Walking into the new Akron Art Museum, one thing is for sure — not only is art displayed in the building, but the building itself is quite a work of art.
Designed by the internationally-renowned architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, the museum incorporates the original Akron Art Museum — the 1899 Building — with a three-part expansion [...]

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Ever since Fiction Plane’s Joe Sumner decided to venture into a career in music, the singer-bassist has been fighting the specter of nepotism.
In fact, as the son of rock star Sting (aka Gordon Sumner), the 30-year-old Sumner has made it his badge of honor to actively downplay anything that remotely resembled a silver spoon to [...]

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AKRON — The art of architecture is gracing the gardens of Stan Hywet this summer and fall. Treemendous Treehouses, an exhibit of 11 eclectic treehouses, is scattered throughout Stan Hywet’s grounds.
The treehouses range from the traditional — “A LEAF’S eye view” is a tree house of any child’s dreams, complete with a balcony and windows [...]

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HINCKLEY TWP. — When hikers get stuck atop Whipp’s Ledges at the Cleveland Metroparks Hinckley Reservation, park rangers easily can surmise what’s happened.
“It’s pretty much cut and dry, the same every time,” Sgt. Mark Hayner, a ranger for seven years, said. “They climb up — and people think they’re experienced climbers — and they figure [...]

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“The year was 1855 and Franklin Pierce was President of the United States. In Mexico there was a dictator named Santa Anna about to be deposed. Florence Nightingale was just another nurse and Charles Dickens had yet to come up with the ideas that would lead to Great Expectations for many … The pope was [...]

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If there was any doubt Maroon 5 would experience any semblance of a sophomore slump, those worries were quickly put aside when the band’s recently released album, “It Won’t Be Soon Before Long,” debuted at No. 1 on the charts. The Los Angeles-based group is getting ready for a busy fall touring schedule, including an [...]

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MEDINA — Many teens are grateful to cash paychecks from their summer employment at local restaurants and area retailers.
Seventeen-year-old Katie Kerns is feeling fortunate to earn a paycheck and also bank an enrichment of fringe benefits gained from her summer job at the Cleveland Clinic.
From June 11 to Aug. 10, Kerns is taking part in [...]

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It’s just so hard for me to resist reading anything with the name “Christie” in the title, as it pertains to Dame Agatha Christie, that is. So, what was I to do when my eyes locked onto author Susan Kandel’s new Cece Caruso novel entitled “Christietown”? I could no more have NOT read it than [...]

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For the past few months, Medina County has finally been able to hear what the rest of the country has been tuning in to.
“We’re a radio station trying to reach people,” said David Pierce, Executive Director of Programming for Air 1 Radio. “We want them to know that there is hope in a God who [...]

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The Medina County Home Cemetery Committee will hold an open house at the Pauper’s Graveyard on Deerview Lane at 10 a.m. on July 21. This interpretive program is designed to give the public an up-close, behind-the-scenes look into the ongoing restoration of one of Medina’s oldest and most forgotten burial grounds. The cemetery is the [...]

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