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May 26, 2011 | Volume 5 Issue 12

Troika Russian Festival
By John Bintrim

This Friday, May 27th at Noon, the third annual Russian Festival kicks off at the Church of the Nativity Community Center located at 109 German Street.

The 3 day event was originally founded in 2009 as a fundraiser to help pay off the mortgage for the expansion to their Community Center, where the church houses a food pantry for those in need.

Russian Old Believer immigrants who had come to the United States during the latter part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century originally chartered the Church of the Nativity of Christ in 1916.

Upon arriving in America, many of these Old Believer immigrants chose to move to Erie, where work on the ore and pulp docks was available. By 1916, scores of Old Believer families were located in the area, and the community’s leaders decided to build a church.

Over the past century, the parish has evolved dramatically while still keeping hold of the Old Rite of the Russian Orthodox Church.

This year’s festival will include homemade Russian food, a Vodka Ice Bar, a Russian Tea Room along with folk music featuring the world-renowned Barynya Russian Dance Ensemble.

The Russian music, dance and song ensemble Barynya (Russian:Барыня), established in the year 1991 in New York City, is a world renowned group that enjoys exalting stature as the premier Russian folk ensemble outside of Russia.

Barynya presents Russian, Cossack, Ukrainian, Jewish and Gypsy Roma traditional dancing, music, songs, and virtuoso performances on instruments including the balalaika, garmoshka, balalaika contrabass, bayan, Gypsy guitars, domra, and violin.

Barynya has been invited to perform at some of the most prestigious cultural venues in the United States, including Carnegie Hall in New York, the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the Smithsonian Institute of America in Washington D.C., the United Nations in New York, and the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C.

Globally recognized, Barynya has performed for dignitaries, politicians, celebrities and around the world.

The group performed at the black-tie Gala after President George H.W. Bush presented the Liberty Medal to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 2008. Over one thousand dignified guests including the likes of Tom Brokaw, Dikembe Mutumbo and Van Cliburn attended the prestigious event.

Members of the ensemble have been invited to perform at many film premiers and celebrity parties, including the official post-Grammy Award parties in New York and for private events hosted by Barbara Walters, Elton John, the Rolling Stones, and Tommy Hilfiger.

For more information on the Troika Russian Festival, please visit their website www.churchofthenativity.net

Save the Date for the Erie Art Museum’s pARTy on the patio

The Erie Art Museum is gearing up for its summer fundraiser, pARTy on the patio, a Summer Solstice, scheduled for Friday, June 17, 2011, 7-11p.m., on the Museum’s new outdoor patio. The celebration includes live entertainment by Mambo, assorted appetizers, free beer, a full cash bar and surprises at sunset.

The party will take place on its 5th Street patio and throughout the entire museum complex. Director of Marketing and Development, Carolyn Eller, says, "People not only get to see the inside of the Museum, but they get to experience our new outdoor patio, listen to great music and eat and drink. It's a great night out, and supports our efforts here at the Erie Art Museum.”

The event committee is comprised of Director of Marketing and Development at EAM, Carolyn Eller, VP of Special Events and Event Chair, Abby Lechner, and Barb Haggerty, Julia Sullivan-Horan, Mary Beth McMaster, Michelee A. Curtze, Nancy Potter, Neala Ferralli, Rebecca Styn, Patty Rich, and Tammy Roche.

Advanced tickets are $25 and $35 after June 10 and at the door. All proceeds benefit the programming of the Erie Art Museum. To purchase tickets, call 814-459-5477. More information can be found at www.ErieArtMuseum.org.

About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings and a modern, ‘Green,’ 10,500 square foot expansion. The newly expanded Museum marks the first LEED-certified building in the region, soon to be complete with a planted rooftop.

The Museum maintains an ambitious program of changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.

The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.

The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 25-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz Festival.

The Erie Art Museum, café, and gift shop is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For additional visitor information, visit online at www.ErieArtMuseum.org or call 814-459-5477

The Erie Community Foundation’s Annual Meeting is Celebrating 75 Years!

You are welcome to attend our annual meeting on:
Thursday, June 2 at 4 p.m.
Bayfront Convention Center

Reservations required.
Please call (814) 454-0843 by May 30th or send us an email by clicking here.

Join us as we:
• Give an update of 2010
• Thank our volunteers and donors
• Congratulate our Edward C. Doll Community Service Award Winners: Jim & Maggie Stolley
• Report on Vital Signs
• Unveil our 75th Anniversary Surprise and Erie Gives Day!

Special THANKS to our major sponsor: ERIE INSURANCE for underwriting part of our annual meeting.

THANK YOU also to General Electric and Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield for sponsoring the event too!

Erie Zoo Parade

Saturday, May 21st
10 a.m.
*Parade starts at 18th and State and marches North to
South Park Row

You know summer is almost here when it’s time for the Zoo Parade. This parade kicks off the “official” start to the Zoo season. So bring your friends and family and march down State Street for the annual Zoo Parade scheduled on Saturday, May 21st beginning at 10 am. The parade heads north on State Street beginning at 18th Street and finishes at South Park Row. The Zoo Parade always features over 100 units including representatives from local organizations, bands, floats and much more! If you have a group or organization and are interested in participating in the parade, please contact Kelly at the Zoo at 814-864-4091 for more information.

And don’t forget to stop by the Zoo after the parade and visit will all of your animals friends! Max and Erma's will be on the grounds handing out their famous chocolate chip cookies, Claytopia will be bringing pottery for kids to paint and take home and you may get a glimpse of Darth Vader and the Storm Troopers from Star Wars.

Artists and Public Welcome to Experience Unique Collaboration at the Erie Art Museum

The Erie Art Museum and Lyons Den Productions are teaming up for a night of music, art, and filmmaking, Friday, June 3, 2011, from 6:30-9 p.m.

The Museum will host its final Open Stage Night of the summer, and any group or individual can sign up for a short set (two pieces, or eight minutes, whichever is shorter) stating at 5:30 p.m. Original work is encouraged, and visual artists can get in on the act, too, by bringing digital images on DVD or jump drive.

“This event is particularly aimed for emerging artists in our community who may not have opportunities to regularly engage with other artists or perform or exhibit for an audience,” said EAM’s Director of Marketing & Development, Carolyn Eller. “It’s not just for singer-songwriters, but for any creative type.”

During the event, the cast and crew of Lyons Den Productions will film a scene in the Museum’s lobby and main gallery for filmmaker John C. Lyons’ latest feature, There Are No Goodbyes. The scene is an exhibit opening for Raina Kowl, a lead character in the film played by actress Jennifer Hooper. The exhibit will feature photography and objects from Erie’s industrial past and is the work of area artist Ian Wallace. Visitors to the museum that evening will be extras in the scene, and will be required to sign a consent form with Lyons Den Productions.

“The museum was kind enough to allow us to premiere one of our first short films Hunting Camp there, and museum Director John Vanco played a memorable role in our last film Schism,” said filmmaker John C. Lyons. “Once the Museum’s beautiful, modern expansion was complete we knew we had to feature it in There Are No Goodbyes.”

