Dr. Sketchy details
DetailsThe next session of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. April 9 at The Lounge, 370 Paul Williams St. in downtown Akron. The event will be a tribute to King Kong, featuring...
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Breaking up has always been excruciating, but at least in the old days lovers could split, move on and retain their dignity. Now, in the age of social media, extrication is nearly impossible. The pain...
View ArticleLife in brief — week of March 24
Housekeepers are tipped better than conciergesIf you never tip a concierge when staying at a hotel, you are not alone.According to an online survey of nearly 700 travelers, 55 percent said they never...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: The power of “because I said so”
While working in my secret parenting laboratory, hidden deep beneath the earth’s surface and accessible only by me and a small, select team of associates, I recently made what I believe is a huge and...
View ArticleArnold’s Candies information
Arnold’s CandiesWhere: 931 High Grove Blvd., AkronHours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through FridayPhone: 330-733-4022
View ArticleGuide to happiness
Kathaleen Stevenson, a counselor with Kessler Psychological Services in Hartville, notes that whether single or married, those who are the happiest:• Don’t keep grudges. They forgive easily and wisely,...
View ArticleBest-sellers — Week of March 24
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs. Shape-shifter Mercy Thompson seeks assistance from an unlikely ally when her mate, the Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman, and the rest of his pack are...
View ArticleTeens and parents should learn from Steubenville case about social media, rape
In sentencing two high school football players to juvenile jail terms for raping a drunken girl, Judge Thomas Lipps issued a cautionary note to children and parents, urging them to reconsider “how you...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — week of March 24
First ladies of OhioThe seven women from Ohio all had vastly different capabilities and life experiences that shaped and affected how they dealt with events before, during and after their roles as...
View ArticleBook talk: Cleveland forensic thriller; memoir of addiction
Ex-Ohio forensic scientist pens ‘Blunt Impact’ thriller The pace doesn’t slow in Blunt Impact, fifth in Lisa Black’s Cleveland-set series about Theresa MacLean, a forensic scientist in the Cuyahoga...
View ArticleNews of the Weird: Irony
Oh, the irony: Access deniedDenials of disability allowances in the town of Basildon, England, near London, are handled at the Acorn House courthouse, on the fourth floor, where afflicted people who...
View ArticleHappily married couples believe they are healthier
Many folks are skipping marriage these days, but a new study shows that happily married couples consider themselves healthier than their unmarried peers.A University of Missouri assistant professor...
View ArticleHomemade pasta is on the table in under an hour
If the name Barilla makes you think of a box of spaghetti, you are on the right track.The Barilla family, which founded the multi-national pasta company, in 2003 converted one of its former pasta...
View ArticlePop reviews — Week of March 24
180Palma VioletsThere were lots of whispers and mumbles about Palma Violets before the release of the band’s debut album 180 in home country Great Britain, and quite rightly so.The quartet really is...
View ArticleArnold’s Candies’ new owners find success is sweet
If the Easter Bunny hopped into the quaint showroom at Arnold’s Candies in Ellet, he would drool.Peanut brittle, the company’s signature treat, and puffs in most every color and flavor fill the room...
View ArticleArt meets burlesque at Dr. Sketchy show
I’ve found myself in plenty of awkward situations for the sake of a story. But trying to blend in with people intently studying a barely clad woman has not been among them.Until last week,...
View ArticleHoly Week begins Sunday
Holy Week begins Sunday for the Christian community.In many churches, the week will begin with the waving of palm fronds to re-enact the biblical account of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The...
View ArticleWebsite spotlights E.L. Marting House look-alike
Design similarto 1948 home You can get a good idea of what the E.L. Marting House would have looked like by visiting a website called Making Wright Right, which chronicles the restoration of an almost...
View ArticleWest Akron woman recalls Wright house that never was
One of the most intriguing houses in the Akron area exists only on paper.Frank Lloyd Wright devotees know it as the E.L. Marting House. It was designed by the legendary architect in the 1940s but was...
View ArticleChurch coffeehouse becoming a hot spot in the community
CUYAHOGA FALLS: The cozy coffeehouse nestled inside Northampton United Methodist Church is intended to be more than a place that serves a good cup of coffee. “When people walk through the door, we...
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