More musicals and a director who’s a Tony Award winner are in store for Weathervane theatergoers this season.
‘Age of Innocence’ is passionate highlight of Joffrey Ballet program at Blossom
Passions raging beneath the surface are brought to life in Edwaard Liang’s sumptuous Age of Innocence, the most captivating part of the Joffrey Ballet and Cleveland Orchestra program at Blossom Music Center last weekend.
Show at KSU gallery tackles wounds of war
Every war has its victims, combatants as well as innocent bystanders. And every post-war era has its illness, from shell shock to the Gulf War Syndrome, not to mention the undiagnosed (and often untreated) societal ills that follow in war’s wake.
Somber pieces reflect choice of opening date
Music has a powerful capacity for healing.
Christopher Wilkins, music director of the Akron Symphony Orchestra, kept that foremost in mind while planning a program for the orchestra’s opening night Saturday at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall at the University of Akron.
Danish gallery exhibits Dylan paintings
By Jan M. Olsen Associated Press COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Denmark’s National Gallery is displaying 40 acrylic paintings by Bob Dylan that have never before been shown to the public. Curator Kasper Monrad said the paintings in Dylan’s Brazil Series were specifically made for the Danish exhibition, which opened Friday. The collection includes figurative scenes from Brazilian…
Made in Ohio Craft Festival Saturday at Hale Farm
More than 50 exhibitors will be displaying their wares, everything including hand-blown glass, pottery, ironware, brooms, baskets, candles and textiles.
Akron Artwalk takes place Saturday
Experience local art, live music and galleries located in the Northside district, North High Street, East and West Market Street and Main Street.
Akron Art Museum Sets Rock Photog Exhibit
The official word begins below. I asked if this touring exhibit will include work by local rock-photo legends Janet Macoska and George Shuba, or not-local-but-great Martin Benjamin (whose photo of Sam & Dave is one of my cherished possessions). Here’s the answer I got: The Who Shot Rock & Roll exhibition that was curated by…
Stage notes: Joffrey Ballet, orchestra together again
Kerry Clawson Beacon Journal staff writer Conducting the Joffrey Ballet with the Cleveland Orchestra went so well last summer, assistant conductor Tito Munoz is looking forward to doing it again at the Blossom Festival this weekend. Last year was a momentous occasion for both organizations, considering the Joffrey hadn’t performed at Blossom for 30 years…
Akron artist Cari Miller part of Pop Shop Gallery’s latest show
Akron artist Cari Miller (www.sunthingspecial.com) will be participating in Let’s Go, a group show highlighting Cleveland-area artists on the move.
Highland Square fair draws a crowd
Hundreds of people walked up and down West Market Street in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood on Saturday to shop, visit with friends, eat and listen to local musicians.
Conceptual watercolors
Dancers bridge the split
GroundWorks DanceTheater performers have been stretched to work like they’ve never worked before, in creative residencies with experimental choreographer Jill Sigman that have given birth to a world premiere dance.
Apple’s 99-cent TV show idea is no game changer
LOS ANGELES: Apple Inc.’s iTunes store may have revolutionized the music business, but its recent push to let people rent TV shows for 99 cents won’t amount to a game changer for how people watch TV.
