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Butler seeks 88th Midyear submissions
The Butler Institute of American Art is now accepting entries for the 88th National Midyear Exhibition which will open June 23.
Internationally acclaimed painter, sculptor and pioneer of photorealism Audrey Flack will be this year's juror. She enjoys the distinction of being the first photorealist painter whose work was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art for its permanent collection.
Entries and fees are due April 11. All information relating to this exhibition can be found online at butlerart.com.
Center plans Harry Potter trivia night
A Harry Potter trivia night is planned at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Collingwood Center, 633 Porter Ave., Campbell, to raise money and awareness for the BC Educational Center.
BC is in the process of developing educational programs primarily focused on pre-apprenticeships for the trades and workforce development. It also will offer DIY workshops and arts programming at Collingwood.
Tickets are $15 and include a dessert / candy bar. Themed beverages and food will be available for purchase. Tickets can be purchased in advance at collingwoodcenter.com or at the door on Saturday.
St. Columba presents organ concert
Organist Ralph Holtzhauser will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday at St. Columba Cathedral, 154 W. Wood St., Youngstown, as part of its organ recital series.
Holtzhauser has been the cathedral's music director and organist since 2022. He earned his master's degree from Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with organist Todd Wilson. In his playing career, he's ventured into jazz and progressive rock and is currently working on a CD of African-American organ music.
Admission is free, but donations will be collected to support the cathedral's music programs.
Stambaugh hosts YSU invitational concert
Dana School of Music will have its annual Youngstown State University Band Invitational tonight at Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave., Youngstown.
The Bay High School Symphonic Band, directed by YSU alum Darren Allen, and the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School Wind Ensemble, led by Steve Cocchiola, will get to rehearse with guest clinician Benjamin Rochford, associate director of bands at Ithaca College, and share the stage the YSU Percussion Ensemble and Wind Ensemble.
Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. concert are $5 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens and free for children and are available online at experienceyourarts.org and by calling 330-259-9651.
Warren Library hosts 'Freedom to Read'
The program "Freedom to Read: Uncensored Accounts of the Black Experience" is scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. NW, Warren.
Youngstown State University professor Dolores V. Sisco will discuss some of the books that illuminate the Black experience in America, and how these books tie into what is going on currently with book bans at public libraries.
Admission is free. For more information, go to wtcpl.org or call 330-399-8807.
Playhouse sets 'Flight Path' auditions
Auditions are scheduled March 10 and 11 for "Here on the Flight Path," which will be staged at Youngstown Playhouse's Moyer Room in May.
Norm Foster's comedy focuses on a man whose quiet life is interrupted by the women who move into the adjoining apartment. Cast requirements are one man ages 30 or older and three women ages 25 or older. Those auditioning should be prepared to read from the script.
Ben Gavitt is the director. Auditions are scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. each day. For more information, go to youngstownplayhouse.org/auditions.
Kent-Trumbull production seeks 2 actors
Kent State University at Trumbull Theatre will have auditions from 7 to 9 p.m. March 3 and 4 for its production of Lauren Gunderson's "I and You."
The play about two very different high school students -- one ill and homebound, the other athletic and popular --working together on a poetry assignment has flexible casting. Both roles are open to all ethnicities and gender identities. According to the playwright's instructions, "The only essentiality is that the characters not be the same race."
Actors need to be able to play high-school ages characters and be prepared to do a cold reading from the script. Email director Eric Kildow at ekildow@kent.edu with any questions.