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SMARTS hosts First Fridays Youngstown First Fridays Youngstown moves to SMARTS, 25 E. Boardman St., for its March edition. SMARTS will have hands-on arts activities for children of all ages in visual art, music, dance, theater and creative writing with a focus on family-oriented creations. Live music will be provided at SMARTS by Larry Elefante, and the Avalon, Twisted Roots and Penguin City Brewing Company will host performers through the Live Music Initiative. Admission is free. For more information, go to firstfridaysyoungstown.org. Campbell grad displays art at Westminster Alexa ...

Charley Crockett booked for Youngstown amphitheater

Charley Crockett will bring his Age of the Ram tour to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre on Sept. 19. Crockett is a two-time Grammy nominee, and he won emerging artist of the year at the 2021 Americana Music Awards. The prolific Texas-born singer-songwriter has released eight albums since 2020, and his next album, “Age of the Ram,” will be released April 3. His adult album alternative radio hits include “Trinity River,” “Lonesome Drifter” and “Solitary Road.” Durand Jones & the Indications will open the 7:30 p.m. show. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at ...

Medici reopens in March with Stanczak, Segal, Pino exhibits

HOWLAND — When John Anderson planned the 2021 expansion of Medici Museum of Art, one of the exhibitions he imagined for the massive gallery with its 35-foot-high ceiling was the large-scale Op art paintings of Julian Stanczak. Anderson, one of the founders of Medici, didn’t live to see ...

Broken bones are part of the ride

Marcus Mast said professional bull riders know it’s not a question of if they’ll get injured on the job. It’s only a matter of how severe the injury will be. A broken jaw sounds pretty severe to most people. Mast only missed one week when he broke his last year. He wasn’t so lucky ...

Gray Areas: Rock Hall has new list of inductees to argue about

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s big tent philosophy is on full display in the list of potential 2026 inductees. The 16 acts under consideration were announced Wednesday morning — The Black Crowes, Jeff Buckley, Mariah Carey, Phil Collins, Melissa Etheridge, Lauryn Hill, Billy Idol, INXS, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, New Edition, Oasis, P!nk, Sade, Shakira, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan. At least five of those acts will be inducted this fall when the ceremony returns to Cleveland. It’s a list that’s sure to make the head explode of any fist-pumping rocker who’s ...

Liberty library starts concert series for teen rock bands

A space associated with quiet will be used for rocking, at least for one hour a month. Starting in March at the Liberty branch of the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library is Library of Rock (Unplugged), a monthly concert series featuring teen musicians from rock band programs at three ...