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Teens at Main Library, and other libraries throughout the Akron Library system, showed their love and support of the library by making chalk drawings on our sidewalks.   The Akron Beacon Journal wrote about their efforts, and you can read the article online here:  Chalk One Up to Love of Books. Please help support Ohio [...]

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This week, there’s a chance that the Ohio government will pass a budget that will cut over 200 million dollars from library funding.  If this budget passes, this will mean you will see less programming, fewer books, CDs and DVDs, shorter hours, longer waits for items, and more.  We need YOUR help to fight this!  If [...]

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 Imagine that you’re 13 years old and have been told that in one month, you will be forced to marry a man that has been chosen for you.  Not only that, the man you have to marry already has six other wives.  And he’s 60 years old.  And he’s your uncle. For Kyra, this nightmare is reality.  Living in [...]

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Today we feature the local cover band Chil.  Chil has performed at several venues and events in Cleveland, Akron and Kent. 1. How long have you been playing together? The Batton Brothers have been playing together for two years.  Eric Beaujon joined them about a year and a half ago and Brian Fackelman completed the [...]

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We recently had the chance to sit down with the members of the band Arch (pronounced Ark), and ask them some questions about their band: 1. How long have you been playing together? Dan and Ian have been playing for seven years. Everyone else nine months. 2. What artists have influenced you? Rush, Dream Theatre, [...]

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Part 2 of our band interviews focuses on the group Thing 1 and Thing 2.  One of the members played Teens Rock Akron 2008 with the terrific band “The Unaccompanied Minors.”  Here’s how the new duo responded to our questionnaire. 1. How long have you been playing together? Two months. 2. What bands/musicians influenced you? Green [...]

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We recently had the chance to sit down with the members of the band Stimulus, and ask them some questions about their band: 1.  How long have you been playing together?   Since ‘Nam  (actually nine months) 2.  What artists have influenced you? Kurt Reed, Ron Martin, Yukon Cornelius, Dr. Evil, Noel Redding, Kirk Hammett, Randy Rhoads, Keith [...]

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Hey everyone!  Teens Rock Akron is coming up on June 13th, so starting tomorrow, this blog will feature a daily interview with one of the great bands that will be playing: Arch Auto Punch Chil Corrupted Youth The Maunderers Stimulus Thing 1 and Thing 2 Keep checking back to find out more about these talented [...]

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