On a recent Sunday evening, jazz vocalist Cyrille Aimée packed the house at Blu Jazz+, selling out the first show. Aimée is among the most talked about performers in jazz today, and her appearance continues the club’s effort to bring top jazz musicians to Akron. Recent performers included saxophone legend Chris Potter and Grammy Award winning organist Joey DeFrancesco. Aimée … [Read more...]
Masque of the Red Death 2015 photo gallery
Akron revelers wore their elegantly scary best to enjoy music, food and fun at the recent Masque of the Red Death Masquerade at the Akron Civic Theatre. Here are some photos from the Halloween event. (All photos by Dale Dong) … [Read more...]
Why go to the ballet? Dave Lieberth discusses Heinz Poll Summer Dance Fest (Video)
Dave Lieberth, co-founder of the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival, discusses the appeal of dance and challenges some conventional assumptions of dance as a modern art form. There's still time to check out some performances this summer. Lieberth's daughter, Kate, first saw ballet when she was 3 years old at the Summer Festival. She went on to dance in the Cuyahoga Youth … [Read more...]
Teen idols take the stage for ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ at Akron Civic Theatre (Article and Video)
The historic Akron Civic Theatre is the venue for this year’s All-City Musical, "Bye Bye Birdie," featuring a cast of more than 70 players from area schools. The musical "Bye Bye Birdie," written by Michael Stewart, with lyrics by Lee Adams and music by Charles Strouse, first played on Broadway in 1960. Inspired by the popular culture of the time, the story concerns events … [Read more...]
Food Truck Fridays fill hungry stomachs for good cause (Article and Video)
Cool temperatures and gray skies did little to discourage the hungry midday crowd from attending the first Food Truck Friday last week at Child Guidance & Family Solutions. Maybe it was the west wind that carried inviting aromas toward neighborhood businesses. Some came from as far away as the workers from the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank, who made the trip by … [Read more...]
Akron artist reflects on Art Prize win
Akron artist Ron White was recently awarded the inaugural Akron Art Prize, the result of more than a thousand votes, but he’s not one to take a moment off and celebrate. He finished and delivered a piece to Leandra Drumm for the Light-UP Lantern Festival, which took place this past weekend in University Park. And in his studio on a recent Friday afternoon, he was working on a … [Read more...]
