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REGULARS 3 Five Qs Five questions Little Chicago Clothing Co. founders 4 On the Beat MARTI JONES’ LATEST Local singer looking for opportunity after Aerosmith experience An exhibition of new oil paintings by Canton’s Marti Jones, including this self-portrait, will open from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday at Journey Art Gallery at 431 Fourth St. NW in downtown Canton. Jones, also known as a vocalist, will be in attendance. 6 Grub Kate’s Place is first-rate dining experience in Louisville ON THE COVER JUST ANNOUNCED Brian Setzer Orchestra The Babys, Nov. 14, 8:30 p.m., (Christmas Rocks Tour), Nov. 20, Tangier, Akron, $25 at $40 at THINGS TO DO 5 $75, $52.50, $44.50, on sale 10 330-376-7171. a.m. Friday at Ticketmaster. George Winston, Dec. 6, 8 WEEKEND GUIDE 17-21 Katt Williams, Oct. 10, p.m., The Kent Stage, Kent, $40 MOVIE LISTINGS 20 7:30p.m., Akron Civic Theatre, gold circle, $25 reserved, ar THE SCOOP 21 $99.50, $79.50, $59 and $47, on www.thekentstage.com. #TICKETTALKS 23 sale 10 a.m. Friday at 330-253- Crystal Bowersox, Nov. 7, 8 2488. p.m., The Kent Stage, Kent, $20 Jeffrey Osborne, Oct. 2, 8:30 at www.kentstage. CONTACT TICKET p.m., and Oct. 3, 7 and 9 p.m., Sam Bush, Oct. 16, 8 p.m., Dan Kane, Repository Entertainment Editor @DKaneREP Tangier, Akron, $45 to $65 at The Kent Stage, Kent, $30 at LISTENING TO: Blush, “Teething” [email protected] PUBLICITY PHOTO 330-376-7171. www.kentstage B.J. Lisko, Repository Ticket Designer, Staff Writer @BLiskoREP Anna Gallucci, April Deming and Vanilla Fudge with Paul I Brian Setzer Saul Williams, Oct. 1, 8 p.m., Red Sun Rising, “Polyester Zeal” [email protected] Justin Edenhofer of “Picnic” Fayrewether, Oct. 11, 7 p.m., The Kent Stage, Kent, $21 at NEXT WEEK Tangier, Akron, $35 to $45 at 330-376-7171. www.kentstage Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam, Oct. 17, Tangier, Street Corner Symphony, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., KICK IT WITH TICKET ONLINE Rusted Root, “Jeckyll and Akron, $45 to $65 at 330-376-7171. Musica, Akron, $15 at Ticketweb.com. Hyde,” Loverboy, Blu Comedy Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., Lovedrug, Nov. 25, 9 p.m., Musica, Akron, facebook.com/tickettalks @TICKETTALKS @TICKETTALKS Night and more! Tangier, Akron, $25 to $40 at 330-376-7171. $10 at Ticketweb.com.

2 G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G #TICKETTALKS — Five Qs — Canton pride fuels T-shirt business Greg and Amy Eiber feature local flair with Little Chicago Clothing Co.

BY DAN KANE REPOSITORY BOB ROSSITER Repository entertainment editor “We want to be the billboard I Amy and Greg Eiber launched Little Chicago Clothing for Canton, Ohio,” Greg Eiber Co. in November. The store’s T-shirts focus on Canton said about Little Chicago Cloth- and favorite local spots, Stark County and Ohio. ing Co., the local T-shirt compa- ny he launched in November with his wife, Amy. Greg Eiber, a 1994 Canton South High School graduate, and Amy, an Akron native, do their own design work and screen-print the shirts them- selves at home. Their images — about 30 so far — focus on Can- ton and favorite local spots, Stark County and Ohio. The T-shirts run $22 to $27, and may be viewed and purchased at www.littlechicago- clothing.com. Additionally, Little Chicago shirts are available at the Mainstream Boutique in North Canton and Marshall’s Antique Warehouse in Canton. Little Chicago Clothing Co. will have a booth at the Deli Ohio Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in downtown Canton.

1. What made you decide to launch a T-shirt business now? Amy: “Akron has a couple of companies that design promoting Canton? ley, Cuyahoga Valley.” rigid and that’s not what we T-shirts, there are companies for Amy: “Little Chicago was the Greg: “The T-shirts that are wanted to do. We researched a Columbus and Cleveland, and nickname for Canton back in really selling well for the ladies lot of different brands, styles and there was nothing for Canton. Prohibition days. It’s about are the ones with arrows on colors and we washed the heck We figure this is our home, we’re halfway between Chicago and them. Another is our Stark out of them. Our shirts are more not going anywhere and we’re New York City and it was a fre- County Lover design, which has of a vintage type, softer and excited about the rebirth of Can- quent stop for mobsters. We a silhouette of Ohio with all the more comfy. They feel like ton. There was nothing cool out wanted to pay homage to that counties and Stark County is a they’ve been broken in.” there, especially for women, to part of Canton history.” heart. We’re going to keep com- show off community pride.” ing up with new designs con- 5. What are your Greg: “Every time someone 3. What are some stantly. What we have right now, day jobs? puts on one of our T-shirts, of your popular T- we might not have next year.” Amy: “We’re both they’re advertising Stark County. shirt designs? teachers for Canton This is about loving this commu- Amy: “The Mother 4. What kind of Local. He teaches nity. We want to have partner- Gooseland shirt is shirts do you use? seventh- and eighth- ships with local artists and busi- easily one of our Amy: “Most of our grade social studies and I teach nesses downtown. We’re build- most popular designs. We have a shirts are American visual arts, grades five to eight. ing our brand. We’re not just Fawcett Stadium design, since Apparel brand. Our Our big goal over summer vaca- screen-printers, but we’re cer- that (name) is now history. We main focus is we tion was to print more inventory. tainly open to things we can do have a Hall of Fame City design want them to look nice, be flat- “We’ve been really busy — a for charitable causes.” inspired by Canton and football. tering to different body types, good problem to have!” We have a script Canton. There’s wear well and hold the print.” 2. Why did you a recent one that says The Valley Greg: “We want great designs Reach Dan at 330-580-8306 or I Pictured are a few T-shirt designs name it Little Chica- because there are so many val- but we want comfortable shirts, [email protected]. go if it’s all about leys — Tusky Valley, Sandy Val- too. A lot of them are thick and On Twitter: @DKaneREP from Little Chicago Clothing Co.

