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enny Averiett is an enthusiastic person who uses his zeal to bring people together and encourage the community.
His main channel for this is within Akron’s DIY music scene, as a committee member for the PorchRokr festival and resident of the Oakdale House, where Kenny and his roommate, Adam, used to organize house shows. “I love bringing people together. I think that’s probably my biggest passion –– escapism or giving people the outlet to escape,” he explains. Even though he has moved around and traveled a lot, Kenny says the people he has gotten to know by being involved with events like Porchrokr is what keeps him in Highland Square.
“I’ve gotten to meet a lot of people who own the properties in the neighborhood, just knocking on doors. The first four or five years or so, we were just doing a lot of footwork by meeting people and I got to meet a lot of the neighborhood people,” he explains. Kenny also believes that Highland Square’s diverse population contributes to its eclectic atmosphere. He also appreciates the way Akronites value collaboration, especially in the art and music scenes. “There’s like five different music and art scenes and everyone gets along with each other. Everyone kind of intermingles and goes to each other’s events and plays at each other’s stuff, and other places like Cleveland and Columbus, from what I’m told,
aren’t really like that... I think Akron just has that energy that has more collaborative effort across the city,” he says. Kenny says he became a part of the co-op because of The Devil Strip’s efforts to cover subjects that traditional news may overlook.
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o a c d “Watching The Devil Strip move in a o certain direction and embrace parts t of Akron that other publications or t other media outlets have ignored for years and they’re making... a T concentrated effort for that.” t s In his free time, Kenny has been a learning guitar, piano, writing haikus, s i and raising his cat, who he says is t “pretty cool.” c y — Allyson Smith w o r f s
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May Astrology by Angie Agnoni
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ay the Fourth be with you as Mercury leaves the content sign of Taurus and rolls into agile Gemini on this year’s Star Wars day. Mercury will have an extended stay in this sign as it will shift retrograde at the end of the month bringing in disruptions in communication, travel and commerce. As we enter May we are situated in the sign of Taurus. The qualities of Taurus are ruled by the planet Venus which is the planet of beauty and harmony. Taurus is the sign of the Bull which carries with it an emphasis on our values and the stubbornness which comes along with being a fixed earth sign. Taurus is determined to
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stand its ground but these days needs to be a bit more flexible with all the change which is occurring around us. On May 11th we are graced with a Taurus New Moon which can be a cultivation time to the projects and plans we have put into motion — a time of reward to the fruits of your labor. As always, a new moon is a time to plant new seeds of intention in the two weeks following, but since the quality here is fertile ground it suggests a positive time to start your outdoor plant gardens for the year. With the inventive planet of Uranus, also located in Taurus, now is also an appropriate time to take a look at new technologies associated with money and artistic pursuits. Cryptocurrencies and NFT’s are two areas to explore.
Another season of eclipses is upon us at the end of the month while we’re in the time of Gemini. Eclipses happen every six months and indicate shake-ups in our lives. On May 26th we have a full moon lunar eclipse in the sign of Sagittarius which can bring to us, by choice or happenstance, a bigger picture of truth somewhere in our lives. The veils have been thinning out in our society for sometime, but we have to remember to ask for what it is we seek and take an honest look at what it is we see. That’s the nature of Sagittarius.
29th until June 22nd. It’s a time to go inward in thought to reexamine our lives and see it’s all a matter of choice. Indian spiritual guru and Sagittarian Osho said,“If you can grow in love, you will grow in awareness. If you grow in awareness, you will grow in love.” #chooselove Angie Agnoni is owner/operator of Paradox Astrology, LLC she is also Vice President of Lake County Astrological Association (LCAA). To book a personal reading go to: www. calendly.com/angieagnoni
Whatever is shown to us under this Full Moon Eclipse, we will have the time to process while Mercury is retrograde in Gemini from May thedevilstrip.com
