Hi YoTown Friends! 👋
Sharpen the pencils… this is the last real weekend before the buses roll. We counted 126 events across the Valley, and eight of them exist purely to get your kid out the door on day one with a full backpack and a fresh haircut. But it's not all supply lists: there's a Beach Boy at the Robins, a Pickle Fest downtown, goat yoga at an orchard, balloons over a winery, and enough live music to fill every night through Sunday. Grab a lawn chair, make one last summer memory, and we'll see you at the bus stop.
Good News Around the Valley
🐾 Good Dog Roll Call
Editor's Pick
Local Eats Spotlight
🐜 Some Pests Also Go Back to School
Hidden Gem
Picture Day Is Coming — Be Ready for It
Your Recess. Finally.
The Supply List
Undo Three Months of Summer
The 6:45 AM Shower Rush
🏡 A New School District Starts With a New Address
One Last Adventure
⭐ Day Trippin'
The Ultimate Weekend Guide (Thu → Sun)
Want Your Business in the Scoop?
P.S.
🎆 📣 Good News Around Here
☕ Austintown In the Headlines Again…
Austintown’s Has New Fitness Digs…
There’s something new to cheer about in Austintown.
Austintown Local Schools boasts a $12 million, 44,000-square-foot indoor athletic center, giving local students a place to practice, train and improve their skills all year long — regardless of what Northeast Ohio weather has in store.
For student-athletes at Austintown Fitch, that means fewer practices disrupted by rain, snow and cold temperatures. Football and soccer players can work on drills indoors, while baseball and softball teams have room for hitting, pitching and even scrimmages. The facility also gives the marching band an indoor option when conditions outside aren’t cooperating.
A facility of this size represents a major commitment to the students who live and learn in the community. It provides young athletes with more opportunities to develop their skills, gives coaches additional flexibility and creates another space where students can come together around teamwork, discipline and school pride.
For Austintown families, it's another reminder that some of the most encouraging news isn't happening hundreds of miles away.
🐾 Good Dog Roll Call: Three Pups, No Visits Yet
Every dog at the warden’s office is waiting on one person to make one phone call. This week the Mahoning County Dog Warden has so many dogs listed. Here are three.
Mahoning County Dog Warden & Adoption Center
🎒 Back to School Spotlight
🍴 Editor’s Pick: Shaker Woods Festival
🌲 This Week's Feature: Shaker Woods Festival, Columbiana
If you have lived in the Valley for more than a minute, somebody has told you to go to Shaker Woods. This is the year you actually do it. The festival is celebrating its 45th run, and there are exactly two weekends left: August 15 and 16, then August 22 and 23. After that you wait until next summer, and by then the kids will be halfway through a school year.
Here's what makes it different from every other craft show. More than 200 juried craftspeople set up along shaded wooded paths, working in period Shaker attire, and most of them are actually making the thing right in front of you. Blown glass, pottery, hand built furniture, baskets, candles, jewelry, leather. Food vendors cook over open fires. Live music drifts through the trees. You walk in for an hour and leave four hours later carrying something you did not plan to buy.
Back-to-school bonus: this is a genuinely great place to knock out teacher gifts, grab fall decor before everybody else does, and get one big family day in before the calendar fills up with practices and permission slips. Wear comfortable shoes, the paths are rustic on purpose. Bring cash for the food vendors. Kids 12 and under get in free, so this one is easy on the wallet. 🍁
🌐 shakerwoods.com
📞 330-482-0214
📍 44337 County Line Rd, Columbiana, OH 44408
🗓️ Aug 15–16 & Aug 22–23, 2026 · 9am–5pm daily
🎟️ $12 adults · Kids 12 and under FREE · Free parking · Group rates for 10+
🍴 Local Eats Spotlight: Kravitz Deli
The Brown Bag Lunch That Went to College and Never Came Back
Kravitz Delicatessen — Belmont Ave, Youngstown
Nobody is packing this in a lunchbox. Kravitz has been on Belmont Avenue since 1939 Same family, same recipes with more than 80 years of getting corned beef right. They move something like 40,000 pounds of it a year, and one look at a Kravitz Reuben tells you why.
