Although Verb Ballets is based in Cleveland, it manages to come frequently to the Akron area. This time, and for the first time, the eight-member ballet company will present an evening of contemporary works at The Green High School on October 18. Contemporary is the operative word, for the choreographers are either dancers still themselves […]
Article · October 3, 2014 by Roger Durbin
If you want to get the creeps, plan on going to the Akron Civic Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, on All Saints Day. The theater is planning a double bill of a showing of the 1922 silent-era film “Nosferatu,” followed by Neos Dance Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, performing its fabulous “Count: The Legend of […]
Article · October 1, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Put your search for deep meaning on the back burner and move your eager and serious enjoyment of movement and dance to the front when DANCECLEVELAND, a Knight Arts grantee, brings Aspen Santa Fe Ballet to E.J Thomas Performing Arts Hall on Sunday, October 5. The 18-year-old contemporary ballet company is cooking up three powerful […]
Article · September 26, 2014 by Roger Durbin
The call went out, and the responses rolled in. In July, Akron Area Arts Alliance (a Knight arts grantee) announced a Juried Mural Competition for a public art project to decorate the wall of Akron Design & Costume, a local masquerade and year-round costume shop. In doing so, the AAA aims to bring public art […]
Article · September 24, 2014 by Roger Durbin
There’s an old saying that if you want a standing ovation, play the national anthem at the end. Well, the Akron Symphony Orchestra, a Knight Arts grantee, did just that, but would have received a standing ovation in any case. At the September 13 concert, Akron Symphony Orchestra celebrated the 200th anniversary to the day […]
Article · September 19, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Someone who, when watching movies only selects action/adventure or comedy from the genre list, may not enjoy None Too Fragile’s production of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Sunset Limited.” But worry not; there’s a lot going for it. McCarthy’s dark drama has very little action. Director Sean Derry has provided stage directions – with the two characters […]
Article · September 17, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Things must have really been in super-hype mode in the week leading up to opening for Weathervane Playhouse, a Knight Arts grantee, in its production of “The Roar of the Greasepaint – the Smell of the Crowd.” As the curtain went up, it was apparent that actor David Dukeman was on book, on the stage, […]
Article · September 12, 2014 by Roger Durbin
It’s not often you get to laugh out loud at an art museum when looking at an exhibit, but you might when viewing the wryly funny, frequently ribald and ironically clever drawings by young artist Trenton Doyle Hancock that are on display at the Akron Art Museum, a Knight Arts grantee. More than 300 sketches, […]
Article · September 10, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Good morning America, how are ya? If that railroad allusion rings a bell, then go to the Akron Art Museum, a Knight Arts grantee, and take in one of its stellar and current exhibits. This one features works drawn from the Akron Art Museum’s extensive photography collection and several loaned works and is called “Along […]
Article · September 5, 2014 by Roger Durbin
The Akron Civic Theatre, a Knight Arts grantee, is beginning a new series called Club @ The Civic. It’s to be an intimate cabaret-style setting taking place on the main stage where other performers have worked successfully. To kick it off, the first Club @ the Civic will feature now Akron area artist Helen Welch, […]
Article · September 3, 2014 by Roger Durbin
Actors’ Summit, a Knight Arts grantee, is the area’s only professional theater. Not only does it put on quality productions, it seeks to introduce area residents to new materials that haven’t been seen before. That’s what it plans to do again when it brings five regional premiere works in its six productions for its 16th […]
Article · August 29, 2014 by Roger Durbin