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ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: "Perspectives in Clay," through Friday. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. ashtabulaartscenter.org and 440-964-3396.
BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: "Stuart Pearl: Sloss Furnaces Metal, History & Art" and "America: Through the Heart and Eyes of Oscar De Mejo," both through Sunday. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. www.butlerart.com and 330-743-1107.
McDONOUGH MUSEUM OF ART, 525 Wick Ave., Youngstown: "Shona Macdonald: Flash of Light Illumines a Dark Landscape," "#notwhitecollective" and "Betsy Stirratt: Embedded Histories," all through Oct. 20. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. ysu.edu/mcdonough-museum and 330-941-1371.
MEDICI MUSEUM OF ART, 9350 E. Market St., Howland: "John L. Lloyd: Discovered," through Oct. 14. Hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. medicimu
seum.art and 330-856-2120.
NISSEN GALLERY, Trumbull Regional Medical Center, 1350 E. Market St., Warren: Trumbull Art Gallery Portrait Group, through Oct. 6.
THOMASES FAMILY ENDOWMENT ART GALLERY, Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, 505 Gypsy Lane: Debbie Derrenbacher: Ikigai Doodle Links," through Friday. jccyoungstown.org and 330-746-3250.
TRUMBULL ART GALLERY, 158 N. Park Ave., Warren: "The Artists Collect," through Oct. 27. Hours are noon to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. www.trumbullartgallery.com and 330-395-4876.
WELLER GALLERY, Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Ave., Youngstown: "John Guy Petruzzi: Field Marks," through Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. www.millcreekmetroparks.org and 330-740-7116.
Music
AUSTINTOWN TOWNSHIP PARK, 6000 Kirk Road: Pink Out Mahoning Valley with Rachell Joy, Untamed Band and Diane Drapcho, 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, free. 330-550-1808.
BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: Music at Noon -- Flute Studio Recital, 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, free.
HARVEY S. FIRESTONE RECREATIONAL PARK, 338 E. Park Ave., Columbiana: Allure chamber ensemble, 3 p.m. Sunday, free. 330-428-7563.
PACKARD MUSIC HALL, 1703 Mahoning Ave NW, Warren: Tangled Up in Blues Fest with Shemekia Copeland, Ana Popovic and Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, 7 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. today, $26.50 to $52.50. Ticketmaster.
ROBINS THEATRE, 160 E. Market St., Warren: Blue Oyster Cult, 8 p.m. Saturday, $39 to $99. robinstheatre.com.
SALEM HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 239 S. Lundy Ave., Salem: Dulci-More Folk & Traditional Musicians -- Cindy Harris and Rebecca Heath, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dale Shaffer Research Library meeting room, $10. 234-564-3852 or bill@dulcimore.org.
Special events
BOARDMAN PARK, 375 Boardman Poland Road: Boardman Rotary Oktoberfest, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, $5. www.boardmanpark.com.
BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: Director's Fall Lecture Series with Louis A. Zona, 2 p.m. Sunday, free; Stroller Art, 10 a.m. Oct. 5, free. www.butlerart.com and 330-743-1107.
CANFIELD VILLAGE GREEN, state Route 46 and U.S. Route 224: Back the Blue Ohio, noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, free.
EASTWOOD FIELD, 111 Eastwood Mall Complex, Niles: Dinner on the Diamond, a fundraiser for Shepherd's Foundation, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, $75 per person and $500 for table of 8 and $100 per person and $700 per table for VIP. www.mvscrappers.com and 330-505-0000.
MANIACS IN THE WOODS, 2619 Hoagland Blackstub Road, Bazetta: Haunted attraction presented by Optimist Club of Bazetta-Cortland, dusk to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Oct. 28, $10.
McKINLEY BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL & MUSEUM, 40 N. Main St., Niles: Friends of the McKinley Library Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Oct. 7 with Friends of the Library preview sale from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and bag sale from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 8.
MILL CREEK METROPARKS, Youngstown: Autumn Trolley Tour, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday, $10 adults and $7 seniors and children for Mahoning County residents and $12 and $9 for nonresidents. To register go to millcreek
metroparks.org or call 330-740-7107, Ext. 129.
ST. NICHOLAS PARISH HALL, 764 Fifth St., Struthers: Bavarian Oktoberfest, 5 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. www.cosparish.org.
STAMBAUGH AUDITORIUM, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown: Centofanti Symposium -- Dr. Amy Acton, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, free but tickets are required. stambaugh
auditorium.com.
STORYLAND CHRISTMAS TREE FARM, 5148 state Route 7, Burghill: Hartford Optimist Club Haunted Hayride, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday with family-friendly hayride from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, both through Oct. 21.
WESTSIDE BOWL, 2617 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown: Lit Youngstown First Wednesday Readers Series -- poet and musician Terry Murcko, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Trophy Room, free.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATRE, 201 S. Phelps St., Youngstown: 13th Nonviolence Week Parade and Rally, 3 p.m. Sunday, free.
YOUNGSTOWN HISTORICAL CENTER OF INDUSTRY AND LABOR, 151 W. Wood St., Youngstown: Downtown Merchants Lecture Series with Carl Jacobson, found and director of Mahoning Valley Railroad Heritage Association, 6 p.m. today, free. www.youngstownohiosteelmuseum.org and 330-941-1314.
Theater
DARLENE LOUNGE, 145 W. Market St., Warren: Kent State University at Trumbull Theater's Sips & Scripts play reading series -- "Murdering Medea," 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, free.
TRINITY PLAYHOUSE, 234 E. Lincoln Way, Lisbon: Stage Left Players -- "Rex's Exes," 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 8, $12 adults and $10 for students and senior citizens. stageleftplayers.org.
YOUNGSTOWN PLAYHOUSE, 600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown: "Little Shop of Horrors," 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, $17 to $27. youngstownplayhouse.org and 330-788-8739.