So here's your back-to-school assignment: the first week the house is quiet again, go get a real lunch. Corned beef piled high, a cup of wedding soup or the "Jewish penicillin" chicken noodle, and something from the pastry case you absolutely do not need. They're open weekdays 10–6, which makes this very doable between drop-off and pickup. 🍎
Bonus for the parents already dreading the fall calendar: they cater. Team dinners, band boosters, the classroom party you volunteered for in a moment of weakness… Inspired Catering by Kravitz will handle it.
🌐 kravitzdeli.com
📞 330-759-7889
📘 facebook.com/kravitzdeli
📍 3135 Belmont Ave, Youngstown, OH 44505
🕰️ Mon–Fri 10am–6pm · Sat 10am–5pm · Sun 9am–3pm
🎉 Catering: 234-228-8785 · Also in Salem: 127 Penn Ave, 234-320-4270
🐜 Some Pests Also Go Back to School
Late August is peak season for the uninvited. Yellow jackets turn aggressive right as football practice and backyard hangouts hit their stride. Ticks hold on along wooded edges where kids cut through. And as nights cool, mice start scouting your house for their own fall housing. Complete Pest Solutions is headquartered right here in Boardman — neighbors, not a call center — with 4.8 stars from 400+ customers. Wasps, ticks, ants, rodents, wildlife: they handle it. Get an inspection on the calendar now, before the first cold snap sends everything indoors. 🏫
Call them. 4.8 stars, 400-plus customers.
📍Local Hidden Gem
Show and Tell, But Make It 25,000 Square Feet
Mr. Darby's Vintage & Antiques, Boardman
Some of you drive past this place on Market Street every single day and have never once pulled in. Fix that. Mr. Darby's is 25,000 square feet with more than 125 vendors under one roof, and reviewers keep using the same phrase: walking into wonderland.
What's inside is the fun part. Fiestaware and Pyrex your grandma had in the exact same colors. Old Nintendo games and Pokémon cards. Coins, turquoise jewelry, steampunk oddities, furniture, holiday stuff, and roughly nine hundred things you did not know existed. Prices get described as ridiculously fair, which is not something people usually say about antique malls.
Back to school angle: this is the perfect low cost afternoon once the routine kicks in. Take the kids on a Saturday and let them hunt for something weird. Grab a lamp for the dorm room. Or go alone on a quiet weekday and browse in total silence, which honestly might be the real gift here. 🕰️
Picture Day Is Coming — Be Ready for It
Call 330-977-5788 for free consultation
The kids get new shoes, fresh haircuts, and a backpack that doesn't have last year's granola bar in it. What do you get? Ten minutes of quiet in the car line. Let's fix that. A summer of sun, sweat, and sunscreen leaves skin dull and congested — a skin treatment hits reset before school-year chaos starts. And if there's a tattoo you've been meaning to deal with, ask about laser tattoo removal: new school year, clean canvas. Call or text for a free consultation, and grab your spot before the first-week rush. 📚✨
💫 Free consultations, gift cards available, and yes, we'd love to see you before the parade.
