Muralists use life and art to help revitalize downtown parks
Reporting, writing and photos by Susan Pappas It’s an unseasonably warm November day at Lock 3 in downtown...
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The Innerbelt National Forest is here to stay
words by Noor Hindi, photos by Christine Batten The trees at the Innerbelt National Forest, designed as a...
It’s a Beautiful World
An Akron wish list by some of the folks making it a reality 01/03/2018 If you haven’t noticed,...
Civic Solutions Lab – Field Journal | Leadership Akron
Since 2015, Leadership Akron has been pursuing a strategic priority to more proactively and directly connect the...
Beyond the Vision Board: DreamUP encourages women to create art that pushes them toward achieving a life goal
by Megan Combs Life goals are often bigger and more complex than any magazine clippings or drawings on...
Nightlight Cinema Crowdfunds New Seating
By Michelle DeShon On August 1, The Nightlight Cinema launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for upgraded...
Knight Does Right by the Nightlight: Cinema awarded $20,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant
by Michelle DeShon A sign glowing with bright white lights on North High Street is all that...
#Akron2Columbus: On the road to making Akron great(est) again
Words by M. Sophie Hamad; Photos by Ilenia Pezzaniti Akron is already awesome. At least, we at...
Wow. It’s like everything in Akron is happening this Saturday…
This may be the busiest weekend in Akron this summer… Friday, July 24 “Tangerine” Opens July 24 at...
Pub Notes |Beer, Ideas and Escape from Social Impact World
by Chris Horne, publisher When I first proposed we do a story asking “Can beer save Akron?” the...
BIG IDEAS: Carolyn Behrman, Flashbulb and Cops on the Porch
Hey Carolyn Behrman, what’s the BIG IDEA with Flashbulb and Cops on the Porch? photography by Svetla Morrison...
NEW/NATIVE | Musician Theron Brown & Square Records owner David Ignizio
in which writer Christopher Morrison chats up jazz musician Theron Brown, who will be portraying Herbie Hancock in...
Pub Notes: How we got a Bat Signal and what we plan to do with it
by Chris Horne, publisher “You are remembered for the rules you break.” – Gen. Douglas MacArthur We, The...
Contest: “You’re so Akron if…”
Last night–that is, Sunday if you aren’t reading this on Monday, specifically Monday, February 2–I clicked “submit” on...
Pub Notes: Shooting tequila with Gallagher
It’s been two weeks since I posted about becoming a Knight Cities Challenge finalist, inviting (begging) anyone and...