#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 3 ON THE BEAT Local singer has ‘Rock Star’ moment Galchick looking for break after incredible story, performance at Aerosmith show

he movie “Rock Star” was loosely based on the story of Akron-na- JESSE GALCHICK LIVE tive Tim “Ripper” Owens and his I Sept. 5 - Royal Docks Brewing Co., Thiring as the singer for metal Canton icons Judas Priest. In the I Sept. 12 - The Barrel Room, North B.J. film, Mark Wahlberg plays LISKO Canton a singer in a tribute band I Oct. 9 - Gallery 121, Massillon who is later hired by the band he’s emulating. In MORE INFO one of the closing scenes, while performing, I View Galchick’s performance at the Aerosmith show at Wahlberg hands the mi- www.facebook.com/tickettalks. crophone to a fan who has bj.lisko I www.facebook.com/jessegalchickfans come to know and emu- @cantonrep.com late him. Massillon’s Jesse Galchick had her own “Rock Star” moment at Aerosmith’s recent “I have a really old soul. concert in Canton. As the band wrapped You put on some Ray up its encore and the smoke bombs began to clear, the 21-year-old singer/songwriter Charles or Elvis or Johnny and her manager did something bold. Cash in front of me I’ll As Aerosmith was set to take its final bows, Galchick’s manager Steve Green listen to it all day long.” turned to her and said, “Are you ready?” Green got the pair front-row tickets after discovering meet-and-greet tickets JESSE GALCHICK had sold out. They had hoped to use the brief meeting for Galchick to showcase been playing guitar and writing songs her voice to the band. now for about nine years.” Instead, along with the tickets, Green Galchick grew up in Beloit before mov- also had a T-shirt made that said, “This is ing to Massillon. The 2012 Massillon Janis Joplin” on the front and “One Washington High School graduate discov- Minute Please” on the back. ered she had an ear for classic rock ‘n’ roll, The shirt landed at the feet of Aero- blues and country at an early age. smith singer Steven Tyler. “I was the type of kid that was the weird “The smoke was coming toward us,” kid that listened to all the older music,” Galchick recalled. “It was like a movie. We she said. “I have a really old soul. You put knew what we were gonna do, but we did- on some Ray Charles or Elvis or Johnny n’t know what was going to happen. But Cash in front of me I’ll listen to it all day we knew this was our only chance to be long.” right in front of Steven Tyler.” Galchick has gigged around the North- The Aerosmith frontman picked up the east Ohio area and beyond fairly steadily. shirt. Confused at first, Tyler began belt- She’s got a host of local performances on ing out the opening lines to Janis Joplin’s tap, and she’s an opening act for Trace Ad- masterpiece “Mercedes Benz.” Once the kins on Aug. 29 in Ionia, Michigan. She’s crowd around Galchick started chanting, also performed in Nashville, where she “Let her sing,” Tyler understood the re- won a local talent contest and even per- quest. formed for band members of country star “He finds me, looks at me and flips the Eric Church. microphone into my face,” Galchick said. “The ultimate goal is just to share my “So I started singing.” music with the world,” she said. “I remem- PUBLICITY PHOTO A big smile crossed Tyler’s face, and ber growing up going through all these Green caught the entire interaction on I Massillon singer/songwriter Jesse Galchick hopes her incredible experience at Aerosmith’s recent different emotions and music helped me. I camera. Tyler flashed a stunned look to concert affords her new opportunities in Nashville. connected with music so much, I want to the rest of the band, which was equally as be able to do that for somebody else. I just impressed. artist. Since then, Galchick and represen- now, so I don’t want to say anything defi- want to be an inspiration to people for the “It was one of those crazy moments,” tatives for the band have been in contact. nite.” way other people were for me.” Galchick said. She’s hoping to finalize plans to start Regardless, just from the few moments Right now, it certainly seems Galchick It gets crazier. working soon with the band or its man- Galchick sang at the Aerosmith show (the is on the path to do just that. After securing contact information for agement in Nashville. video is posted on YouTube), it’s clear she’s the band, Green got in touch and told the “Nothing is concrete yet,” Galchick said. had a past and future in music. Reach B.J. at 330-580-8314 or [email protected] group much more about his aspiring “We’re trying to get the plans set in stone “I’ve always been singing,” she said. “I’ve On Twitter: @BLiskoREP

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SATURDAY STANLEY IN PHILLY 8.29 Michael Stanley & the Resonators will appear in concert Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the STARTING Performing Arts Center at Kent State Tuscarawas in New Philadelphia. Tickets, $29 Performing Arts Center, New Philadelphia to $63, may be ordered at www.kent.edu/tusc/pac and 330-308-6400. THEATRICAL MURDER MYSTERY 8.21 SALT Box Ministries Two furious leading actresses, an egotistical leading actor, a turbulent Broadway Canal Fulton opening and a mysterious death are part of the intrigue in “Closing Night,” a murder-mystery play by Craig May. This Canal Fulton Players production will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Aug. 28 and 29 at SALT Box Ministries at 408 W. Market St. in Canal Fulton. Tickets, $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and children, may be ordered at 330-494-1022.

THRU 9.16 The Canton Club Canton SUNDAY PHOTO JOE ALBERT HIGH ABOVE CANTON 8.23 The Canton Club, on the 12th floor of the Chase Tower at 101 Central Plaza S in downtown Canton, is Ink & Destroy offering rooftop patio parties from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Wednesday through Sept. 16. Partygoers can Jackson Township enjoy live music, and may purchase grilled foods, wine, beer and cocktails. Admission is free. FAREWELL TO ASHLEY Local artist Ashley Villers is relocating to Texas, and will have a farewell art show from noon to 5 p.m. SATURDAY Sunday at Ink & Destroy Tattoo Studio at 5856 8.22 Fulton Drive NW in Jackson Township. On sale will be Passion Blues SATURDAY NIGHT BLUES Canton original artwork, prints and merchandise, including The Akron-based trio Memphis Cradle, whose latest album is titled “Love, Lies, playing card decks. Burning,” will perform from 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday at Passion Blues at 1212 Walnut Ave. NE in Canton.