🕯️ Your Recess Finally
Remember when the best part of the day was twenty minutes outside with zero responsibilities? Youngstown Head Spa is the grown-up version. Once the bus pulls away and the house goes quiet, come claim one peaceful hour that belongs entirely to you — warm water, scalp massage, lights low, phone somewhere else. It's the reset button for the parent who spent all August hunting down folders in the exact right color. Gift cards available too, which makes this a very good idea for the teacher in your life. 🍎
🎒 The Supply List Nobody Hands You
Pencils, glue sticks, three-ring binder. Check, check, check. Now the list they don't send home: is your teen driver actually on your policy? Is the house covered the way it was five years ago? Is the camper you just parked for the season protected all winter? Preston Moore handles the boring-but-important stuff so you never find out the hard way. One quick review, done in less time than a homework meltdown, and you head into the school year with the paperwork side of life squared away. Give him a call. 📋
Undo Three Months of Summer in One Afternoon
All Spruced Up Cleaning Co
Pool towels on the banister. Sand in places sand should not be. A kitchen that has hosted roughly nine hundred popsicles since June. Summer was worth it — but the house needs a fresh start just as much as the kids do. All Spruced Up resets the whole place so you walk into the school year ahead instead of behind. Warning: they book a few weeks out, and everybody has this same idea in August, so grab your spot now. Free online estimate takes about a minute. 🏠
🚨 The 6:45 AM Shower Rush Is a Stress Test
1-800-Plumber +Air Youngstown
Summer was easy on the plumbing — everybody wandered in and out on their own schedule. Now three people need hot water in the same twenty minutes, the washing machine runs nightly, and that slow drain you've been ignoring since June is about to become a Monday morning emergency. Get ahead of it. 1-800-Plumber +Air Youngstown is licensed, fast, and fixes it right the first time — drains, water heaters, and the AC still working overtime through these last warm weeks. Call before the school-year schedule leaves you no time to deal with it. 🔧
🏡 A New School District Starts With a New Address
Hailey Ditullio, Realtor — Howard Hanna
Every August, somebody in the Valley looks at the school calendar and thinks: next year, I want us settled somewhere else. Poland, Boardman, Canfield — Hailey Ditullio knows these neighborhoods street by street, which ones fit growing families, and what your current home is really worth right now. Start the conversation this fall and you're unpacked well before next year's first bell. Whether you're buying your first place or outgrowing the one you've got, she'll help you find a home that fits the life you're building. No pressure, just a good place to start. 🔑
🚲 One Last Adventure Before the Homework Starts
Squeeze every last drop out of these final free weekends. Cruise the Creek gets your whole crew through Mill Creek Park on e-bikes — the kind of afternoon they'll still be talking about at lunch in October. Pick the "Trailside Journey" if you want flat, paved, and beginner-friendly, or "Unleash Your Adventure" for the wooded, hilly route if your riders are confident. It's also a criminally good date-night idea once the kids are back in a routine and you finally have a Tuesday to yourselves. Text to reserve — weekends fill fast. 🍂
⭐ Day Trippin'
The Field Trip You Get to Chaperone on Purpose
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland
About 75 minutes up the road, right on the lakefront next to the Rock Hall, sits the single best way to trick your kids into learning something in August. Hundreds of hands on exhibits, daily science demos, and the NASA Glenn Visitor Center with real spaceflight hardware, including an actual Apollo command module.
Add the Steamship William G. Mather if you want to climb through a restored 1925 Great Lakes freighter, engine room and pilot house included. Or catch a film in the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater, where the screen is so big it feels less like watching and more like falling in.
Two heads up before you go. Starting in September they close on Mondays, so grab a summer Monday while you still can. And they close entirely on Browns home game days, which is exactly the kind of detail that ruins an otherwise great Sunday. Check the calendar, pack snacks, go be curious. 🚀
🌐 greatscience.com
📞 216-694-2000
📍 601 Erieside Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114
🎟️ Adults $19.95 · Kids 2–12 $14.95 · Add a DOME movie for $24.95 / $19.95
🕰️ Now through August: daily 10am–5pm, Thu until 8pm · Sensory friendly Sundays 10am–noon
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🎪 The ULTIMATE Weekend Guide
Everything below happens Thursday, August 6 through Sunday, August 9. Every title is a live link. Grouped by day, sorted by start time. Some are a short drive over the line into Pennsylvania but so worth it.
📅 Multi-Day & Ongoing
2026-2027 Dance Registration
📍 28 N. Pine Street — Sharon, PA
🕰️ Through Thu, Aug 13
Sign the kids up for the new dance season.
Fall Native Plant Sale
📍 1834-B South Lincoln Ave — Salem, OH
🕰️ Happening now
Pollinator-friendly natives for your fall planting beds.
BEAVER: Camping Day
📍 Heart's Content Campground — Beaver County, PA
🕰️ Happening now
A full day of camp skills and outdoor fun.
