Three new members have been appointed to the 做厙輦⑹ Geauga Advisory Board. Working as community liaisons from local public education, healthcare, and business sectors, Cardinal Local Schools Superintendent Bill Kermavner, University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Julie Szitas, and Preston Superstores Marketing and Customer Relations Specialist Jackie Preston Franck bring valuable new insight and input to Geauga Countys only public institution of higher education. They join a 17-member board of engaged community leaders, each with rotating three-year ter...
As Stitched: Regional Dress Across Europe nears the end of its run, join us on Thursday, Jan. 13 for a talk with Andreea Tnsescu, President of La Blouse Roumaine a non-governmental organization that promotes the preservation of the Romanian textile heritage, cultural and sustainable fashion. Tnsescu will discuss the global impacts of the Romanian Blouse throughout the past 100 years.
做厙輦⑹ at Ashtabula will host a book discussion on An American Sunrise as part of the Big Read year-long celebration on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. The event will include a brief introduction to author Joy Harjo and her work and will be followed by a discussion of Harjos collection An American Sunrise. Interested participants are invited to check out An American Sunrise at the 做厙輦⑹ Ashtabula library. Books have been provided to the library through a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant and can be picked up after registration is complete. The...
Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, 做厙輦⑹s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will present its 54th season during the summer of 2022 with "Little Shop of Horrors," "Godspell," and "West Side Story." Directed by Porthouse producing artistic director Terri Kent, "Little Shop of Horrors" opens June 17 and runs through July 2. A preview performance will take place on June 16. With book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, "Little Shop of Horrors" takes audiences to a florist shop on Skid Row where th...
The Traveling Stanzas Poetry Makerspace is a completely refurbished, recreational vehicle donated to the Wick Poetry Center by WKSU. The Traveling Stanzas Poetry Makerspace is the first of its kind in the country and serve as a mobile, interactive exhibit, showcasing the creative works of our diverse and vibrant community. This innovative Poetry Makerspace will give our Traveling Stanzas program wheels and bring our digital expressive writing tools and poetry activities to a diverse range of venues throughout our community, such as schools, li...
The College of the Arts will present Art Without Limits on Friday, February 4, 2022. The day-long event will focus on arts entrepreneurship and developing an entrepreneurial mindset in the arts. UPDATE: Art Without Limits will now be presented completely virtually on Friday, February 4 due to the impending winter storm in Ohio and Midwest. Speakers will share their experiences and interact with the attendees to hone skills and broaden networks. The event is free and will be streamed online at www.kent.edu/artscollege/art-without-limits. Art Without Limits is...
Wick Poetry Center Named as the 2021 Knight Arts Challenge Winner Poets are the means by which a place comes to know itself We are thrilled to announce that the Wick Poetry Center is one of six winners for the 2021 Knight Arts Challenge Akron and has received $125,000 for our two-year project, Mapping Akron: A Poetic Exploration of Home! With the generous support of the John S & James L Knight Foundation, we will create an interactive poetic map of Akron displayed in pop-up exhibits throughout the city. In January we are excited to begin working with our amaz...
