The Agatha Christie thriller “And Then There Were None” opens Friday at Ashtabula Arts Center. The play, directed by Bob Kilpatrick, was adapted from Christie’s book of the same name. Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past ...

Two Cleveland-area authors will be featured at Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Readers Series event. Lynda Montgomery’s stories have appeared in December, Another Chicago Magazine and Driftwood, and have been nominated for national awards. She was awarded residencies at Ragdale and ...

Auditions are scheduled at 6:15 p.m. today and Friday for the Oakland Center for the Arts’ Kids First Theater Initiative, which will stage the Ohio premiere of the musical “The Big One-OH! Jr.” Based on the book by Dean Pitchford, it tells the story of Charley Maplewood, who decides to ...

Friends of McKinley Memorial Library will have its fall book sale next week at the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Museum, 40 N. Main St., Niles. A wide selection of books, audiobooks, movies and music for all ages will be available, and the library is accepting donations for gently ...

Art ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: David A. Leas exhibition, 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 ...

YOUNGSTOWN — In the newspaper’s damaged digital archive, there’s a review I wrote of the musical “Sister Act” when the national tour played Cleveland in 2013, but I can’t access it and remember nothing about that production. I don’t think I’ll forget Nikita R. Jones’ ...