2026 Bench/Bar Conference
📍 The Grand Resort — Howland, OH
🕰️ Happening now
Regional legal community gathers for its annual conference.
Soulful Yellow Butterfly Retreat
📍 Tanglewood Golf Course — Pulaski Township, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 – Sun, Aug 16
Weekend wellness retreat with workshops, yoga, and rest.
Brick Convention
📍 1620 Motor Inn Drive — Girard, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 16
Acres of LEGO builds, vendors, and hands-on zones.
2026 Mahoning Valley Irish Festival
📍 Saint Luke Church — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 16
Pipes, dancers, Irish food, and a proper pint.
The MONJAS Weekend Event
📍 685 Boardman-Canfield Rd — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 – Sun, Aug 16
Two-day pop-up event on the Boardman-Canfield strip.
On the Road with Jesus: The Journey
📍 2067 Evergreen Road — Youngstown area, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 – Thu, Aug 20
Week-long church revival series kicks off Sunday.
Thursday, August 13
Grief Support Group
📍 Boardman Park, 375 Boardman-Poland Rd — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 1 PM
Free peer support circle in a quiet park setting.
Trenton Thunder at Mahoning Valley Scrappers
📍 Eastwood Field, 111 Eastwood Mall Blvd — Niles, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 1:59 PM
Afternoon Scrappers baseball with cheap seats and hot dogs.
Yoga for Building Body Literacy
📍 Poland Branch Library — Poland, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 3 PM
Gentle library yoga focused on listening to your body.
Educator Appreciation Night
📍 15 Central Square — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 3 PM
Downtown thank-you party for Valley teachers and staff.
The Making of: Watch It! Taste It!
📍 Kinsman Free Public Library — Kinsman, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 4 PM
Watch it get made, then taste the results.
Hermitage Night Markets
📍 800 N Hermitage Rd — Hermitage, PA
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 5 PM
Evening market with local makers, food, and music.
The Patchwork Foundation Backpack Giveaway
📍 Kinsman United Methodist Church — Kinsman, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 5 PM
Free loaded backpacks for Kinsman-area students.
Crocheted Rugs with Rachel
📍 7038 Morford East Road — Kinsman, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
Learn to crochet a rug from fabric scraps.
Matt Skeen Acoustic @ Magic Tree
📍 Magic Tree Pub & Eatery — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
Acoustic sets on the patio with pub food.
Sip & Build: Table Top Pumpkin Decor
📍 Hartford Hill Winery — Hartford, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
Wine in hand, build your first fall centerpiece.
The Goonies Scavenger Hunt and Movie Night
📍 Town Center at Firestone Farms, 101 TownCenter Ave — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
Hunt for clues, then watch the classic outdoors.
Ohio Archaeology: Treasures in Our Own Backyard
📍 National McKinley Birthplace Memorial — Niles, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
What's buried under the Valley, explained by experts.
Goat Yoga at Hartford Orchards
📍 Hartford Orchards, 6953 State Route 305 — Hartford, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
Downward dog, upward goat, guaranteed laughing fit.
Singo! at SSBC
📍 232 North Market Street — Minerva, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6:30 PM
Music bingo night — shout Singo, win prizes.
Music in the Park
📍 Boardman Park, 375 Boardman-Poland Rd — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6:30 PM
Free lawn concert; bring chairs and a blanket.
Live Music at Station Square Ristorante
📍 Station Square Ristorante — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6:30 PM
Dinner and live music in one sitting.
Trivia Night
📍 1015 Leesburg Station Rd — Volant, PA
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 7 PM
Bring a team and settle it over wings.
Live Music w/ Leather & Lace
📍 Keg Bar & Grille — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 7 PM
Classic rock covers loud enough for the parking lot.
Make Ourselves: A Tribute to Incubus
📍 Westside Bowl — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 7:30 PM
Full Incubus tribute set at the bowling alley.
Dire Straits Legacy
📍 Robins Theatre, 160 E. Market St — Warren, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 7:30 PM
Original Dire Straits players inside the restored Robins.
