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December 2022
Around Akron with Blue Green - S7 - E3
Summit Artspace in Akron strives to support artists through every step of the creative process. Artists featured include Jessica Skinner, Mike Alejandro and Izzy Aronhalt.
Around Akron with Blue Green: Season 7 - 8 Episode s
7x1 - October 2022
October 24, 2022
Find out how Progress Through Preservation of Greater Akron supports historically and architecturally significant areas and buildings, and learn about the Special Collections Division of Akron-Summit County Public Library. Visit with artist Michael Gearhart, who has been painting murals in Akron since the 1980s, and LOLO, an artist, skin care therapist and owner of the brand LOLO KNOWS.
7x2 - November 2022
November 18, 2022
Host Blue Green travels to Cuyahoga Falls to visit Jenks Building vendors and Falls Outdoor Company. Then it’s off to Coral Reefs Marine Fish to learn about aquaculture, saltwater aquariums and more. At Bereka Coffee & Kitchen in Akron, he learns about their products and experiences an Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
7x3 - December 2022
December 17, 2022
Summit Artspace in Akron strives to support artists through every step of the creative process. Artists featured include Jessica Skinner, Mike Alejandro and Izzy Aronhalt.
7x4 - January 2023
January 15, 2023
Creativity abounds at Summit Artspace in downtown Akron, where ZaBre Inspire specializes in designing Christian-themed apparel and Susie Lilley Flashes of Life Photography combines two media—photography and clay. In Cuyahoga Falls, visit Ruff Guide Maps, which creates custom trail and race maps. Back in Akron, Galenas offers soil-grown medical cannabis.
7x5 - February 2023
February 15, 2023
Rubber City Clothing has a new location on the west side of Akron. Table tennis coach Samson Dubina talks about his nationally recognized training center, Samson Dubina Table Tennis Academy. A new plaza and monument in Akron will honor Sojourner Truth and the celebrated speech she gave in 1851.
7x6 - March 2023
March 18, 2023
As one of the largest honeybee removal services in Stark and Summit counties, Hatch’s Honey is dedicated to saving honeybees and providing quality raw honey. At Hale Farm & Village, it’s time to learn about 19th-century maple production. Then it’s off to Akron to learn more about family-owned Lucky Shoes.
7x7 - April 2023
April 16, 2023
Host Blue Green visits with Jakard the Artist, a former podiatrist who changed careers. Then it’s off to Chin’s Place, offering traditional Cantonese Chinese food, to visit with owner Elaine Chin. The Cigar Lodge is an upscale cigar lounge featuring a movie theatre indoor golf simulator and more. Finally, DiFeo’s Poultry owner Ed DiFeo talks about the products and history of his establishment.
7x8 - May 2023
May 18, 2023
Host Blue Green meets up with Tom Ghinder to learn all about the Akron Promise City Series Neighborhood Races. Then it’s off to downtown to Cilantro to eat some Thai and Sushi. After dinner, it’s next door to the Akron Axe House to learn how to throw an Axe. To wrap things up, Blue talks with Shammas Malik, Akron’s next Presumptive Mayor.