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Series brings Dorothy Fuldheim program to JCC

The Jewish Community Center of Youngstown is kicking off its summer J. Newman Levy Speaker series with a program about journalist Dorothy Fuldheim. Fuldheim will be portrayed by living history performer Anne McEvoy from Women in History. Fuldheim was a Jewish American news journalist and television broadcaster who is credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well as to host her own television show. Fuldheim (1893-1989) is an inductee into both the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Ohio Women’s Hall of ...

Youngstown amp announces Niko Moon date

County singer-songwriter Niko Moon brings his Back to My Roots tour to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre for a Sept. 11 concert. The Texas-born Moon had a number-one single on country radio in 2020 with “Good Time,” and other tracks popular on streaming services include “No Sad Songs” and “Paradise to Me.” Moon first found success as a songwriter for others, and his work has been recorded by the Zac Brown Band, Morgan Wallen, Rascal Flatts and others. He also is part of Sir Roosevelt, a side project of Brown’s that also includes Ben Simonetti. Tickets go on sale ...

Youngstown amp announces Niko Moon date

County singer-songwriter Niko Moon brings his Back to My Roots tour to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre for a Sept. 11 concert. The Texas-born Moon had a number-one single on country radio in 2020 with “Good Time,” and other tracks popular on streaming services include “No Sad Songs” and “Paradise to Me.” Moon first found success as a songwriter for others, and his work has been recorded by the Zac Brown Band, Morgan Wallen, Rascal Flatts and others. He also is part of Sir Roosevelt, a side project of Brown’s that also includes Ben Simonetti. Tickets go on sale ...

Youngstown Playhouse sets season

Eight shows in three different venues will make up Youngstown Playhouse’s 2026-27 season, and a Broadway veteran will choreograph the season-opening show. Playhouse Managing Director Tyler Stouffer said two musicals are planned on the main stage at the Playhouse’s home off Glenwood Avenue — Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights, opening Aug. 28, and the stage version of the 1939 beloved film “The Wizard of Oz,” opening May 21, 2027. “We have been waiting for the right team to come together and waiting for the right moment to do this show, and I am just wildly thrilled ...

Spring inspires WPO’s finale

For its spring concert, the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra will start small and swell to more than 100 musicians for its finale. Music Director and Conductor Christopher Cicconi programmed two works that embody the concert’s “Sounds of Spring” title — Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian ...

Vannelli’s music reflects his diverse interests

Many people know Gino Vannelli from his hits, songs such as “I Just Wanna Stop” and “Living Inside Myself,” which were top 10 singles in multiple formats. But Vannelli never envisioned himself as a singles artist. “The downside is that there's an expectation that you'll do it ...