Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

Huge Youngstown weekend: Arts Festival, Cycle Tour

If the Northside Farmers Market reopening this Saturday, July 10 from 9am-noon at the Unitarian Church on Wick Park were all that was happening, it would be enough reason for celebration. But this is no ordinary weekend. It’s nothing less than the biggest weekend of the year for Youngstown events....
July 7th, 2010 | Events | Read More

May 1-2: Biggest Arts Weekend Yet

I am seriously looking forward to this weekend. It’s full of great events, not the least of which is an Elton John concert Saturday night at the Covelli Centre. [Edit 4/29: In response to a number of location requests, here's a map of the Ward Bakery and Calvin Center locations on Mahoning Avenue.] More...
April 28th, 2010 | Events | Read More

GoodGuides Open House Today

Goodwill Industries has created an interesting program for youth mentoring. In February of 2009, some in the community gathered at First Presbyterian on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to discuss local service and hear from a few speakers. The overwhelming message of the day from the attendees was an interest...
February 18th, 2010 | Events | Read More

Tomorrow: The Future of Manufacturing and Working-Class Communities

The Center for Working-Class Studies Lecture Series welcomes Manufacturing and Technology News editor Richard McCormack to campus Thursday. There is a public lecture in the evening from 7:30-9:00 p.m. entitled “Working-Class Communities and the Future of Manufacturing.” The lecture will be...
January 27th, 2010 | Events | Read More

Controllar with Digimob Friday at Cedars

I got an e-mail from Thomas Myrmel. He’s from Amsterdam but will be at Cedars Friday night performing with Anat Spiegel as Controllar. He invited me to check out their music. I did, and I must say I enjoyed the originality and fresh approach in the tunes I heard. The songs, by the way, cover a...
January 22nd, 2010 | Events, Music | Read More

WYSU Commentary Contest

Happy New Year to everyone. There are a few posts I want to get up, including a 2009 year in review and a couple of other things, but for the moment I’m trying to get some projects wrapped up. Here’s a look at a writing contest that may interest you. The prizes include 2 HD radios! As we...
January 6th, 2010 | Events | Read More