#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 5 GRUB #tickettalks KATE’S PLACE: FIRST- RATE DINING IN LOUISVILLE BY DAN KANE Repository entertainment editor KATE’S PLACE ife rarely takes me to downtown Louisville, so 108 East Main St., Louisville 330-875-1877 I knew nothing of a I Hours: 4 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, L restaurant that opened Wednesday and Thursday; 4 to there last fall Dan 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; called Kate’s KANE closed Sunday and Monday. Place. Full bar service REPOSITORY DAN KANE An avid reader I Prices: Tomato bisque, of my reviews $3.99/cup; bruschetta, $5.99; I The Salmon named Barb mezze platter with hummus, Pompadour with emailed to rec- pita and olives, $5.99; iceberg yellow squash ommend that I wedge salad with bleu cheese, bacon and egg, $7.99; grilled- and parmesan- pay Kate’s a visit. dan.kane cheese sandwich with tomato herb risotto She and her hus- @cantonrep.com jam and bacon and redskin (above) and the band love the wedges, $8.99; grilled mahi steak au poivre place and its homemade food, sandwich with redskin wedges, with peppercorn and she wrote, “but for whatever $11.99; strip steak with garlic brandy demi- reason, they don’t seem to be butter and two sides, $16.99; catching on.” A review might French cut pork chop with glace, cherry help, she suggested. portabella brodo, red onion tomatoes, arugula Hopefully this one will. I marmalade and two sides, and roasted dined at Kate’s Place on Tuesday $16.99. redskins. I Ratings (1-poor, 2-fair, 3- night and it fully lived up to good, 4-very good, 5- Barb’s description. While an up- outstanding): scale restaurant might be a Food: 4.5 shade ambitious for a down- Service: 4 Value: 4 SEE GRUB PAGE 7 ##################################### # # # # # “THE CONTRALTOS” # # A MURDER MYSTERY # # AUGUST 22, 2015 # # # $ 00 Doors Open # Per at 7:00 pm # # 32 Person # # Includes Dinner & Live Show # # Call for # # reservations 330-575-7431 # # # # # # # # Meyer’s Lake Ballroom #5962770827 # 3218 Parkway Drive NW, Canton # #####################################

6 G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G #TICKETTALKS dinners I’ve had this year. The GRUB generous filet of mild Norwe- “I’m still thinking CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 gian salmon was poached in about our delicious Italian dressing with diced town with multiple unoccupied tomatoes and dill, which served entrees, both storefronts, this place deserves as the fish’s garnish. The parme- to succeed. san and herb risotto was exquis- carefully prepared Kate’s Place, billed as a Wine itely cheesy, and the sliced yel- Bar & Eatery, has good curb ap- low squash was a fresh seasonal and handsomely peal, and the interior has a nice, complement. plated, and wishing clean look with dark woods, a The steak au-poivre entree row of booths and a long bar, ($15.99) was two medallions of there were leftovers and suspended light fixtures. beef shoulder tenderloin that Our server, Johnna, was wel- had been grilled to perfection — ... one of the finest coming, knowledgeable and en- tender, juicy, pink and medium dinners I’ve had thusiastic about the menu, and as ordered — and the green pep- prompt with everything. percorn and brandy demi-glace this year.” A warm loaf of herbed bread enhanced the meat’s flavor. with dipping sauce was deliv- The two sides we chose, crispy ered shortly after my friend and roasted redskin potato wedges fruit crisps and cobblers served I sat down. The appetizer we and creamy coleslaw, were with vanilla bean ice cream, and chose — two sauteed Hungari- pleasing. peach creme brulee with a an peppers stuffed with hot Ital- Chef Megan Lewton, an East blackberry and sage compote. ian sausage, ricotta, mozarella Canton native, said, “We’re try- Next visit, I’ll need to save and parmesan cheeses, topped ing to do upscale dining at an room. with shredded parmesan and affordable cost, with the same Kate’s Place, whose previous fresh parsley atop housemade feel as some of the Belden Vil- tenant was a bar-restaurant arriabiata sauce ($6.99) — was lage restaurants but in a smaller, called Floyd’s, is owned by Tim flavor-packed with agreeable local setting.” Kate’s Place uses Shannon of Cuyahoga Falls. A heat. all fresh produce and meats, she Repository coworker, I learned, I’m still thinking about our said. There are nightly dinner has dined at Kate’s Place several delicious entrees, each carefully specials. times and shares my enthusiasm prepared and handsomely plat- Lewton spoke with special for the cuisine. ed, and wishing there were left- pride about the revolving menu Reach Dan at 330-580-8306 or overs. The Salmon Pompadour of housemade desserts, which [email protected]. ($16.99) was one of the finest include a molten chocolate cake, On Twitter: @dkaneREP I Kate’s Place is located at 108 E. Main St. in downtown Louisville.

#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 7 PUBLICITY PHOTO “It’s a great American play that is rarely done.” I “Picnic” begins ON STAGE Friday at the Black #tickettalks CRAIG JOSEPH, DIRECTOR, ‘PICNIC’ Box Theatre at GlenOak High School.

