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NEOtropolis — Not Business as Usual

NEOtropolis — Not Business as Usual

Accountable Care | July 23, 2010

Accountable Care | July 23, 2010 

Alternative Energy Source is a Breeze | July 16, 2010

Alternative Energy Source is a Breeze | July 16, 2010 

Kick-Start Minority Businesses | July 9, 2010

Kick-Start Minority Businesses | July 9, 2010 

The Effect of Health Care Reform on Small Businesses | July 2, 2010

The Effect of Health Care Reform on Small Businesses | July 2, 2010 

In Vogue: Fashion Designers in Northeast Ohio | June 25, 2010

In Vogue: Fashion Designers in Northeast Ohio | June 25, 2010 

Momentum on Main Street | June 18, 2010

Momentum on Main Street | June 18, 2010 

Industry Clusters Hold Promise | June 11, 2010

Industry Clusters Hold Promise | June 11, 2010 

Local Libraries are More Important Than Ever | June 4, 2010

Local Libraries are More Important Than Ever | June 4, 2010 

Visit NEOtropolis online @ neotropolis.org

 
NewsNight Akron

NewsNight Akron is on hiatus! We'll be back, better than ever, and we'd like your suggestions on how to make an already great show better. Please share your comments online @ http://newsnightakron.org!
NewsMaker Akron

Who Will Be Akron’s 2009 Newsmaker of the Year?

Jan. 8, 2010

Host Eric Mansfield looks back on 2009

Jan. 1, 2010

Special NewsNight NewsMaker Show to Feature Bill Considine, Akron Children’s Hospital CEO

Dec. 25, 2009

Special Thanksgiving Edition of NewsNight Akron to Feature New Executives at Area Cultural Organizations

Nov. 27, 2009

Western Reserve PBS NewsMaker Special Features New Ohio Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Park

May 22, 2009

Knute Larson to be featured guest on special edition of NewsNight Akron

April 10, 2009

Who Will Be Akron’s 2008 Newsmaker of the Year?

Jan. 9, 2009

Host Eric Mansfield looks back on 2008

Jan. 2, 2009

NewsNight Akron panelist Jody Miller visits Ralph Regula at his farm to discuss his years in Congress

Dec. 26, 2008

Retiring Pastor and Community Leader Rev. Dr. Ronald Fowler Featured on Western Reserve PBS’ NewsMaker Akron

Nov. 28, 2008

Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic makes first appearance with NewsNight panel

Feb. 29, 2008

Who Will Be Akron’s 2007 Newsmaker of the Year?

Jan. 4, 2008

Host Eric Mansfield looks back on 2007

Dec. 28, 2007

NewsNight Akron visits Stan Hywet and takes train ride

Dec. 21, 2007

NewsNight Akron Showcases The University of Akron Campus

Nov. 23, 2007

Finley and Plusquellic discuss their campaign platforms on special edition of NewsNight Akron

Aug. 31, 2007

Defying Gravity — Akron's New Art Museum: A NewsNight Akron Special Edition

Aug. 26, 2007

Akron's Dr. Bonyo Bonyo, Dr. Sandra Deveny and Dr. Barry Greenberg talk about Care Kenya.

July 6, 2007

NewsNight Akron visits the Firestone Country Club

May 25, 2007

NewsNight Akron features updates on the renovation of the Akron Art Museum

April 6, 2007

Christine Meneer talks about Children’s Ballet Theatre, Ballet Theatre of Ohio and the future of ballet in the Akron area

Dec. 22, 2006

Kent State University President on NewsMaker Akron Special

Nov. 24, 2006

Akron Symphony's New Music Director Interviewed on NewsNight Akron

Sept. 1, 2006

NewsNight Akron visits the Akron Art Museum

July 7, 2006

Knute Larson

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The Arts

Along Water Street at the Akron Art Museum

Clyde Singer: An American Artist

Detroit Disassembled at the Akron Art Museum

Detroit Disassembled at the Akron Art Museum

If You're Not Dead, Play!!


It’s Close at Akron Art Museum

It’s Close at Akron Art Museum

 

It’s Everything, and Then It’s Gone

Jean-Pierre Gauthier: Machines at Play

Lasting Impressions: The Wendell August Forge Story


NewsNight Akron visits the Akron Art Museum

Northeast Ohio Times: All About Art

Pattern ID at the Akron Art Museum

Pattern ID at the Akron Art Museum

William Wegman: Fay at the Akron Art Museum

 
History Specials

Act of Duty

Akron Women: Another Look at History

Clyde Singer: An American Artist

Dirty Little Secrets: Foundations From the Past


Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland

Floating on Air

Generations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Generations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park

If You're Not Dead, Play!!


