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Youngstown State University’s Cliffe College of Creative Arts will host “An Evening with Austin Pendleton” 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 10 in Bliss Hall’s Ford Theater on the YSU campus. The fundraiser is a benefit for Trumbull New Theatre.
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Mahoning Valley Sometimes it’s like alchemy is being done in here. And every week, or two weeks, the entire process is repeated without fail. They’re architects – occupying a space between art and design. BY ZION ADISSEM PAGE 7
Mahoning Valley Arcadia Publishing is announcing the release of “Hidden History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley” by author Sean T. Posey. BY MARK C.PEYKO PAGE 9
Winter Rec Guide
The area offers natural areas and recreational facilities where residents can enjoy winter activities. PAGE 13
VALLEY SPOTLIGHT PHOTO BY RON FLAVIANO
Valley Spotlight’s Mike Case during a recent interview with Sean T. Posey. Last month Arcadia released Posey’s book, ‘Hidden History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley.’
Homeplate We feature Winter Warmup recipes. BY HELGA WENGLER PAGE 17,19
The Wine Guy The Wine Guy shares his picks in a handy clip-and-save chart. BY JOHN WEBSTER PAGE 18
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Anatomy of a collaboration ion Adissem lives, works and creates in Pittsburgh now, but a few years back he interned at Metro Monthly where he helped create the metro30 podcast. Our publication has had a longstanding relationship with the Youngstown Radio Reading Service, but Zion’s internship allowed us to expand and deepen that partnership. Zion has a great-sounding voice, so I proposed that he do some broadcast reads. That went pretty well. I then suggested that we work on creating an original podcast. Zion and the Radio Reading Service were on board. I knew what I wanted and provided a rough structure. Zion prepared the questions and conducted studio interviews. The semester-long project resulted in a number of well-received podcasts. Zion is now writing, creating and producing his own podcast in Pittsburgh. In this issue, he contributed “The Anatomy of a Drop Fade,” an introspective, cultural piece that appears on Page 7. Internships are teaching experiences, and we both learned a lot that spring.
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Superheroes to rescue Valley from winter doldr ums March 13-Ma y 29 at the Butler
Cover image by Steranko/ Marvel Comics. Courtesy of the Butler Institute of American Art. ‘Steranko and the American Hero.’ On display March 13-May 29 at the Butler. Features more than 60 paintings visualizing the most popular and prominent heroes. Stan Lee of Marvel Comics called Steranko one of the prime architects of the Marvel universe. A meet-the-artist preview to be announced.
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