Be part of live audience for Marla Gibbs visit

Be part of live audiencefor Marla Gibbs visit
YOUNGSTOWN -- Marla Gibbs, a star of "The Jeffersons" and "227," will be the featured guest on a local television show, The Valley Gold with Debor'ah Benton. An interview and musical performance will be videotaped before a live studio audience at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the LMS Studio, Oak Hill Renaissance Place (the former Southsie Hospital). The show will air at 1:37 a.m Nov. 14 on WKBN-TV 27.
For reserved seating, call (330) 746-1109 or e-mail the ValleyGoldShow@aol.com
Hear 'ghostly music'on Halloween night
YOUNGSTOWN -- "A Ghostly Music Review" will be played on Halloween at 8 p.m. Monday at Powers Auditorium by the Youngstown Concert Band and Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Works by Malcolm Arnold, Frank Ticheli, J.S. Bach, Eric Whitacre and Dmitri Shostakovich will be featured.
The cost is $5 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens. Admission is free for any YSU student and staff with valid ID card.
Doc Severinsen swingsinto New Castle
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- Doc Severinsen, the flamboyant and Grammy-winning music director of "The Tonight Show," will conduct and perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as part of the PNC Pittsburgh Pops series during a concert at 8 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
He also will be guest conductor with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during concerts Nov. 17-20 at Heinz Hall.
Severinsen, whose career has spanned more than four decades, is the principal pops conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra and Phoenix Symphony.
Call (800) 743-8560 for tickets, which range from $21 to $63.
Ooo la la, SRU putsspotlight on French
SLIPPERY ROCK -- The art of France will be highlighted when Slippery Rock University marks Focus on French Week Nov. 7-10. The works of painter Michele Caillaud-Houel and sculptor Thierry Cayo will be showcased.
A display of contemporary artists' works will be shown Nov. 10 and 11 in Carruth Rizza Hall. A reception and presentation of artists at 4 p.m. Nov. 10 in Russell Wright Alumni House.
Other activities will be the showing of "Tanguy," a recent French comedy, at 4 p.m. Nov. 7 at Carruth Rizza Room 212 and crepes will be served; French games will be played at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at Bailey Library Quad; and SRU French majors will give presentations on various aspects of French culture at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at Carruth Rizza Room 203 and there will be a French luncheon. For more informatin call Dr. Thomas C. Daddesio, assistant professor of modern languages, at (724) 738-2646.
Hoyt Institute seeksartists for exhibitions
NEW CASTLE, Pa. -- The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts is seeking artists to fill fill its 2007-08 solo exhibition schedule.
Artists living in the Mid-Atlantic region including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, are invited to apply. The deadline is Jan. 1, 2006.
For more information and an application visit the web site at www.hoytartcenter.org or call (724) 652-2882.
Opening-night buffetset by YSU Theater
YOUNGSTOWN -- "The Miser" will open at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 in Spotlight Arena at Youngstown State University. The play by Moliere is a classic comedy in literature.
The traditional first nighters' buffet will be offered at McDonough Museum of Art, located near the theater. Harpsichord music also will be featured at the dinner. Show and buffet reservations may be made by calling (330) 941-3105 and dinner reservations must be made by Nov. 8.
'The Things They Carried' in Cleveland
CLEVELAND -- "The Things They Carried," a collection of stories from writer Tim O'Brien on his experiences during the Vietnam War, will be staged in the new Studio One at Idea Center, Playhouse Square Center.
Performances will take place at 5 and 8 p.m. Nov. 11, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Nov. 12 and 3 and 7 p.m. Nov. 13.
For tickets call (216) 241-6000.