News women to speak at Packard Music Hall

News women to speak at Packard Music Hall

WARREN — Martha Raddatz, chief White House correspondent for ABC News, will speak at Packard Music Hall at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday as part of the Trumbull Town Hall lecture series.

Raddatz has been recognized for her coverage of presidential campaigns and the Sept. 11 attacks, receiving Peabody and Emmy awards. In 2006, she broke the story on the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of al-Qaida in Iraq.

Raddatz is the author of “The Long Ride Home — a Story of War and Family.” She will sign her book in the lobby before the lecture.

Tickets are $25 ($15 for students). For more information, call (330) 373-1900.

Trumbull groups seek youths for talent show

WARREN — The Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Warren YWCA, 375 N. Park Ave., are looking for local youths age 12 to 17 to audition for Trumbull County’s Got Talent, a talent show.

The auditions are being held from 4 to 7 p.m. March 22 at the YWCA in Warren.

Pre-registration is required; call (330) 373-1010, ext. 18.

Walk-ins will not be accepted. All entertainment must be appropriate for families and children. No profanity will be permitted. Singers, dancers, comedians and musicians are being sought. Bands are not permitted because of space and time constraints.

The top 10 acts will be invited to participate in Trumbull County’s Got Talent at 6 p.m. April 9 at the YWCA.

The talent show will also feature a performance by Judson Laippley, creator of the “Evolution of Dance.”

The winner of the talent show will receive $300; second place will get $150; third place, $50.

Gospel music artist Ivan Parker to perform

BOARDMAN — Southern Gospel recording artist Ivan Parker will perform at 6 p.m. March 22 at Christ’s Church, 7155 Glenwood Ave.

Traveling with the Gold City quartet, he helped lead the group to 19 top 10 hits and the 1993 Southern Gospel Song of the Year Dove Award from the Gospel Music Association. Since embarking on a solo career in 1994, Parker had his first No. 1 hit, “I Choose.”

For the past decade he has been regularly featured on the Bill Gaither Homecoming Video and Concert Series, and in May of 2008 the Gaither Gospel Series released The Best Of Ivan Parker Collection in DVD and CD format.

For more information, call the church at (330) 726-6800 or go to ivanparker.com.

The week that was

Entertainment highlights during the week of March 8-14:

1947: “The Best Years Of Our Lives” was named best picture at the Oscars.

1969: Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman were married in a civil ceremony in London.

1970: Diana Ross performed her first solo concert after leaving The Supremes, in Framingham, Mass.

1972: Carole King won the album of the year Grammy for “Tapestry,” record of the year for “It’s Too Late” and song of the year for “You’ve Got A Friend.” She also won a fourth Grammy that year, for female pop vocal performance for “Tapestry.”

1987: U2 released their album “The Joshua Tree.”

1988: Pop singer Andy Gibb died of a heart condition in Oxford, England. Gibb was 30.

1993: “Beavis and Butt-Head” premiered on MTV as a series.

Previously, the characters were shown on MTV’s “Liquid Television” program.

1996: Comedian George Burns died at the age of 100.

1997: Rapper the Notorious B.I.G. was shot to death while sitting in his car after a music industry party. He was 24.

2003: Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines told an audience in London, “Just so you know, we’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas.” They endured a firestorm of criticism that included radio stations banning their music and protests outside their concerts.

2006: Isaac Hayes quit the cast of “South Park,” saying he could not tolerate the show’s take on religion.