A look at the people, the businesses and the communities that have made Akron unique. Produced in 2000.
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Now Cuisine takes on ghost kitchens and drone deliveries
At first blush, the Now Cuisine Takeout Station looks like a traditional vending machine, but its guts tell a different story ...
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The Story of Modern Art and Design, Housed in a Suburban Detroit Basement
The storage facility of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, in the unlikely enclave of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is a treasure trove of iconic objects.
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WKND Interview: 'Glamour comes with great contrasts' says creative director of Roberto Cavalli Maison, Fausto Puglisi
The fashion designer and connoisseur speaks to us about why fashion is fuelled by disruption and how his future collections may be inspired by Dubai ...
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Welcome to my home town: Why Norwich is much more than the butt of Alan Partridge-related jokes
In fact, having spent all 18 years of my youth there, I would argue Norwich is more than “fine”. Some are put off by the fact it is literally the end of the line travelling east from London – an ...
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What to do when there’s ‘nothing’ to do…
EVENTS Conscious Alliance hosts Grand Opening of National Distribution Center. 4-6 p.m. Thursday, 3801 Industrial Lane, Broomfield, consciousalliance.org Conscious Alliance, a Colorado-based ...
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Lillias White: Get Yourself Some Happy 2021
Lillias White's (Fela!, The Life) first solo album. "When You Wish Upon a Star," "Accentuate the Positive," "Happy Together," "A Brand New Me," "Put On a Happy Face," "The Twist," "A Little ...
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Reflect - Tom Kitt 2021
Reflect features songs co-written and performed by some of Broadway's biggest stars, including Adrienne Warren, Mandy Gonzalez, Michael McElroy, Jenn Colella, Danny Burstein, Javier Muñoz, Lauren ...
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‘Blindspotting’ the film was about Oakland’s changing face. Its TV sequel gets a fresh perspective of its own.
Jasmine Cephas Jones and Helen Hunt star in "Blindspotting," Starz's spoken-verse musical about gentrification, the justice system and motherhood.
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Solving the Workforce Shortage
It ambitiously encapsulates the history of industry in America’s older cities ... By the 1940s, the Mahoning “Steel Valley” was one of the most productive industrial centers in the world. Akron was ...
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Are the Black Keys Still Underdogs?
They have sold more records than a lot of pop stars who are much more famous than they will ever be, but they’re still another band from Akron ... built up so much creative and social capital ...
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114 Milestones In The History Of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
1961 The first industrial robot, Unimate ... Machine" that “the first ultraintelligent machine is the last invention that man need ever make, provided that the machine is docile enough to ...