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YOUNGSTOWN — “Out on the Town,” a special evening of performances benefiting Dreams of Hope, will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at Oakland Center for the Arts, 220 W. Boardman St., Downtown. Tickets are $20 ($5 for students). For reservations, call (330) 746-0404.

Dreams of Hope is a Pittsburgh based gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgendered youth performing arts troupe. The troupe will perform in the second half of Saturday’s show. Entertainers from the Youngstown, Pittsburgh and Cleveland areas — including Richard Bell, Robert Dennick Joki, Daniel Raymond-Nadon, Liz Rubino, L.J. Tessier, Alexis Antes, Patrick Arena and Jared Leal — will take the stage in the first half.

YSUnity and the Pride Center will have information tables at the event.

For more information about Dreams of Hope, go to www.dreamsofhope.org.