Friday, August 14
Small Town, Big Care: Medicine Center Pharmacy
📍 Medicine Center Pharmacy — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 10 AM
Community morning celebrating the neighborhood pharmacy counter.
Back 2 School Bash 2026
📍 Boardman Township Park — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 12 PM
Supplies, games, and food before the first bell.
Let Opportunity Chase You
📍 Coaches Burger Bar — Austintown, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 12:30 PM
Lunchtime networking and business talk over burgers.
Food Truck: Cousin's Maine Lobster
📍 20 South Mercer Street — Greenville, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 4 PM
Lobster rolls from the famous Shark Tank truck.
Music in the Park with Howland High School
📍 Howland Township Park — Howland, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 6 PM
Student musicians open the park's summer concert night.
Frog (or Your Choice) Paint Night
📍 Crafting Elegance — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM
Guided canvas painting, no experience required.
UpTown Classic Hits at My Brother's Place
📍 My Brother's Place — Warren, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 7 PM
Classic hits band packs the dance floor early.
Bunker Hill Shootout
📍 15110 W Middletown Rd — Salem, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 7 PM
Dirt track racing under the Friday night lights.
SOLO SIXSTRING at Peter Allen Inn
📍 Peter Allen Inn & Event Center — Kinsman, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 7 PM
Solo acoustic night inside the historic inn.
Common Ground at JR'z Pub
📍 JR'z Pub — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 8 PM
Cover band, cold drafts, no cover charge.
Vlad's Skeletal Circus & The Sad Ones
📍 Westside Bowl — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 8 PM
Weird, loud, local rock in the back room.
The Tropiholics at Shakers Bar & Grille
📍 Shakers Bar and Grill — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 8 PM
Island party covers and frozen drinks all night.
Saturday, August 15
Mahoning River Watershed BioBlitz
📍 Mahoning River Watershed — Mahoning County, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 AM
Count every species you can find along the river.
Gas n Gears II Regional
📍 Valley Baptist Church — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 AM
Regional gathering for gearheads and their machines.
10th Annual OACAAC Golf Outing
📍 Mill Creek Golf Course — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9 AM
Scramble benefiting community action agencies across Ohio.
Mr. Darby's Trunk Sale
📍 7386 Market Street — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9 AM
Trunk-to-trunk treasure hunting in the parking lot.
Fall Hunting Classic Giveaway
📍 2390 Niles-Cortland Rd — Cortland, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9 AM
Gear giveaways kicking off the fall hunting season.
20th Annual Santa Run for Santa's Helpers
📍 The Local Tap & Grill — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9 AM
Motorcycle run raising toys for local kids.
Paws & Poses Yoga Class
📍 Angels for Animals, 1591 E Western Reserve Rd — Canfield, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9 AM
Yoga with adoptable shelter animals wandering the mat.
10th Annual Local Veterans Benefit
📍 Youngstown AMVETS Post — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9:45 AM
All-day benefit supporting Valley veterans and families.
Youngstown Writers' Guild: August Meeting
📍 POP Art Books Culture — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Bring pages, get feedback, meet other local writers.
National Honey Bee Day
📍 1282 Trumbull Ave — Girard, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Meet the beekeepers and taste local raw honey.
Touch-A-Truck
📍 1831 Perry Highway — Mercer County, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Kids climb fire trucks, diggers, and dump trucks.
KidzWorld Back to School Celebration
📍 325 Youngstown-Warren Rd — Niles, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
The Valley's biggest free back-to-school party.
Back-to-School Bash
📍 National McKinley Birthplace Memorial — Niles, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Supplies and games on the McKinley Memorial lawn.
2nd Annual Idabelle Firestone Fine Art Show
📍 338 East Park Avenue — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Juried fine art show in downtown Columbiana.
Tiny Tots Car & Bike Show
📍 909 Milton Blvd — Newton Falls, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Kid-judged car show with trophies for tiny drivers.
