Alex Hall

Councilman Paul Colavecchio (D-At-large), pictured left, will vacate his seat at the end of the current term, while Tim Gorbach (D-At-large), pictured right, will mount a campaign to occupy the seat himself and force the Summit County Democratic Central Committee to fill his current seat. --Photo by Stephen Mulé.

Falls Council Election Takes Shape

February 7, 2019October 13, 2020 Alex Hall

The Cuyahoga Falls City Council election will take place this November, and the May primary petitions have been filed, giving a clear picture of the field of candidates. Current Councilman […]

Lighting HBO Films on Fire: Fahrenheit 451

November 30, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

One important question surrounds the recent HBO Films adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451: how did actors the caliber of Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon working with celebrated […]

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan

November 30, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

It’s possible that John Krasinski’s name will never be mentioned without also mentioning Jim Halpert, his character in the U.S. version of The Office, but he continues to take on roles […]

Chuckles at Cheese & Chong’s

November 29, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

Matt Farkas, host of Late Night Laughs at Cheese & Chong’s in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood, says that comedy is “culturally important” and “it’s good for ya.” The crowd in […]

The Michael Weber Show’s Live at the Palace

November 29, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

If the Cuyahoga Falls area was America, Michael Weber would be America’s Sweetheart. In fact, he actually has turned heads nationally since winning the MTV talent show Amazingness earlier this year. Though […]

Noah Spinner Has No Regrets

July 23, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

It may seem like an 18-year-old candidate for the Ohio State House of Representatives would have pictures or videos of himself as a child, standing at a makeshift lectern and […]

Local Gallery Exhibits Textile Works

July 18, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

Art is subjective. What constitutes art to one person might produce quite a different reaction from someone else, and that’s precisely because art is subjective. This is certainly not the […]

Pastiche Triumvirate: Netflix’s When We First Met

July 17, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

Ari Sandel’s When We First Met—a 2018 Netflix comedy film starring Adam Devine of Workaholics fame—is equal parts Bedazzled (2000), Groundhog Day (1993), and Big (1988). Although this may sound a bit disjointed, Sandel seems to have found a […]

Prog Time: Axon-Neuron

July 17, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

Jeremey Poparad may be the busiest musician in all of Cuyahoga Falls, and for a wide swath around it too. The bandleader of Axon-Neuron—his progressive rock brainchild—Poparad has also recently […]

Veena Sud’s Seven Seconds: A New “Limited Series” on Netflix

July 8, 2018February 29, 2020 Alex Hall

Veena Sud rose to prominence in 2011 as the creator of AMC’s The Killing, which started out as a dark crime procedural that came off like Twin Peaks without the surrealism. The dead […]

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