The YMCA was the nation’s largest SRO provider, with more than 100,000 units nationwide at its peak. The Y served an incredibly diverse clientele, not only gay men fleeing oppression and seeking community, but frequent travelers like Martin Luther King, Jr. and journalist Dan Rather.

The Demakes Family YMCA’s new Music & Performing Arts Center will be open to the public on Saturday. Located at 20 Neptune Blvd, the donor-funded center will offer free and low-cost access to music lessons,

Former President Donald Trump has named Village People’s 1978 disco hit “YMCA” as his top pick for when he DJs parties at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida because, as he put it, the song gets “people rockin’.” “You know, I’ve played ...

Bring your lawn chairs or blankets to sit on during the Jefferson City Area YMCA Music Festival. The YMCA's second festival is intended to raise money for summer youth camps. The event will be 4:30 p.m. at the 63 Sports Complex, on Renz Farm Road.

Victor Willis, lead singer of the music group the Village People, wrote a lengthy defense of President-elect Donald Trump using his hit song “Y.M.C.A.” and corrected the belief that the song was a “gay anthem.” Willis explained in his Facebook post ...

The YMCA of Youngstown is hosting its annual Giving Tuesday Party on Dec. 2 at the Davis Family YMCA, featuring music, a bounce house and a visit from Santa. The event starts at 8 a.m. and goes until 7 p.m., with a DJ playing music from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

After raising more than $15,000 during last year's inaugural event, Shelly Poire said this year's YMCA "Send a Kid to Camp Music Festival" has big shoes to fill Saturday. As obvious by its name, the event raises money for the Y's outreach fund and is ...

During his lifetime, Ty Balon would turn to music as a means of expression and comfort. Balon had been diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 11 1/2. He was only 25 when he died after suffering a seizure on March 22, 2021. Crystal Soliday, Ty’s mother, has ...