As a new member of the Oakland Board, I hadn’t yet experienced the perception problem that is associated with the drag genre; it wasn’t part of my context, until recently. I stopped at a few businesses in the community seeking donations for the Fabulous Chinese Auction that is a part of our annual How the [...]
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Did somebody say the “D” word?
Posted in a little bit of me, around town, love your YO, oakland, shout out, tagged fundraising is a drag, oakland on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
New! Youngstown Art blog
Posted in love your YO, oakland, shout out, youngstown blogs, tagged blog love, oakland, youngstown art on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jason Van Hoose, local artist and Oakland Center for the Arts Board member announces Youngstown Art, a new blog to feature the works of local artists. The blog provides links to artists’ personal/individual blogs. Jason also plans to write about local artists who are currently showing or who will be showing soon. Learn about artists whose work [...]
Fabulous and [way] under 40!
Posted in oakland, shout out, tagged 40 under 40, Brooke Slanina on October 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Brooke with Harper
If you know Brooke Slanina, you already know how fabulous she is, and to prove it, Brooke as has just been nominated for a 40 under 40 award. These awards are set aside for young professionals who choose to stay in Youngstown and try to make it a better place. Hundreds of [...]
Stage Fright: a classic, a tribute, and lots of fun in between
Posted in around town, oakland, tagged halloween, oakland, stage on October 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last night was the third Stage Fright at the Oakland Center for the Arts. The night started with what else…zombies (If you haven’t been paying attention, the O’s zombies have been all over town recently). Stage goers were treated to a good old-fashioned zombie fight…a preview of next weekend’s opening of Night of the Living Dead, [...]
Halloween Starts Early in the Yo
Posted in around town, love your YO, oakland, tagged cmv, halloween, oakland on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re kicking off Halloween in the Yo this weekend on Thursday Night with Stage Fright at the Oakland Center for the Arts, October’s edition of our monthly open mic night. This time, performers in costume get in free. The guys who brought us Rock and Roll Jesus are rumored to have a new skit ready [...]
“I hate the new facebook!”
Posted in found things, oakland, tagged facebook, millennial generation on September 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I just said this sentence today to a student after class. We were complaining about the weird design of the YSU Portal Groups interface, and somehow we digressed into facebook and how we couldn’t find our stuff anymore.
By anyone’s standards, I’m a bad facebooker. I don’t do many apps (I tried vampires, but gave it [...]
Live-ish blogging from The Stage
Posted in around town, love your YO, oakland, tagged oakland, Imbibe on September 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Well friends, the other three bloggers, Tyler, Scott, and Crse, all got their “live from the O Stage” posts up before me. Scott kept it short and funny, mostly focused somehow on cake. This is what I love about Scott; the man knows what’s important. Tyler came in second with his reviews and his wife [...]
What are you doing later?
Posted in around town, love your YO, oakland, shout out, tagged blogging, oakland on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a little late to the party with this announcement because I was too busy being all political, but The Stage at the Oakland is celebrating its third anniversary tonight! From 8 to 11, it’s an open mic event that is unparalleled in the area and delightfully wrong in so many ways (4 words…rock and [...]
Yo, we’ve got a busy weekend!
Posted in Butler, around town, love your YO, oakland, uuyo on September 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
As we’re officially entering the fall season, this weekend is full of Yo activities to enjoy with friends and family. All of the events are open to the public, and most of them are free.
Kick off the fun on Thursday night for an 8:00 showing of Doubt at the Oakland Center for the Arts. Join [...]
Open House at the Oakland
Posted in around town, love your YO, oakland, tagged Youngstown theater on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, I was thrilled to join the board of the Oakland Center for the Arts. The board, although only one part of the O’s unique spirit in the YO, is a fabulous team of thinkers, workers, and pro-Yo folks. This Saturday, the O family is presenting our season, thanking our friends for their support, and introducing ourselves [...]
