The frenzy starts a day earlier this year. Federal Frenzy, presented by Youngstown State University’s Penguin Productions, expands to two days this year. It returns to downtown Youngstown on Saturday with multiple stages and activities on and around West Federal Street, and it adds a Friday ...

Christopher M. Cicconi will be the Ernie Banks of conducting this weekend. The Hall of Fame shortstop for the Chicago Cubs was famous for saying “Let’s play two,” even on the hottest of summer days, and the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra conductor has a doubleheader of his own planned ...

Monday’s concert at Packard Music Hall was a study in contrasts. Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone, who played Warren as one of the first stops on a joint tour, probably have a lot of overlap in their record collections, but they take those influences in different directions. The two shows ...

Art BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “Sally Weber and Craig Newswanger: Entangled Attraction,” through May 4; “Chuck Olson: Paintings from 2010-2024,” through May 18; “Good Vibrations: The Prints of Victor Vasarely,” through July 20. Hours are 11 a.m. to ...

The forecast for “Be More Chill” had the musical making its area premiere long before this weekend. Millennial Theatre Company announced the show for a season that was supposed to start in 2020 at the Robins Theatre in Warren. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down live performances just a few ...

The Out-Spokin’ Wheelmen bicycle club will have its Spring In Columbiana County, Ohio (SICCO) tour on May 4. All cyclists are invited to participate in the ride, which starts at 8 a.m. at Firestone Park, 347 E. Park Ave., Columbiana. The main cycling route is a flat-to-rolling 35-mile loop ...