There Are No Goodbyes is a fictional story about choices and finding purpose in one’s life in the context of the current sociopolitical climate of blue-collar America. Scenes for the film have already been shot in Poland, Czech Republic, and Ireland and production is currently taking place in Erie, PA. The feature film is expected to premiere in 2012 and stars Matthew King, Jennifer Hooper, Frederick Williams, and Don Kirsch.

The Museum will be free and open to the public for Open Stage Night and the filming, with a suggested $5 donation. A cash beer & wine bar will be available in the lobby. For more information about Open Stage Night, visit www.erieartmuseum.org or contact Kelly at 459-5477 or folkart@erieartmuseum.org.

About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings and a modern, ‘Green,’ 10,500 square foot expansion. The newly expanded Museum marks the first LEED-certified building in the region, soon to be complete with a planted rooftop.

The Museum maintains an ambitious program of changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well as traditional media.

The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.

The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 25-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz Festival.

The Erie Art Museum, café, and gift shop is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For additional visitor information, visit online at www.erieartmuseum.org or call 814-459-5477.

Albert Brooks’s Dark Vision of the Future
Reviewed By Tom Carson

2030
The Real Story of What Happens to America
Written By Albert Brooks

As a comedian and filmmaker, the very gifted Albert Brooks has specialized for more than 30 years in cooking up quandaries with no ready solution except humiliation. His often ingenious first novel is no exception to that rule. In the future America of “2030,” the national debt has long since surpassed the gross national product. Why anyone would want to be president is “more and more of a mystery.” On the rosy side — well, sort of — a cure for cancer has been found, turning the man who did it, Dr. Sam Mueller, into a billionaire and a guru.

The bad news? Along with a stock of lesser rejuvenating drugs and gadgets, Mueller’s breakthrough has left spry hordes of senior citizens cheerily hogging most of the country’s remaining resources. Seeing their own chance at the good life shrink to zero, young people are forming “resentment gangs” and committing acts of escalating violence against “the olds.” The White House’s first Jewish occupant, the brainy but melancholy Matthew Bernstein, would like to give them a fairer share of the pie, but even he doesn’t dare risk the wrath of AARP.

If you mourn Kurt Vonnegut’s passing — and what sane reader doesn’t? — Brooks’s synthetic equivalent isn’t half bad. But the disaster he invents to start his plot’s multiple threads playing cat’s cradle has recently become less fanciful. Early in “2030,” Los Angeles is finally hit by “the big one”: an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 that kills nearly 50,000 people while leaving most survivors homeless. Even though Brooks’s scenario thankfully leaves out nuclear meltdowns, his descriptions of the aftermath resemble the images from Japan more than he would probably wish.

For President Bernstein, however, the pressing issue is the nation’s pocketbook: “Where in God’s name would the money come from to fix America’s largest city?” The cost of rebuilding Los Angeles is $20 trillion, and you can guess which foreign country can still afford that kind of loan. Off to Beijing goes Bernstein’s engaging new secretary of the Treasury, a former C.E.O. named Susanna Colbert. While imagining a likable version of Carly Fiorina may be Brooks’s biggest leap into fantasy, the Chinese turn Susanna down. “You are a bottomless pit and we no longer feel comfortable feeding it,” she’s told, only to hear they’ve got another arrangement in mind.

Meanwhile, the other members of Brooks’s large, unwieldy cast are getting on with their assigned chores. In Indianapolis, young Kathy Bernard — once voted “angriest girl in her sixth-grade class,” and now hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt after her father’s death — falls for a charismatic budding terrorist named Max Leonard, who’s dreaming of a “final solution” to the age problem. (His first name may be a nod to Max Frost, the rabble-rousing youth leader played by Christopher Jones in the 1968 trash classic “Wild in the Streets.”) A grumpy codger named Brad Miller is camped in a refugee tent city in Pasadena, fondling a brochure for the new “retirement ships” (floating old-age homes) now that his condo is uninhabitable. As AARP’s point man on youth violence gets wind of something major brewing from his new lover at the Justice Department, a health entrepreneur named Shen Li is pondering the business opportunities created by the latest American catastrophe.

From necessity, since even Woody Allen had more box-office clout in his prime, Brooks’s movies have always been modestly scaled. It’s obvious he enjoys working with print’s anything-goes equivalent of a blockbuster budget. Despite his evident care in working out the novel’s converging story lines, however, narrative momentum isn’t his strong suit.

In his movies, his characteristic method has been to winnow the maximum in observational humor and satirical waggishness out of a more or less static situation before pulling the plug. So a lot depends on the premise’s spark. After the early projects that culminated with “Lost in America,” the most mordant screen comedy of the Reagan years, his inspirations grew more haphazard later on, leaving his more demanding fans — and Brooks has very few undemanding ones — equally frustrated by the mawkish undercurrent of “Defending Your Life” and the sketchiness of “Mother” and “The Muse.”

For all his acuteness about social mores, his movies never manifested much of an interest in politics until the most recent of them, “Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World,” an oddity that nonetheless featured some gags as clever as any he’s ever thought up. (In more ways than one, it’s Brooks’s Bob Hope movie.) And little did we know, since this novel is unmistakably the work of a cable-news omnivore who’s been let out of his cage at long last and can’t stop cracking wonk jokes.

Brooks being Brooks, a lot of the jokes are astute. Calling the United States “the original ‘too big to fail’ institution” is fairly choice, and so is the image of a Chinese summit delegation keeping everyone entertained at Camp David by telling “great stories about the former North Korea” — yes, it’s now defunct — “as if it were the black sheep in the family.” Yet he keeps larding the story with similarly impish sidebars well past the point at which his comic conceits need more elaborating. Topical satire depends on briskness, and at 375 pages, “2030” can be a slog.

It doesn’t help that you occasionally find yourself laboring to keep track of who’s who. Not to mention where’s where, since vivid locales aren’t in Brooks’s trick bag. All too plainly, Indianapolis is just a dot in flyover country to him, and Washington no more than a handful of sets he’s seen on CNN. (Among other gaffes, he seems to think cabinet secretaries have White House offices.) The various tics and vanities he distributes among his characters are amusing, but they’re also interchangeable. By and large, they don’t affect anybody’s behavior or reveal much except Brooks’s ever-keen eye for the niggling side of life.

One partial exception is Max Leonard, the young terrorist, whose mix of idealism (“He still thought that if he could get someone to really understand, they would change”) and egotism (he has mixed feelings when he doesn’t show up on a “Troublemakers” list) is imagined with just enough empathy to keep him interesting. Still, he’s a screenwriter’s concoction as opposed to a novelist’s. If the people in “2030” lack a certain dimension, it’s not hard to see why: they’re waiting for actors to flesh them out.

No wonder the novel’s one completely successful creation is President Bernstein. That’s simply because we can imagine Brooks playing him. Amid too much chaff, every scene of the conscientious and jittery Bernstein interacting with his new Treasury secretary, who is at once a substitute wife and a substitute mom, is comic gold. Let’s all just hope Meryl Streep — the author’s “Defending Your Life” co-star — is available to play Susanna Colbert in whichever alternate universe “2030” is greenlighted for the screen, $250 million budget be damned.

