Singer Lindsey Webster will be the headliner for this year’s Youngstown Wine & Jazz. Described by Soultracks as, “If Carole King and Sade had a baby …,” Webster first attracted attention with her album “You Change.” The single “Fool Me Once” spent a month at the top of ...

Socrates Kolitsos, parish councilman at St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Youngstown, has a secret. The chef responsible for many of the Greek delicacies at its Summerfest every July isn’t Greek. “Over the years we had a lot of fabulous chefs that were Greek born,” Kolitsos said. ...

The Jonathan Larson musical “Rent” opens Friday at Straw Hat Theatre. Set in New York City during the height of the AIDS crisis, “Rent” follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create, navigating love, life and loss. ...

The work of Tanya Hough is featured in an exhibition this month at the Ashtabula Arts Center’s Humphrey Gallery. Hough studied at Ringling School of Art. After retiring from teaching, she began painting full-time, largely to help navigate the anxiety and grief surrounding the decline of her ...

“Grit/Glow” opens today at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor. The large-scale photomontage exhibit by Richard Hahn explores the duality of beauty and adversity that is part of the city’s industrial history. Many of the photos were taken while Hahn worked as a ...

Staff report A solo exhibition by sculptor and painter Mara Sfara opens Friday at Medici Museum of Art. Known for her figurative sculptures and vibrant paintings, Sfara’s work bridges classical technique with contemporary vision. “The Light of Tomorrow” showcases sculptures and ...