The Akron Art Museum's outdoor summer concert series Downtown@Dusk will return for its 26th year on Thursday evenings from June 24 through Aug. 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Concerts will take place rain or shine.
Concert-goers can enjoy local music with a lineup of eight bands whose genres range from reggae to rock. The free concerts will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the museum's High Street parking lot, or in the Beatrice Knapp McDowell Grand Lobby in case of rain. Food and beverages will be available for purchase on the terrace, and other activities, including Family Fun Nights and ArtTalks@Dusk, will take place on the lawn and in the auditorium, respectively.
Live personalities from 89.7 WKSU will emcee each concert.
Family Fun Nights and ArtTalks@Dusk
During Family Fun Nights, kids and an accompanying adult can join museum educators to participate in free, hands-on art activities inspired by artwork in the museum from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
While the band takes a break, join museum staff, area artists and local experts for ArtTalks@Dusk. Presenters will offer a series of free informal talks about the exhibitions on view as well as a variety of other art-related topics from 7:30 to 7:45 p.m. each Thursday.
Also, be sure to stop in and view the exhibitions Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore and Arctic Re-visions: Isaac Julien's True North. The galleries are open until 9 p.m. with paid admission.
2010 Schedule
* June 24 -- Wanda Hunt Band, old school Rhythm & Blues;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 p.m., Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, The Accidental Aesthetics of Urban Decline, Terry Schwarz, interim director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and founder of Pop Up City Cleveland.
* July 1 - Patrick Sweany, Blues, Folk and Soul Inspired Americana;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Ruined Nation: Photographing Abandoned Buildings in Northeast Ohio, Carissa Russell, graphic designer and photographer.
* July 8 - Colin Dussault, Blues, Roots and Rock;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Living with Detroit: An All Purpose Guide to American Forgetting, Jerry Herron, Dean of Irvin D. Reid Honors College, Wayne State University.
* July 15 - Anne E. DeChant, Folk Rock;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Loveland: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Detroit Micro Real Estate...But were too Afraid to Ask, Jerry Paffendorf, Loveland CEO.
* July 22 - Sammy DeLeon Orchestra, Latin Jazz;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Can Art Save Detroit?, Barbara Tannenbaum, director of curatorial affairs.
* July 29 - 15 60 75 The Numbers Band, Rock/Abstract Blues;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Grizzled Wizardry, PR Miller, Akron Life & Leisure Artist of the Year.
* Aug. 5 - Robin Stone, Neo Soul;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Crystalline Voyages: Polar Exploration in Art, Ellen Rudolph, curator of exhibitions.
* Aug. 12 - Cats on Holiday, Swamp Pop;
ArtTalk@Dusk, 7:30-7:45 pm, Charles and Jane Lehner Auditorium, Dance Demonstration, Jill Sigman, conceptual performance artist/dancer and Gustavo Aguilar, percussionist.
Parking is free in the High Street municipal garage directly across the street from the entrance of the Akron Art Museum. No smoking, pets, bottles, cans, bikes, skateboards, sporting equipment or chalk allowed.
For details, call 330-376-9186, ext. 230.
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