2025 John Brown Institute Fall Lecture

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Akron Marathon Wellness Challenge

Downtown Akron Akron

Celebrate Akron’s Bicentennial! It's free to participate! Set a personal goal: Complete 200 wellness activities from January 7 – December 6 Choose your activity: Biking Hiking PT/OT Swimming Strength Training […]

Alfred McMoore: All This Luck in My Head – Akron Art Museum

Akron Art Museum 1 South High Street, Akron

In September, the Akron Art Museum will open the first solo museum exhibition for artist Alfred McMoore. McMoore (1950–2009) lived and worked his entire life in Akron, creating enormous drawings […]

Akron Bicentennial Autobiography Project

Highland Square Branch Library 807 West Market Street, Akron

As we celebrate the history of our city and the region, this is a great time to document our individual histories. The Akron Bicentennial in cooperation with The University of […]

Adult Technology Classes

The House of the Lord 1650 Diagonal Road, Akron

The CORE invites adults aged 50 and older to join our new class: “Building Your Comfort Level with Technology.” This five-week program will help you: Boost your digital skills so you can […]

Flight of the Heron 5K & Fun Run @ Blue Heron Homecoming

Water Reclamation Facility 2460 Akron Peninsula Rd, Akron

Lace up your running/walking shoes for the first annual Flight of the Heron 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run at Blue Heron Homecoming! Our 5k Run/Walk is perfect for runners of all levels and a unique way to experience the Water Reclamation Facility which is usually closed to the public. This is a family friendly […]

Blue Heron Homecoming 2025

Water Reclamation Facility 2460 Akron Peninsula Rd, Akron

The Blue Heron Homecoming is an annual environmental festival that provides community members with a chance to learn about the Akron Waterways Renewed! (AWR!) program. The festival features representatives from the City of Akron, firms involved with the AWR! program, and community partners, including local non-profits and environmental groups. Highlights of the event include the […]

Akron Oatmeal Festival

Cascade Locks Park 57 W North St, Akron

Akron is one of the birthplaces of the American cereal industry—home to Ferdinand Schumacher, the “Oatmeal King,” whose pioneering oat mill in the 1850s helped launch oatmeal’s popularity across the nation. We’re celebrating that deliciously quirky legacy with the first-ever Akron Oatmeal Festival! This free community festival highlights everything that makes Akron weird and wonderful, […]

Akron History Hike

Greenleaf Family Center 580 Grant St, Akron

Join Akron at 200 author Charlotte Gintert on an exploratory tour of one of Akron’s oldest legacy neighborhoods, Goosetown. Now a part of the University Park neighborhood, Goosetown has long been a place for new Americans to put down roots and build community. We will be visiting some of the neighborhood’s most interesting landmarks from the 1800s […]

“Our Eyes See the Sun” — Film Premiere

The Nightlight 30 N. High St, Akron

Akron Black Artist Guild Exhibition Weekend continues with the premiere of Our Eyes See the Sun on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 4:15 PM at The Nightlight Cinema, 30 North […]