Back to School Bash at Hartford Orchards
📍 Hartford Orchards, 6953 State Route 305 — Hartford, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Orchard games, treats, and supplies before school starts.
Permanent Jewelry with Nicole at SSBC
📍 232 North Market Street — Minerva, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 11 AM
Get a welded bracelet you never take off.
2026 Youngstown Pickle Fest
📍 360 E. Federal St — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 12 PM
Everything brined, downtown, with beer and live music.
BBM: Summer Block Party
📍 RBG Eatery — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 12 PM
Street party with food, vendors, and DJs.
Peach Fest
📍 1474 State Route 208 — Volant, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 12 PM
Peak-season peaches, pies, and porch-sitting all afternoon.
Plantation Park Day
📍 Plantation Park — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 12 PM
Afternoon in the park with music and food.
Papa Dave's Motor Mayhem
📍 El Jalapeño — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 1 PM
Bikes, cars, and tacos in one lot.
Art in the Park
📍 I.S. & Gertrude Sahli Nature Park — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 3 PM
Local artists set up among the walking trails.
Dustin Wray CD Release Event
📍 3217 Surrey Rd SE — Warren, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 3 PM
Hometown songwriter debuts the new record live.
E5C4P3: The Journey Tribute
📍 River Rock at the Amp — Warren, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 5 PM
Journey tribute on the riverfront amphitheater stage.
7th Annual Friends of Mosquito Lake Beach Party
📍 Mosquito Lake State Park — Cortland, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 5 PM
Lakeside party benefiting the park's friends group.
Mathews Hall of Fame Banquet
📍 Enzo's Restaurant & Banquet — Vienna, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 5 PM
Mathews alumni honor their newest hall inductees.
"Rock The PIG" Returns
📍 175 N Ellsworth Ave — Salem, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 6 PM
Live bands and pig roast, back by demand.
Live Music: The Edge Project
📍 2400 NE River Rd — Lake Milton, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 6 PM
Lakeside rock covers with the sunset behind them.
Date Night with a Shelter Dog
📍 Angels for Animals, 1591 E Western Reserve Rd — Canfield, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 6 PM
Take an adoptable dog out for the evening.
Live Music @ Yosteria
📍 Yosteria — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 6:30 PM
Wood-fired pizza with a live acoustic set.
The O.G. Ltd. Welcomes Hair Supply
📍 The OG Ltd — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Hair metal tribute night, teased bangs encouraged.
The Mo & Katy Show
📍 5 N. Main Street — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Duo covering everything from Fleetwood Mac up.
Love is in Bloom: DanceAbel Date Night
📍 1178 Alliance Rd NW — Minerva, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Inclusive dance night for couples of all abilities.
Bushwick Music on the Lawn
📍 446 South St — Warren, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Neighborhood lawn concert, chairs and coolers welcome.
Bunker Hill Shootout
📍 15110 W Middletown Rd — Salem, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Night two of the dirt track shootout.
Live Music: Nate Covey
📍 1015 Leesburg Station Rd — Volant, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Acoustic singer-songwriter through the dinner hour.
SOLO SIXSTRING at Vey's Pub & Grille
📍 Vey's Pub & Grille — Mahoning Valley, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
One guy, one guitar, a full night's soundtrack.
Live Music: The Applewhites
📍 Birdfish Brewing Co. — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7 PM
Craft beer and roots music in the taproom.
Al Jardine of The Beach Boys
📍 Robins Theatre, 160 E. Market St — Warren, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 7:30 PM
A founding Beach Boy plays the Robins Theatre.
Carnival of Corpses
📍 Westside Bowl — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Horror-punk showcase with local heavy bands.
Relapse at the Varsity Club
📍 The Varsity Club of Youngstown — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Loud covers and cheap drinks near campus.
Beatlemania Magic: Concerts in the Park
📍 Town Center at Firestone Farms, 101 TownCenter Ave — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Beatles tribute closes the town center concert series.
Nick Adduci / The Building Double Bill
📍 Westside Bowl — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Two local acts share the front-room stage.
