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AKRON November 2008

Volume 1 • Number 1 • Issue 1 PUBLISHER A.C. Evans EDITOR Athena SALES & CIRCULATION Justin Kilpatrick CONTRIBUTORS Writer Preston Holmes Writer Athena ADVERTISING? Call 330-576-6498 Email [email protected]

Editors wrap up!

Table of Contents What

Where

Athena’s festive things to do I believe the holiday season should be enjoyed and celebrated, and its always nice to find cheap, fun activities to do just that! Akron has some great ways to get your fill of the holiday season. Just remember to give thanks for what you have, and enjoy some time with the ones you love by hitting up these fun and seasonal attractions, but remember to tell them you saw it IN Akron!

Salon Preston ............2 Best Deals ..................3 Fashion Weekly..........4 Drink of the week .......4 Nicole’s .......................4 Nails by........................5 Tammy Certified Nerds ..........5

Medina County Fair Holiday Fantasy - November 14 through December 28 - Drive through the Medina fairgrounds, transformed into a winter wonderland with 85 lighting displays; 710 W Smith Rd., Medina; 6pm - 9pm; $7 per car

Coopers ......................5 Tasty Jones’................6

Akron's Holiday Fest Lighting Spectacular - Lock 3 Live! from November 28 - January 1. Lighting is on November 28 at 7pm; admission is free. Enjoy a variety of holiday themed attractions at Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron.

Whiskey Dick’s...........6 Riddle Challenge........7 Ken Love.....................7

Stan Hywet Hall - Deck the Hall! - The Stan Hywet estate is surrounded by more than 200,000 holiday lights from November 8 until December 28 (except Mondays, Thanksgivign, December 24 and 25), 630pm - 830pm; grounds tours $8; house and grounds tours are $14.

Artist of the week.......8 Band Schedules.........8

Blossom Music Center - Holiday Lights - drive through thousands of festive displays; November 28 - December 14 and December 18 - January 4; Sunday - Thursday: 6pm - 9pm, Friday and Saturday: 6pm - 11pm; $15 per carload; $5 discount coupons available at Marc's stores.

Coopers in the Valley

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35¢ $4.75 $2.50 $5 50 Wings off

Burgers

Scorchers

1800 merriman

Scorchers

1800 merriman

10oz Strip Steak + fries

The Getaway

Main Street Saloon

Every week we’ll bring you the best daily specials in and around Akron. We know there are lots of great bars, so there has to be lots of great food and drink specials. If you know of a good one and we don’t have it up here, you can send us the details of the deal at [email protected].

$2 $2

Shots

Margaritas

Pints

69 Taps

1 Shots 2

for

Big Fish

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and up

call us 330.576.6498

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

$1 .50 50c $ $ 1 1 Natty Domestic Well Domestic Lite Pint

Bottles

Shots

Cleats

Bourban st

Backdraft

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Firehouse Grill & Pub

1562 akron-penn 1677 e market

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I strongly suggest the burgers at Scorchers!

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3 Dinky Meatball Burgers Subs + fries 1462 n portagepath

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Kenmore Eastern Sports Bar

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WhiskeyDicks

Hair coloring do’s and dont’s Welcome back to my weekly column, your guide to all things beautiful. I must confess how traumatic it is for me to even enter the grocery store... with the aisles and ailes of all the concoctions priced well below the $5.00 range and still we have people right here in our own great city of Akron without a clue!!!! I can’t imagine trying to make an informed desicion on all of the boxed haircolor and the products that promise longer thicker shinier hair. I am here to tell you there is no product that can deliver these"magical" results and here’s why..

Photo by: Ken Love

Icicle Drink of the week:

1/2 oz Vodka

1/2 oz Cointreau

1. Most companies in a mass market category use the least amount of any one "natural extract" to deliver any real long lasting results.

1 oz Black Haus Pour the Black Haus blackberry schnapps into a shot glass.

2. These products are sold solely on smell and packaging tricking you, the consumer, into believing you are getting salon quailty without paying the price. Don’t fall for these LIES!

Add vodka, followed by Cointreau, and serve.

3. If a chemical process that you purchase at the grocery store was so superior then why do people still run to salon screaming like Britney Spears running from the paparazzi? These products and chemials are designed to provide only a temporary fix. The haircolor in boxes has a very high concentration of ammonia that will allow for the fastest delivery and processing with the most amount of color humanly possible. Again misleading you into believing temporarily that this single product is somehow superior. I n closing nothing beats a great color and haircut done by a trained proffesional..i promise you will save lots of time and money in the log run happy holidays from me to you lets do our part to keep akron beautiful......

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Tasty Jones’

Mind your P’s and Q’s

The saying “Mind your P's and Q's” comes from the time when alcoholic beverages were served and sold in Pints or Quarts.

