Apr 24 Wednesday
The Youngstown Symphony Orchestra presents the pops concert The Vindys Meet Your Youngstown Symphony, on Friday, April 26th at 7:30 pm, at Powers Auditorium, in downtown Youngstown. The Youngstown-based rock band The Vindys join Maestro Erik Ochsner and The Orchestra for a symphonic collaboration. More information and tickets available at YoungstownSymphony.com.
Students of the Dana School of Music Voice Department present its Spring Opera, Little Women, by American composer Mark Adamo, on Friday, April 26th at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, April 28th at 2 pm, at the YSU Ford Theater in Bliss Hall. Little Women is an opera about the coming-of-age story of four sisters in New England during the Civil War. Tickets and more information at ysu.tix.com.
Apr 25 Thursday
The Butler Institute of American Art presents a solo exhibition by artist and Cleveland native Matthew Schreiber consisting of light-based artwork, including laser light sculpture and holography. Currently on display in the Butler's Flad Gallery. More information is available on the Butler's new website at ButlerArt.com.
The Butler Institute of American Art, on Wick Avenue in Youngtown, presents the exhibit George Washington: The Myths and the Man, from Sunday, February 18th to Sunday, May 12th. This traveling exhibition comes to the Butler from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture and will be displayed in the MacIntosh Gallery. More information is available at butlerart.com.
[There is an opening reception on February 18th from 1 to 3 pm.]
The Emerging Artists of Opera Western Reserve presents the children’s opera The Bremen Town Musicians, in the Ford Family Recital Hall, at the DeYor Performing Arts Center, in downtown Youngstown, on Sunday, May 5th at 2 pm. This educational and entertaining production is appropriate for children of all ages. Tickets and more information is available at operawesternreserve.org.
Apr 26 Friday