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@Play Brings Art and Activities to Akron's Neighborhoods throughout July

Ideastream Public Media | By Tyler Thompson,
Mitch Felan
Published July 9, 2018 at 5:55 AM EDT
@Play "chief catalyst" Mac Love has planned a busy month of activites for akron's neighborhoods.
BRUCE FORD
@Play "chief catalyst" Mac Love has planned a busy month of activites for akron's neighborhoods.

A project in Akron to connect residents to their neighborhoods is hoping to bring them together through a series of events and activities this month.

@Play was a 2017 Knight Cities Challenge grant winner. Its focus is to provide Akron’s 24 neighborhoods with public art displays, theater productions and events like pool parties.

Mac Love bills himself as @Play’s “chief catalyst” and project leader.

The project's goal

“There is just treasure everywhere in every neighborhood and if we can kind of dust those things off and invest in them a little bit, maybe help transition them to something a little more functional and purposeful for people today, we can building a foundation, a bridge to the future that no other place will ever be able to have,” he said.

Love says the project’s initiatives and ideas come from community feedback.

@Play's July events include:

  • Plein Air Painting in the Park: July 9, 5:30p.m. @ Hardesty Park
  • Reservoir Park Pool Party: July 13, 4p.m. @ Reservoir Park Community Center
  • Perkins Woods Pool Party: July 14, 4p.m. @ Perkins Woods Pool
  • Exhibit Opening Reception: July 14, 5p.m. @ 157 S. Main St.

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Tyler Thompson
Tyler Thompson was a reporter and on-air host for 89.7 NPR News. Thompson, originally from northeast Ohio, has spent the last three years working as a Morning Edition host and reporter at NPR member station KDLG Public Radio and reporter at the Bristol Bay Times Newspaper in Dillingham, Alaska.
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Mitch Felan
Mitch Felan is a news intern for WKSU. He is a multimedia journalist with experience in print, television, radio and visual journalism. Felan is a junior at Kent State University, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Multimedia Journalism. During the school year, Felan works for Kent State Student Media in TV2, The Kent Stater, and KentWired. He will be serving as the Digital Director for Kent State University's Student Media Newsroom in the Fall.
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