Mission meets in couple’s home, practices serving others and promoting common good -- Most folks invariably have become members of families other than those into which they were born or have created. A work family who shares office space may also go to the same gym, but chances are they may not attend the same house of worship or have children attending the same … [Read more...]
Admirables deliver unique soul experience (Article and Video)
Music lovers know that some bands fit neatly into a specific genre such as rock, soul or hip-hop. Other bands aren’t so easy to compartmentalize, because they choose to thread their music through different genres and pull from different sources of inspiration, some of them non-musical. The Admirables is one such band. On a recent brisk morning during one of the band’s … [Read more...]
Family Promise keeps local homeless families, even pets, together
Homelessness. The numbers, sadly, continue to rise, and Akron is not immune to that increase. Not having permanent shelter, particularly during the brutal winters this area has experienced during the past two years, has to be disconcerting, to say the very least. Some families with children and pets risk being separated from one another because many homeless shelters do … [Read more...]
Program teaches creative minds the business behind art (Article and Video)
Maintaining a part- or full-time career in the arts - say as a painter, ballet dancer or sculptor - can be more than challenging, particularly to do so successfully. It’s enough to spend hour after hour taking brush strokes to canvas, doing pliés at a barre or spinning a potter’s wheel. But artists must also find time not only to promote themselves, but more importantly, to … [Read more...]
Akrona Galleries shares art, education with community (Article and Video)
Driving by a stately Tudor on W. Market Street, one may think it’s just a well preserved home. But a hint of what lies inside can be found on the grounds outside. At any time, whimsical metal sculptures out front juxtapose with the grand, old building, which dates back to 1916. The sculptures that have taken shape include a giant dog resting on its haunches, keeping watch … [Read more...]
Drama duo offers therapy, creative space for autistic students
Inside the Balch Street Community Center one cold, snowy Saturday morning, a group of children play a game called Flock of Seagulls. Each one takes a turn breaking away to soar on their own and strike a pose, at which time everyone else mimics, sort of like playing Statue. Limbs splay across the worn wooden floor, bodies leap, crouch, stand on one leg, twist - the poses are … [Read more...]
Akron engineer leverages open-source hardware to manufacture miniature electronics
On the fourth floor inside a warren of rooms in Canal Place, massive equipment hums, whirrs and chirps. The space is vast, devoid of much furnishings, but with enough natural light to elevate the serotonin levels of half of Akron’s residents. Welcome to Tiny Circuits, an open-source hardware company that manufactures and designs miniature electronics. “We make all sorts … [Read more...]
Book release takes art contest to ‘print exhibition’
Akron has the good fortune to be the stomping grounds to some of Northeast Ohio’s most diverse and talented artists. The city’s palette comprises sculptors, painters, potters, photographers, jewelers, performing artists and more. But not everyone can make it to an opening, exhibition or an art fair to take in this vast talent. However, folks got a generous sampling of it … [Read more...]
Highland Square ‘little library’ offers free books with an artistic angle
For those who appreciate art and possess a passion for books, both can be fulfilled in the courtyard adjacent to the Angel Falls Coffee Company, where the sleek, ready-to-read Highland Square Little Free Library opened recently. “It’s a very communal thing, and I’m hoping that once the neighborhood realizes it’s here, it will become another place to meet in Highland Square,” … [Read more...]
Registrations open for Akron Marathon Rubber City Race series
For the past 12 years in September, various neighborhoods of the Rubber City, from downtown to Highland Square to the Towpath Trail, have swelled with runners competing from across the globe during the Akron Marathon. On Sept. 26, marathon organizers announced additional event dates in 2015 for its newly created Rubber City Race Series. On June 27, there will be an 8k and … [Read more...]
