Directed by Darrell Lee Music, the Stow Symphony Orchestra will perform its annual holiday concert Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. For this performance the Orchestra returns to its original home, the Stow-Munroe Falls High School Auditorium, at 3227 East Graham Road in Stow.   Tickets for the concert, available at the door, are $10 adults and $7 for seniors and students. Children under 12 are free.

Everyone has someone in their life who is difficult to get a gift for…they either have everything or they are bored getting the same old thing for every birthday, anniversary or Christmas. Well, you should have been at the recent Crafty Mart event, which took place the day after Black Friday.   It was the third annual uncommon arts and crafts show in downtown Akron at the We Gallery and Musica. Their tagline was "buying local from the locals." What fun I had in spite of myself.   The first fantastic exhibitor that caught my…

Ready, Set, Serve 5K race: will take place March 31 at 9 a.m. as part of the St. Vincent Parish 175th Anniversary celebration. The race begins and ends in St. Vincent-St. Mary Green Street Stadium with part of the race taking place on the Ohio Erie Canal Towpath along a portion of the Akron Marathon trail.   The event also includes individual runners and three-person relay teams. Race organizers welcome walkers, too. Entry fee is $17.50 per runner (in honor of the 175th Anniversary). Registered runners will receive a tech (dry fit) shirt. Proceeds will…

Episode 10 and finale of season 1 of Web series "The Amerikans" debuts at Summit Artspace May 18   Art+Practice, a cinema site and film development company, announces the release of "Human Paintbrush," episode 10 and the closing installment of the first season of a web series available free online.   "Human Paintbrush" shares the worldview and artwork of Don Matis, a Hudson-based painter inspired by spiritual faith and talent to create original and striking canvases using his own body as an instrument of composition. Matis' life and work challenge our preconceptions about where lines…