Ed Balint
Crime and Justice Writer at The Canton Repository
A lover of music, art, pop culture, good food, road trips, the outdoors and other fun stuff. And I get to write about it for The Canton Repository.
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
cantonrep.com | Ed Balint
• A Cornucopia of Cool Books is just how it sounds. Shelves are stocked with classics, rariteis and bestsellers. • The bookstore is on Tuscarawas Street W at Mellett Plaza in Canton. • Thousands of used books are for sale. Subjects and genres vary, from Bigfoot to Dick Butkus. CANTON − Will Disman was nestled in a thickly cushioned chair at A Cornucopia of Cool Books. Flipping pages and peering through glasses, he was lost in a story.
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2 weeks ago |
timesreporter.com | Ed Balint
Medieval MMA was in Canton on June 7 at the Hall of Fame Village, and it was outrageously entertaining. Armored MMA featured fighters who wielded swords, axes and shields. A Canal Fulton area resident took on the president of Armored MMA. CANTON − Medieval madness swept over the Hall of Fame Village on June 7 as fighters sparred in body armor while wielding swords in a bizarre sporting spectacle.
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3 weeks ago |
the-review.com | Ed Balint
Outdoor activities and entertainment options are abundant in June in Stark County. Canton Repository entertainment writer Ed Balint offers a dozen ideas. First Friday's June theme will be "Chalk the Walk" on June 6. Festivities are 5 to 9:30 p.m. Chalk artists and vendors will be spread throughout downtown Canton. More than 17 chalk artists from Northeast Ohio will be participating. Entertainment includes the band Disco Inferno performing at the Centennial Plaza stage at 330 Court Ave. NW.
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3 weeks ago |
cantonrep.com | Ed Balint
• The new Downtown Canton Blues & BBQ Festival will be July 11-12 at Centennial Plaza. • The free event hopes to draw some of the blues music lovers who attended the former Canton Blues Fest. • The first day of the event will coincide with Canton First Friday on July 11. CANTON − Is a sequel ever as good as the original? Blockbuster movie franchises sometimes replicate success. Other times, subsequent films bomb at the box office. But what about the 2025 version of the Blues Fest in downtown Canton?
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3 weeks ago |
indeonline.com | Ed Balint
The new Downtown Canton Blues & BBQ Festival will be July 11-12 at Centennial Plaza. The free event hopes to draw some of the blues music lovers who attended the former Canton Blues Fest. The first day of the event will coincide with Canton First Friday on July 11. CANTON − Is a sequel ever as good as the original? Blockbuster movie franchises sometimes replicate success. Other times, subsequent films bomb at the box office. But what about the 2025 version of the Blues Fest in downtown Canton?
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