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Alex Christian, senior staff at Camp Manatoc, demonstrates tack welding equipment used in the Skilled Trades Education Program on Monday, June 29, 2026. The new program at Camp Manatoc introduces middle school students to welding, carpentry, plumbing and electrical work years before some area school districts offer career technical education.

Ohio Scouts camp has welding bays, plumbing stations and virtual reality headsets

by Carissa Woytach July 17, 2026July 16, 2026

Dominic Moore-Dunson (left), coproducer, director and choreographer of “The Remember Balloons,” sits next to Theron Brown, composer and music director.

Arts and Culture

Dominic Moore-Dunson and Theron Brown team up for second dance theater production

by Brittany Moseley July 14, 2026July 13, 2026

Stephanie Serna is a co-founder of Museville, a new community art space at 156 W. North St. in Akron's Cascade Valley neighborhood. Museville offers art classes, poetry readings, songwriting workshops and more.

Arts and Culture

At Cascade Valley’s Museville, creativity has space to grow

by Brittany Moseley June 30, 2026July 8, 2026

Fireworks will fill the skies in and around Akron during the July Fourth weekend.

Arts and Culture

Here’s where to see 2026 Akron-area fireworks shows

by Joshua Repp June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Gregg Clark, pit boss at After Hours Barbeque, pulls ribs out of the smoker during the first day of the 2024 Rib, White, and Blue Festival in downtown Akron. After Hours BBQ will be at this year's All-American Burger & BBQ Festival.

Arts and Culture

All-American Burger & BBQ Festival to bring food, music to downtown Akron

by Brittany Moseley June 26, 2026June 26, 2026

Heather Hillenbrand runs a trail in Sand Run Metro Park on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. Hillenbrand got back into running through a local club, Joy Run Club, a free extension of Akron Athletic Club where she has been a member for nearly a year and a half.

Arts and Culture

Run, walk, bike and play your way to being more active in Akron

by Kelsei Scott June 23, 2026June 23, 2026

Dierre Dikaha, left, helps Glenn Williams pack his box full of groceries during the People Feeding People and Freedom BLOC food distribution event Wednesday, June 17 in Akron. Dikaha is from Akron but now lives in Cameroon, Africa,— he and his son were home visiting family. The event is one of several taking place as part of the Juneteenth observance in Akron.

Community Reporting

‘It takes a village.’ Juneteenth food distribution event helps feed West Akron

by Joshua Repp June 19, 2026June 22, 2026

Small white porcelain molds of different heads are displayed in a wooden case.

Arts and Culture

‘Bad company’ and ‘hysteria’: Peg’s Gallery exhibit explores why women were sent to asylums

by Brittany Moseley June 16, 2026June 16, 2026

Dillon Shadie and his mom, Ashley Scrivens-Jenkins, work their lemonade stand at the Akron Urban League's Juneteenth celebration, Stronger Together, on Saturday, June 21 at the Urban League headquarters on Vernon Odom Boulevard.

Arts and Culture

Here’s where to celebrate Juneteenth in and around Akron

by Joshua Repp June 16, 2026June 19, 2026

Flamenco dancers Angelina Ramirez (right) and Carlos Menchaca (left) rehearse their piece "The Spider, The Venom, and the Bitten" at the National Center for Choreography-Akron during a week-long residency in June.

Arts and Culture

NCCAkron celebrates a decade of supporting dancers nationwide

by Brittany Moseley June 9, 2026June 9, 2026

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