For starters, have a ball
Help make the world’s largest sauerkraut ball! Fans of the famous Akron appetizer are invited to bring bags of kraut and other ingredients to be combined in five specially refurbished concrete mixers and cooked on an exposed platform with heat-generating sun reflectors in the middle of RubberDucks stadium. The folks from Guinness will be on hand to see if this beats the previous record of 1,375 pounds set in 1974 in the old Rubber Bowl.
Stunt is taking wing
Goodyear is bringing in its blimp the Spirit of Satire for a stunt at Derby Downs to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a Soap Box Derby racer going airborne during a local competition. (Because of some questionable extra weight in the rear, the racer tilted backwards and then took flight for almost as long as the Wright Brothers.) The airship will drop a specially constructed, unmanned racer over Derby Downs, after which its parachute and wings will help it drop gently to the top of the racing hill and complete a ride down the track, where it will be greeted by Corbin Bernsen.
The Keys to polka
The Black Keys will release the download-only album Let’s Be Frank, a 12-song tribute to the legendary Frank Yankovic and other polka legends. Besides giving the Keys’ treatment to Too Fat Polka, In Heaven There Is No Beer, Just Because and Akron, the Polka Town (a rewrite of Cleveland, the Polka Town), the set includes polka-arranged jam on Turn Blue with the band joined by Stan Shmenge and the Happy Wanderers.
Get ready, three Dons to unite
We hear that Don Plusquellic will come out of retirement today, announcing his intention to become Donald Trump’s running mate. Don Drumm has agreed to design the campaign logo. It’ll be yuuuuge.
Stones roll in to Akron
The Rolling Stones last played the Rubber Bowl in 1972. That long absence will end as the Stones play a pop-up show at the venerable stadium. The structure is somewhat dilapidated, so maybe the opening chords of Start Me Up will save the new owners a bundle in demolition costs.
For information on this or any of the other events listed today, call 330-996-3856.
Just one more thing ...
Be skeptical of anything you hear or read. It’s April Fools’ Day!