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Arts projects in Akron are splitting $743-thousand as part of the latest Knight Arts Challenge Awards. The winning projects were announced Tuesday night.…
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The Akron Art Museum is getting an $8 million gift from the Knight Foundation to add new works and better engage with visitors.The museum plans to bolster…
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A new shopping space in downtown Akron set to open next month is betting big on small businesses.How much space does a new business need? A few hundred…
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The University of Akron is giving its students access to bicycles to use on and off campus free of charge.John MacDonald is the director of student…
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Akron is celebrating its jazz roots this weekend with a second annual Rubber City Jazz Festival. For this week’s Shuffle, WKSU’s Amanda Rabinowitz looks…
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is giving the Downtown Akron Partnership $1.5 million to help make the city’s center more vibrant by making it…
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Hundreds of people walked and biked around parts of southern Akron yesterday as part of the city’s second “Open Streets” event.The event closed several…
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The city of Akron and Tuesday Musical want to help the city relax using classical music. WKSU’s Phil de Oliveira reports on a new initiative to bring live…
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An Akron theatre company will premiere a series of vaudeville performances in September thanks to a Knight Foundation grant.Wandering Aesthetics has…
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Akron has gotten $5 million to connect public spaces along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail. but as WKSU’sKabirBhatia reports, how to accomplish that…