ArtsinStark announces WONDER: Canton Light Festival coming to downtown Canton in April
Free, family event will feature immersive and interactive light displays that will brighten the sky and amaze visitors ArtsinStark, Stark County’s Arts Council, in partnership with Visit Canton, is pleased to announce WONDER: Canton Light Festival 2022, to be held every Friday and Saturday evening in April. The family-friendly outdoor event is free and open […]
News Release: MassMu’s 2022 NEA Big Read Kicks Off April 2
The Massillon Museum will launch this year’s NEA Big Read on Saturday, April 2, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., with a free event. The public is invited to visit the Museum to pick up a free copy of this year’s book selection, An American Sunrise, by Muscogee author Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate. The Massillon Public Library, MassMu’s leading partner […]
Kent State University at Stark turns 75; celebrates 30th season of storied Featured Speakers Series
Kent State University at Stark is kicking off its 75th-anniversary celebration with a lineup of notable speakers headlining the 30th season of the campus’ storied Featured Speakers Series. These household names range from Elizabeth Smart, the child abduction survivor and present-day advocate; Erin Brockovich, the brash legal clerk turned environmental powerhouse; and Maxwell King, a major […]
Canton’s Historic Ridgewood Neighborhood To Host its First Artists’ Showcase & Sale
It’s a day-long celebration of the arts and artists in the creative and unique Canton neighborhood of Historic Ridgewood. More than 20 artists and entertainers will be displaying and selling original artwork and sharing live performances at locations throughout the neighborhood on Saturday, Aug. 28, 10am to 5pm. The event is free and open to […]
Sally Otto Art Gallery Features “Women of Resilience”
The University of Mount Union will host an exhibit featuring women artists to kickoff this year’s schedule. The show, “Women of Resilience,” will be on display in the Sally Otto Art Gallery, August 23-September 29. An artists’ reception will be held September 2 from 4-6 p.m. “Women of Resilience” features the work of 25 female […]
Mount Union’s Margo Miller Work Selected For National Exhibit
Margo Miller, associate professor of art at the University of Mount Union recently had a painting accepted into the Butler Institute of American Art’s 85th National Midyear Art Exhibit in Youngstown, Ohio. Miller’s work, “Wahalla Plateau #1” joins other works from across the country. The Exhibit includes oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, drawings, prints, photographs and […]
The Canton Symphony Orchestra announces the Orchestrating Change Leadership Program Participants
The Canton Symphony is proud to announce Daniel DiMarino of the Cleveland Institute of Music as the 2021-2022 Composer Fellow. Mr. DiMarino will be commissioned to compose a full orchestral work for the Canton Youth Symphony Advanced Orchestra’s May 2021 concert. Throughout the 21-22 season, Mr. DiMarino will work with members of the Canton Symphony […]
Shakespeare at the Castle is back with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
The seventh season of Shakespeare at the Castle (SATC) returns this year and kicks-off with four performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Alliance’s historic Glamorgan Castle, Thursday, August 5 – Sunday, August 8. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Shakespeare’s comic fantasy of four lovers who find themselves bewitched by fairies is a sly reckoning with […]
Get “Unplugged in Umbrella Alley” Saturdays in June
The popular Unplugged in Umbrella Alley returns starting June 5. ArtsinStark and the City of Louisville are partnering to bring live art and music downtown every Saturday night in June. Come downtown from 7-9 P.M. to enjoy multiple musicians spread across Unhitched Brewery, Main Street, and in Umbrella Alley. The alley will also host a […]
The Canton Symphony Orchestra announces the Orchestrating Change Leadership Program Participants
The Canton Symphony Orchestra has announced the students chosen for the pilot Orchestrating Change Leadership Program. The Orchestrating Change Leadership Program has been established to further the mission of the Orchestrating Change podcast by creating programming to realize change within the Canton Symphony and the field of classical music. Selected students will gather virtually Tuesdays […]
