Archive for the ‘Events’ Category

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

Saturday property clean-up (address updated)

Below are pictures from last Saturday’s clean-up and an invitation to this Saturday’s. I’d estimate about twenty-five people showed up and worked to rake, bag, weed, mow and pick up trash from the property on Broadway. Some arrived as early as 9am and some stayed well into the afternoon....
December 10th, 2009 | Events | Read More

Steeltown USA up to 7000 copies with new printing

Youngstown State University has the privilege of housing the first academic program in the country to focus on issues of work and class–critical issues for our Valley in particular. The Center for Working-Class Studies was founded and is directed by John Russo and Sherry Linkon. I’m personally...
December 9th, 2009 | Events | Read More