The Mercyhurst Preparatory School Ophelia Club: Striving to Build Safe Social Climates

The Mercyhurst Prep Ophelia Club has been working together to educate adolescents and teens about the dangers of peer aggression. Starting with a group workshop in August, the MPS Ophelia girls have strived to become more aware of the importance of establishing a safe social climate everywhere they go.

The club consists of over 50 students, which, in comparison to previous years, is an increase of about 30 members. The club meets twice a month for an hour after school.

The meetings generally consist of discussion, crafts, and presentation preparation. This year, club members signed a contract to affirm that they believe in all that the Ophelia Club stands for, and to declare their official commitment to the club and its mission. In addition, the club has had two guest speakers.

Some topics they wish to cover before the end of the school year include sexual assault/empowerment for girls, invalidation, or the attempt to diminish someone’s feelings, and proactive versus reactive aggression.

Every year, in order to spread the message of the Ophelia Project, the club executes presentations in the Spring. This year, the club began presentations in the fall to address bullying before it became a larger issue.

So far this year, the club has presented during MPS Freshman Welcome Week, at the MPS sophomore retreat, and at OLMC School. In the upcoming months, the MPS Ophelia officers will train newer members of the Ophelia Club so that all members are fully prepared to present to local Catholic grade schools beginning in April. MPS Ophelia Club Secretary, Emily Schultz, says "As a result of joining the MPS Ophelia club, I have learned so much. I love the idea of reaching out to other girls and giving them the tools necessary to relieve themselves of the pain that bullying brings."

The MPS Ophelia Club has passionate leaders with a strong desire to help targets, empower bystanders, and educate aggressors to manifest safer social climates everywhere they go.

The Hangover Part II

Is this some kind of a test? "The Hangover, Part II" plays like a challenge to the audience's capacity for raunchiness. It gets laughs, but some of them are in disbelief. As if making sure no one was not offended, it has a montage of still photos over the closing titles that include one cruel shot that director Todd Phillips should never, ever have used. The MPAA's elaboration of the film's R rating says the movie has "pervasive language, strong sexual content including graphic nudity, drug use and brief violent images." Also other stuff. Maybe their space was limited.

It's not that I was shocked. This is a raunch fest, yes, but not an offense against humanity (except for that photo, which is a desecration of one of the two most famous photos to come out of the Vietnam War). The movie has its share of laughs. There's a wedding toast that deserves some sort of award for deliberate social embarrassment. And Alan (Zach Galifianakis), the character who stole much of the original 2009 film, walks off with a lot of this one, too.

If you saw that earlier film (which grossed $485 million, so you may have), there's not much need for me to describe the plot this time. It's the same story. Director Todd Phillips seems to have taken "The Hangover" screenplay and moved it laterally from Las Vegas to Bangkok while retaining the same sequence of scenes: Call to bewildered bride to be, flashback to wedding plans, ill-advised bachelor party, four friends waking up with terminal hangovers in unfamiliar hotel room, ominous signs of debauchery, desperate quest to discover what happened, etc.

As the film opens, a few years have passed. The dentist Stu (Ed Helms) is now the prospective groom. He's engaged to a beautiful Thai woman named Lauren (Jamie Chung). Her father (Nirut Sirichanya) is not happy. His son, Teddy (Mason Lee), is a brilliant 16-year-old pre-med student at Stanford, and the father tells Stu: "In this country, we do not consider a dentist a doctor." At a pre-wedding feast, he calmly and implacably offers a toast comparing Stu to a flavorless rice pudding.

Then the lads go down to the beach for one (1) beer, and the next thing they know they're regaining consciousness in a sleazy Bangkok fleabag, Stu has a facial tattoo, and young Teddy is missing, except for a severed finger wearing a Stanford class ring. That sets off their search through the city's underbelly for people who might be able to help them reconstruct the missing hours? Days? Let me just observe that no search of the Bangkok underbelly that involves Ping-Pong balls is going to be altogether reassuring.

Their adventures are punctuated by a series of behavioral eruptions by Alan (Galifianakis), who links passive aggression with clueless trouble-making. These interventions have a certain charm, but Alan's funniest scene takes place in his own bedroom, before he ever gets to Thailand. Describing himself as a "stay-at-home son," he issues commands to his mother through a speaker system and seems determined to remain a fanboy for life. This character, as seen in this scene, could inspire a movie of its own that I would pay good money to see. (Galifianakis should regrow his hair, however; I like him looking like a shaggy bear more than like the bouncer in a biker bar.)

I'm no expert, but I've been to Bangkok, and while the city no doubt has a seamy side, let it be said that much of "The Hangover, Part II" plays like an anti-travelogue paid for by a rival tourist destination — Singapore, maybe. Some of its surprises would shock only those who know little about the city's sex workers, but others are truly unexpected, including the appearance of Paul Giamatti as a crime boss, and Nick Cassavetes as a tattoo artist. The gangster Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) is back, still in need of serious tranquilizing.

While many weekend comedies these days seem too timidly in search of the PG-13, "The Hangover" embraced its R, and "Part II" seems to be testing the MPAA's patience. I wonder if there will be an unrated director's cut. The sequel repeats the medical miracle of the first film, in that the characters are able to regain consciousness after horrifying debauches and quickly return to the land of the living. In real life, they'd check into themselves into an emergency room.

Hot Summer Fun Hits the Cool Slopes of Ellicottville

Outdoor Festivals, Headline Acts, One-of-a-Kind Adventure Course, Unique Mountainside Golfing, Cycling and Hiking Make This Place ‘Feel Great’ Year-Round

Another hot summer season is ahead for the picturesque town of Ellicottville and it will be more than the weather heating things up. Kicking things off is the Summer Music Festival, July 1-3, expected to draw even larger crowds with a stellar line-up that includes the 1990s rock group Rusted Root the spectacular 80-piece Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the legendary KC and the Sunshine Band.

“There’s still a large percentage of the nearby population that thinks Ellicottville is only about skiing and Oktoberfest,” says Brian McFadden, Executive Director at the Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce, organizers of the festival. “They don’t realize what a gem we have here in the summer, just a couple of hours away from many Ontario and Ohio communities.”

Nestled between Holiday Valley and HoliMont, Ellicottville is the ideal setting for an open air concert weekend like Summer Music Festival. The event gets under way at 8 p.m. Friday with the Grateful Dead-inspired sound of Rusted Root, infused with Latin and African Rhythms. Saturday is family night with the Buffalo Philharmonic putting on a spine-tingling performance of popular Disney tunes against an amazing backdrop of fireworks. Closing out the festival is the ever popular KC and the Sunshine Band at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, where concert-goers will be encouraged to ‘strut their best `70s stuff,’ from bell bottoms and headbands to peace symbols and tie-dyed t-shirts.

“This year, we’re appealing to three separate demographics: a younger, edgier audience, families and the over-40 crowd,” says McFadden, noting that the acoustics of the Holiday Valley outdoor main stage are astounding. “You simply bring your chairs and blankets, and it’s like sitting on a well-manicured grass carpet.”

Rounding out the festival weekend are nine additional music acts taking place at various times and venues throughout the village. Additional highlights include the annual Jefferson Street Arts and Craft Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, as well as the one-of-a-kind pet parade where spectators are treated to everything from goldfish in a bowl, to dogs dressed up like reindeer, to baby cows, turtles, ducks and parents sporting animal costumes.

