Hanna to speak at SRU

Hanna to speak at SRU
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Animal advocate Jack Hanna will discuss his civic responsibilities and wildlife conservation efforts at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Slippery Rock University, in the University Union's multipurpose room. Admission is free. Hanna is director emeritus of Columbus Zoo. He is host of the syndicated TV show "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures" and a frequent guest on CBS's "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Miniconcerts, opera
YOUNGSTOWN -- Vocal students at Youngstown State University Dana School of music will give mini-Mozart concerts before performances of University Theater's production of the opera "The Old Maid and the Thief" at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. next Sunday in Ford Theater, Bliss Hall.
The dark, comic opera, written by Gian Carlo Menotti, will be performed in English. The setting is a small United States town in 1950. The plot concerns a drifter and the criminal influence he has on a spinster who takes pity on him.
Tickets are $8.50, but free for YSU students with valid identification. Call (330) 742-3105 for information.
Tromapalooza set
CLEVELAND -- Independent music, performance art and film will come together at Tromapalooza from noon to 9 p.m. Friday at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Admission is free. Films in the TromaDance Extreme Musical Film Showcase will roll from noon to 6 p.m. Live performances by bands and artists will begin at 1 p.m. on the main stage.
Joining Jazz Fest
BOARDMAN -- The Boardman Faculty Jazz Combo will participate in the second annual Boardman High School Jazz Fest at 7 p.m. April 9 in Boardman Performing Arts Center, 7777 Glenwood Ave. The faculty group will feature trumpeter David Evans, drummer Thomas M. Ruggieri, saxophonist Tim Harker, pianist Wes O'Connor and bass player Ron Ryan.
Also performing will be Boardman Center Middle School's seventh- and eighth-grade jazz ensembles, which are directed by Steven C. Chambers; Glenwood Middle School Jazz Ensemble, led by Evans; and the high school Jazz Combo and Jazz Ensemble. Ruggieri is high school jazz director; O'Connor is associate band director; Harker teaches at Glenwood Middle; and Ryan is the high school's associate orchestra director.
Admission will be $3 for adults, $2 for pupils and free to senior citizens and children.
Grants for archives
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The National Film Preservation Foundation granted a total of $140,000 to 26 archives across the country to help preserve 39 culturally significant films.
The films include footage secretly shot on board the Exodus as it carried Jewish refugees to Palestine (1947); William S. Hart's first Western feature, "The Bargain" (1914), shot at the Grand Canyon; and "White Water and Black Magic" (1938-39), which documented the Amazon expedition that learned the secret of the anesthetic curare.
A panel that met recently in New York City awarded the federal grants.
The National Film Preservation Foundation, based in San Francisco, is a nonprofit organization created by Congress to save America's film heritage.