Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment:

• There’s a Train scheduled for downtown Youngstown on Tuesday.

Its destination isn’t the B&O Station; it’s the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre.

This Train is the San Francisco-based band led by Erie, Pa., native Pat Monahan. It will be the group’s second appearance there, following a 2021 show when the concert industry was in the early months of restarting post-COVID.

My first time seeing Train was at least 20 years earlier, when they played Star Lake as part of an X Fest where they were a kind of odd band out filling a late-afternoon slot among active rock/nu metal acts likes Fuel, Staind and, if I’m remembering correctly, the thoroughly ridiculous Crazy Town, which seemed more like a Spinal Tap-level parody than a real band (in part because one of its two frontmen looked like Ben Stiller).

It was pre-“Drops of Jupiter,” at least well before that album became a multi-platinum hit. A year later they were playing venues that size on a co-headlining tour with Matchbox Twenty.

But music fans are fickle and after a few years without a hit, Train was starting to slide into that danger zone from a “hard ticket” act (a band people will pay money specifically to see) and a “soft ticket” one (a band that people will pay $10 to see at something like a rib fest, but not a group that can fill a venue with a higher ticket price).

I’m guessing before “Hey Soul Sister” became a number-one hit, Train was booked to play Taste of Cleveland at Tower City Amphitheater. By the time the show rolled around, Train had a second consecutive number-one single with “If It’s Love.”

There were some higher priced reserved seats, but general admission for that show was less than $10, and it was packed. Maybe the biggest crowd I ever saw at that venue.

The band’s 2021 show at the amp included the expected hits as well as some interesting cover choices (Led Zeppelin’s “Going to California,” The Band’s “The Weight” , Oasis’s “Champagne Supernova”). Joining Train on Tuesday in Youngstown will be Edwin McCain, whose hits include “I’ll Be” and “I Could Not Ask for More.”

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show range from $42.50 to $135.

• The 16th Chagrin Documentary Film Festival announced its lineup this week, and at least one offering has a local connection.

Among the documentary shorts being screened from Oct. 7 to 12 in Chagrin Falls will be “Skate Rat Since ‘ 88: The Kristian Svitak Story,” directed by Danny Mizicko. Vienna natives Mizicko and his brother Ken started Stuck in Ohio, which has chronicled extreme sports in the Buckeye State for more than 20 years.

“Skate Rat” focuses on the life and career of Svitak, a professional skateboarder from Cleveland, from his early days in northeast Ohio to his career as a professional skateboarder. For those who don’t want to wait until October, the 23-minute film can be viewed online at stuckinohio.com/svitak.

It’s one of 74 films that will be shown at this year’s festival. The opening night film is “John Candy: I Like Me,” about the life and career of actor John Candy, who died in 1994 at age 43. It’s directed by actor Colin Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks.

The full film lineup can be found at.chagrinfilmfest.org.

• The Mahoning Valley HIstorical Society will conclude its 150th anniversary celebration with a Founders Day Open House in September, and it wants other historical groups to be a part of the party.

This year’s open house on Sept. 5 will take place in conjunction with First Fridays Youngstown and will include live music, food trucks and other activities.

As part of the festivities, MVHS will have a local history fair in the Thomas Ballroom of the Tyler History Center, 325 W. Federal St., Youngstown. All local history organizations are invited to have a table set up at the event to share displays, marketing and event information and their efforts to preserve the Valley’s history.

To reserve a spot, please contact MVHS Curator of Education, Traci Manning at 330-743-2589 ext. 121, or email at education@mahoninghistory.org.

Andy Gray is the entertainment editor of Ticket. Write to him at agray@tribtoday.com.