Vex Fest
By Rachael Ullinskey
Youngstown, Ohio, isn’t simply the home of abandoned warehouses and old steel mills anymore. In fact, revitalization efforts for this town once dubbed as the “armpit of Ohio” have made significant progress, especially in the world of arts and music. A perfect example of this revitalization is Vex [...]




Like comedy? Like shouting things at performers on-stage? Well, the improvisational comedy troupe Scared Scriptless will perform at Kathleen Howland Theatre in Canton at 6 p.m. this Thursday. The group can often be seen performing in other Canton-area places like First Friday, The Players Guild Theatre and Lions Lincoln Theatre as well.
Andre Knode, Ryan [...]
By Julia Kazar
On Saturday night, the NEO (Northeast Ohio) Roller Derby girls took on the Skee Town Skirtz and Motor City’s Disassembly Line in a double header bout. Things weren’t looking too good after NEO’s Audio Assault lost the first bout to Skee Town, but the NEO Rock’n'Rollergirls pulled together and pulled [...]
By Denver Collins
When Chrissie Hynde opened her vegan restaurant in downtown Akron, she did it for one main reason: to save animals. With a strong passion for animal protection, and a great executive chef named J. Scot Jones, Vegiterranean has taken the meat out of Italian cuisine without sacrificing taste.
The service is also top-notch, [...]
By: Julia Kazar
The Goo Goo Dolls are getting ready to release their ninth studio album, which should be available by the end of August. If you don’t want to wait that long to hear some new music from the band, you can download Waiting for the Rest of It from their website, or pick up [...]


