Akron Life December 2023

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Through 12/23 Ohio Christmas Factory Get immersed in a new winter

Through 12/17 “Posing Beauty in African American Culture” See over 100 photographs spanning the 20th and 21st centuries and focusing on African and African American beauty. Kent State University Museum, 515 Hilltop Drive, Kent. Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. & Sunday noon-4 p.m. Free, students, sta ff and all on Sundays, otherwise $6 general public. kent. edu/museum Through 12/17 “Shakespeare in Hollywood” Enter the Golden Age of Hollywood in 1934 and follow Shakespeare’s fairies as they get into the movie business with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” during this laugh-out-loud comedy. Greystone, 103 S. High St., Akron. Thursday Saturday 8 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $5-$35, pay what you will Dec. 3, free students Dec. 7. ohioshakespeare.com

NOTE : Dates, events, locations, times and prices are subject to change. Please call ahead.

wonderland where you can visit Santa, stroll through Christmas trees, look at a gingerbread mansion, meet holiday characters, partake in an indoor snowball fight, play with the kiddos in a fun zone, go on a holiday bar crawl and more on select dates. Attend an adults-only ugly sweater party Dec. 14. 4125 Mahoning Road NE, Suite B, Canton, Fridays 6-11:30 p.m., Saturday noon-11:30 p.m. & Sunday noon-9:30 p.m. and Tuesday-Saturday the week before Christmas, times vary. $17.95 children 4-12, $23.95 adults. ohiochristmasfacutory.com

Through 12/16 Fall Exhibitions Peruse exhibits such as “Anywhere” by Lizzi Aronhalt and group exhibits “Imagine Infinite: Where Wonder Meets Transcendence,” “Blurred Lines” and “Too Dark.” Summit Artspace, 140 E. Market St., Akron. Friday noon-7 p.m. & Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. summitartspace.org Through 12/16 Winter Exhibitions Take in exhibits like poet Raja Belle Freeman’s “Consider This Your Trigger Warning” and artist Debra DeGregorio’s “co ≈ rrelate.” Akron Soul Train, 191 S. Main St., Akron. Wednesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. akronsoultrain.org