What is your favorite view in Summit County?There are so many wonderful views in Summit County but my favorite view has always been in Akron at the top of Vernon Odom (previously known as Wooster Ave) at the top of the hill going towards East Ave. You will only apprecia[...]

Guest Blogger: Nicole Robinson This blog series will examine the many roles the arts have in healing. Today we will discover the positive impact the Northeast Ohio Healing Arts Alliance has on our community. The Northeast Ohio Healing Arts Alliance (NEOHAA) br[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?My earliest memory of Akron’s arts and culture would definitely be exploring the Akron Art Museum. I remember going many times in my elementary and middle school years for field trips and projects and I[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?My earliest memory of arts and culture… oh gosh. Maybe the Nutcracker at Akron Civic Theater? Which was incredible. However, I think my most impressionable memory is when I went with my Girl Sc[...]

Guest Blogger: Chelby Benson Social Distance. COVID Hours. Sanitize. Disinfect. Repeat. This is all we have heard for the last nine months. As artists, fine arts directors, art educators and every career path forge their way through the unknown, the arts have faced an e[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture?Michael: It probably wasn’t until college that the opportunity to see and appreciate Heinz Poll and the Ohio Ballet perform at EJ Thomas that I realized that this dance company was really extraordinary;[...]

For the final blog post of this series we will learn about a few Creatives of All Things Tasty who also happen to be vendors at an entrepreneurial co-op located at 21 Furnace Street in Akron. Explore the products of two clever cooks who have invented products that will [...]

In 2015, the City of Cuyahoga Falls initiated a downtown transformation strategy to replace the failing 37 year old Front Street pedestrian mall.  At the first downtown circulation plan meeting, a PowerPoint slide was displayed that simply stated “A dream is just[...]

What is your earliest memory of participating in arts and culture in Summit County? I remember when I first moved to Akron for grad school 15 years ago, I didn’t know what fun things there were to do in town.  But I heard about the Broadway in Akron ser[...]

In this blog series we will continue to learn about some of the Creatives of All Things Tasty who also happen to be vendors at an entrepreneurial co-op located at 21 Furnace Street in Akron. Today, we revisit Sweets as we explore the culinary application of honey and th[...]