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Entertaining Thoughts
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‘Fat & Furious’: quick out of the gate
For those who were concerned that “Fat & Furious: Rolling Thunder” would make Youngstown look bad,
Left End will get its due at reunion show this fall
When I talk to Youngstowners who were doing their hardest rocking in the '70s and early '80s, the first name that always comes up is Left End.
Ships sunk but Plaza parties on
The Small Ships Revue was sunk by city officials last month, a surprising — yet unavoidable — action forced by the violent and disgusting behavior of hoodlums.
Children's choir, ventriloquist from the Valley 'got talent'
The ROCck Children’s Choir has been lifting spirits in the Mahoning Valley for a dozen years. Now it might get a chance to be heard by a national audience.
Playwright's Holocaust piece will be performed overseas
A Youngstown playwright has earned a special bit of recognition. J.E. Ballantyne Jr.’s “A Light in
"Peter and the Starcatcher" creates magic in the theater
Each scene, Peter and the Starcatcher morphs into the next with a rapid pace and boundless
Rock-festival season has arrived
For many music lovers — myself included — the days in late January and February when the summer rock
Country wall of fame finds a home
In its day, Ponderosa Park brought just about every great name in country music to the area.
Cincy’s Whiskey Shambles will rock for a fallen friend
Cincinnati rockers the Whiskey Shambles are bluesy, raw, intense and ominous. And big-hearted.
Warner theater restoration project takes a big step
The project to reconstruct the historic Warner Cascade Theater in downtown New Castle, Pa., as a
Film to be shot in Warren pulls inspiration from drug bust
Hollywood stuntman T.J. White will come to Warren later this year to film “Angel,” a movie based on
Exhibitions will get people talking
The goal of an exhibition opening tonight in downtown Youngstown is to get a discussion going about
Rockers pull for Kellys, Sillaman
You can’t say that the Valley’s rock music community doesn’t support its own.
Drink up: Rodeo goes for glory with world’s largest beer bong
This is going to be epic. Rodeo Music Hall has built what it’s calling “the world’s largest beer
Youngstown Music Awards are coming
Just above this column is an article about the demise of the Marquee Awards, which were like the