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METRO: Think Outside the BusS2 Ep7 TOTB ArtsNow Nicole MulletJoin us for a chat about the arts in our area with Nicole Mullet, Executive Director of ArtsNow. From fiber art dragons, collaging, writing, and safe, vibrant public spaces this week's episode tackles all the artful topics. Perfection in your art or just enjoy the process? Do you journal? Nicole is ready to have her journals locked down and Tatia and Molly are on the case. Akron and the surrounding areas are hoppin' and poppin' with all kinds of art and ArtsNow is that connective tissue to making our community more creatively alive. 2025-03-1917 min
Akron PodcastGrant Money Comes to Akron's Small BusinessesGrant Money for Small BusinessesEntrepreneurs and small business owners can visit https://bit.ly/3FfsT8J or call 2-1-1 to make a FEC financial counseling appointment.Shooting at Field House LoungeTwo people in critical condition. Do we blame Boosie?Clean Slate EventSUMMIT COUNTY JUVENILE EXPUNGEMENTCLINICJuvenile records are not automatically sealed at the age of 18.Unless sealed, juvenile records may appear on background checksfor employment or housing.MARCH 15, 20259 AM - 12 PM...2025-03-1012 min
Dreamers, Drivers, DoersEp. 11 - Exploring Akron’s Art and Culture with Nicole MulletThe Dreamers, Drivers & Doers features Nicole Mullet, Executive Director of ArtsNow. The organization leverages the arts and culture sector in Summit County to support and strengthen the region's economic and social vibrancy. Steve and Nicole discuss some exciting things happening in the arts & culture community, including the culture plan.2024-03-2727 min
Akron Roundtable PodcastNicole Mullet, Executive Director, ArtsNow: State of the ArtsPresentation: A first for Greater Akron's Future: Beginning in 2019—for the first time in its history—our communities engaged in a cultural planning process with goals to strengthen our region, advance our cultural diversity, increase our opportunities to create culture, and provide vibrant experiences for all of us. We know that diverse opportunities to experience arts, culture, and the environment are the keys to creating a vibrant and prosperous community. Join Akron Roundtable as ArtsNow shares an update on the work inspired by the cultural plan and its role in attracting and retaining talent, engaging our kids and helping them to s...2021-09-0552 min
Inside the Dancer's StudioDon't Dance In Your Head, Dance Out In The World – Dominic Moore-DunsonIn this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Akron Ohio based choreographer, Dominic Moore-Dunson. Moore-Dunson's recognitions and fellowships include the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize, MOCA Cleveland’s “New Agent” award, Jacob’s Pillow Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship, the Devil Strip Magazine’s 2018 Breakout Artist, National Arts Strategies (NAS) Creative Community Fellowship, and others. His large-scale community-based dance theatre project called The ‘Black Card’ Project premiered in September 2018 and is currently in its second iteration. EPISODE LINKSdommooredun.comArticle about The Black Card Projectideastream.org/news/akron-firestone-grad-dominic-moore-dunson-stages-the-black-card-projectARTIST BIODominic Mo...2021-07-0229 min
Better Divorce PodcastEp. 31 Megan Schaeffer: How Art and Community Can Save Us From Feeling Lost and DisconnectedMegan is a lover of art and community. She is the director of The Art Farm at Serenbe and is dedicated to bringing art to everyone in all of its forms to share its beauty and healing qualities.
Join Paulette and Megan for this candid chat as they discuss the healing aspects of art and how important it is to the community.
Megan Schaeffer is the Art Farm Director at Serenbe. After receiving a BA in Arts Management from the College of Charleston, Schaeffer completed the Sotheby's Institute of Fine Art intensive program on Gallery Ma...2019-11-0646 min
Gimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowEpisode 6 – Life’s A ShowIf “All the World’s a Stage”, then “Life’s a Show” in the theatre world of Akron. So this was a crazy episode to make. You should have heard this episode back in the fall. However, right as I was finishing up the episode – due to some technical difficulties – all of the audio I […]
The post Episode 6 – Life’s A Show first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-12-0723 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowEpisode 5 – Diving Into the Unkown with Gretchen PleussMusician and producer, Gretchen Pleuss, shares the making of “The Unknown” from her album From Birth, To Breath, To Bone. I moved to Akron in 2015 and started diving into the music scene. I ran across singer-songwriter Gretchen Pleuss (pronounced like “Plus”) and instantly fell in love with her music. Shortly thereafter, Gretchen released her […]
The post Episode 5 – Diving Into the Unkown with Gretchen Pleuss first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-11-2218 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowMini 3 – Bobble Addicts’ BobbleconBobblehead collecting is serious business. When I received an email inviting me to the Bobblecon kick-off event, my first thought was, “I’ve got to see this.” So I headed to the Hibernian club in Akron, on Main Street. Bobblecon is the creation of Pedro Avalos and is one of the events he coordinates along with […]
The post Mini 3 – Bobble Addicts’ Bobblecon first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-11-0811 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowEpisode 4 – Let Me See You 1-2 StepI refuse to be intimidated by dance performances anymore! I figured the best way to get over being intimidated by dance was to reach out to some people who were better acquainted with the art form to help me enhance my understanding of it. So I got Christy Bolingbroke of the National Center for Choreography […]
