Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • Sean Jones delivered a spectacular homecoming Sunday, performing with the W.D. Packard Concert Band at Packard Music Hall. The acclaimed musician and educator, a Warren native and Warren G. Harding High School and Dana School of Music ...

The Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University will host the first YSU Percussion Invitational on Saturday. It brings together college and high school percussion ensembles and soloists from across the region for an afternoon of performances. Participating groups include ensembles ...

Dani Dier, chief business officer of the Henry H. Stambaugh Auditorium Association, has been selected as a member of the 2026 Cohort of the CreativeOhio Advocacy Leadership Institute. The program is aimed at empowering Ohio’s arts and culture leaders with the skills and strategies needed to ...

The band Honeytown will play a concert for Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians on Friday in Salem. The music of Honeytown — Tim Shue, Nate Gundy, Kevin Himes and Toby Hazlett — is described as a mix of folk, American, rock ‘n’ roll and progressive bluegrass created with a ...

Boardman High School’s rock orchestra, Project Mayhem, will play its spring concert on March 27. Founded in 2006, Project Mayhem began as a way to bridge classical training with modern rock. The ensemble had its inaugural performance in March 2007, drawing more than 1,000 people. Since ...

A reception and panel discussion is planned in conjunction with “In Honor of America250-Ohio: Joseph G. Butler Jr. Collections of Our Nation Exhibit” at the Butler Institute of American Art. The exhibition, which runs through Dec. 26 as part of America’s 250th celebration, features ...