2025 John Brown Institute Fall Lecture

All Day

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 Or an activity of your choice Each activity should total 15 minutes or more. Challenge yourself and stay active all year! Register here. Registration will […]

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 […]

Discovering Our History Forum Series

Temple Israel 91 Springside Dr, Akron

Join us for a new series, “Discovering Our History”, as we celebrate Akron’s Bicentennial. This forum will feature Akron's Jewish History. Admission is free, sign up HERE today!

2025 John Brown Institute Fall Lecture

City Of Joy Life Enrichment Center 610 W Exchange St, Akron

Hardy Brown II will bring a portion of his 15,000 primary documents to Akron relating to this year's John Brown Institute Fall Lecture theme, Truth Carried Forward: Saving History, Securing the Future! Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, history professor from The Ohio State University, will be the moderator. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for refreshments and fellowship […]