Bobby Darin

Canton Cabaret entertainers Grant Holmes and the Pack Rat Band, singer Terry Everett and pianist, Steve Dallas perform The Music of Bobby Darin on May 7th at Tozzi’s on 12th  (formerly Four Winds Restaurant).  Dinner begins at 6 p.m. with the show at 8 p.m. and tickets are $40.00.  Make reservations now: 330.477.7515.

“We are dinner theatre with a dance floor,  entertaining in an intimate cabaret  style.  This show is a perfect occasion  to celebrate for Mother’s Day” states producer, Lois DiGiacomo. Tozzi’s is located at 4210 – 12th Street N. W. in Canton 44708.

For more information: call 330.456.7397 or email Facebook.com/CantonCabaret

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Mosh for Babies

(Louisville, OH) The second annual Mosh for Babies is once again taking place at the Carriage House Night Club, 9033 Columbus Rd. NW, Louisville; on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 8:00 P.M.  Founders Myk and Carlee Fritch are excited to being some of the areas best local talent together to help raise money for the Northeast Ohio area March of Dimes and their March for Babies in Akron on Saturday May 8 at the Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron.  “This is very exciting for us to give back to the March of Dimes in a way that gives everyone involved a little something in return,” says Myk.

The Mosh for Babies is a fundraising event for the March of Dimes in the name of Abriella Laine Fritch.  Abriella Laine Fritch was an extreme pre term baby born at 25 weeks.  At birth she was just under 12 inches long and a mere one pound thirteen ounces, and required assistance breathing, eating, and developing.  Throughout her 111-day stay at the Aultman Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Abriella underwent more medical procedures then most families see in a lifetime

The lifesaving therapies and techniques used to give Abriella a fair shot at a healthy and happy life were developed in part by agencies and institutions that receive funding from the March of Dimes.  And who is the March of Dimes?  They are the leading nonprofit organization advocating pregnancy and baby health.  Their mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. They carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies’ lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birth weight.

Donating their time and talent at this year’s Mosh for Babies are: Rome in Ruins, Padded Room, SubDuction, Gold Plated Hollowpoint, Burial at Sea, Lost Chapter, and Gingerspitzz.  The cover at the door is set at $5.00 and there will be raffles and door prizes including a guitar donated by Guitar Center, piercing and tattoo gift certificates and many more. All proceeds will go to the March of Dimes in the name of Abriella Laine Fritch.  Those wishing to donate may also donate online at:  www.marchforbabies.org/abbielaine

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Local labor leaders, community activists and at least one elected official will lead a rally and march for jobs on Saturday, March 27, 2010, starting at 12 noon at St. Paul AME church, 1250 S. Hawkins Ave. in Akron. They hope to garner support for a massive federal jobs program similar to the 1930s Works Progress Administration (WPA) which created 8.5 million public works jobs during the depression.

“The jobless crisis in Akron and other cities is worsening,” said John Fuller of the African American United Front and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). “There are more than 20 million unemployed and underemployed people in the country today. What we have now is, at best, is a jobless recovery — an economy based on permanent high unemployment and low wages and a political and economic system that provides trillions of dollars for Wall Street and wars but too little for large numbers of workers and the poor who are facing joblessness, foreclosures, evictions, layoffs, low wages, hunger and homelessness. We need a modern-day WPA to employ Akron residents now. And we need to make sure federal dollars that come into Akron are spent hiring Akron residents and in meeting our greatest community needs.”

The group is calling for training and jobs for local residents to upgrade Akron sewers and infrastructure; jobs for reconstruction and revitalization of neighborhoods; jobs for youth; cuts in bailouts of banks and military spending to fund the jobs programs, direct public oversight of federal jobs funds coming to Akron, and more.

Following the rally, marchers will go north to Copley Road, then west to Nome Avenue onto Kerr Park. A brief rally will be held at the park after the march.

Speakers will include Michael Williams, Akron City Councilman at large; John Wagner, Executive-Secretary-Treasurer, Tri-County Regional AFL-CIO; Jack Hefner, President Local 2, United Steelworkers; John Fuller of the African American United Front and AFSC; Herman Oden of the Coalition for a Safe Community, Joe Mosyjowski of the AFSC, and activists Willie Smith and Eileen Matias.

The rally and march is sponsored by Citizens for Jobs NOW! For more information, contact 330-928-2301.

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