If you do a Google search, you can find out that if you see a possum in your dreams, it means that what seems apparent on the surface isn’t necessarily true, and that you need to dig beneath the surface to discover what is what. Maybe if you are from Virginia, like playwright Ed Falco, […]
Article · June 18, 2014 by Roger Durbin
A quick summary of the musical “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” which is being presented at Weathervane Playhouse, a Knight Arts grantee, is that it is a long, almost three-hour comedy bolstered by some great performances from the cast (and that includes the ensemble players). Set in the French Riviera in a place called Beaumont-sur-mer, the major […]
Article · June 13, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Akron has a cool thing going – and it’s an ongoing tradition extending back 41 years. It’s free outdoor dance concerts in area metro parks. For the past eight years, the event has been known as the Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival, in honor of the man who started it all. The story goes that […]
Article · June 11, 2014 by Roger Durbin
There’s no reason in the world not to hear free music or attend a concert in the city of Akron throughout the summer months. There is a concert every day of the week – and on weekdays, the Akron Summer Concert Series bands are completely free. Akron Summer Concert Series. Monday concerts will be held […]
Article · June 6, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Akron Civic Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, is at it again – and nicely so. For the third time, the theater (through its Women’s Guild) will be putting on a play (as in producing it) with an all-city cast of high school students in three performances June 14-15. The choice this year is “Bye Bye […]
Article · June 4, 2014 by Roger Durbin
The city of Akron is set to come alive with music this summer. There is a free concert every day of the week somewhere in town. Outside the city limits, especially in the Cuyahoga Valley, the musical scene is shaping up as well. The Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley partners with the National Park Service to […]
Article · May 30, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Some old dance friends and some new ones are in the lineup for the newly announced 2014-2015 season of DANCECleveland, a Knight Arts grantee. First-timers for DC are an innovative ensemble led by French-Algerian choreographer Mourad Merzouki called Compagnie Kafig, and the newly-launched “Wendy Phelan – Restless Creature,” featuring the world-renowned ballerina in dance league […]
Article · May 29, 2014 by Roger Durbin
The galleries are hopping at Summit Artspace, a Knight Arts grantee. On the first floor, the two-person exhibit “Adorned Spaces” will no doubt generate some audience. On the third floor, the open areas of the space are filled with a student exhibit from Kent State University seniors from the School of Visual Communication Design on […]
Article · May 23, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Summit Artspace, a Knight Arts grantee, is such a cooperative and collaborative place. Local artist groups display their works there, and artists in fact have studios there. Yet there is room for still more, such as the current exhibit called “Bravura” that features the work of Kent State University seniors in their own show. Don […]
Article · May 21, 2014 by Roger Durbin
When Moliere’s “School for Wives” was first performed, it was before the brother of the French king. Some 352 years later, the play still holds up, and we get to see a rousing, quirky, seriously funny production of it at Coach House Theatre. Things could have gone awry when actor Terry Burgler became ill and […]
Article · May 16, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Two young photographers (Marissa McClellan and Andrew Thomas Lopez) share the main galleries in Summit Artspace, a Knight Arts grantee, bringing to the display works that take intimate, revealing looks at the “Adorned Spaces” (as the exhibition’s title has it) of people’s everyday lives. Most people don’t like someone snooping around in their bedroom, but […]
Article · May 14, 2014 by Roger Durbin