Also heating things up in Ellicottville this summer is the brand new Sky High Aerial Adventure Park at Holiday Valley Ski Resort, featuring an Aerial Park and Mountain Coaster. Stretched across a four-acre section of woods, the Aerial Park has eight separate courses of varying degrees of difficulty, each one consisting of a series of platforms and bridges connected between trees and presenting the challenge of how to get from one to the next. The Mountain Coaster is a 284-foot high roller coaster built into the side of a mountain. Riders are in cars on rails, using brakes to control their speed as they zigzag nearly 2,000 feet downhill.

“Families will love these two new attractions, but we’re also seeing interest from businesses that see the aerial course as a great opportunity for corporate team-building,” notes McFadden.

Adding to Ellicottville’s appeal as a great summer destination is the newly redesigned Double Black Diamond 18-hole golf course at Holiday Valley, as well as some of the best mountain bike trails in the U.S. recognized by National Geographic and designated an “epic ride” by the International Mountain Bicycling Association. Additional summer events planned by the Ellicottville Chamber include Ellicottville Jazz Weekend, July 29-31; Taste of Ellicottville, August 6-7; and the IBO World Bowhunting Championships, August 10-13.

For More Information
For additional details about Ellicottville’s exciting summer event line-up, and to purchase advance tickets for most events, visit http://www.ellicottvilleny.com and click on Events, or contact the Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce at 1-800-349-9099 or info@ellicottvilleny.com. ‘Fans’ are also welcome at http://www.facebook.com\Ellicottville.

Barney Live In Concert - Birthday Bash!

Tuesday June 21
2:00pm & 6:30pm
Warner Theatre

Celebrate with Barney™ at his birthday party! This BRAND NEW, interactive, live stage concert, features more than 25 fun and upbeat tunes, including favorites such as “Mr. Knickerbocker,” “Dino Dance,” “Baby Bop Hop,” and “Rock ‘n Roll Star” You’ll be singing and dancing in the aisles with your favorite purple dinosaur and his friends Baby Bop™, BJ™ and Riff™. It’s a fun filled show all about sharing, caring and friendship – brought to you by the power of your imagination.

Get the ultimate Barney fan experience with Dino Seats!

Purchase VIP Seats to the show and a pre-show Meet & Greet Photo Opportunity with Barney! Dino Seat orders will include a special admittance ticket for entry into the Meet & Greet. You will receive the special admittance ticket with the rest of your show tickets. All Meet & Greets start one hour prior to the performance. Please meet at the Dino Seats sign by the main merchandise stand in the lobby. Latecomers may miss the opportunity. Please bring your own camera.

Tickets$56.00, $36.00, $21.00, $11.00
Charge (814) 452-4857 or purchase at the Tullio Arena box office

Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever!

Friday, September 2
Warner Theatre
4:00pm & 7:00pm

“Mom! Phineas and Ferb are going on a LIVE tour!!!” School‘s out for summer and anything is possible as Phineas and Ferb create their biggest invention yet -- Disney’s Phineas and Ferb: The Best LIVE Tour Ever! Phineas, Ferb, and the whole tri-state area gang embark on a bold escape jumping out from behind your TV and onto the stage in a live action adventure – right in your hometown! And, before you can wonder, “Hey, where’s Perry?” the beloved pet platypus shifts to his secret double life as Agent P to foil another one of Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s evil plans. Musical madness abounds in an escapade so awesome that even Candace can’t help but join the hilarious hijinks. It’s the ultimate end to summer vacation, so seize the day ‘cause Phineas and Ferb are gonna do it all!

Tickets: $46.00, $27.00, $19.00, $13.00 & on sale Friday, May 27 @ 10:00am
Charge (814) 452-4857 or purchase at the Tullio Arena box office.

Teachers and Professional Artists Encouraged to Attend

ArtsErie’s Art in Action Program will host an Art in Action Summer Institute on Sunday, June 12 and Monday, June 13 for teachers and professional artists at The Riverside Inn in

Cambridge Springs, Pa. Although professional artists may register for either of the one-day programs, the sessions on June 12 will be geared toward artists. Teachers are asked to register only for the June 13 program. Both day-long sessions will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“Participants in the Art in Action Summer Institute will learn about the Art in Education programs with ArtsErie, including the Art in Action program, artist residencies and infusing the arts into classroom lessons,” said M. Holly Nowak, Arts in Education Director at ArtsErie.

The cost of the Art in Action Summer Institute is $50 per person. The fee includes a keynote speaker (to be announced), workshops, group meals and snacks, a basic, one-year membership in ArtsErie and an embroidered canvas tote with a school calendar, Art in Action handbook and other items. Teachers may also receive seven hours of Act 48 Credits. Guests interested in overnight accommodations at The Riverside Inn should mention ArtsErie when making reservations.

To receive a registration form, please click here for a registration form for teachers or click here for a registration form for professional artists. Those interested may also contact ArtsErie at (814) 452-3427 or info@artserie.org. The registration deadline is Monday, June 6, 2011.

This Art in Action Summer Institute is supported by the U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education Model Development & Dissemination Grant, an Art in Education Project of ArtsErie.

About ArtsErie

ArtsErie strives to nurture the arts and enrich the lives of the people of northwestern Pennsylvania through leadership, financial support, education and advocacy. Additional information about ArtsErie is available online at www.ArtsErie.org.

Presented at the Erie Playhouse May 26 & 27 at 7:00 pm,

this dance production will feature members of
the Lake Erie Ballet Junior Companies performing with the students of the

Lake Erie Academy of Dance.
Fridays offering will also include a special 6:15 to meet & greet

the dancers and artists of the
Lake Erie Ballet in the lobby of the Erie Playhouse.

Musical selections for this production include

Beethoven's 6th Symphony

and short works by
Schubert, Debussy, Bartok, Bernstein, Mancini and others.

Tickets $15 Adults / $10 Students and Seniors - GA
Purchase your tickets online: www.lakeerieballet.org/tickets
or call (814)871-4356 x 101 for reservations
Tickets will also be available at the door.

Purchase your tickets online today.

After Brain Damage, The Creative Juices Flow For Some

Many people who have suffered brain damage turn to creating art. Researchers are studying them to help unravel how the brain works.

Artist Katherine Sherwood was just 44 when a hemorrhage in her brain's left hemisphere paralyzed the right side of her body — forever changing her artwork.

Before the stroke in 1997, her mixed-media paintings featured strange and cryptic images: medieval seals, transvestites, bingo cards. Reviewers called her work cerebral and deliberate. Creativity, says the UC Berkeley professor, was an intellectual and often angst-filled struggle.

After the stroke, she could no longer paint on canvases mounted vertically, so she laid them flat, moving around them in a chair with wheels. She learned how to work with her left hand; it had less fine motor control but was more free and natural in its movements. She began to use different, less toxic types of paint, which led to new kinds of visual effects.

And she began to more deeply explore the beauty of blood vessels in the brain after seeing some of her own brain scans.

Critics called the new work intuitive and raw, more vibrant, abstract, expressive.

