Unusual blues show at Hippodrome

Unusual blues show at Hippodrome
WARREN -- Singer/songwriter Harry Manx, hailed by Billboard magazine as "assuredly Canada's most versatile and expressive blues player," will perform at 8 p.m. March 25 at the Hippodrome, 150 High St. N.E.
His new album, West Eats Meet, is up for a Juno, Canada's equivalent of the Grammy awards. His music incorporates blues and eastern influences.
Tickets are $10. For additional information call the Fine Arts Council of Trumbull County at 330-399-1212 or visit www.trumbullarts.org.
Ben Vereen to perform at Westminster College
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- & quot;Ben Vereen Sings Sammy Davis, Jr. & quot; concludes the Westminster College Celebrity Series at 8 p.m. April 9 in Orr Auditorium.
Vereen will present a night of his favorite Sammy Davis Jr. songs, as well as his renowned dancing and hit songs from his own Broadway shows, said Gene DeCaprio, series director. He will be accompanied by his 18-piece orchestra.
Vereen's one-man show has earned him the highest honors awarded by the American Guild of Artists: & quot;Entertainer of the Year, & quot; & quot;Rising Star, & quot; and & quot;Song and Dance Star, & quot; but he is most famous for his role as Chicken George in the Emmy Award-winning mini-series & quot;Roots. & quot; His subsequent network special, & quot;Ben Vereen: His Roots, & quot; won seven Emmys. On film, he portrayed the quintessential entertainer in & quot;All That Jazz. & quot;
A limited number of seats are still available. For tickets, contact Connie McGinnis, assistant director of Celebrity Series, at (724) 946-7354 or e-mail mcginncl@westminster.edu.
Artists reflect on home
CLEVELAND -- Ever since planes crashed into the World Trade Center in 2001, "homeland security" has become ingrained in the daily lives of Americans. Case Western Reserve University's Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will turn the spotlight on artists, playwrights, filmmakers and others who will reflect on the meaning of home, homeland, identity and belonging during Humanities Week, today through Friday. The keynote speaker for this year's event, themed "Homelands & amp; Security," is Art Spiegelman, an influential comic book artists and illustrator and the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the Holocaust narrative, "Maus: A Survivor's Tale." His latest work, "In the Shadow of No Towers," portrays the aftermath of Sept. 11. He will speak at 4:30 p.m. Friday in Aitken Auditorium of The Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. Tickets are required and can be downloaded by visiting www.case.edu/artsci/bakernord. For more information, call (216) 368-2414 or (216) 368-0528.
Auction will featurecelebrity collectibles
PITTSBURGH -- The third annual Great Rock 'N Roll auction featuring dozens of one-of-a-kind autographed collectibles, hard-to-get items and tickets, as well as acoustic performances by some of the areas best known entertainers will be March 31 at the Hard Rock Caf & eacute;. All proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation. A $10 donation registers each person for a special drawing for season tickets at the Post-Gazette Pavilion and the Chevrolet Amphitheatre. Tickets are available now for purchase in advance at all Ticketmaster outlets.
While the bidding is taking place, area musicians will take the stage for acoustic performances. Clear Channel Radio personalities from WDVE, WXDX, WKST and WWSW will be on hand.
A preview of the auction items will begin at 5:30 p.m. For more information visit www.post-gazettepavilion.com.
Plays about memoryfocus of '05-06 season
PITTSBURGH -- The University of Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre's 2005-06 season will feature plays about aspects of memory. The season will open with Harold Pinter's "Old Times," Sept. 21-Oct. 9.
Shakespeare's rarely performed Pericles follows, Oct. 26-Nov. 6, under the direction of Russian guest artist Edward Butenko. Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind," will play Nov. 30-Dec. 11. Constance Congdon's "Tales of the Lost Formicans" features an Alzheimer's patient who is losing his memory and will run Feb. 8-19, 2006. Closing the season is Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," March 29-April 9. Tickets are $17 for previews, $19 for reserved seating, $10 for students. Seniors, group, alumni and employee discounts are available. Season passes good for five admissions for any show on any date, are $65 through June 30, and $75 after that.