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Your child can experience the magic and art of dance while developing important life skills at Tutu School, opening in October in Strongsville
Becoming a parent changes everything. For Katie and Grant Dettling, it put them on a different career trajectory. As professional dancers, they have traveled the country landing many lead roles in classic and contemporary ballets. Their current role as parents inspired them to open Tutu School in Fairlawn three years ago and now in Strongsville,...
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Mimi and Our Lady of the Cedars present Mary Faktor’s smash-hit comedy The Six Ages of Woman, coming Friday, November 10, to Akron
Mary Faktor’s one-woman show, The Six Ages of Woman, has been a smash-hit here in the Midwest for about as long as The Phantom of the Opera has been on Broadway. Women who first experienced Mary’s side-splitting humor back in the 1980s are now bringing their own grown daughters to see the PG-rated show. And for good reason: Mary’s...
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Filmmakers from around the world will gather to showcase their art at the 14th Annual Chagrin Documentary Film Fest
“It began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So, I began looking at documentary films.” —Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker It’s this passion for documentary filmmaking and the subjects it explores that inspired the creation of...
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Turn your eyes to the skies in several locations at Lake Metroparks to see the fascinating fall migration of the area’s avian species
Have you heard the old joke, “There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot”? True confession, darlings—that’s how Mimi used to feel about the pursuit of birdwatching. But then I read a statistic that upwards of 51 million Americans have taken it up. So, Mimi grabbed her Barbie-pink...
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Horror short film fest haunts Akron
A new horror short film festival to die for has been created by and for Ohio filmmakers, just in time for those looking for a fright during the Halloween season. The first-ever Akron Independent Horror Short Film Festival will screen 20 short films from local filmmakers across two screens at the Akron Civic Theatre on Saturday, September...
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