<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><article class="tag-wandering-aesthetics post-4898 category-features status-publish category-places tag-akron entry tag-akron-news category-arts-and-culture tag-akron-arts type-post format-standard tag-akron-neighborhoods tag-akronist post has-post-thumbnail" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost"><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">Pressure Cooker open mic finds diamonds in Akron arts scene</h1><div class=""><h3 class=""><strong class="">‘It’s where the artists go to see other artists’ – March 7 at None Too Fragile Theater</strong></h3></div><p class="">If
you’re a local performer who doesn’t quite know where to fit in,
there’s an ongoing series just for you. The Electric Pressure Cooker,
hosted by local theater and storytelling group Wandering Aesthetics, is
an “anything goes” cabaret style open mic, which offers a place on stage
for storytellers, poets, dancers and musicians, among other performing
artists.</p><p class="">The only limits are the imaginations of the performers themselves.</p><p class="">“We provide a countercultural space for artists to experiment, grow
and develop their work and stage presence,” says Benjamin Rexroad, who,
with his husband Kyle Jozsa, serve as co-artistic directors of Wandering
Aesthetics. Rexroad and Jozsa conceived of this eclectic event, whose
popularity has grown significantly in a short time.</p><p class="">The next Electric Pressure Cooker (EPCooker) takes place March 7, 8
p.m. at the None too Fragile Theater, 1835 Merriman Road. Wandering
Aesthetics has gathered a uniquely loyal grassroots following, and this
event showcases its spirit, where storytelling and expression are the
focal points, along with a sense of camaraderie that you’re hard pressed
to find elsewhere...</p><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Read the test of the article here: <a href="http://akronist.com/pressure-cooker-open-mic-finds-diamonds-in-akron-arts-scene/" class="">http://akronist.com/pressure-cooker-open-mic-finds-diamonds-in-akron-arts-scene/</a></b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class="">Visit the event page here: <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/EPCooker13" class="">www.tinyurl.com/EPCooker13</a></b></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
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Benjamin Rexroad<br class="">Artistic Director <br class="">Wandering Aesthetics (formerly Heads Up Productions) <br class="">2011 Akron Arts Alive Award Winner for Rising Young Star/Leadership<br class=""><a href="http://www.akronlife.com/articles/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-rexroad" class="">http://www.akronlife.com/articles/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-rexroad</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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