Giant Jenga and more... With many great bars to choose from, how does one decide which one tonight? If you are into mellow atmospheres and great accoustic music then I have the place for you to visit. Tasty Jones’ has always been a favorite of mine. I started out just eating there during the day. I sampled almost everything on the menu, which has a unique variety of fairly priced gourmet appitizers. Soon after that I learned of the awesome nightlife that Jones’ has to offer. As you can see on the cover they have set a new standard for “drinking games”. Giant Jenga is my personal favorite. They also have an exquisite bochy ball pit. All of these enjoyments are free for patrons of this wonderfull establishment. Last but not least, the live music Tasty Jones’ offers is second to none. Again this is a very laid back enviroment and they intend to keep it that way. So you won’t find any head banging, ear bleeding, mosh pitting shows here. You will however get a great blend of VERY talented local musicians in Akron every Tuesday, Wednesdsay, and Thursday night.

Thus, to mind your P's and Q's meant to be careful how much you drank.

by A.C.

Thanksgiving Eve

Whiskey Dicks

$

Remember Tell them IN Akron sent you. by A.C.

3 BOMBS

12

Great Atmosphere

$

30 Years+ Crowd Good Friends

FISH BOWLS

American Tapas Gourmet Appetizers

Every night of the week

Live musicians play Located in the valley at Tues, Wed, and Thurs 1714 Merriman road 330.835.9030 Cheaper drinks than most

WHISKEY DICKS - HUE one west exchange street Akron OH 44308 Tel: (330) 434-0046

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Athena’s Riddle Challenge

HAVING CAR PROBLEMS?

Here’s the deal, I’m going to write out 3 riddles. If you can correctly email me the answers to all three within one week I will buy you a couple drinks at one of our featured bars in Akron. Stay off of google!

Warning Riddles get harder as they go: 1. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never speaks, has a bed but never sleeps?

Will come to you! Call Lee at 216.232.1247 Was rescued in Akron

Hint: Cuyahoga has one.

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2. What gets wetter the more it drys? Hint: Everyone uses them. Hopefully daily.

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3. When you have me, you want to share me. But, if you do, you won’t have me anymore. What am I? Hint: This hint is confedintial. Sorry.

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If no one can answer all of these correctly I will buy drinks for the first person to send in the most correct answers for this weeks Riddle Challenge. Send your answers to [email protected]

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Artist of the Week

by Athena

The Busted Knuckle House Band

The Busted Knuckle Saloon is home to a group of guys who make up thier House Band. From watching the guys play a mix of music from southern rock to eighties, you get a sense that they all just enjoy playing together. Each member of the band has been contributing to the Akron music scene for roughly 30 years, and everything about the band from the members, to the music, to The Busted Knuckle Saloon keeps an air of rock and roll. The House Band has only been playing together for a year and a half which is definitely not apparent in the way the guys relate on stage, or by watching thier awesome performances.

“Nobody

plays

blues

like

Hurricane!”

Frank,

a

Busted

Knuckle

Saloon

customer

said.

If I’m keeping it real, like I promised, I’d like to also take a minute to say that I enjoy a long haired, good looking, biker man in leather, and this bar did not disappoint!! So, if you want a night of good looking men, who play classic great music, do not hesitate to put on those leather pants you have in the back of your closet, have some drinks, and let the Busted Knuckle Saloon House Band start your party! The House Band: Hurricane James - Guitar/Vocals , Dave Thomas - Guitar/Vocals, Keith Wiley - Bass/Vocals, Joe Isaac Guitar/Vocals, Jesse Lee - Drums/Vocals. The Busted Knuckle Saloon House band also plays with frequent additional member’s includeing Jefferson Rice Keys/Sax/Vocals, Doug Ramsey - Bass/Guitar/Keys/Vocals, Jeff Tyson - Keys/Guitar/Vocals. You can visit The Busted Knuckle Saloon at 1221 S.Arlington St in Akron. 330-724-2427 Open daily from 12:00pm - 2:30am. You can also give the band a shout out on there myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/bustedknuckleband. Don’t forget to check the guys out every Wed, Thurs, Fri, and Sat night, it’s a great show!

Local MUSIC Shows IN Akron Thursday December 4 Thursday December 4 Friday December 5 Saturday December 6 Monday December 8 Tuesday December 9 Wednesday December 10 Saturday December 13

Custody of the Kids We Know Karate, Friends Back East, Handlebar Mustache, and Give the Signal Lords of the Highway, The Rhondas, and Stab-O-Matic Hell’s Information, The Suede Brothers, and Rebreather Ryan Beke Jacob and the Good People The Busted Knuckle House Band Cleveland Fats

Tasty Jones’

1714 Merriman Annabelle’s

784 W. Market St Annabelle’s

784 W. Market St Annabelle’s

784 W. Market St Annabelle’s

784 W. Market St Tasty Jones’

1714 Merriman Busted Knuckle Saloon

1221 S, Arlington St Ozzy’s Notingham Pub

1390 Brittain Road

In a band? To get listed or featured Email Athena at [email protected]