Huckin Fillbillys
📍 8942 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Rd — New Middletown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Country-rock party band that never plays quiet.
Evening of 80s Rock Tribute
📍 The New Manhattan — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8:15 PM
Big-hair anthems all night in the Manhattan.
Sunday, August 16
Kraken Swimming Golf Outing
📍 Bedford Trails Golf Course — Coitsville, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 8 AM
Scramble raising money for the youth swim team.
Tails to Trails
📍 147 Kennedy Road — Poland, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 9 AM
Walk the trails with your dog for charity.
43rd Annual All Oldsmobile Car Show
📍 American Legion — Lake Milton, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 9 AM
Four decades of Oldsmobiles parked by the lake.
High Power Rifle Match
📍 8920 Shaffer Rd — North Jackson, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 10 AM
Sanctioned high-power match open to registered shooters.
Mahoning River Watershed Clean-Up
📍 Perkins Park — Warren, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 10 AM
Gloves provided; help pull junk from the river.
National Honey Bee Day
📍 1282 Trumbull Ave — Girard, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 10 AM
Day two of hive tours and honey tasting.
Indie Author and Artist Market
📍 Courthouse Square — Downtown Warren, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 10 AM
Over fifty indie authors and artists selling directly.
Back to School Prayer at LIFE
📍 610 S Leavitt Rd — Leavittsburg, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 10:30 AM
Blessing for students, teachers, and backpacks alike.
Live Music: Jim Golen
📍 2400 NE River Rd — Lake Milton, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 2 PM
Sunday afternoon acoustic set by the water.
SOLO SIXSTRING's Full Throttle Gospel
📍 Austintown Township Park — Austintown, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 2 PM
Gospel favorites played loud in the park.
Back 2 School Beauty Edition
📍 John White Park Splash Pad — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 3 PM
Free haircuts and braids before the first day.
Balloon Festival @ Mastropietro Winery
📍 Mastropietro Winery — Berlin Center, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 4:30 PM
Hot air balloons glowing over the vineyard rows.
August Club Meeting: Prep for the Fair
📍 Austintown Senior Center — Austintown, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 5 PM
Members plan their entries for the county fair.
Liverpool Lads at the Vienna Summer Series
📍 4265 Warren-Sharon Rd — Vienna, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 6 PM
Beatles tribute closes Vienna's summer concert series.
Paige Marie at Salem Concert in the Park
📍 Waterworth Memorial Park — Salem, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 6 PM
Free park concert to end the weekend right.
🚗 Worth the Drive
PA One Book Storytime
📍 Chippewa Branch Library — Chippewa Township, PA
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 1 PM
Statewide one-book storytime for the littlest readers.
Moose August Sub Sale (Pickup A)
📍 1400 Factory Ave — Ellwood City, PA
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 4 PM
Grab your pre-ordered subs before they run out.
Dukes IDS Chase the Heat Lure Chase Trial
📍 6948 State Route 303 — Ravenna, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 4 PM
Sighthounds chase the mechanical lure at speed.
Crochet Sunflowers Workshop
📍 307 5th Street — Ellwood City, PA
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6:30 PM
Make a crocheted sunflower in one sitting.
Skid Loader, Tools & Machine Shop Auction
📍 2005 Jackson Ave — New Castle, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 9 AM
Live auction of shop equipment and heavy tools.
Reiki Remix + Yoga Flow at Falls Park
📍 Falls Park — Beaver Falls, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 6 PM
Outdoor flow with reiki and a DJ.
A Slice of A Nightmare Before Christmas
📍 307 5th Street — Ellwood City, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 6:30 PM
Pizza and painting with a Halloween-Christmas twist.
Summer Concert Series: Hopewell
📍 The Falls Park, 1301 7th Ave — Beaver Falls, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 7 PM
Riverside concert series rolls on this Friday.
Concert in the Park: Blackhawk HS Jazz
📍 158 Klein St — Beaver Falls, PA
🕰️ Fri, Aug 14 · 7 PM
High school jazz band plays the park bandshell.
