Join Wandering Aesthetics at Akron Civic Theatre for our Bigger Than a Breadbox launch party and season announcement! Building on the success of Wandering Aesthetics’ reoccurring Electric Pressure Cooker Cabaret (#EPCooker), Bigger Than a Breadbox is a vaudeville-style variety show. Vaudeville, once known as “the heart of American show business”, hearkens … [Read more...]
Summit Artspace announces Arts Alive! Honorees for 2016
Summit Artspace’s Arts Alive! celebration will turn the spotlight on the outstanding work of artists, the Inside|Out program of the Akron Art Museum and individuals who have contributed to a vibrant arts community in Greater Akron. The honorees will be recognized at a celebration throughout the Summit Artspace building on Wednesday, June 15, starting at 5:30 p.m. Arts Alive! … [Read more...]
First Nerds’ Night Out event combines nerd culture, barbecue, Thirsty Dog beer
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one definition of the word “nerd” is “a person who pursues an unfashionable or highly technical interest with obsessive or exclusive dedication.” Nerds' Night Out is a series of events celebrating Akron’s nerdy heritage (think Devo, David Giffels, etc.) and targeted at the city’s nerd demographic. The first Nerds' Night Out, a free … [Read more...]
Jack S. Deleo to receive Vistor’s Bureau Chairman’s award
The Akron/ Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau will be hosting the 13th Annual Zenith Awards, Wednesday, May 7, 2014 during a luncheon ceremony at the John S. Knight Center beginning at 11:30am. Celebrated during National Tourism Week (May 3-11, 2014), the Zenith Awards recognize contributions made to and by Summit County’s hospitality industry. In addition to the Zenith … [Read more...]
Neos Dance Theatre to Present Symbiosis II
Neos Dance Theatre’s Symbiosis II presents an evening of work created exclusively by female choreographers. Symbiosis II will be performed at The University of Akron’s Paul A. Daum Theatre, Kolbe Hall, 328 East Buchtel Ave, Akron, OH 44325, on May 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. with a post-show panel discussion. Pre-sale tickets are $20 general admission or $13 for students and senior … [Read more...]
Kickstarter funds reached, downtown Akron cinema to open this year
Did you know that Akron is one of the largest cities in America without a cinema for independent and foreign films? I didn’t, until I read this not-so-fun fact on Akron Film+Pixel’s Kickstarter page. And guess what? The cinema is coming. Akron Film+Pixel, which evolved from the Akron Film Festival and became a nonprofit in 2007, is building a single-screen movie theater … [Read more...]