BY DAN KANE Black Box Theatre at GlenOak wrote “Bus Stop” and “Come with Alan (played by Tim Car- Repository entertainment editor High School. Back, Little Sheba,” was a con- many) who treats her like a Chi- handsome drifter “The small space is going to LIVE THEATER temporary of Tennessee na doll to be displayed,” she on a stage near you shows up in a make the experience more ful- Williams and Arthur Miller. said. “Hal is this roustabout who filling,” said Justin Edenhofer, WHAT: “Picnic” by “I think the challenge with rolls into town. What attracts small Kansas William Inge. who plays the drifter, Hal. WHEN: Through Aug. 30, this play, as with all of Inge, is Madge to him is that he sees town on Labor “You’ll be able to feel the energy at 8 p.m. Friday and the language. At times, if not through her beauty and tries to A of the entrances and the exits played right, it can veer toward get to know her as a person. Day weekend, lures the Saturday, and 2 p.m. prettiest girl in town away and the head to heads between Sunday. melodrama. His characters They bare their souls to each the characters. It’s going to WHERE: Black Box pretty much say exactly what other.” from her wealthy make for an all-encompassing Theatre, GlenOak High they’re feeling, so in that respect Edenhofer, a Malone Univer- boyfriend and generally experience.” School, 1801 Schneider St. (‘Picnic’) is a distinctively Mid- sity graduate who performs with raises the heat on an al- Craig Joseph, who has direct- NE, Plain Township. western play. These characters the improv-comedy troupe ed memorable productions of TICKETS: $16 for adults, are who they are, and they want Scared Scriptless, said, “I con- ready sticky Indian sum- “Hairspray,” “The Elephant $12 for students, at what they want.” nect with Hal and his quest to www.translationsart.com. mer. Man” and “God of Carnage” at Anna Gallucci, a Kent State find belonging and where he fits William Inge’s 1953 Pulitzer the Players Guild, is directing University student, plays in. He’s kind of your everman Prize-winning play “Picnic,” de- “Picnic,” a collaboration between “It’s a great American play Madge, the girl who falls for character. He’s not really the scribed above, will come to life his own Seat of the Pants Pro- that is rarely done,” Joseph said Hal. “Madge is 18 and just out of hero but he helps shape and this weekend and next in an in- ductions and Plain Local Com- about “Picnic,” noting that play- high school,” she said. “At the timate setting — the 92-seat munity Center for the Arts. wright William Inge, who also beginning of the show, she is SEE PICNIC PAGE 9

8 G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G #TICKETTALKS PUBLICITY PHOTO I In this scene from “Picnic” are cast members (from left) Justin Edenhofer, Kathy J. Boyd, Natalie Welch, April Deming, Anna Gallucci and Tim Carmany.

him,” Deming said. “Madge has and somebody in that room is in sion production of “Picnic” at in two corners of the square PICNIC been dating the son of the charge and somebody in that age 11, said, “The play has room, and the playing space like CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 wealthy family in town, which room is a newcomer.” meant more to me as I’ve gotten an alley in between. thrills Flo.” “I feel like a lot of people can older. “The play is so much about maneuver the flow of the ac- While she describes “Picnic” relate to it,” Gallucci said about “It’s about how we all yearn community, and I think it will tion.” as “an old chestnut,” Deming the “Picnic” storyline. for love and to be known, and be intriguing to see the audience April Deming plays Madge’s said, “I think it’s an accurate “There’s always that push and the push and pull we go through sitting across from you. Every- mother, Flo, who is “pretty wor- portrayal of the choices single pull of making a first impression as human beings to let somone body will feel like the fabric of ried about Madge finding a sta- women had after the war, when vs. wanting to be known for in on who we are.” this small town.” ble, monied husband. She is men were a scarcity, and the what’s actually beneath the sur- The director is staging “Pic- Reach Dan at 330-580-8306 or desperate to keep Hal and women’s social hierarchy. Be- face.” nic” in an innovative way, with [email protected]. Madge apart and to discredit lieve me, we all have our clubs, Joseph, who first saw a televi- the audience seated diagonally On Twitter: @dkaneREP ULTIMATE BROADWAY: BROADWAYS GREATEST HITS!

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#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 9 BY B.J. LISKO Repository staff writer COMEDY rian Kenny is only #tickettalks four years into the standup comedy Bgame, but he certainly doesn’t come off as a comic still finding his footing. It’s a trait he puts down to his Cleveland background. “I can find a 10-minute set pretty much any night of the week if I want to go practice,” Kenny said. “In New York or L.A., you go to an open mic or a comedy club, and you sit there with 50 other comics for maybe like three minutes of time. I feel like being from here has allowed me to grow faster.” ON STAGE live comedy WHO: Brian Kenny, John Burton, Joe McCormick, Robert Williams, Matt Brady WHEN: 8 p.m., Aug. 27 WHERE: The Empire Concert Club, 1305 East Tallmadge Ave., Akron TICKETS: $10 ON TWITTER: @IamBrianKenny