Her attitudes too had changed: "The paint I was now using started to crack — and before the stroke, I would've been horrified," she says. "But after the stroke, I thought it looked interesting and, I believed, was part of the metaphorical language of the painting. Also, I really saw the paintings confirming my ability to live."

For Sherwood, the brain damage and resulting shift in her art led to awards, museum shows and a whole new level of critical acclaim. For scientists, experiences like hers are helping shine light on the workings of the brain.

In growing numbers, people with Alzheimer's, migraines, autism, epilepsy and more are picking up paintbrushes or putting drawing pencils to paper. Some are artists like Sherwood who continue to produce prolific portfolios after brain damage and find their work dramatically changed. Others turn to art only after a disease has set in, and they may even be inspired by it. Both groups are helping researchers unravel the complicated and intertwined ways that biology produces creativity — including the contributions of inhibition, obsession and other personality traits. "There are virtually no situations where brain damage makes things better," says Anjan Chatterjee, a neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, who is working on a book about art and the brain. But art is, he adds, one of the few complex aspects of human cognition that doesn't necessarily get worse.

"Think of a mobile where you have different weights that settle into some kind of equilibrium," he says. "If you take away certain weights, the whole system readjusts. In some instances, the art ends up being just as beautiful.

"In other cases, it's more beautiful."

Lester Potts had never picked up a paintbrush before his Alzheimer's diagnosis in 2001, at the age of 72. He had worked in a rural Alabama sawmill through the Great Depression. He served in the Korean War and grew into an even-keeled and dependable civic leader. But when his brain disorder struck, Potts lost the ability to take care of himself, and he sank into depression.

Painting with watercolors as part of a therapy program buoyed him, says his son, Daniel C. Potts. Even more surprising, his father had talent. When Lester brought home his first creation — a bright purple and yellow hummingbird with green wings and a red head — his wife asked him who gave him such a beautiful painting.

As Lester's disease progressed, his paintings evolved too. And even though he lost the ability to talk or write before his death in 2007, his artwork continued to feature themes from his youth, offering comfort to his family and a fascinating look into the brain of someone with a degenerative and still-mysterious disease.

"It is a known phenomenon that folks can find artistic abilities that had been previously unknown when they get Alzheimer's and other kinds of dementia," says Daniel Potts, who is a neurologist at the University of Alabama School of Medicine and president of Cognitive Dynamics, a foundation that aims to improve the quality of life for people with cognitive impairments. For his father, he says, "this creative energy and newfound talent shored up his sense of self-worth and his human dignity."

By studying works of art like Potts' that emerge from different types of dementia, scientists have begun to map the brain regions that interact to either inspire or inhibit the creation of art.

Patients with a category of brain degeneration called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, have been particularly illuminating. Here, damage to the front and sides of the brain tend to interfere with sources of personality, behavior and language. As a result, personality changes can be drastic, trending toward the obsessive and meticulous.

People with FTD often develop artistic talents only after the disease strikes, Chatterjee says. Their art usually involves concrete and realistic themes, and they often produce the same images over and over, with small variations.

The late University of British Columbia scientist Anne Adams, for one, started to paint only after the onset of a type of FTD that attacked the language networks in her brain. As her speech disappeared, her artistic creativity flourished.

Summer of Laughter! The Station Dinner Theatre offers more laughs this summer than you can shake a stick at!

Where else can you:

-see side-splitteng comedies & toe-tapping musicals,

-be served dinner by the performers who interact with you in character

AND

have a delicious homemade all-you-can-eat meal?

June continues our ever-popular series of British Farces with Ray Cooney's Funny Money!

You will be rolling in the aisles from the web of deceit, mistaken identities, treaachery and lies that only Ray Cooney, author of "Run for Your Wife!" can weave.

Henry Perkins picks up the wrong briefcase and in it he finds loads of cash! Hilarity ensues as he tries to outwit the police and "Mr. Big to hold onto his windfall!

This Side-splitting farce will leave you in stitches!

June 1-23

July through September we present the hilarious badeball comedy "Rounding Third"

reuniting Larry Lewis & David W. Mitchell from our 2008 production of "The Odd Couple". The chemistry between these two actors has never been more spot-on!

It's "The Odd Couple" meets Little League!

Coach Don wants to win at all costs, even if it means cheating! Assistant Coach Michael wants to play fair- and-square and for everyone to just have fun. This hilarious baseball comedy pits two opposite men against each other as they fight to lead their team to victory!

The "Felix & Oscar " of baseball!

Whether you've played sports, coached sports or even if you hate sports! This Show is bound to tickle your funny bone!

Rounding Third is a Home Run with Audiences ...A World Series of Laughter!"

Tuesdays at Noon July 12, August 9th, September 13th

Free Video preview at www.canterburyfeast.com!

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June and July will have you rock-n-rollin' at Dick Clarkson's Jukebox Hop,

where we pay tribute to the King himself, Elvis! His life and music are showcased through the eyes of his greatest fans: women! Each with their own stories of the King of Rock-n-Roll!In this rockin' Musical Comedy, "All the King's Women" celebrate the life and music of Elvis!

Some Enthralled, Some apalled... all OBSESSED! Enjoy some of Elvis' GREATEST Hits all over again!

Musical fun for the whole family!

June 28 - July 23

There's something for Everyone this summer and ONLY at The Station Dinner Theatre!

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Presenting, promoting and preserving the artistic culture of our city along with the works of independent filmmakers, writers, artists and musicians in the Erie area.

The Art House

Erie Art Museum
411 State St., Erie
(814) 459-5477

About the Erie Art Museum

Now through June 26, 2011
88th Annual Spring Show
Main Gallery
Featuring the best works created by regional artists, this annual juried exhibition will be the first Spring Show to take place in our new facility!

May 6, 2011 through August 28, 2011
Archaic Revival: Works by Gary Spinosa
Erie Art Museum, Ronald E. Holstein Gallery
Inspired by the spirituality of ancient and tribal art, Gary Spinosa's unique sculptural works reflect the rituals of African and Asian cultures and the artist's response to the natural world.

May 7, 2011 through October 16, 2011
The Gift of Music
Erie Art Museum, Bacon Gallery
Celebrating the art of music through the art of photography, this exhibition features the work of Tom Caravaglia, Hank O'Neal, Justin Borucki, Bob Seidelman, Ken Regan, Serge Balkan, and other. All the works are gifts to the Museum from the photographers.

Second Sundays
Erie Art Museum, (enter at East 5th Street)
Every second Sunday of the month offers opportunities for families to explore art, play, and learn together--all at no charge! From 1-5 pm, come play a wide variety of creative board games in the Multipurpose room. From 2-4 pm, all are invited to try a hands-on art activity that helps you see through artists' eyes and relates to pieces on display in the exhibitions. Admission is free for everyone every second Sunday, and donations are always accepted.

