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Rib cookers, rock bands at Mill Creek Park festival

The inaugural Mill Creek Metroparks Rib Burn Off this weekend will bring ribs, beer and live music to a park setting, while raising money for a new children’s play area.

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SUMMER FUN Fairs and festivals

SUMMER FUN Fairs and festivals

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Comedian Tom Foss has found his sea legs

For your average touring comedian, the road can be tough. In this economic climate, the money isn’t what it used to be, so making ends meet can be a challenge.

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Kick your shoes off, Riverdance

Riverdance still has the power to drive audiences wild, and probably always will. Tuesday’s show at Covelli Centre proved that.

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Eric Church Country star is comfortable being an outsider

Country singer Eric Church does it his own way.

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Youngstown Film Festival set for October

The details are still being ironed out, but the inaugural Youngstown Film Festival is scheduled to take place Oct. 12-14.

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A piece of rock & roll history began a half-century ago at YSU

Anyone who grew up in the Pittsburgh area in the ’70s, ’80s or ’90s and listened to rock ’n’ roll has the phrase “A DiCesare- Engler production” permanently burned into their psyche.

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"Iron Mask" opens at Main Street

Crown Theater Productions will present “The Man in the Iron Mask” for six performances this weekend and next at Main Street Theater, 5 N. Main St.

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WTG

Theater, music and more abound this weekend. Check the Where to Go list.

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VALLEY NATIVES ON THE SET OF "AVENGERS" AND "BATMAN"

Two of the biggest films of the summer were shot last year in this region: “The Avengers” in Cleveland and “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises” in Pittsburgh.”

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Summer Movie Preview

Not a lot of risk, but some red-letter dates this summer-cinema season

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Audience will determine the ending of ‘Drood’

The Youngstown Playhouse will present “Drood, the Musical” this weekend and next.

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Squeezed for space, Lemon Grove plans move to former Rosetta Stone

It was less than a year ago that the Lemon Grove, a downtown bar and restaurant that also serves as a meeting place for artists and community activists, was paying about $1,200 a month in overdraft fees unable to balance its bottom line.

By David Skolnick

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'Evil Dead'

One of the most- anticipated events of the local- theater season is “Evil Dead, the Musical,” which opens Friday at the Oakland Center for the Arts.

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The Strange Familiar is coming into focus

Feeling like a vampire himself these days, The Strange Familiar drummer and Boardman native Nick Sainato was excited to watch his band’s song “Redemption” featured recently during an episode of the hit CW show “The Vampire Diaries.”

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Rocker's kids keep songs alive

When it comes to The Nelsons, there’s no other family like it in show business.

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Drummer Vitale to participate in event at Lemon Grove

Joe Vitale has had an all-star career as a rock ’n’ roll drummer.

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Singer Aretha Franklin to headline Tri-C JazzFest

Coming off the heels of the incredibly successful Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and related events last week, the 33rd annual Tri-C JazzFest provides Northeast Ohio with a plethora of familiar and smooth sounds today through April 29 in venues all over the Rock Hall City.

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Cowboy Junkies

A journey that starts in Renmin Park and includes "Demons" and "Sing In My Meadow" ends in The Wilderness

It’s not so much that the Cowboy Junkies have gone mad as much as the Canadian band was looking to take a musical journey over the past 18 months with its “Nomad Series.”

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TSO'S BEETHOVEN IS A ROCK STAR

In many ways, Trans- Siberian Orchestra (TSO) creator Paul O’Neill has been waiting his entire life to write “Beethoven’s Last Night.”

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