Category: Community Connections

Written by Erika Newcome, Intern Miss an awesome summer event? With these five local happenings, that’s okay! You can catch the next one. 1. Falls Downtown Fridays (Cuyahoga Falls)  Join us every Friday, as the City of Cuyahoga Falls presents a differently-theme[...]

Written by Mary Kay Palazzo, ArtsNow Intern and Kent State University Student On Wednesday, February 28th, I had the pleasure of attending the University of Akron’s Percussion Ensemble performance. I chose to attend this performance out of sheer curiosity. I had never[...]

(Photography by Shane Wynn) This March, Akron will unveil its newest public art in the form of four welcome signs by Akron-native artists who share a passion for their craft and a commitment to repurposing what some see as “scrap” into eye-catching, 3D sculp[...]

Written by Mary Kay Palazzo, ArtsNow Intern and Kent State University Student This past Wednesday, I took a day-long vacation in Summit County! Well, not exactly, but it felt a bit that way. I am not a native Summit County resident, and although I’ve lived in Kent for[...]

Guest blog by Lindsey Phillips (Torchbearers Class 2018) As a member of the 2018 Torchbearers class, we partook in the best new member orientation in Torchbearers history January 19-20 (I can say that, because it’s the only one I’ve been to, but I believe it to be t[...]

A guest blog written by City of Barberton Mayor William B. Judge The Magic City offers dozens of opportunities to make your own holiday magic this month—from must-see annual traditions to unique local shopping.  Here are a couple of our favorite local happenings this[...]

Community Crowdfunding Comes to Akron It’s not easy for organizations doing great community work to find funding to put together the programs and events that they do for our communities. We here at ArtsNow are always looking for options to help those organizations[...]

We here at ArtsNow have a close connections with the libraries of Summit County. So much of what we do rely on using the libraries on a near daily basis. We see others using them too. There’s never a day where we are by ourselves. With that in mind, we would like [...]

FOUNDATION CENTER: Doing Good Better We always like to offer perspectives from our sister non-profits from across Summit County, Northeast Ohio, and beyond. So, we’d like to introduce you to Brian Schultz, who will be our guest blogger for this post. Take it away,[...]

Hudson’s Drew Louis to showcase his singing and acting at the IMTA Convention in New York Drew Louis, a 17-year-old aspiring stage performer of Hudson, has been entertaining Summit County audiences with his singing and acting since he was belting out tunes from th[...]