The post Episode 4 – Let Me See You 1-2 Step first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-10-2532 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowMini 2 – The Northern Cheyenne NationTFW new friends from the Northern Cheyenne Nation come to visit Akron and lead a parade! That’s exactly what happened Monday, Oct 9. Students from the Northern Cheyenne Nation gathered with students from the Lippman School and Portage Path CLC. Then with the help of drummers and singers from the Northern Cheyenne Nation, they danced […]
The post Mini 2 – The Northern Cheyenne Nation first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-10-1207 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowMini 1 – The Sheep of Mutton HillHey everybody! This isn’t a full on episode. This is just a fun little bonus for our listeners. I was recently hanging out with Leianne Heppner at the Summit County Historical Society and it happened to be feeding time for the sheep at Mutton Hill. So of course I broke out my recorder to get […]
The post Mini 1 – The Sheep of Mutton Hill first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-09-1507 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowEpisode 3 – Let There Be LightCan you believe we made it to episode 3? In this episode we talk with Linda Conrad of Stan Hywet and Philippe Bergeron of Paintscaping to hear about Stan Hywet’s LightNights 3D mapping and projection show. Then we reach out to Marc Schwartz to learn about Detroit’s “Dlectricity” light art festival. And lastly we briefly […]
The post Episode 3 – Let There Be Light first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-09-0833 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowBehind the Scenes of “Gimme ArtsNow:” The Rialto TheatreJust before Roger and I put out the first episode of “Gimme ArtsNow,” we sat down to consider what we’d do the second episode on. While we were brainstorming, Roger showed me an interview he had done with a local musician named Eriq Troi. Well, it wasn’t so much of an interview as a dissection […]
The post Behind the Scenes of “Gimme ArtsNow:” The Rialto Theatre first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-09-0632 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowEpisode 2 – That’s my Jam!Welcome to the second episode of “Gimme ArtsNow,” an arts and culture podcast produced by ArtsNow’s EXL Center intern Logan Lane and Roger Riddle where we talk to artists, art venues, and art patrons find what they’re creating, how they’re engaging their communities, and what draws them to art in the first place. This episode […]
The post Episode 2 – That’s my Jam! first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-08-2332 min
Gimme ArtsNow – ArtsNowEpisode 2 – That's my Jam!Welcome to the second episode of “Gimme ArtsNow,” an arts and culture podcast produced by ArtsNow’s EXL Center intern Logan Lane and Roger Riddle where we talk to artists, art venues, and art patrons find what they’re creating, how they’re engaging their communities, and what draws them to art in the first place. This episode […]2017-08-2332 minGimme ArtsNow | ArtsNowEpisode 1 – Akron Is LitWell, here we are! We have arrived at the very first episode of the “Gimme Arts Now” podcast. Logan Lane, ArtsNow’s EXL Center intern, has been chronicling the development of the series in our blog as he works Roger Riddle to bring you all the cool cultural happenings going on around Summit County. In the upcoming […]
The post Episode 1 – Akron Is Lit first appeared on ArtsNow.2017-08-0925 minGimme ArtsNow – ArtsNowEpisode 1 – Akron Is LitWell, here we are! We have arrived at the very first episode of the “Gimme Arts Now” podcast. Logan Lane, ArtsNow’s EXL Center intern, has been chronicling the development of the series in our blog as he works Roger Riddle to bring you all the cool cultural happenings going on around Summit County. In the upcoming […]2017-08-0925 min
Lousy Weather Media: The Main ShowMain Show EPISODE 203: Roger RiddleWe're Akro-preneurs this week with hosts Sean, Paul, Bob, Josey & Slim joined in studio by Writer/DJ/Podcaster Roger Riddle to discuss being a transplant to the Akron Art community, his work on the Akro-preneurs podcast and ArtsNow, and his life growing up in Detroit, to Georgia and finally to Akron. Plus! Sean accosted our guest Roger outside, and Sean "loves" history.
This weeks topics include: Sean wanting to be a Pizza driver, Bob doesn't share chocolate milk, Hip-hop in the third segment.
This episode is sponsored by: 9AM Nonsense and Toad Sage Skateboarding and...2017-08-092h 27
Spoils of Akron PodcastEp. 51 - When Arts Collide
Liz and Chris catch up after their busy Akron weekends before welcoming Matt Weiss and Molly Hartong, founders of the Collide arts initiative in Cuyahoga Falls. Collide was inspired by the growing Akron arts scene, and they celebrated a successful spoken word and art event last Friday. Collide also is the result of the growing presence of ArtsNow in Summit County.
(Collide's FB: https://www.facebook.com/CollideCF/info/?tab=page_info) 2016-04-051h 03Spoils of Akron PodcastEp. 37 - Mullet, She WroteIn this very special episode of SOAP, Chris & Cody get the opportunity to sit down with local community organizer, and friend, Nicole Mullet. Nicole is the Executive Director of ArtsNow, and she dishes out all of the info you need to know about this super cool platform for arts and culture in Akron. Make sure you follow Nicole on the twitter, the facebook, and the instagram--but not the snapchat!2015-12-0153 min