Kenny has already shared the stage with comedic heavy- weights such as Dave Attel, Dom Irrera and Norm Macdonald, and he’s now getting the chance to headline his own nights in Northeast Ohio. Kenny tops the bill at the Empire Concert Club in Akron on Aug. 27. Kenny got his start in comedy toward the end of his time in college. “I’ve known I’ve wanted to do it since the sixth grade, but it didn’t seem like it was anything attainable until I was almost done with college. That’s when I decided to give standup a try.” Influenced by the likes of Bri- an Regan, Kevin James, Louis C.K., Jim Jefferies and Bill Burr, Kenny’s comedy is quick-witted, sharp and biting. He’s also a fun storyteller. The thing that’s shaping his comedy most, how- ever, is simply stage time. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RUSTIN MCCANN “Those guys, you see the way I Comedian Brian Kenny will they command the stage, and it’s perform Aug. 27 at The Empire pretty awesome,” Kenny said. Concert Club in Akron. “Opening for guys like that, they SEE KENNY PAGE 11 10 G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G #TICKETTALKS KENNY “I feel like PHOTO COURTESY OF RUSTIN MCCANN CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 I Comedian Brian Kenny is part of the being from Accidental Comedy group — a collection can give you little tips, but the of Cleveland standups who regularly biggest thing all of them will tell (Cleveland) curate shows in Northeast Ohio.. you is that you just have to do it. has allowed You have to put the time in. That’s the biggest thing.” me to grow Kenny certainly stays busy in and around Cleveland. He’s cur- faster.” rently working on the finishing touches of his set in hopes of soon recording and releasing his BRIAN KENNY first comedy album, and the city’s comedy clubs along with a handful of secondary venues al- low ample room for a comedian to grow. Kenny is also part of the Acci- dental Comedy group, a collection of Cleveland comics who regularly curate shows in North- east Ohio. “We work real hard and put on some good shows,” Kenny said. Accidental Comedy will hold its fourth-annual festival Sept. 11 to 13 at Mahall’s in Lakewood. thing to get excited about. when Accidental Comedy utes to not just Cleveland about every kind of (standup) “It’s to showcase Cleveland as There’s a lot of comics coming in booked under its former not- comics, but the city as a whole. show there is in the comedy a comedy city to the outsiders,” that are pretty much on the cusp safe-for-print title. “We’re more of a hard-nosed world, and I have Cleveland to Kenny said. “The goal is not just of blowing up.” “Everybody has more of a type of people,” he said. “We get thank for that.” to further ourselves, but to bring Amy Schumer and Hannibal mindset of growing the Cleve- each other. It’s just an overall Reach B.J. at 330-580-8314 or something to Northeast Ohio Burris were two recent examples land comedy scene,” Kenny said. toughness. It’s not easy to shake [email protected] that is really unique and some- of comics who came through It’s an ethic that Kenny attrib- me anymore. I’ve done just On Twitter: @BLiskoREP Some call it “A Taste of Heaven”... THE BEST IN BLUES We Call it Dance, Dine & Drink with Passion “The Turkey Salad Croissant”

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#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 11 MUSIC #tickettalks PUBLICITY PHOTO I Red Sun Rising is (from left) Tyler Valendza, Ryan Williams, Mike Protich and Ricky Miller.

BY B.J. LISKO definitely changed from Repository staff writer when I was a kid, and n an ever-changing rock ’n’ there aren’t a lot of roll climate, Akron band those ‘big hero’ sort of Red Sun Rising isn’t much bands. But we’re al- for sweating the details. The ways staying positive. I Whether old business mod- we get to PHOTOS MATT MOSER els that broke that sta- I Red Sun Rising will many of the dium LIVE MUSIC perform Aug. 29 at coming to a venue near you status, group’s influences the Kent Stage. are almost entirely WHO: Red Sun Rising or if just get to do gone. The days of WHEN: 8 p.m., Aug. 29 this for a living, WHERE: The Kent we’re gonna be slugging it out in Stage, 175 East Main happy.” dives and getting a Street, Kent TICKETS: $12 to $15 at Red Sun Ris- record deal on the www.thekentstage.com ing’s national de- spot were always MORE INFO: but “Polyester www.redsunrising Zeal” hit shelves the stuff of legend, music.com but are rarer still Aug. 7. The group has been today. touring in antic- Red Sun Rising got its current deal ipation and support of it with with Razor & Tie Records with quality fellow hard rockers Pop Evil songs, relentless gigging and hard work. since July, and the group will “That’s been kind of the world we’ve play a headlining show Aug. lived in for a long time,” guitarist Ryan 29 at the Kent Stage. Williams said. The band formed in 2007 “It’s just now we’re on the scale where and has made its rounds as a we can release everything nationally and dive into things ourselves. Things have SEE RISING PAGE 14

12 G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G #TICKETTALKS #TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 13 and that’s exciting. The rest of through the years? the point we’re at now. We’re RISING the country has been hearing A. “I like them for different going to a huge festival right CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 the single a lot, and it’s been re- reasons. I grew up with the now with a bunch of great ally cool hearing crowds sing Voodoo Lounge. That’s where I bands. I’m laying in the back of support act for not only Pop our song to us from all the way cut my teeth when I was a bus doing an interview right Evil but also Seether, Seven- to Seattle and back.” younger, and where I really now. A year ago, I would’ve dust, Shinedown, Chevelle and learned how to dig into being in said, ‘I’d love to be sitting right others. Q. What’s the song-writing a band. We did our showcase there.’ So here I am saying to The biggest compliment for process like in Red Sun Ris- for the record label at the Em- myself now, ‘In another year, I the group so far, according to ing? Was it the same for your pire, which our friend let us want to be farther than this.’ ” Williams, is that its rocking ma- national record label debut as use. That was great and helped terial seems to be in a category it’s been in the past? us prepare. I always like doing Q. How has Akron and the of its own. A. “It hasn’t changed at all Musica and the Tangier. Rip- surrounding area helped shape “I love when people say it’s re- over the years. Mike (Protich, per’s is a cool joint. Akron has the band? freshing,” Williams said. “That’s vocalist) and I have written some cool places now. I remem- A. “It’s the people who have what we wanted. We wanted to pretty much everything up to ber when I started, there done it really. Akron has really write what we wanted to write this point. Tyler (Valendza, gui- PHOTO MATT MOSER weren’t a lot of places to play in blossomed, and Canton’s always and not fall into some box it tar) dove into this record a little I Red Sun Rising vocalist Mike Protich. Akron.” had a ton of great musicians, as could be packaged with. We’ve bit, but usually one of us has a well. I think what I’ve seen been hearing that a lot, and melody idea or a concept for a Q. Looking ahead, where most is people started commu- that’s been the most gratifying song or riff, and we bring it to Q. Who were the common would you like Red Sun Rising nicating and helping each other thing.” the other person. Then we dig musical bonds that kick-start- to be in five or 10 years? out. They were trading shows Williams chatted from the in ourselves. We don’t sit down ed the group? A. “I would love to be on top more then I remember when I band’s tour bus recently about and think, ‘Is this gonna be a A. “We listen to a little bit of of the world with this. I would was younger. That was a big the past, present and future of good radio song?’ I think the everything. The common love to be financially stable thing. Red Sun Rising. second we start doing that, ground is Tool, A Perfect Circle, while still creating music that “I can’t tell you how many we’re not writing the music we The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, we love. This is our first album people from there have affected Q. How’s the reception been want to write. We promised Metallica, Alice in Chains, Foo as far as the national circuit, our lives. The list would go on to the “Polyester Zeal?” ourselves when we got this Fighters. We all branch off in and everybody has that fear, and on. That encouragement A. “It’s been excellent so far. record deal, we were gonna different directions a bit, but ‘Can you follow up the first we got from people. We would- Nationally, it’s been going really write the way we wanted to those are a lot of our favorite record?’ And I think we can. I n’t be this band if it weren’t for well. It’s funny, because we write. Whether they’re polished songwriters as bands or individ- hope we’re pumping out great the support of Akron and the haven’t really tapped into the or radio friendly or not, they uals.” music and still relevant and neighboring communities.” radio market in Cleveland or weren’t written with an agenda. happy doing it. Constant Reach B.J. at 330-580-8314 or Akron or Canton. But we just It’s more of, ‘We really like this. Q. Do you have a favorite lo- growth is the big thing with this [email protected] hit top 10 on Billboard today, Let’s go with it.’ ” cal venue that you’ve played band. I always wanted to be at On Twitter: @BLiskoREP

