This event has been rescheduled to Friday, September 13.
Attention artists! During First Fridays on September 13, on and near Phelps Street in downtown Youngstown, there will be a Free Chalk the Walk Contest from 3-7pm (Judging at 7pm- prizes to be announced). Contest artist registration required at https://forms.gle/5GZHjWMrJYVNNfiq7.
Chalk Art Creation area for children and families hosted by Students Motivated by the Arts from 4-8pm.
A limited amount of Chalk will be provided by The Butler Institute of American Art & Students Motivated by the Arts. Please BYOC (Bring your own water-based chalk) if possible!
First Fridays events are FREE & feature Live Music, a Vendor Market, Artists, Recreational Activities, Games, a Business-Networking Happy Hour, & more!
Youngstown CityScape
Downtown Youngstown Partnership
The Butler Institute of American Art
McDonough Museum of Art
Students Motivated by the Arts
More info at: www.firstfridaysyoungstown.org
Email: [email protected]
The Skin Suite Spa will host its second annual outdoor fall fest vendors market on Saturday, September 14 from 10:00am-3:00pm. Join them for this free event to shop, move, and learn! Featuring MegaBarre Youngstown, EMD Embroidery, Permanenet Jewerly and more. For more information, follow The Skin Suite Spa Facebook page.
Boardman Community Day will be held Saturday, September 14, 2024 in Boardman Park. This annual free event celebrates the history of the township and provides a variety of fun events for all ages.
Free community activities will be held from 4:30pm to 6:30pm and include wagon rides through the park, face painting, bounce houses and inflatable games, as well as the Touch a Truck event. A variety of Boardman community organizations and services will have information tables. Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the event and free snacks will be distributed to children, while they last.
At 6:30pm live music by No Funk No Justice, on stage at the Maag Outdoor Theatre. Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets.
Fireworks will complete Boardman’s day of celebration and will begin approximately at 8:30pm.
LOCATION CHANGE: Silly Science Sunday will be held in Wean Park and the Huntington Community Alley in downtown Youngstown.
OH WOW! Children’s Center’s annual Silly Science Sunday event, sponsored by David and Caroline Jones, will look different this year as it moves to Wean Park and the Huntington Community Alley downtown Youngstown on Sunday, September 15 from 11:00am-4:00pm.
The free event featuring STEAM activities from a variety of exhibitors is in its 14th year downtown Youngstown. Hosted by OH WOW! it continues to provide families and learners of all ages the chance to discover, explore, and engage with exciting STEAM education and workforce opportunities in the Valley.
Though the event is typically hosted outside the museum doors on Central Square, continued closures due to improvement projects led organizers to opt for relocation. Due to the new location, OH WOW! will be closed during the event.
This year’s event will feature many of OH WOW!’s longtime partners including Youngstown State University College of STEM, area robotics teams, The Butler Institute of American Art, SMARTS, The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, and many more. Attendees can anticipate the opportunity to design and fly giant paper airplanes, play in bubbles, ride on robotic recliners, witness chemical reactions, and all the exciting activities provided by the exhibitors.
Additional exhibitors include YWCA Mahoning Valley, First Robotics, MCCTC, Valley STEM Academy, BRITE Energy Innovators, Home Depot- Austintown, Sharon Robotics, City Machine Technologies, Akron Children’s Hospital, America Makes, Roth ID Tag, and many more. In addition to exhibitors, food vendors include Sweet Sips, One Hot Cookie, Armida’s Cucina, and R&J Smokers.
Parking: Covelli Center, 229 East Front St. Youngstown, Ohio 44503.
Admission is free – there is no registration required. Visit the OH WOW! website for more information.
Bites and Bits of History: “Mahoning Valley Historical Society: The First 150 Years” with Bill Lawson, MVHS Executive Director, will be presented on Thursday, September 19 at 12:00pm at the Tyler History Center.
Learn about the founding of Mahoning Valley Historical Society.
