Category: Community Connections

In this blog series we will be learning 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, the focus is on beautifully blended beverages where you will meet Jasmine and [...]

By: Jessica Goldbourn Overwhelmed by the seemingly endless barrage of advice about where to spend your hard-earned dollars, you’re not alone. It’s something I think about maybe to the point of neurosis. Yes, definitely to the point of neurosis. The little voice shou[...]

By: Amber Cullen In the small city of Akron, Ohio, a group of artists organize as VIBE Collective. We are “a network of Northeast Ohio artists in the intersection of art, culture, and education, who seek to create spaces for community transformation and healing.” Re[...]

By: Vanessa Lee Abraham Thirteen lucky students from Stow-Monroe Falls High School’s Drama Club will be going on an adventure of a lifetime in August of 2020, as long as they can hit their fundraising target. They are one third of the way there after tireless efforts [...]

Guest Blogger: Abby PoeskeExecutive Director, Downtown Cuyahoga Falls Partnership The next year -and the next decade- is looking bright for Summit County.  As the leader of the Downtown Cuyahoga Falls Partnership, an organization focused on economic and community d[...]

Guest Blogger: Ilenia Pezzaniti📷: Ilenia Pezzaniti At 5 p.m. on Friday, August 23, the sun in Park East set Lizzi Aronhalt’s finished mural ablaze, warming each bright acrylic color with an orange hue, working together to welcome neighborhood families out of their [...]

Twinsburg Community Theatre’s “Beauty and the Beast” Guest Blogger: Stacy Lee Link “Madame de la Grande Bouche” translated means “lady with the big mouth” meaning I was cast perfectly! I have a loud, rambunctious voice and the personality that [...]

Guest writer: Ilenia Pezzaniti📷: Ilenia Pezzaniti On August 8, in conjunction with Mural Arts Philadelphia, ArtsNow held a mural making workshop at Bounce Innovation Hub as part of the Phase Two initiative of the Park East Project. The workshop specifically targeted [...]

By: Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad A group of 12 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad volunteers have completed the restoration of a historic mural in a 1940’s train car. The restoration of the 1946 mural has taken 1,494 volunteer hours to complete over the course of more[...]

Guest Blogger: Ilenia Pezzaniti Throughout August 6-7, avoiding the rain and despite the humidity, ArtsNow Artist-In-Residence Lizzi Aronhalt, Assistant Artists Alex Couch and Shanise Tabler, and Mural Arts Philadelphia Staff Muralist Felix St. Fort installed the 11’ [...]