May 14, 2011-January 29, 2012
Born of Fire: Pottery of Margaret Tafoya
Ground Floor Gallery of the Customs House
Matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters, Margaret Tafoya drew inspiration from the ceramic traditions of her ancestors. Tafoya created large, polished wares that are simple but elegant, reflecting a harmonious union of tradition and modern aesthetics.

expERIEnce Children's Museum
420 French Street
Erie, PA 16507
(814) 453-3743

Summer hours
June – August: Tuesday – Saturday: 10AM-4PM; Sunday 1PM-4PM
Closed Mondays

Admission:
$5 per person
Free to Museum members and children age 1 and UNDER

REMINDER: We will be CLOSED on Mondays starting May 9th

TODDLER THURSDAY STORY TIME
At 10:30am Parents and children are invited for a story or two and a hands-on craft related to a different theme each week. Story time is included with Museum admission of $5/person. Free to members and children 1 and under.

May
26th........3 Little Pigs

June
2nd........Bugs/Insects
9th........TBD
16th.......Father's Day
23rd.......Summer
30th.......4th of July

Pirateology
Saturday, May 21st
9AM-12PM
A vast mateys! Come to the Museum and learn about pirates! Make your own pirate hat and eye patch and learn some pirate lingo. We'll learn about what pirates actually did and
search for some buried treasure!

Glass Growers Gallery
10 East 5th St., Erie
(814) 453-3758

Gallery Hours: Mon to Sat 10 to 5 Sun 12 to 4

Earth Rythms- Featuring Ellen Anon, Brian Millspaw and Walter Cmiel

Friday April 29 at 6:00PM - June 27 at 5:00PM

One of our most elegant and artful jewelry lines... we will be well stocked for Valentine's day!

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Urraro Gallery
152 W. 12th St., Erie
(814) 455-6240

Art Gallery. Custom Frame Shop. Photography Studio. Fine Art Reproduction. Penn Shore Winery Retail Outlet Location.

Erie Fiber Arts Guild Show
May 14th - June 5th, 2010.

Sandy Shelenberger
"Flow: Textiles and Encaustics"
through May 26, 2011

Mercyhurst College's Cummings Gallery
501 East 38th Street
Erie, PA 16546
(814) 824-3000

Rachael Burke
Coming October 2011

Bayfront Gallery
17 East Dobbins Landing,
(814) 455-6632

Bayfront Art Gallery Annual Grand Opening reception

Linda Straub

Friday, May 27 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Bayfront Art Gallery Open House Wine and cheese reception showing off many local artists as they open for the season. Paintings, drawings, pottery, jewelry, books and more.

My (History in the Making) new Flagship Niagra framed Prints will be on display as well as my jewelry and book. It's a beautiful place to see many local artist and enjoy a walk along the Bayfront -Great date night!:)

Geary's Studio 7 Gallery

2807 W 8th Street Erie, PA

Tues - Sat: 10:30AM-5:30PM

Tom Ferraro

1020 Holland St. Erie, PA

Bill Brady Jr., Tin Man

Exhibition Hours:
Thurs, Fri, Sat noon to 5pm
or by appointment (814) 450-9183

Main Stage

Station Dinner Theatre
4940 Peach St., Erie
814-864-2022

2011 Season Calendar

Rounding Third at The Station Dinner Theatre
Tuesday at Noon August 9 Wednesday at 4 PM September 14

All An Act Theatre
652 West 17th St, Erie
814-450-8553

2011 Season Calendar

Tom Topor's Nuts
Sept 2 - Sept 18

Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman
Oct 7 - Oct 30

Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys
Nov 11 - Nov 27

Erie Playhouse
13 West 10th St, Erie

814-454-2852

Sunday shows start at 2pm All other dates start at 7:30pm

Gypsy

Friday, Jun 10 at Erie Playhouse · Mainstage

The greatest American musical!

A Night of Glee

Monday, Jun 20 at Erie Playhouse · Special Event

A musical celebration you won't soon forget!

Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra

Tuesday, Jun 28 at Erie Playhouse · Special Event

Rock out to the crown jewels of classic rock.

Southern Hospitality

Friday, Jul 08 at Erie Playhouse · Mainstage

The Futrelle Sisters return in this hilarious sequel to Christmas Belles .

Fame

Friday, Aug 05 at Erie Playhouse · Mainstage

The movie sensation becomes the stage sensation.

Reverse Raffle

Sunday, Aug 07 at Harborcreek Social Hall · Special Event

A Chance to Win BIG!

Auditions

More information on Auditions visit website

June 12, 2011 @ 6:00 pm
Auditions for Fame, The Musical

June 13, 2011 @ 6:00 pm
Auditions for Fame, The Musical

July 26, 2011
Yellowstone National Park Tour 2011

2011-2012 Season

Warner Theatre
811 State Street, Erie
814-452-4857

Erie Broadway Series

Longs Dance Recital
Warner Theatre
Friday, June 10, 2011 7:00PM

Longs Dance Recital
Warner Theatre
Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:00PM

2011 Spotlight Dance Recital
Warner Theatre
Friday, June 24, 2011 7:00PM

2011 Disney Live Afternoon Performance
Warner Theatre
Friday, September 2, 2011 4:00PM
On Sale on May 27, 2011 10:00AM

2011 Disney Live Evening Performance
Warner Theatre
Friday, September 2, 2011 7:00PM
On Sale on May 27, 2011 10:00AM

Tullio Arena
809 French Street, Erie
(814) 453-7117

No Shows/Events Scheduled at this time Only Sports Events.

Bayfront Convention Center
1 Sassafras Pier
Erie, PA 16507
(814) 455-1260

2011 Erie Tattoo Convention
Bayfront Convention Center
Friday, June 17, 2011 1:00PM

The Riverside Inn & Dinner Theatre
1 Fountain St., Cambridge Springs

Murder at the Howard Johnson's

All's Fair in Love and Murder...

In the first act of this slapstick comedy, Mitchell and Arlene plan to murder her husband Paul, in order to run away together. By the second act, Arlene realizes she truly loves Paul, and they ally to do away with Mitchell. In the third act, the two men join forces against the woman who wronged them both. Of course…it’s only the audience that dies from laughter!

June 1-29

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The Roast of Queen Elizabeth

Featuring the cast of

THE MEDIEVAL FEAST!

Join the cast of THE MEDIEVAL FEAST as they roast everyone’s favorite hostess, Queen Elizabeth, in the style of the old Dean Martin TV Roasts!!

TWO NIGHTS ONLY!

May 27 & 28

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Honky Tonk Angels

Our biggest hit EVER is back!!!

This phenomenal show combines classic country music with a hilarious story about three "good ole gals" who follow their dream all the way to Nashville. Songs include “Stand By Your Man”, “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, “9 to 5”, “I Will Always Love You”, “I’ll Fly Away” and “Harper Valley PTA”. You’ll have to step on your toes to keep ‘em from tappin’!!

July 9 - August 17

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Match Game Live!

The iconic 1970's TV game show returns
in all of its BLANKING glory!

Join the cast of "In All Seriousness" as they re-create, live on stage, one of the most legendary game shows of all time. Plus, we pick contestants RIGHT FROM OUR AUDIENCE to compete for CASH and PRIZES by matching our celebrity panel in a game of logic, wit and wordplay.

TWO WEEKENDS ONLY!
July 15-17

November 18-20

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Whatta Wedding

You're invited to the wedding reception of Gus Whatta and his new bride, Mary Fermoney.

