultimate song in the ...

WARREN — Thirty years ago, Ed Roland wrote a batch of songs and recorded demo versions in hopes of finding a publishing company. Instead those songs gave birth to a band – Collective Soul. The group is waiting until 2024 to celebrate its 30th anniversary, since 1994 is the year Atlantic ...

Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Close to 50 of Tony Leonardi’s former students are expected to come back to Youngstown State University for a tribute concert to the educator on Aug. 5. As a bass player, Leonardi worked with such performers as Buddy Rich, Nat King ...

KENT — A donation of more than 160 pieces of contemporary menswear to the Kent State University Museum is the basis of a new exhibition opening Friday. James E. Mulholland, who spent his career in the New York fashion industry, donated items from his personal wardrobe to the museum. ...

Twilight Theatre makes its debut with two performances of “Romeo & Juliet.” Joe Soriano started the theater with plans to do free performances of Shakespeare plays that would be accessible to the public, but the hope is to evolve in a professional theater that pays local actors for ...

Art BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “C. Robert Buchanan: Watercolors,” through Sunday; “Bloodline: The Art of John Mellencamp & Speck Mellencamp,” through Sunday; “Steven McCallum: Capista!,” through Aug. 13; 87th National Midyear Exhibition, ...