Museum to host music exhibition

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibition “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music” opens at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor.

At the opening, Zach Miller, a student in Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music, will perform the music he wrote to accompany poetry written by Michael McGovern, the “Puddler Poet” and author of “Labor Lyrics and Other Poems.”

“New Harmonies” is an exhibit produced by the Smithsonian Institution and is touring Ohio in partnership with the Ohio Humanities Council. It runs through Dec. 31 at the center at 151 W. Wood St.

According to the exhibit’s curator, Robert Santelli, “New Harmonies” is about “the ongoing cultural process that has made America the birthplace of more music than any place on earth.” The exhibit examines the evolution of American genres such as folk, country, bluegrass, jazz, ethnic and religious music.

Other programming scheduled to accompany the exhibit includes: a bluegrass performance at the Youngstown Historical Center at 2 p.m. Saturday; YSU Zappa Ensemble at 8 p.m. Nov. 28 in Kilcawley Center; Malyuk Sisters: Celtic and Old Time Tunes at 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Lemon Grove in downtown Youngstown; Dave Morgan and Friends at the Lemon Grove at 7 p.m. Dec. 6; and performances by a steel-drum band during First Night festivities on New Year’s Eve.

The performances are partially funded by a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council.

The Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, a site of the Ohio Historical Society and operated by YSU’s Department of History, is across from St. Columba Cathedral. All events are free and open to the public.

For more information, contact 330-941-1314 or 330-941-3452.