Christian music artists at Wellman Theater

Christian music artists at Wellman Theater

GIRARD — His Music Connection will present Dove Award- winning contemporary Christian artist Mitch McVicker in concert at 7 p.m. April 24 at the Wellman Theater, 29 W. Liberty St. The evening will also feature a performance by singer/songwriter Jenah Ross. Ross is working on her fifth CD under the direction of John Sferra of Glass Harp. She has served as a youth and worship leader and is an active member of the music ministry team at the Truckers Chapel at the Petro Truck Stop on Salt Springs Road in Girard.

Tickets are $5 and will be available at the door. For more information, call (330) 539-5349.

Cookbook author to speak at gardens

YOUNGSTOWN — Renee Shepherd, cookbook author, seedswoman and food writer, will speak at Fellows Riverside Gardens on April 16 on “Gourmet Gardening.” She will introduce vegetables and herbs from world cuisines and ways to prepare them.

A reception begins at 5:30 p.m. with the lecture at 7 p.m.

The wine reception and lecture is $25 ($20 for Friends of Fellows Riverside Gardens); lecture only is $15 ($10 for Friends). Lecture registration will being at 6:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call (330) 740-7116.

Photo exhibit at Arms captures city history

YOUNGSTOWN — A new exhibit at the Arms Family Museum of Local History features the photography of John D. Megown, a photographer in Youngstown during the early decades of the 20th Century. Megown photographed a wide variety of subjects, both commercial and scenic, and work offers a record of the social and economic setting during a period of significant growth in the area’s history. Megown photographed Youngstown’s growing commercial district and the construction of several landmark buildings; as well as schools, businesses, industry and scenic views from Mill Creek and Idora parks.

“John Megown: An Early 20th Century Perspective” is open Tuesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. in the Arms Family Museum on Wick Avenue. Admission is $4 ($3 for seniors and college students; and $2 for children). The exhibit will run through the end of June. For more information, go to mahoninghistory.org or call (330) 743-2589.

Historian to present program on Titanic

WARREN —Titanic historian Frank Rendes will bring his collection of memorabilia on the “unsinkable” ship to the Warren-Trumbull County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Ave. N.W. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 in the Thomas Meeting Room on the library’s second floor.

At 2 p.m., Rendes will give a lecture and slide presentation focusing on some of the people who were aboard the Titanic.

On April 17 in 1912, the ocean liner should have been pulling into port in New York. Instead, she was lying at the bottom of the sea after striking an iceberg on April 14. Of the 2,200 passengers onboard, only 705 survived the disaster.

Rendes, of Girard, has been a collector of Titanic memorabilia for many years and is co-founder of Titanic International, a non profit organization that keeps alive the history of great ocean liners.

The event is free and open to the public. For information about more library programs and services, call (330) 399-8807, ext. 128, or go to www.wtcpl.org.