Akron, Ohio shines on new PBS TV show: “Around Akron with Blue Green” The best that Akron has to offer is getting its very own broadcast television show on Western Reserve PBS this October 3rd at 9:00 p.m. Blue Green (yes, his name is Blue Green) is bringing his love of all things Akron to a 30-minute monthly TV show, “Around Akron with Blue Green.” Green says, “The … [Read more...]
The poetry of Shakespeare (‘Poetry Unchained’ – Video)
Shaneen A. Harris, of "Poetry Unchained," sits down with Dane C.T. Leasure, the Producing Artistic Director of the Rubber City Shakespeare Company. They discuss how poetry can be found everywhere, even in Shakespeare. Poetry Unchained set up its show in the amphitheater at Chestnut Ridge Park, 1926 19th St. SW, in Akron. The park was the perfect location for an interview all … [Read more...]
BMe Community Spotlight: entrepreneur pushes for positive change (Video)
The BMe Akron Community Member Spotlight belongs to Frank Miller, the co-owner of CO7LYFE. Miller’s company makes custom T-shirts in Akron with a vision to promote only the positive. He has been in the screenprinting business for four years, he assists other entrepreneurs in launching their brands, he has his own clothing line and he also runs a tax service. In 2015, Mr. … [Read more...]
‘Poetry Unchained’ makes Akronist TV debut
Shaneen A. Harris, poet and author from Akron, has teamed up with the Akronist to produce the “Poetry Unchained” show, a look at poetry and its various forms and uses. Harris says that poetry may be found just about anywhere and her show aims to prove this. Says Harris: “Poetry has served to help educate us, motivate us, inspire us, empower us and also entertain us.” Poetry … [Read more...]
Bringing the community together through sports (Pat Reese Show – Akronist TV)
Pastor Jimmy Taylor, director of Sports Ministry at The House of the Lord, talks about his programs using sports to bring people together. Taylor believes that relationships and getting to know one another can be achieved by using sports to establish common ground among people. He uses sports like baseball and table tennis to bring people together, which in turn starts a … [Read more...]
Shaneen Harris discusses finding a calling in the spoken word (Pat Reese Show – Akronist TV)
Shaneen Harris left a high paying IT job to pursue a calling from God, specifically a calling to write a poetry book called “Because God Said So.” On this episode of the Pat Reese Show, Harris discusses the difficulty in taking a leap of faith: leaving a full-time job to pursue her passion, which is bound to involve a good share of second-guessing. She says it's not easy to … [Read more...]
Cardiologist, author discusses defibrillators in schools, weathering life’s storms (Pat Reese Show – Akronist TV)
After a high school student from Barberton died of a heart attack when collapsing on the football field, Dr. Terry Gordon, then president of the American Heart Association, vowed to not let this happen again. Except for the wail of the young man's mother, you could hear a pin drop, said Gordon, a retired cardiologist, who talks with Pat Reese about his successful campaign to … [Read more...]
Red Panda CEO creates his own path (BMe profile for Akronist TV)
Ace AaRron of BMe Akron has a conversation with Preston “Freeze” Clark, CEO & Designer at Red Panda Creative. Clark is a self made business man with a strong entrepreneurial spirit who decided to create his own way by starting his business Red Panda Creative. Clark could not find work after college, so he decided to make his own path by starting the following companies, … [Read more...]
AKRON MAYOR VOTER GUIDE – Nov. 3 is the Akron Mayoral Election
AKRON MAYOR VOTER GUIDE "Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.” Franklin D. Roosevelt Nov. 3rd is the general election for Akron, Ohio and for the first time in over 25 years, Akronites will be electing a new Mayor. Is not too late to register to vote, … [Read more...]
Nonprofit offers escape experience to those facing cancer (Video)
Troy Haslinger, founder and CEO of “Life is Good No Matter What,” turned his firsthand experience in dealing with cancer into something positive. After losing his sister in the prime of her life to cancer, he recalled her motto during her battle: “Life is Good No Matter What." He's since made it his life's goal to grant adults with advanced cancer and their loved ones an … [Read more...]
