Yellow Creek Theatre features outdoor movies


July 10, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

Yellow Creek Theatre features outdoor movies

POLAND — The free outdoor movies continue at Yellow Creek Theatre in Poland Village as it presents award-winning classic films every Friday evening throughout the summer.

Live music precedes each film at approximately 6:30 p.m. Showtime is 9 p.m. or dark. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy a summer evening by the creek. For the 2008 movie schedule, visit yellowcreektheatre.com or call (330) 707-9688.

U.S. Air Force Band at Boardman Park

BOARDMAN — The award- winning U.S. Air Force Band of Flight from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will present a free public performance at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Maag Theatre at Boardman Park.

The Concert Band consisting of 45 members is the largest single ensemble within the Band of Flight. The Concert Band performs a diverse repertoire which includes original band compositions and orchestral transcriptions, popular Broadway and show tunes, marches and patriotic selections. Call (330) 726-8107 for more information.

Annual Fireworks Festival

NEW CASTLE, Pa. — New Castle’s annual Fireworks Festival starts Saturday at 3 p.m. on the Columbus Inner Belt in downtown. Children’s activities, the American Cancer Society’s Rubber Ducky Derby and live entertainment are just a few activities happenings in the fireworks capital of America.

The grand finale fireworks display will start about 10:30 p.m. For more information and a schedule of weekend events, visit fireworkscapitalofamerica.com.

Art show at mall

BOARDMAN — The Davis Family YMCA on McClurg Road is highlighting its adult painting classes with an art show at Southern Park Mall. Paintings by Michael Antonoff, Judy Cavicchi, Jill Cole, Jim Donlin, George Jarbek, Barbara Lyras, Theresa Smaroff, Carol Vechiarelli and instructor Suzanne Gray are on display in the south concourse, near Sears.

YMCA art classes are open to members and nonmembers. The next session begins the week of July 21, with six weekly lessons through August 30th. Beginning and intermediate students learn the fundamentals of color, composition, design and brushwork, as well as informal lessons in art history. Suzanne Gray has a fine arts’ degree in painting and teaches all levels of art at the Boardman facility.

The mall exhibition runs through July 22nd and is free to the public. For more information, contact the YMCA at (330) 480-5656.