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BY JAKE COYLE The Associated Press he likably awkward OPENS FRIDAY chemistry of Kristen coming attraction Stewart and Jesse “AMERICAN ULTRA” Eisenberg remains in- T ##1/2 tact in “American Ultra,” a violent stoner action-comedy that’s THEATERS Regal and half “Pineapple Express,” half Tinseltown cinemas “The Bourne Identity,” and not MPAA RATING R as good as either. Stewart and Eisenberg, who starred together in the splendid- apologizing and panic attacks ly low-key summer comedy “Ad- from just about anything that ventureland,” again come to- upsets his seemingly innate in- gether as an appealing, mutually ertia. Looking at a car that’s mop-headed tandem that crashed into a tree, he wonders matches Eisenberg’s stuttering to Phoebe, placating and devot- unease with Stewart’s deadpan ed, if he’s the tree and she’s the cool. car. They play a flannel-wearing The small-town, low-stakes West Virginia couple, Mike and drama of “American Ultra” is AP PHOTO Phoebe, happy together despite I Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart star in a scene from “American Ultra.” Mike’s weed habit, perpetual SEE ULTRA PAGE 16 5982180820

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#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 15 one with a spoon. Afterward, he ULTRA cowers behind a lamppost, look- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 ing at the bloody wreckage: “I have, like, a lot of anxiety about convincing in the beginning, this,” he tells Phoebe. thanks to the two stars. But it’s a Much mayhem ensues, sur- setup. prisingly violent and cartoonish Unbeknownst to Mike, a con- in its extremes. The small town venience store clerk, he’s an elite comes entirely under siege. killing machine trained by the “American Ultra” is a stoner’s CIA, a decommissioned govern- paranoia come to life. A tooth- ment experiment. Few in the less Walton Goggins joins the movies would be a more unlikely strong ensemble as the nuttiest secret agent than Eisenberg. Did of the CIA’s small army, along the program include Michael with John Leguizamo as a local Cera? Was Woody Allen in drug dealer. charge? The assembled talent could Switching to Langley, the film, use more character development directed by Nima Nourizadeh and a little more wit in place of (“Project X”) and written by Max the sadistic, fun-draining comic- Landis (”Chronicle”), fills in the book action scenes that increas- backstory. A petulant young ingly co-opts the comedy, which agent (Topher Grace) has risen is too dependent on the eventu- SATURDAY in the ranks and now wants to ally tiresome joke of Eisenberg eliminate evidence of the experi- as action hero. ment that gave Mike his secret But “American Ultra” has its 8.22 talents, overseen by Connie Brit- simple genre charms, thanks sig- Deli Ohio ton’s more sympathetic Victoria nificantly to its entertaining cast Canton Lasseter. and leading pair. Stewart, in par- To prevent her former stu- ticular, looks like she’s punching MIKE DEGASPERIS dent’s death, she sneaks to the below her weight class. As is of- DOWNTOWN FLEA MARKET convenience store and activates ten the case, Stewart’s the best The Deli Ohio Craft, Farm & Flea Market will happen from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday inside and outside at Deli Ohio at Fourth Mike with a few code words. thing in the movie. And she and When a handful of thugs come Eisenberg remain lazy losers we Street and Walnut Avenue NE in downtown Canton. Vendors will offer vintage clothing, toys, collectibles and furnishings; to kill him, Mike is astounded to can love, Bonnie and Clyde for a handmade soaps and herbal-infused skin products; jewelry; paper goods; plants and produce, and more. Deli Ohio will be find himself expertly stabbing more laid-back generation. open for breakfast and lunch.