Eat, dance and mingle at this interactive wedding reception...

with a surprise ending that would make "Tony and Tina" blush!!

ONE WEEKEND ONLY!

August 20 & 21

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

The MOM-ologues

A new comedy about the toughest job you'll ever love...

This exciting new comedy about motherhood reveals what all mothers know but don't always talk about... it's overwhelming, exhausting, but also very, very funny. From the joys of pregnancy to finally seeing your baby get on the school bus.... Mothers everywhere will relate to this hysterical new show!!

August 27 - November 2

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

An Evening with Amanda Post and Friends

Exclusively at The Riverside Inn in 2011!

"Amanda can hold the audience spellbound."

- Doug Rieder, Showcase

"Amanda shines with brilliance unsurpassed by any singer on any stage."
- Shawn Clerkin, Erie Times-News

ONE WEEKEND ONLY!

September 2-4

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

The 22nd Annual
Medieval Feast at Riverside

Eat... Drink... Be Merry!
All without utensils...

Be our guest at Ye Olde Castle Riverside as you journey back to the age of kings and queens, knights and damsels, jesters and jousters!

September 24 - November 12

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Fall Murder Mystery

It's a Get-Away...with MURDER!

The tradition continues as our murder mystery troupe “kills” another round of audiences. Clever wit, hysterical characters, well written stories…and, of course, cold-blooded murder…make for absolutely wonderful and wonderfully appropriate entertainment for groups of all shapes and sizes.

October 7-8, 14-15, 21-22

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

AVAST!

The Pirate Show

This is one show that is rated...ARRRRR!!

Avast ye scurvy land-lubbers! You've been shang-hai-ed by the worst pirate crew ever to haunt the seven seas and all the other salad dressings put together! You'll be swearing like sailor and laughing like a school girl by the end of the evening...or else we'll be using yer guts as garters!!

Two Weekends Only!
November 4-5, 11-12

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

A Riverside Christmas

The perfect way to celebrate the season...

...join us at the beautifully decorated Riverside Inn for an evening of holiday warmth.

November 26 - December 18

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Academy Theatre
275 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA
(814) 337-8211

Closed Monday
Business Office: Tue-Fri 10 AM to 2 PM
Box Office: Tue/Wed 12-6 PM, Thu/Fri 1-6 PM
Box Office open 1 hour prior to show time on show days.

Spotlight on 125 Years

A musical history of the Academy in concert form, featuring everything
from classical opera to today's Broadway hits. Marc Weagraff of the Baldwin
Wallace college stars in this fundraiser event- all proceeds benefit the
Academy's Youth Camp programs.

Saturday, May 28 @ 7:30 PM

Tickets

$8 Adults
$5 Students and Seniors

Summer Theatre Camps Now Registering!

Click to download a class flyer and registration form.

Multiple sibling/class discounts available!

Registration deadline June 1st

New Orleans: Music of the Big Easy

June 3-5

Cabaret style concert with local musicians featuring the music of Irma Thomas, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson and many more!

Hairspray

The Broadway Musical
June 17-26

We are currently looking for SPONSORS to assist with the Academy Benefit Auction & Appraisals to be held on May 25, 2011. Please click here to read a letter from Managing Director Irene Kipp and consider supporting the Academy Theatre.

Meadville Community Theatre
400 North Main Street, Meadville, PA
(814) 333-1773

No Shows at this time

The Struthers Theatre
302 West Third Avenue, Warren PA,

(814) 723-7231

The Renaissance Ballet presents, "Les Sylphides"
Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 8:00PM
Chautauqua regional Youth Ballet presents the Renaissance Ballet in Les Sylphides and excerpts from famous ballets.

"Diary of a Wimpy Kid"
June 18 @ 1:00PM
The Children's Summer Film Series presents, "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"

The Allegheny Regional Theatre Experience presents, "The Best of ARTE"
Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 7:30PM
Six years of great production numbers will be performed by the students of the ARTE program.

"The Cat in the Hat"
July 16 @ 1:00PM
The Children's Summer Film Series presents, "The Cat in the Hat"

Into the Woods
July 21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 at 8:00pm, July 23 at 2:00pm
Presented by Warren Players

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
August 8 @ 1:00PM
The Children's Summer Film Series presents, "Fantastic Mr. Fox"

The Warren Concert Association - Warren, PA
All Warren concerts are held at the Struthers Library Theatre in Warren, PA and begin at 7:30pm

Ashtabula Arts Center
2928 West 13th Street, Ashtabula, OH
(440) 964-3396

Theatrical

8:00 p.m.
$12 adults, $11 seniors, $11 students and children
Advance Tickets Save $2 per ticket when you purchase in advance!

Straw Hat Theatre presents
A Year With Frog and Toad
June 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19,23, 24, 25
Written by Robert and Willie Reale, based on the book by Arnold Lobel
Straw Hat Theatre presents
Footloose
July 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30

Straw Hat Theatre presents
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
August 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20
By Jeffrey Lane with music by David Yazbec
Not recommended for children and contains material that may offend some people.

Gallery

Lake Shore Artists
May 4 - May 31

Artist: Lake Shore Artists group
Opening Reception: Friday, May 13, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

“Abstract Expressionism & Action Painting” by Bob Galick
June 7 - 29, 2011

Opening Reception: Fri., Oct. 10 from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 9-8:30; Fri. 9 - 4; and Sat. 9 - Noon
Admission: Free

The Weathervane Theatre
1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, OH
(330) 836-2626

Pippin
Mainstage
Date : June 2, 2011 - June 26, 2011

10 Minute Play Festival
Special Event
Date : July 15, 2011 - July 17, 2011

Conneaut Community Center for the Arts
1025 Buffalo Street Conneaut, OH
(440) 593-5888

Annual Dance Department Recital
"COVER 2 COVER"

Under the direction of Tessa Deutsch & Kerri Mongenel

Friday, May 27th @ 7:00PM
Saturday, May 28th @ 1:00PM

Ashtabula Arts Center
2928 W. 13th Street

$7.00 Adults
$4.00 children 4-18, under 4 FREE
Tickets available at the CCCA or @ door
** Support this event by advertising in our program **
Business size ad - $25.00
1/2 page ad - $45.00
Deadline for ads is May 20th
Call 593-5888 or email kilpi1025@suite224.net

COMING IN JUNE:

ART CAMP for KIDS

Weeks of June 13-17 and June 20-24
9:00AM to 3:00PM daily

Grades K thru 5

Experience the Arts, Have fun!
Breakfast, lunch, snack provided
60 kids per week only Scholarships Available APPLY NOW!!

The Youngstown Playhouse
600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown, OH
(330) 788-8739

Dixie Swim Club
June 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19

God of Carnage
July 8, 9, 15, 16

1891 Fredonia Opera House
9 Church St., Fredonia, NY
(716) 679-1891

Bach & Beyond Festival
June 10 & 11, at 8:00pm
June 12, at 4:00pm

Madama Butterfly
June 15, at 6:30pm

Peter Yarrow
July 31, at 7:00pm

General Admission $15
($13 Opera House Members)
Folk in Fredonia Music Series

The Reg Lenna Center
116 East Third St. Jamestown, NY

(716) 664-2465

Bob Dylans 70th Birthday Celebration

May 27th, 2011 6:00 pm

WRFA presents a Celebration of Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday, from 6PM to 9PM, at the Lillian Vitanza Ney Renaissance Center located at the corner of 3rd and Washington Streets.

