OH WOW! 7th annual Silly Sunday is downtown

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology’s seventh annual Silly Science Sunday will take over downtown from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

The STEM Street Festival features hands-on exploration, demonstrations and stage shows.

Exhibitors include Youngstown State University College of STEM, Austintown Home Depot, The Butler Institute of American Art, YSU Ward Beecher Planetarium, Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, Mahoning Valley Historical Society, YWCA of Youngstown, Youngstown Fire Department, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. Produce Market, Green Youngstown and The Green Team, We Are The Solar Sisters, YSU’s Pete The Penguin mascot, Mahoning Soil & Water Conservation District and more.

Admission is free to the festival and to OH WOW!, 11 W. Federal St.

Due to the event and the McD’s Sock Run, the city’s Central Square will be closed from noon Saturday to 8 p.m. Sunday.

Specifically, Market Street from Boardman to Commerce streets and Federal Street from Phelps to Champion streets will be closed.

In addition, several streets will be closed from 9:15 to 11 a.m. Sunday for the 5K sock run. They are Federal Street from Champion Street to Fifth Avenue, Market Street from Boardman to Commerce streets, North Chestnut Street from Federal to Commerce streets, Commerce Street from Chestnut Street to Fifth Avenue, and Fifth Avenue from Commerce Street to Fairgreen Avenue.