Devon Anderson

Born out of a funeral home basement in Alliance, Ohio, White Buffalo Woman are now playing venues all over the state of Ohio, with a strong focus on Akron. In fact, if you keep an eye on the local scene, you’ll find plenty of chances to check them out...

To understand the importance of Akron’s first Bechdel Film Fest coming next spring to the Nightlight Cinema, one must understand what the Bechdel Test represents for films and other works of fiction. In 1985, Oberlin graduate and cartoonist Alison...

On May 5, Akron’s Musica stage celebrated Cinco De Mayo in a new way: with hometown band, Red Sun Rising on stage alongside Kent’s The Outside Voices. With a sold-out crowd of fans of all ages and stages, it was an unforgettable night with one of...

D.X. Ferris had questions he was seeking answers to about American rock musician Donnie Iris and his career. So, he did what any good journalist would do and started asking the questions in hopes that others would want to know the answers to them,...

When the chance to go out and see Pennsylvania natives, The Menzingers, came across my social media feed, I clicked “Interested” and then “Going” within seconds of each other. Even...

In her debut novel, “The Flats,” Akron native Kate Birdsall takes readers to the gritty streets of The Flats in Cleveland where the body of a murdered child is found...

Natalie Grace Martin’s eyes light up and her voice lifts when she tells stories about her children. “She says things like, ‘May I?’ not ‘Can I?’,” Natalie recalls with a...

When people think of “breast cancer awareness,” the first thing they tend to think of is the month of October. It is, after all, the month that seemingly everyone focuses...