It started with a premise, one of those ideas that came to playwright Greg A. Smith a decade ago as he was falling asleep. He didn’t pause to write it down, but unlike other drowsy thoughts, it’s one he remembered when he woke up the next morning. That idea becomes a fully realized ...
A founder of Neo-African Abstract Expressionism will display his work in an exhibition opening Sunday at the Butler Institute of American Art. Through his use of dots, textiles and tribal markings, Danny Simmons reclaims and recontextualizes traditional African motifs within the language of ...
A historian and a novelist will take part in Lit Youngstown’s next First Wednesday Reader Series event. Ben Lariccia is a Youngstown native who taught for 30 years in Philadelphia. With Joe Tucciarone, Lariccia authored two studies on early Italian immigration, “Coal War in the Mahoning Valley: The Origin of Greater Youngstown’s Italians” and “Italians Swindled to New York: False Promises at the Dawn of Immigration.” Abby Vandiver, who also writes as Abby Collette, is a bestselling author internationally who has had success in both self-publishing and traditional ...
Art made with nontraditional items will be featured in the next exhibition at downtown Warren’s Art on Park. For Rubbish on Park, artists were instructed not to submit traditional paint-on-canvas works. Curator Ashley Kellar’s suggestions in the call for artists announcement included ...
Trumbull Senior Production Company brings its annual musical variety show to Lakeview High School auditorium. This is the 17th year for the nonprofit performing group, which is open to people ages 50 and older. “Feel the Beat” features a cast of more than 25 singers, dancers and ...
Chorale preps spring concert The Shenango Valley Chorale will have its spring concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Sharon First United Methodist Church, 237 W. Silver St., Sharon, Pa. The Chorale, conducted by Erich Lascek will sing the world premiere of “Hidden Light Eternal” by Bryan Sable. It was commissioned in honor of Lascek’s nephew, who passed away at age 22 of leukemia. It also will include works by Bob Dylan, Andre Thomas, Morten Lauridsen, Victor C. Johnson, John Leavitt, Elaine Hagenberg and Rosephayne Powell as well as songs from the musicals “Wicked” and ...
