Week in Review: A Professor Remembered, Art Mile Dedication and More

The skyline of downtown Kent changed dramatically this week and workers started erecting the steel skeleton for the new buildings.

That wasn't the only news out of Acorn Alley this week, as coming to Kent as part of the project.

Read on for the rest of the big headlines in Kent from this week.

• columnist Elaine Hullihen wrote , who died earlier this month. In addition, columnist David Foster captured Sunday.
• Our partnership with journalism students at Kent State continued Monday when we shined the Kent Patch spotlight on the piece .
• News Break of the Week:
• We talked with officials at about the possibility of .
• Video of the showed the artists and their work on Wednesday.
• The launched Thursday!
• We previewed the , which takes place Saturday at Theodore Roosevelt High School, on Thursday.
• Writer , the new sculpture commissioned for Acorn Alley II, on Friday.
• And columnist Bob Burford previewed the Hemline Theory show at the Stone Tavern Friday night.

Those are just the highlights. For stories like these and more check Kent Patch daily and subscribe to our e-newsletter.