The 16th edition of “Memories of Christmas Past” opens Saturday at the Arms Family Museum, but 60 is the number that was most influential on this year’s exhibition. “We’re celebrating two 60s this year,” said Anthony Worrellia, buildings and grounds supervisor at the museum and ...

Trans-Siberian Orchestra lost its founder in 2017, but Paul O’Neill’s influence continues to guide the Christmas rock juggernaut. “There really isn’t a decision or anything that happens without asking the question, ‘What would Paul do? It kind of starts there,” said drummer Jeff ...

Walking through the “Memories of Christmas Past” show at the Arms Family Museum this week for the preview story in today’s Ticket, I could hear the excitement in Anthony Worrellia’s voice as he talked about some of the rare finds that fill the museum this year. I’m not a collector ...

Art BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown: “Alex Katz: Collaborations with Poets,” through Sunday; Allied Artists Award Winners, through Wednesday; “Richard Hahn: Facades,” through Nov. 24; “Mateo Blanco: My United States of America,” through Dec. 1; ...

George Gershwin’s most famous classical composition will be the focus of the next Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Orin Grossman will speak on “George Gershwin’s American Masterpiece: Rhapsody in Blue.” The piece was first performed 100 years ago, making its debut Feb. 12, 1924, at New ...

m history that we learned in elementary school, the first Thanksgiving is a whitewashed and a far rosier version than the reality. Youngstown Playhouse presents a different kind of “Thanksgiving Play,” one that casts a critical eye at those old-school Thanksgiving pageants and takes ...