Join the City of Youngstown for the 3rd Annual Family Oktoberfest on Phelps Street on Saturday, September 21 from 1:00pm-6:00pm. Enjoy free admission to an unforgettable day of enchantment! Delight in performances from local bands, the John Reese Trio, and magical Sound of Music reenactments by Castle on a Cloud Entertainment. Plus, meet Snow White and explore a whimsical harvest sensory play area for kids. Thanks to Smarter Move Talent, Phelps Street Gateway will be transformed into a magical alpine village. Don’t miss out on the wonder and fun! An all ages event, focused for kids 12 and under. Visit the event page on Facebook for more information.
The YSU Skeggs Lecture Series presents Hank Green on Thursday, September 26 at 6:00pm at Stambaugh Auditorium.
You most likely know Hank Green as the Internet’s Science Guy. With a combined social media following of over 20 million people, he’s somehow done it mostly with educational content, sharing his excitement about everything from microbes to supernovae. Hank is also a bestselling science fiction novelist, an astute observer and critic of online media, and the co-founder and CEO of Complexly which produces SciShow, Crash Course, and nearly a dozen other educational YouTube channels. Recently, he also created “The Awesome Socks Club” a charity sock subscription that has over 60,000 paying subscribers and donates more than one million dollars to charity every year. All of this began when he and his brother, novelist John Green, began making YouTube videos in 2007. Their pioneering project invented many of the forms of online video. Not many of those early creators are still at it a decade and a half later, but John and Hank seem perpetually able to find success in whatever new platform arises. Along the way, they started VidCon, the largest convention for people who create online video, as well as Subbable, a crowd-funding platform for creators that was acquired by Patreon. Hank loves to speak on science and science communication, education, online video creation, the influencer industry, the societal costs and benefits of social media, running small creative businesses, creative business models, and you probably shouldn’t get him started on pelicans.
The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Visit the Stambaugh Auditorium website.
First Fridays is a free event held at several locations throughout downtown Youngstown on the first Friday of each month. Enjoy live music, entertainment, delicious food and drink specials, shopping, art exhibits, and much more.
During the month of October, First Fridays will take place on Friday, October 4 from 4-8pm in the Wick Ave. Historic District of Downtown Youngstown.
4-7:30pm Outdoor Fall Market at Main Library Parking Lot with support from the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County and Noble Creature Wild Ales & Lagers.
4-8pm OH WOW! will be providing 1/2 Price entry
5-8pm First Friday Faculty Exhibit Artist Reception at the McDonough Museum of Art
5-6pm Faculty Exhibit Artist Meet & Greet at McDonough Museum of Art
6-8pm Live Music with AIMLIS at the McDonough Museum of Art
8pm Live Music at Noble Creature
Eats, drinks, & treats at restaurants throughout the Wick Avenue Historical District: MVR, Yosteria, Noble Creature. Recreational activities provided by YSU Rec and more! For more information, visit www.firstfridaysyoungstown.org.
Stay tuned for upcoming First Fridays events: November 1, December 6, January 3, February 7, March 7, and April 4.
First Fridays is brought to you by Youngstown CityScape & Downtown Youngstown Partnership with the support of The Wick Avenue Historic District: McDonough Museum of Art, The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning Valley, Noble Creature Wild Ales & Lager, Yosteria, Cassese’s MVR, Harrison Field-YSU Rec, The Butler Institute of Art, in addition: The City of Youngstown, Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre, JAC, Premier Bank, Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber, Youngstown Live, SMARTS- Students Motivated by the Arts, The YMCA-Central, OH WOW!, Rotary Club of Youngstown, YWCA- Mahoning Valley, Stepping Out Fitness, Octave, Mercy Health Foundation, Your Arts, and Hubbard Music.
Join The Ward Beecher Planetarium for their Grand Reopening! Shows are Friday, October 4 at 8:00pm; and Saturday, October 5 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm.
All shows are free and open to the public (donations are always appreciated). For more information, visit their website or call 330-941-1370.
Parking Information:
Limited street parking is available on Lincoln, Phelps, Hazel, and Wood Streets. Parking is also available in the Wick Ave. parking deck (M1) for a fee, or free with a YSU parking permit. Visitors should park on the 4th floor of the deck and use the pedestrian bridge to campus. From the campus end of the pedestrian bridge, turn left as you pass the library and use the sidewalk to the Ward Beecher Planetarium. There is a small handicap lot located between Jones Hall & Ward Beecher Hall.
