Monday, April 25, 2011
Butler North to host YSU fine-arts gala
YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstown State University Poetry Center is having a free fine- arts gala in a celebration of literary and musical arts from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursday at Butler North, which is the building adjacent to the Butler Institute of American Art on Wick Avenue.
Prose readings will be by novelists Peter Grandbois and Christopher Barzak, as well as readings by contributors to the 2011 issue of YSU’s Penguin Review.
Musical performances will be by opera singer Elsa Higby, followed by New Celtic band Brady’s Leap. Refreshments will be provided.
YMCA to get $80K
YOUNGSTOWN
The YMCA of Youngstown has received $80,000 in grants from The Youngstown Foundation and the Hine Memorial Fund of The Youngstown Foundation.
A $25,000 grant from The Youngstown Foundation will fund heating improvements for pools at the Central Y, 17 N. Champion St. A $55,000 grant was awarded by the Hine Memorial Fund of The Youngstown Foundation, $30,000 of which is for aquatic and physical education programs at the Central Y, and $25,000 for programming at Camp Fitch.
Programs that will benefit from the Hine grant are swim and gym instructional programs for special-needs classes at McGuffey, Robinwood and Campbell elementary schools and Summit Academy; the Mahoning County Special Olympics, and the Potential Development School for Autism.
Renaissance in words, music at Stambaugh
YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music presents concert and a lecture on Renaissance music Wednesday in Stambaugh Auditorium on Fifth Avenue.
“Music of the Renaissance,” a lecture by Randall Goldberg, assistant professor of Music History, will begin at 7 p.m. in Stambaugh’s Christman Room, followed by the performance of “Songs, Winds, and Pipes: A Renaissance Arts Festival!” in the concert hall.
Tickets are available at the door and are $5 for adults and $4 for students and senior citizens.
Admission is free for YSU students, faculty and staff. For more information, call 330-941-3636. For a complete calendar of events, visit http://web.ysu.edu/fpa.
Latin American expert at Youngstown Club
YOUNGSTOWN
Miguel Diaz, former director of the South America Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, will speak at 5 p.m. Friday as part of Youngstown State University’s Visiting Diplomat Program.
The presentation, sponsored by YSU’s Global Education Program and the Dr. James Dale Ethics Center with UNA-USA of Youngstown, will be at the Youngstown Club, 201 Commerce St. in downtown Youngstown.
Diaz’s topic will be “US-Latin American Relations: The Challenges and Opportunities with our Neighbors to the South.”
Cost is $15 per person, $25 per couple. Payment at the door. RSVP to Kristen at 330-720-8551.
Diaz is a former staff member for Latin American, House Intelligence Committee. He has authored books on Latin America’s economic crisis and is a regular columnist for Latin France and The Economist Intelligence.
Musicology Series
YOUNGSTOWN
The Dana School of Music concludes this academic year’s Musicology Series with a discussion by noted musicologist Mary Davis, chair of Case Western Reserve University’s music department, at 4 p.m. Friday in Bliss Recital Hall at Youngstown State University.
The discussion, titled “Fashion la Russe: Diaghilev’s Dancers in Comoedia Illustr ,” is free and open to the public.
Davis will discuss the many connections that linked Sergei Diaghilev’s famous Ballets Russes to the world of Paris fashion in the early 20th century. The Ballets Russes productions in the French capital were landmark events, uniting a who’s-who of avant-garde visual artists and composers — Picasso, Matisse, de Chirico, Stravinsky, Satie, Debussy, Prokofiev – with adventurous choreographers, all in the service of a new conception of dance.
YSU, children’s hospital offer asthma patch
YOUNGSTOWN
Youngstown State University’s Bitonte College of Health and Human Services teams with Akron Children’s Hospital of the Mahoning Valley to offer local Girl Scouts and their leaders the Asthma Awareness Patch Project.
The project will be Saturday in YSU’s Cushwa Hall. Scouts completing the program will earn an official Asthma Awareness Patch.
Two sessions will be available. The morning session is for Scouts 11 to 17 years of age and will be from 8 a.m. to noon. The afternoon session is for Scouts age 5 to 10 and will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, call Terry Volsko at 330-941-2009.