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#TICKETTALKS G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G 17 #YOURWEEKENDGUIDE #TICKETTALKS LIVE MUSIC To submit your live music event, fax it SATURDAY to 330-454-5745 or email [email protected] by 4 p.m. Friday for the following week’s 9.19 publication. Akron Civic Blue Fig: Patrick Masalko and Theatre Chemical Wonders, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday; 6041 Whipple Ave. NW, Jackson Township. STARTING Canal Tavern: John Stipe, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday; 8806 Towpath Road, Zoar. 8.22 Elm Inn: Murfie’s Law, 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 North Canton a.m. Saturday; 6786 Meese Road NE, Main Street Nimishillen Township. JANIS JOPLIN SPECIALIST E Martini Lounge: Charita Franks Band, Native Clevelander Mary Bridget Davies, who earned a Tony Award nomination for REPOSITORY JULIE VENNITTI 8 p.m. Saturday; 3700 Massillon Road, Green her performance in Broadway’s “A Night With Janis Joplin,” will perform an NORTH CANTON FESTIVAL Falcone’s Tavern: Larry Thompson, 8 intimate cabaret show Sept. 19 at 8:30 p.m. at the Akron Civic Theatre. Both Davies The Ohio Weather Band, whose spring tour included stops in Austin and Nashville, p.m. Friday; Bare Bones, 8 p.m. and the audience will be seated on the Civic stage. Tickets, $25, may be ordered will perform from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the North Canton Main Street Festival. Saturday; 5029 Tuscarawas St. W, Perry at www.akroncivic.com and 330-253-2488. Township. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on Firehouse Grill and Pub: Bret Kuhnash, Irish Pub and Grill: Terry T, 8 to 11 p.m. Berlin Center. and around the square in North Canton. There are food vendors, rides, crafts, car Saturday; 8009 Hills & Dales Road NW, Main Street Grille: Tim Hunt in wine 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Saturday; 122 N. Reed shows and children’s activities. Other live music includes the Hoover High School St., Malvern. Jackson Township. room, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday; 123 Firehouse Grille and Pub: J J Vicars, 8 Jimmy’s: Retro, 8 to 11 p.m. Friday; S. Main St., North Canton. Marching Band, 11 a.m. Saturday; Trinity Baptist Praise Band, 3 tio 5 p.m. Saturday; to 11 p.m. Friday; 9 Main St. N, Navarre. Cajun Butter, 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday; Primavera’s: Dr. Ray, 7 to 10 p.m. Putnam’s System Rewind, 7 p.m. Saturday; The Legends, 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday; and George’s Lounge: Zac Adams and 4262 Portage St. NW, Jackson Friday; Woody and Dutch sing Sinatra Elec Simon & Friends, 2 p.m. Sunday. Friends, 8 p.m. today; David Curtis, the Township; 4262 Portage St. NW, and soul, 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday; 5382 Living, Color of Noise and Mandatory Jackson Township. Fulton Drive NW, Jackson Township. Friday; Ryan Humbert, 8 to 11 p.m. midnight Wednesday; 4462 Erie Ave. Metallica, 8 p.m. Saturday; 229 Lucca: Tim Hunt, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday; Sadie Rene’s: Rusty Nails, 9 p.m. Saturday; 2234 Tuscarawas St. W, NW, Jackson Township. Cleveland Ave. NW, Canton. Kevin DiSimone, 7 to 10 p.m. today; Municipal Waste, Ton and Canton. Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse: John Gervasi Vineyards: Triple Play Band on Wednesday; 228 Fourth St. NW, Canton. Drogheda, 9 p.m. Friday; 7200 Whipple Towpath Cabin: Mike Lenz, 8 p.m. to 1 Wood and Dutch sing Buble and such, 8 piazza, 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday; 1700 55th Maestropietro Winey: John Stipe, 7 to Ave. NW, Jackson Township. a.m. today; Tribute band, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday; 6338 Strip Ave. St. NE, Canton. 10 p.m. Friday; 14558 Ellsworth Road, TD’s Tailgate: Hey Monea, 8 to 11 p.m. Saturday; Eric Brooke, 8 p.m. to NW, Jackson Township.

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GRECIAN FESTIVAL WEEKEND The Grecian Festival returns this weekend to Canton Memorial Civic Center for its 39th year. Featured is a wide array of traditional Greek food and pastries, along with beer, wine, Greek coffee and other beverages. There will be live music and performances by a Greek dance troupe daily. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday; 4 to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking are free. MOVIE GUIDE take over the world. (PG) RC, TT Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation: Ethan (Tom Cruise) Theaters listed: Carnation Mall, Alliance — CAR; Regal and team take on their most impossible mission yet, Cinemas, Massillon — RC; Movies 10, Jackson Township eradicating an International rogue organization as — M10; Tinseltown USA, Jackson Township — TT. Check highly skilled as they are. (PG-13) CAR, RC, TT ads or phone theater for screening times. Pixels: When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic Star rating guide: Poor: *; Fair: **; Good: ***; arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Excellent: **** Earth in the form of the video games. Animated, with American Ultra: A stoner (Jesse Eisenberg), who is in the voices of Adam Sandler and Kevin James. (PG-13) fact a government agent, is marked as a liability and RC targeted for extermination. But he's too well-trained Ricki and the Flash: A woman (Meryl Streep) who left and too high for them to handle.With Kristen Stewart. her family years ago to pursue rock ‘n’ roll is (R) RC, TT summoned by her ex-husband (Kevin Kline) to help Ant-Man: ** Armed with the ability to shrink in scale with her daughter’s crisis. (PG-13) RC, TT but increase in strength, con man Scott Lang (Paul San Andreas: In the aftermath of a massive Rudd) must embrace his inner hero to help save the earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot world. (PG-13) RC (Dwayne Johnson) makes a dangerous journey across The End of the Tour: The acclaimed novelist David the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter. Foster Wallace (Jason Segal) is interviewed by a Rolling (PG-13) M10 Stone reporter (Jesse Eisenberg) for five days in 1996. Shaun the Sheep: When Shaun decides to take the (R) TT day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action Fantastic Four: Four young outsiders must learn to than he bargained for in this animated adventure harness their new abilities and work together to save comedy. (PG) TT Earth from a former friend turned enemy. With Miles Sinister 2: A young mother and her twin sons move Teller, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell. (PG-13) RC, TT into a rural house that's marked for death. (R) CAR, The Gift: A married couple's lives are thrown into a RC, TT tailspin when an acquaintance from the husband's past Southpaw: A boxer (Jake Gyllenhaal) turns to his brings mysterious gifts and a horrifying secret to light. trainerto help him get back on track after losing his With Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall and Joel Edgerton. wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child (R) RC, TT protection services. Withg Rachel McAdams and Forest Jurassic World: ** In an effort to boost business, a Whitaker. (R) TT dinosaur theme park adds a new attraction that Spy: *** In this action comedy, a CIA desk worker backfires horribly. With Chris Pratt and Jessica (Melissa McCarthy) goes undercover to stop a nuclear Chastain. (PG-13) M10 weapon from getting into the hands of terrorists. With Love & Mercy: John Cusack and Pauyl Dano portray Rose Byrne, Jason Statham and Jude Law. ***1/2 (R) Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson in two stages of his M10 turbulent life. (PG-13) M10 Straight Outta Compton: **1/2 The group NWA Mad Max: Fury Road: **** Two high-action rebels emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the attempt to restore order to a stark desert landscape, mid-1980s and revolutionizes hip-hop with its tales of Max (Tom Hardy) and Furiosa (Charlize Theron). (R) life in the hood. (R) CAR, RC, TT M10 Terminator: Genisys: ** John Connor sends Kyle Magic Mike XXL: ** Three years after Mike (Channing Reese back in time to protect Sarah Connor, but when Tatum) bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his he arrives in 1984, nothing is as he expected it to be. game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the (PG-13) M10 road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out Tomorrowland: A teen bursting with scientific performance.(R) M10 curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark to The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: ** In the early 1960s, CIA unleash secrets of a place that exists in their collective agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) and KGB operative memory. With George Clooney and Hugh Laurie. (PG) Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) participate in a joint M10 mission against a mysterious criminal organization, Trainwreck: *** A commitment-phobic career woman which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons. (PG- (Amy Schumber) must face her fears when she falls for 13) CAR, RC, TT a good guy (Bill Hader) in this Judd Apatow comedy. Max: A dog that helped US Marines in Afghanistan With LeBron James and Tilda Swinton. (R) TT returns to the U.S. and is adopted by his handler's Vacation: Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) takes his own family after suffering a traumatic experience. (PG) M10 family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice Minions: **1/2 Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are things up with his wife (Christina Applegate) and recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, reconnect with his sons. (R) RC, TT alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to