Moose August Sub Sale (Pickup B)
📍 1400 Factory Ave — Ellwood City, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9 AM
Second pickup window for the Moose sub sale.
Second Chance Connections
📍 1301 7th Ave — Beaver Falls, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 9:30 AM
Resource fair for people rebuilding after incarceration.
Car Wash Fundraiser
📍 Chippewa United Methodist Church — Chippewa Township, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM
Clean car, good cause, ten minutes flat.
4th Annual Sportsman's Night
📍 3838 37th St Ext — Beaver Falls, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 11:30 AM
Raffles, guns, and gear for outdoors fundraising.
Building Tomorrow Today Youth Frolic
📍 Cascade Park — New Castle, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 12 PM
Free youth festival with games and giveaways.
Read to Me with Jack Jack, The Tiny Therapy Dog
📍 1301 7th Ave — Beaver Falls, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 12 PM
Kids read aloud to a very patient dog.
Food Truck: Signature Stacks
📍 20 South Mercer Street — Greenville, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 5 PM
Stacked burgers and sandwiches from the truck window.
Karaoke with DJ Diehlz
📍 3551 Darlington Rd — Darlington, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Take the mic, the room is friendly.
The Remedy at Koehler's Brew Pub
📍 Koehler's Brew Pub — Ellwood City, PA
🕰️ Sat, Aug 15 · 8 PM
Rock covers in the brew pub back room.
High Powered Rifle Events at BVRPC
📍 505 Constitution Blvd — New Brighton, PA
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 8:15 AM
Club rifle events open to registered competitors.
Observing Nature Up Close
📍 12798 Echo Dell Rd — Port Washington, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 1 PM
Naturalist-led close look at insects and plants.
Carolyn's Nature Craft: Seashell Windchimes
📍 12798 Echo Dell Rd — Port Washington, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 1 PM
Build a seashell windchime to take home.
Palmyra Fire Station Open House
📍 3956 State Route 225 — Diamond, OH
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 1 PM
Climb the trucks and meet the volunteer crew.
Transgender Coalition
📍 Adam Street — New Castle, PA
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 3 PM
Monthly community support and planning meeting.
Outdoor Church By Faith
📍 4103 Ellwood Rd — New Castle, PA
🕰️ Sun, Aug 16 · 7 PM
Sunday evening worship service held outdoors.
🔭 Looking Ahead — The Rest of August & Beyond
Mahoning Valley Irish Festival
📍 St. Luke's — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Aug 15–16
Pipes, dancers, and a very serious food tent.
First Fridays Downtown Youngstown — America 250
📍 Downtown — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Fri, Aug 7 · 5 PM
Rescheduled patriotic block party downtown.
Ignite The Night: Youngstown's America 250 Celebration
📍 Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre — Youngstown, OH
🕰️ Sat, Aug 8 · 6 PM
Music and fireworks on the riverfront.
The Goonies Scavenger Hunt and Movie Night
📍 101 Town Center Ave — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Thu, Aug 13 · 6 PM
Scavenger hunt then a classic movie outdoors.
Glendi — St. John's Greek Festival
📍 St. John Greek Orthodox — Boardman, OH
🕰️ Aug 20–23
The Valley's best four days of Greek food.
Shaker Woods Festival — Weekends 2 & 3
📍 44337 County Line Rd — Columbiana, OH
🕰️ Aug 15–16 and Aug 22–23
Missed opening weekend? You get two more.
Ohio School of Falconry
📍 12798 Echo Dell Rd — East Liverpool, OH
🕰️ Sat, Sep 5 · 1 PM
Yes, a real bird lands on your arm.
🌟 P.S. 🌟
Back-to-school season has us thinking about assignments, so here’s yours:
be a tourist in your own town.
Half the people at Sunday’s parade have probably never had a milkshake at the soda fountain in Kinsman. Half the people at the soda fountain have never stood on Courthouse Square as a marching band comes around the corner.
So before summer officially slips into backpacks, bus stops and alarm clocks, pick one thing on this week’s list you’ve never done — and go do it.
No permission slip required. 😉📚
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