Inventive. Industrious. Inspired. A History of Akron

It’s Everything, and Then It’s Gone

Lasting Impressions: The Wendell August Forge Story

Preview of Generations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park — Part 1


Preview of Generations: Cuyahoga Valley National Park — Part 2

Reinventing Akron: Stories of a Generation

Stark Contrast: A History of Stark County

 

 
News and Public Affairs

Akron Roundtable
April 2009

Akron Roundtable — Rob Curley April 20, 2006 Speech

Beyond the Limits: The Regional View

The Living Cities


Main Street America

NEO Regional Leadership Taskforce Regional Day

NewsNight Akron visits the Akron Art Museum

Public TV’s William Baker, “State of American Television”


Q&A: Medicare Part D

Reclaim the Dream

Regionalism Special

Reporting the War: The Journalists’ Perspective


2009 State of the City Address by Mayor Plusquellic

Summit County State of the County Address, 2006

twentyfourhours

University Park Alliance Awards, 2007


Urban Innovators Speaker Series, March 9, 2010 — Jason Schrieber

Urban Innovators Speaker Series, Feb. 9, 2010 — Chuck Bohl

Urban Innovators Speaker Series, Jan. 12, 2010 — Joe Cortright

Where We Stand in Northeast Ohio


Who’s Your Boss?

     
 
Western Reserve PBS Series

May 2006

All About Art

   
 

February 2006 Broadcast

All-American Soap Box Derby

The Ravenna Fire Department

Hillcrest Memorial Park in Hermitage, Pa.

The Arms Family Museum of Local History in Youngstown


Dan’s Dogs in Medina

Lodi Library

The Hummel Gift Shop in New Springfield

Glamorgan Castle in Alliance


Neil Zurcher, former host of the popular “One Tank Trips”

Sekely’s Longhorn Cattle Ranch in Ellsworth

Friendtique in Wooster

The Cleveland Memory Project


Akron Beacon Journal sports columnist Terry Pluto

 

 

 

 

September 15, 2008
Neighborhoods: Revive to Survive

September 7, 2006
Where Do We Go From Here?

January 28, 2006
A Conversation With The New Mayor

November 10, 2005
What to Do With a Shrinking City?

September 22, 2005
Candidates' Night

February 24, 2005
Unveiling the Plan

January 13, 2005
Youngstown 2010 Moving Ahead: Beyond Black & White

November 30, 2004
Race and Youngstown 2010: Vision or Division? Part Two

September 25, 2004
Race and Youngstown 2010: Vision or Division? Part One

May 9, 2004
Youngstown 2010 Moving Ahead: Town Hall

January 25, 2004
Youngstown 2010 Moving Ahead: The Arts

September 18, 2003
Youngstown 2010 Moving Ahead: Neighboring Cities

May 14, 2003
Youngstown 2010 Moving Ahead: Overview

January 22, 2003
Youngstown 2010: Unveiling the Future


Western Reserve PBS partnered with Summit County’s Department of Job and Family Services, This City Reads, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority and the Kindergarten Readiness Advantage program to create a series of 25 one-minute videos on teaching parents how to help their children (ages birth to five) get “ready to learn.”
 

Your Child’s First Teacher

Teaching Your Baby

Asking Your Baby Questions

Interacting With Your Child


Reading With Your Child

Words

Reading With Your Child

Rhymes


Colors

Shapes

Numbers

Letters


Sorting

Sequence

Reading and Writing

Important Questions Your Child Should Know


Comparisons

Repetition

Sounds of the Alphabet

Life Skills


Reading With Your Child

Television and Videos

Music

A Trip to the Grocery Store


A Trip to the Playground

     

The Wilderness Center
Wilmot, Ohio

Black River Historical Society
Lorain, Ohio

Kent State University Museum
Kent, Ohio

 

NASA Glenn Visitor Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Highland Square
Akron, Ohio

Summit Art Space and Akron Area Arts Alliance
Akron, Ohio

 

Children’s Museum of the Valley
Youngstown, Ohio

Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Cleveland, Ohio

Trumbull Art Gallery
Warren, Ohio

 

Covered Bridge Tour
Ashtabula County, Ohio

Point of No Return
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

War Vet Museum
Canfield, Ohio

 
 
Canton Forum

Canton Forum — Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008
Their Message, Your Vote — Three Political Perspectives

Canton Forum — Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Election Politics and Media: Why Dollars are Swirling into Stark

Canton Forum — Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008
How are local businesses adapting their cultures to attract, retain and motivate employees of all ages in the global economy?

Canton Forum — Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007
Sustainable Canton — strategies for the near future: Canton, Stark county and beyond.

Canton Forum — Wednesday, May 16, 2007
David B. Thornburgh, president and chief executive officer of Alliance for Regional Stewardship

 
National First Ladies’ Library
The symposium, “From Front Porch to Webcast: The History and Impact of Spouses in Presidential Campaigns,” is the second in a series of biennial symposiums sponsored by the National First Ladies’ Library. This series focuses on exploring the importance of America’s First Ladies within the broader context of presidential, political, gender, media, and general social American history and related contemporary issues.
       
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Panelists
 
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