Next meeting takes place Sept. 11 -- Summit Education Initiative (SEI)’s Out of School Time Partner (OSTP) Network kicks off the 2018-2019 school year with its first quarterly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 10 a.m. at First Glance (943 Kenmore Blvd.), a youth center located in the Kenmore neighborhood. Attendees may tour the space when the meeting ends around noon. (South … [Read more...]
Music is Kenmore’s thing: Walking tour highlights recording studios, venues, retail
A recent walking tour along Kenmore Boulevard offered residents a look at the critical musical backbone of this neighborhood. From studio space to the Rialto Theatre and newly renovated space at Lay’s guitar repair shop, the tour preceded the monthly “Busk Until Dusk” music event and was hosted by Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance and Akron2Akron. Visit www.betterkenmore.org for … [Read more...]
Guitar prodigy takes Live Music Now! stage for free concert March 14
Show sponsored by The Summit FM, proceeds benefit Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance -- As an early teen, guitarist and songwriter Ray Goren shared the stage with an impressive lineup of music legends, from B.B. King and Buddy Guy to Robby Krieger, from the Doors. He’s also written and recorded songs with Leon Russell, who served as an irreplaceable mentor for this young musician … [Read more...]
Interactive coloring book sources ideas for public art projects
Cash prize, production of art offered as part of @PLAY's 'Kenmore Imagineer' -- A new interactive coloring book, called the “Kenmore Imagineer,” is sourcing ideas from the community to install public art along Kenmore Boulevard. Art x Love, based in Akron, printed and distributed 3,000 copies to local shops, Kenmore public schools and the Kenmore Branch Library. Mac … [Read more...]
Beards, bluegrass, beer converge for Art Bomb Brigade’s Flannel Fest Jan. 12
Inaugural fundraiser will help support scaffolding and supplies for student art collective -- The Art Bomb Brigade is hosting its first-ever Flannel Fest, Friday, Jan. 12, 8 p.m. at the Rialto Theatre, in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood. The event, which will celebrate such alliterative items as beards, bluegrass and beer, is a fundraiser for the collaborative program, … [Read more...]
Knight Foundation announces $720,000 in urban investment grants for Kenmore, North Akron, Middlebury
Organizations receiving support include The Well Community Development Corporation, North Akron Community Development Corporation and Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance -- Two community development corporations and one neighborhood alliance will launch a plan to improve neighborhood life, keep and attract talented people and advance new investments in Akron with $720,000 from the … [Read more...]
Luthier carries on hand-crafted music tradition in Kenmore workshop
A man sits down in the small workshop behind his house on a warm summer morning, dog at his feet, and begins sketching in a notebook. “Right now in my head it’s perfect, there are no flaws,” says Joe Heindel who’s a luthier, meaning he creates and repairs stringed instruments by hand. He even carves the wood using hand tools. His preferred creations are guitars: archtops, to … [Read more...]
Open Streets will connect Summit Lake, Firestone Park, Kenmore
Cars yield route to pedestrians, bicyclists, joggers, skaters June 25 -- The streets connecting Kenmore, Summit Lake and Firestone Park will yield to walkers, bicyclists, joggers and skaters June 25 for Open Streets. The event takes place from noon to 5 p.m. throughout the three neighborhoods for a day of outdoor recreation and community building. The city of Akron … [Read more...]
Kenmore hosts kickoff event for fall Better Block
May 25 community forum and kickoff planned at the Rialto Theatre -- Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood will undergo a two-day transformation Sept. 1 and 2 as it hosts Better Block, a neighborhood engagement effort in which residents will reshape and reactivate their community’s built environment. Kenmore Neighborhood Alliance will host a kickoff meeting May 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. … [Read more...]
Kenmore battles negative community perceptions (Part IV in a series)
Let’s address some of the negative perceptions people have of Kenmore. I’ve heard the terms “hillbilly” and “white trash” thrown around. I’ve heard complaints about unkempt front yards debasing the neighborhood’s appearance. Some think the young kids have no Kenmore pride, that they just want to get the hell out. Some associate Kenmore with the current heroin epidemic, … [Read more...]
