Chalk on the Walk colors Warren

A downtown Warren tradition continues Saturday with Chalk on the Walk at Courthouse Square.

Free chalk will be available to children, and the walkways on the square will be canvas for their chalk art creations. It runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and musical acts Crash the Great and Emotional Labor will perform starting at 10:30 a.m.

The event also will include a Youth Art Day exhibition for those ages 12 to 21, free facepainting, costumed characters, a vendors market and a visit from the Warren Fire Department.

Leonardi Legacy Concert planned

Tickets are on sale now for the Tony Leonardi Alumni Reunion Tribute Concert on July 18 at Youngstown State University’s Ford Theater.

Leonardi, who died in 2001 at age 62, was the founder of YSU’s jazz studies program at Dana School of Music. He brought many jazz greats to the university to work with students, many of whom went on to successful careers of their own. Nearly 40 YSU alumni are scheduled to perform, including acclaimed trumpeter Sean Jones, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer James Weidman and composer, bandleader and educator Dave Rivello.

Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $33 for adults and $17.25 for students and are available online at ysu.tix.com

TNT announces ‘Picnic’ auditions

Auditions for William Inge’s drama “Picnic” are scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 5 and 12 at Trumbull New Theatre, 5883 Youngstown-Warren Road, Niles.

Cast requirements are seven women and four men ages 18 and older. The Pulitzer-winning drama takes place in the joint backyards of two widows during the Labor Day holiday in a small Kansas town in the 1950s, where the appearance of a handsome outsider upends their lives.

Josh Crank is the director. Those interested in volunteering in a technical capacity or those who have questions about auditions can email Crank at webmaster@trumbullnew

theatre.com.