This celebration is hosted by Ken Hardley & is broadcast live as the final Woodsongs Coffehouse Radio hour of the season.

$35 donation includes food, drinks & chances at up to $1000 in cash prizes

Featuring Dylan songs as performed by: John Merino, Dennis Drew, Jeff Erickson, Steve Johnson, Amanda Barton, Reese Campbell, Steve Piper Tiny b, Cindy Haight, Chris Passamonte, Marla Harris, Bill Ward & Katie Elfman

Jamestown Concert Association

Announces 2010-2011 Season
Symphony concerts at Reg Lenna Civic Center, all others at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

The Season for 2010--2011 Has Concluded

Jamestown Community College
525 Falconer Street, Jamestown, NY

The Season for 2010--2011 Has Concluded

Rockefeller Arts Center
280 Central Avenue Fredonia, NY
(716) 673-3501

As the 2010-2011 season draws to a close, we thank you for your patronage this year. Please check back in June for the announcement of our 2011-12 line up.

The Lucille Ball Little Theater
18-24 East 2nd St. Jamestown, NY
(716) 483-1095

Comedy "THE PAJAMA GAME Fall 2011
Book By George Abbott & Richard Bissell
Music & Lyrics By Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

The dangers of workplace romance are explored to hysterical effect in this romantic comedy. Conditions at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory are anything but peaceful, as sparks fly between new superintendent Sid Sorokin and Babe Williams, leader of the union grievance committee. When the workers strike for a 7 ½ cent pay increase their stormy relationship comes to a head as well as a battle of the sexes.

Music Theatre International

Jr's Last Laugh Comedy Club
1402 State St., Erie
(814) 461-0911

SPECIAL EVENT

May 26-28:
BEN GLEIB
Featuring: Dan Viola

JUNE Shows/Headliners

June 3 & 4 (Thursday Karoke Contest)
DON REESE

This week is VETS WEEK- 1/2 off for Veterans and their guest!

Also, Free give aways/Chinese Auction/$50 given away to a Vet at each show.
Featuring: D.A. Clear

SPECIAL EVENT

June 9-11
ORNY ADAMS
Featuring: Sam Adams

June 16-19
TROY DAVIS
Featuring: Marques Bunn

June 23-25
JOHN ROY
Featuring: Sal Demilio

June 30 - july 2
CLOSED: Fourth of July

Dueling Pianos every Wednesday!

Doug's Punch Line Bar opens at 5:00 PM, with Dueling Pianos beginning at 7:00 pm or 7:30 pm no cover, no reservations as always. Also, we have $1.00 16 oz draft specials that night from 7:00 till 8:00 PM

Dafmark Dance Theater
1033 State Street
814 454-3993

dafmark@gmail.com

Erie Dance Conservatory
8335 Edinboro Road
Erie, PA 16509
814-476-7123
info@eriedanceconservatory.org

Calendar of Events

May 28
Cinderella Spring Concert

May 30
Memorial Day (Closed)

May 31
Classes Resume

June 4
Last Day of Classes

June 6 – 24
Optional Classes

June 27 – July 28
Summer Intensive

August 1 – 19
Optional Classes

Silver Screen

Cinemark Tinseltown 17
1910 Rotunda Rd, Erie PA
(814) 866-3390
Friday - Thursday Showings

Adult Evening $7.75
Adult Fri/Sat after 6pm (*Price also applies to Special Advance Showings) $8.25
Child (1-11) /Senior (62+) $5.50
Adult Matinee before 6pm $6.00
Early Bird 1st Matinee Showtime (7 days a week). Note: Check below for multiple listings of a movie (i.e. DLP, Digital, Regular, 3D, etc.) to find first showtime. $5.00
Seniors Day – All Day Monday – any movie, any showtime $5.00
All Day Tuesday (holidays excluded) $6.00
3D Attraction - Normal Ticket Price Plus Premium $2.50

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Millcreek Mall Cinema 6
5800 Peach St., Erie PA
(814) 866-3223
Friday - Thursday Showings.

Evening $1.25
Fri/Sat Evening after 6pm (*Price also applies to Special Advance Showings) $2.00
Bargain Matinee before 6pm $1.25
Early Bird 1st Matinee Showtime (7 days a week). Note: Check below for multiple listings of a movie (i.e. DLP, Digital, Regular, 3D, etc.) to find first showtime. $1.00
Seniors Day – All Day Monday – any movie, any showtime $1.00
All Day Tuesday (holidays excluded) $1.00

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The Movies at Meadville
11155 Highline Drive, Meadville PA
(814) 333-2727
Friday - Thursday Showings

*Meadville show times are updated periodically. Please call the theater for more direct information.

Weekdays

Matinee - before 6pm
Adult 6.00 Child/Senior 5.50

Evening - after 6 pm
Adult 8.25 Students 7.75 Child/Senior 6.25

Bargain Tuesday

Matinee - before 6pm All Ages 5.00

Evening - after 6 pm All Ages 6.00

*Please note there are no bargain day
Tuesdays on Christmas week 12/8
and July 4th week 7/5

Weekends

Mornings - before 12pm All Ages 5.00

Matinee - before 6pm Adult 6.50 Child/Senior 5.50

Evening - after 6 pm Adult 8.25 Students 7.75 Child/Senior 6.25

3D shows
Add $2 premium to all shows

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Sunset Drive In
808 Route 97, Waterford PA
(814) 796-4883

1 Screen | 2 Movies
350 Car Capacity
Sound: 98.9 FM | 540 AM
Concessions Available

ADMISSION
One ticket, one price, for two movies:
$6.00 for those that are 12 years old and above. Children 11 years old and younger are free.

The Gate opens at 8:00 PM
Show begins at Dusk

Shows Friday, Saturday & Sunday

CLOSED 'TIL SPRING

WEEKEND'S TOP 10 MOVIES

1 Pirates of the Caribean: On Stranger Tides

2 Bridesmaids

3 Thor

4 Fast Five

5 Priest

6 Rio

7 Jumping The Broom

8 Something Borrowed

9 Water For Elephants

10 Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family

Now Showing At The TREC
301 Peninsula Drive
Erie, PA 16505

DINOSAURS ALIVE! - Show times 12pm, 2pm & 4pm

MUMMIES: SECRETS OF THE PHAROAHS - Show times 11am & 3pm

MYSTERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES - Show times 1pm & 5pm

DAILY MOVIE SPECIAL
Everyday beginning at 3pm receive 2 movie tickets for $10.00!

DOUBLE FEATURE DEAL
Purchase your first ticket at regular price and view a second film for $4.00 more per person!

MONDAY MOVIE SPECIAL
Get your Movie ticket and a Regular Popcorn for $6.00 OR purchase 2 Tickets for $10.00
for ANY regular Showtime.

SENIOR DISCOUNT DAY—EVERY TUESDAY
Senior Citizens receive $5.00 per person admission price to a movie.

United Arts Media Group