'Neverland' on stage

'Neverland' on stage
YOUNGSTOWN -- "Neverland," a drama by local playwright Gloria Dunnam Bayowski, will get the full-production treatment next year at Youngstown Playhouse. "Neverland" will open March 7, replacing "Proof" on the Playhouse's season schedule. A reading of "Neverland" was presented earlier this year for an invited audience in the Playhouse's Actors' Arena. Bayowski, of Poland, said the original cast is being invited to return for the full production.
Art classes at Hoyt
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- New classes and workshops will begin Jan. 14 at Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, 124 E. Leasure Ave. Among the sessions will be "Ceramics for Preschoolers" on Thursday afternoons; "Oil Painting for Kids" on Wednesday nights; "Portfolio Preparation" for art-minded teenagers Jan. 18; "Introduction to Pastels" for teens and adults Tuesday nights; "Drawing for Seniors" on Tuesday mornings; and "Watercolor for Seniors" on Wednesday mornings.
Registration is required. Tuition assistance and transportation is available to qualifying senior citizens. Call (724) 652-2882 for details.
Holiday concert
MERCER, Pa. -- The Holiday Celebration concert by the Mercer County Historical Society's Chamber Players will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Helen Black Miller Memorial Chapel. The program includes a holiday sing-along.
Military bands to play
Two British military bands, The Band of the Grenadier Guard and The Scots Highlanders Pipe and Drum Regiment, are touring the United States this winter. Their "Hands Across the Sea" program will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 in Benedum Center, Pittsburgh -- call (412) 456-6666 for tickets -- and at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 in Palace Theatre, Cleveland; call Tickets.com, (800) 766-6048.
Cleveland shows
CLEVELAND -- Traditional Irish music and 1920s-era boogie-woogie will be heard in February at Playhouse Square Center. The Grammy Award-winning Chieftains will play at 8 p.m. Feb. 1 in State Theatre, and The Cab Calloway Orchestra will have its turn at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 10 in Palace Theatre. Tickets for both shows are available through Tickets.com or by calling (800) 766-6048.
The Chieftains are soldiering on without longtime harpist Derek Bell, who died in October, one month after the release of the group's latest recording, "Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions," which emphasizes the ties between American and Irish music.
Calloway's grandson, C. Calloway Brooks, will lead the orchestra in a program of swing and jive hits from Calloway's early days as a musician and bandleader.