20 G Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 G #TICKETTALKS Email timate Michael Jackson Tribute events/press (Sept. 25); Neos Dance Theatre’s Paris Square Dance releases by noon “Count … The Legend of Dracula” PARIS TWP. The Paris Commu- Monday to performance with a silent movie nity Association is holding a Square dan.kane@ accompanied by the Mighty Wurl- Dance on the Street Saturday. cantonrep.com itzer Organ (Oct. 30); Ohio’s Leg- The food stand opens at 6 p.m. at ends of Rock with Clapton tribute the Paris Pavilion and the square Evolution (Nov. 13); Nuance: All- dance, on Paris Avenue, begins at Male A Cappella (Dec. 11); Cirque 7:30 p.m. Jesse Huddleston is the Akron Civic Theatre Ziva featuring The Golden Dragon caller. announces 2015-16 Acrobats (Feb. 26); and Chris Per- For information call Charles ondi’s Stunt Dogs (April 23). Childs at 330-862-3307 or Audrey season The Civic will continue its series Wade at 330-862-2044. of cabaret-style events (with both AKRON The Akron Civic The- performers and audience on stage: atre is launching its 2015-2016 sea- Helen Welch presenting The Amer- WWE returns to son with with many national and ican Songbook (Sept. 18); Cleve- community attractions. land-born singer Mary Bridget Cleveland Among the acts scheduled to ap- Davies, the Tony Award-nominated CLEVELAND The WWE will is FRIDAY pear are Todd Rundgren with the star of Broadway’s “A Night With coming back to the Quicken Loans Akron Symphony Orchestra (Sept. Janis Joplin” (Sept. 19); and Arena for a show 7:30 p.m. Sept. CIVIL WAR TRIAL 5 and 6); Celtic Woman 10th An- Welch’s Jingle Bell Swing Christ- 26. “The Andersonville Trial,” a courtroom drama based on a 8.21 niversary World Tour (Oct. 11); In- mas Show (Dec. 15 and 16). Scheduled to appear are Ryback, historic Civic War trial, will be presented by the Stark County Lions Lincoln Theatre digo Girls (Oct. 23); “Whose Line Other returning favorites are the Big Show, Roman Reigns, Bray Wy- Massillon Is It, Anyway?” comedians Colin Akron Craft Beer Festival (Oct. 9); att and more. Courthouse Players at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Lions Lincoln Mochrie and Brad Sherwood’s Two The Masque of the Red Death Mas- Tickets, on sale now, begin at Theatre in downtown Massillon. Tickets will be $10 at the door. Man Group: Live and Dangerous querade Ball, a Halloween party $20. They are available at the The cast, made up of area judges and lawyers, has been invited to perform the Comedy (Dec. 10); “Rudolph the (Oct. 31); Warren Miller’s Ski Fest Quicken Loans box office or any Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical” and movie, “Chasing Shadows” Discount Drug Mart location. play in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington D.C. on Oct. 16th to mark (Dec. 17); and country sensation (Nov. 21); Ballet Theatre of Ohio’s the 150th anniversary of the trial. Randy Houser’s We Went Tour fea- “The Nutcracker” (Nov. 28 and 29 turing Frankie Ballard and Craig and Dec. 5 and 6) and Cinderella Green Art-A-Palooza AIDS crisis and the actions of the Campbell (Dec. 18). (April 30-May 1); A Downton GREEN More than 70 artists — Play to explore activist group ACT UP. Director The Civic’s Family Series in- Abbey Evening, which includes a offering ceramics, jewelry, fiber art, AIDS crisis Margene Rannigan is seeking three cludes Art Reach Theatre’s “Little soiree and screening (Dec. 13); and wood items, paintings, photogra- males, ages 40 to 60, and one fe- Red Riding Hood” (Sept. 27); Ty- Ballet Excel Ohio, presenting phy and more — will gather in CANTON Auditions for “We male age 59 to 60. ron Hoisten’s Five Tier (Oct. 18); “Pinocchio” (March 5 and 6). Boettler Park from 10 a.m. to 5 Rise,” a new play written by Todd Actors should bring a resume and Firestone Theatre’s production The most current schedule is p.m. for the 11th annual Art-A- Walburn, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. and be prepared to read from the of “School House Rock Live! Jr.” available at www.akroncivic.com. Palooza celebration. There will be Monday and Tuesday at the Kath- script. (Nov. 15). Tickets are available online, in per- live music and food. Admission is leen Howland Theatre at 324 The play will run Oct. 16 to 25. New this year is the Civic Nights son at The Civic Box Office, or by free. Cleveland Ave. NW. The play ex- For more information, call 330- series featuring Who’s Bad: The Ul- calling 330.253.2488. plores the second decade of the 451-0924.

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