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‘Wicked: For Good’ doesn’t delight

“Give us a clock tick” is an expression uttered several times in “Wicked: For Good.” But Jon M. Chu’s two-part musical has asked for quite a bit more than that. Together, the two halves of this “Wicked” adaptation have run 297 minutes, which, more than the threat of lions and tigers and bears, is enough to make any moviegoer not entirely bewitched by the “Wizard of Oz” revision breathe a sigh of “Oh, my.” So it’s a lot of clock ticks, quite a few more than the stage musical, which had roughly half the runtime. But “Wicked” has always been a spectacle of ...

Mahoning Valley arts and entertainment

Art ARTS & EDUCATION AT THE HOYT, 124 E. Leasure Ave., New Castle, Pa.: “Floating Beauty: Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e,” through Jan. 29, 2026. Hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. hoytartcenter.org and 724-652-2882. ASHTABULA ARTS CENTER, 2928 W. 13th St., Ashtabula: “Hope in Artistry: Suicide Awareness and Prevention,” through Nov. 25 with reception from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 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 ...

Zeiders plays Youngstown and the world

Before Warren Zeiders travels the world, he’s coming to Youngstown. Zeiders will play the Covelli Centre on Friday, the same week that he announced his first world tour, which includes shows throughout Europe and Australia next year. His Youngstown appearance was delayed by more than a year. He originally was booked as direct support for Tim McGraw’s YLIVE concert in 2024. After that show was postponed to this year, Zeiders was booked as a headliner at the arena. Zeiders is only 26 years old, but his songs already have been streamed more than 3.6 billion times globally. He ...

The work of mixed media artist Morgan Bukovec is featured in an exhibition at Westminster College’s Foster Art Gallery in New Wilmington, Pa. Bukovec, who earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts and arts education from the University of Dayton, works with objects found across mediums including collage, textiles, installation and ceramics. She focuses on the themes of identity, storytelling and fleeting moments and objects across time. Her “are you on the menu” exhibition contains a series of embroidered guest checks with various negative phrases, questions and comments ...

Graduating arts students exhibit at McDonough

The Fall 2025 Graduating BFA Exhibition opens Friday at the McDonough Museum of Art. The exhibition features the art and design work of students graduating in the fall semester from Youngstown State University’s art department. It is an opportunity for students to share the original and innovative discoveries they have made in their artistic journeys, communicating to the public their creative expressions of human experience. Participants in the exhibition include Amirah Chieu, Mason Culbertson, Ray Glenn, Sam Mastorides, Elise McMaster, Mason Parks, Alexxia Rom, Ashley Stamper, ...

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YSU Jazz Combos play tonight Youngstown State University’s Jazz Combos will perform at 7:30 p.m. today in Bliss Hall’s Ford Theater. The quintet directed by Kent Engelhardt will play “Chitlins Con Carne” by Kenny Burrell, “Idle Moments” by Duke Pearson and “Song For My Father” by Horace Silver. Glenn Schaft’s quartet will feature “Bye-Ya” by Thelonious Monk, “Dear Prudence” by Lennon & McCartney (arranged by YSU graduate assistant Eduardo Arce-Monge), “Recordame” by Joe Henderson, “Wichita Lineman” by Jimmy Webb and “The Breakthrough” by Hank ...