Editor's note: Clyde Alan Hensley is a local songwriter, performer and poet. Shoebox I stumbled upon a shoebox, full of pictures and memories. I dubbed them confessions of my life.Still frames in black and white ... people who touched my very soul.Some good and some not as much. Nonetheless...each bestowed a lesson. Words on faded paper, where the ink no … [Read more...]
Featured Poetry: ‘Spent’
Clyde Alan Hensley is a local singer songwriter performing in Northeast Ohio. He has received airplay on 91.3 FM (Rock and Recovery) Black Squirrel radio in Kent, Dr.Rocks Medicine Show, WECL FM (in Pa) and WHIV FM in Louisiana, among other radio and internet stations. Currently finishing up a new CD, he’s also working on a body of poetry. “Spent” visits a person who has given … [Read more...]
Meet your #AkronBreadbox legend: Yoly Miller
Yoly Miller is an award-winning poet from Akron. Most recently, she was awarded the runner-up prize in the “Literary Arts – Poetry” category in the 2018 High Arts Festival. Miller will be performing at Wandering Aesthetics' "Bigger Than a Breadbox: Akron's Legends of Tomorrow" on Saturday, November 17. Describe your legend: In the far future, what will people say … [Read more...]
Wandering Aesthetics presents Vaudeville-inspired variety show at Akron Civic Theatre
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...]
Blackout poetry, music, fiction inform Akron Soul Train fellowship
Writer Gabe Gott, a current artist fellow for Akron Soul Train, will compile a chapbook as part of his residency. The book’s expected to be released at an event in May and will likely feature a number of different types of writing styles, from blackout poetry to flash fiction. The fellowship, he said, has helped him take his work more seriously. Gott’s poetry and writing also … [Read more...]
‘Until Name Becomes Prayer’ Artist Profile: Amber Cullen
Amber Cullen is the organizer of “Until Name Becomes Prayer,” Monday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. at Summit Artspace. The event, which will feature Samoan immigrant, poet and arts educator William Alfred Nu’utupu Giles, is free and open to the public and will pay homage to “every indigenous and immigrant mouth that had to become a history book.” The night is sponsored by Summit Artspace, … [Read more...]
Award-winning Pacific Islander poet/educator visits Akron to share indigenous voice
William Alfred Nu’utupu Giles events to include ‘Until Name Becomes Prayer,’ ‘Rethinking Race’ at University of Akron, open mics, teen workshops -- William Alfred Nu’utupu Giles is a second generation Samoan immigrant, poet and arts educator, whose spoken word continues the Pacific oral tradition of storytelling as living history. Later this month, the international slam … [Read more...]
#MusicMonday – Ballinloch (Video)
"Tradition, Music, Poetry, Beauty, Ships, Sea, Immigration, Rebellion, Work, Connection. The music and songs of Ballinloch come from the stories and traditions of our families, our island, our village, our home." – Ballinloch website Members: Marcus Dirk, Mary Ann Beach, Maureen Reich & Patrick Faith Leave a comment letting us know what you … [Read more...]
‘Family Celebrations’ prompt for Dec. 28’s Full Circle Storytelling event, hosted by Devil Strip publisher
Wandering Aesthetics, Jilly’s Music Room and The Akronist are happy to announce the fourth Full Circle Storytelling event of the 2016 - 2017 season! Come share YOUR story this holiday season! Full Circle Storytelling is FREE and OPEN to the public. This Full Circle Storytelling event will be held on Wednesday, December 28th from 7 pm - 10 pm at Jilly’s … [Read more...]
The Bible as poetic masterpiece – (Akronist TV: Poetry Unchained)
When asked who are some of the greatest poets, one might get responses such as Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson or Maya Angelou, and each of these poets are worthy of being considered great. Frost’s “The Road Less Travelled,” Dickinson’s “Success is Counted Sweetest” and Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” are a few of the most celebrated poems of the last two centuries; however, some of … [Read more...]
