The New Music Guild will have a memorial concert for Gwyneth Rollin on Sunday. Rollin, who died April 2 at age 82, was a violinist, pianist and composer who taught music theory at Youngstown State University for 35 years. She earned her doctorate from Indiana University. Gwyneth Rollin and ...
The Spring 2026 Graduating BFA Exhibition opens Friday at the McDonough Museum of Art. The show features the art and design work of students graduating in the spring semester from the art department at Youngstown State University. The exhibition is an opportunity for students to share the original and innovative discoveries they have made in their artistic journeys, communicating their creative expressions of human experience to the public. Students work closely with nationally and internationally known faculty engaged in a broad range of art and design practices. It features ...
‘High School Musical’ opens at Hubbard High The Hubbard High School Drama Club will present “High School Musical” for three performances. The stage musical is based on the popular Disney Channel movie of the same name, which debuted 20 years ago. Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the high school, 350 Hall Ave. SE. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available online at cur8.com/40969/project/137196 or at the door. Kinsman Library talk looks at Octagon House The Kinsman Free Public Library, 6420 Church St., will host a ...
Grammy, CMA and Americana award-winning artist Brandy Clark will play DeYor Performing Arts Center’s Ford Family Recital Hall on June 13. Clark has released four albums and had a top 40 country hit with “Girl Next Door.” She received Grammy nominations for best country album and best new artist following the release of her debut album “12 Stories” in 2013. In 2024, she was nominated for six Grammys and won for best Americana performance for the song “Dear Insecurity.” Clark is best known for her work as a songwriter. She’s written hits for Miranda Lambert (“Mama’s ...
Jardine sings Beach Boys hits in Warren Al Jardine brings his Pet Sounds Band to the Robins Theatre on Aug. 15. Jardine is a founding member of the Beach Boys and an inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Vocal Group Hall of Fame. Jardine and his band will perform Beach Boys’ classic hits and fan favorites. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. show go on sale 10 a.m. Friday. AEW Wrestling returns to Covelli Centre All Elite Wrestling comes to the Covelli Centre on June 6. The professional wrestling organization is seen on HBO Max, TNT and TBS as well as Pay-Per-View events, ...
Cole Porter wrote about 25 musicals for stage and screen in his lifetime, but only “Kiss Me, Kate” and “Anything Goes” are produced with any regularity in the 21st Century. “Some of the subject matters just aren’t relevant anymore,” said Adam Day Howard, who will direct “Kiss Me, Kate” for a four-performance run at Youngstown State University’s Ford Theater. What makes “Kiss Me, Kate” the exception. According to Howard, it’s the source material. “Like all great golden age musicals, it's a musical about another musical. The plot of ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ is, ...
