Get Your Walkin' Shoes On!
16th Annual Jazz & Blues Walk Saturday July 9

JazzWalkAre you ready for the greatest evening of the summer? Everyone we know anxiously awaits the annual Jazz & Blues Walk.

Begin you evening with the refreshments and the Allen Zurcher Quartet from 7 to 8 PM in the Erie Art Museum Courtyard on Fifth St. between State St. and French St. The opening reception is always a wonderful time with delicacies from Romolo Chocolates.

Then choose your bands and venues, and walk, drive or take the free trolley between clubs. Eat, drink, converse, and soak in the music from musicians you love and new ones waiting for your discovery. Choose your pace - Stay in a few places all evening, or try to fit in every band!

2011 JazzWalk Venues & Bands
 

GET YOUR BUTTONS!

Buttons are available in advance at the Erie Art Museum, Romolo Chocolates, and at www.JazzErie.com

Whatever buttons remain will be available the night of the Walk on State Street in front of the Art Museum, or outside the Art Museum Annex, or at the venues.

We have only 2,000 buttons available, and fully expect to sell out again this year

Upcoming Events - expERIEnce Children's Museum
By Abby Dinges

Hours:

Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm
Sunday 1pm – 4pm
Closed Mondays
 

Admission:

$6 per person
Free to Members and children 1 and under


Summer “Explore and expERIEnce…” Classes (Previously called Razzma Camps)

Provide children the chance to explore the world around them by getting their hands busy with science and art related topics. Each Explore and expERIEnce consists of mini-lessons based on the theme, hands-on activities and a story.

All “Explore and expERIEnce…” classes are for children ages 4-10.

Times/Days vary for each class.

Pre-Registration is required. Register by calling 453-3743.


…All About Dinosaurs

Tuesday – Friday, July 12th, 13th, 14th & 15th
9am-10:30am

What is a dinosaur and why were they important? Where did they live? Come learn about the different types of dinosaurs, what they ate, and what caused the dinosaurs to become extinct.

$36 for Members / $45 for Non-Members


…The World of Rainforests

Tuesday – Friday, July 12th, 13th, 14th, & 15th
1pm-2:30pm

Come explore the world of rainforests! Children will learn about what animals and plants live in the different parts of the rainforest, interesting facts, and why the rainforests are important and how to help save them.

$36 for Members / $45 for Non-Members


…Art Textures

Tuesdays & Thursdays, July 19th, 21st, 26th, & 28th
9am - 10:30am

Children will discover the various medias of art, including clay, paint, print, and foil cutting. They will make something special in each media to take home.

$36 for Members / $45 for Non-Members


…Ocean Adventures

Wednesdays & Fridays, July 20th, 22nd, 27th, & 29th
1pm - 2:30pm

Why do we need to protect the ocean? Find out about this and other interesting facts about the ocean, including what animals and plants live in the ocean and ocean floor.

$36 for Members / $45 for Non-Members

 

...Totally Tie-Dye

Tuesday, August 2nd
1pm – 3pm

Bring in a Pre-Washed T-Shirt or Pillowcase to tie-dye. Their faces will light up when they remove that first rubber band and see their creation!

$12 for Members / $15 for Non-Members


…LEGO/K’Nex

Thursday, August 16th
1pm-3pm

Come build and play with LEGO’s and K’Nex! Learn a bit of the history behind them, build a bridge, and learn about engineering.

$12 for Members / $15 for Non-Members


…Kitchen Chemistry

Wednesday, August 17th
1pm-3pm

Children will have the opportunity to learn why bread rises and see what everyday kitchen items can do. They’ll even have a chance to make their very own homemade pretzels!

$12 for Members / $15 for Non-Members


…Kick off to Kindergarten

(**This class is only available for children entering kindergarten**)

Thursday, August 18th OR Tuesday, August 23rd
10am-Noon

Transitioning into kindergarten can be challenging for some children. We can help by teaching them about bus safety with a real school bus, forming lines, listening, following directions, and other fun, useful activities for their first day!

$12 for Members / $15 for Non-Members


Camp Hope

Has your child lost a parent or sibling? Helping your child grieve for a lost loved one can be very complicated. Each session will be filled with activities to memorialize the child's loved one, identify healthy ways to cope with loss, participate in a community service project and most importantly, make friends with other children who have been through a similar situation.

Fridays (at the Museum) on July 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th
from 9am - Noon
 

Family Fun Day (off-site) on Saturday July 30th

The camp is for children ages 4-10 years old. Parents are welcome to stay, but are not required to. This is a FREE camp; however our space is very limited.
Please call the Museum now to register at 814-453-3743.

This Free camp is possible thanks to a donation by Mrs. Melissa Morrison. Funds for the camp are raised through a benefit spaghetti dinner organized by the Penn State Behrend chapter of Theta Phi Alpha sorority in honor of Melissa’s late husband EJ Morrison.


Toddler Story Time

Thursdays at 10:30am

Included in General Admission

Parents and children are invited for a story and hands-on activity related to a different theme each week. Story time is included with Museum admission.

June 30th – 4th of July
July 7th – My Very First Sign
July14th – Along Came Duck

Band Camp for Adult Musicians To Hold Week II Gala Concert

The Band Camp for Adult Musicians at Allegheny College will hold a gala concert on Friday, July 1, at 7 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium. The concert, which closes out Week 2 of Band Camp, is free and open to the public.

Returning as conductor of the Week II Concert Band is Col. Timothy Foley, USMC, who served from 1996 to 2004 as the director of the U.S. Marine Band — known as “The President’s Own” — in Washington, D.C.

During his tenure as director of the Marine Band, Foley served as music advisor to the White House and regularly conducted the Marine Band at the executive mansion. The band celebrated its bicentennial during Foley’s tenure and also became the only musical organization to be inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.

On Friday, two members of the staff of the Band Camp for Adult Musicians will be playing a duet accompanied by the band: principal clarinetist Tony Costa, who is a professor of clarinet studies at Penn State University, and principal bassoonist Julie Hepler, who is coordinator of woodwind studies at Allegheny College. They will perform the “Concertstuck no. 1 in F minor” by Felix Mendelssohn.

Other music to be performed will be chosen from the works the musicians study throughout the week, including overtures, transcriptions from the orchestral literature, original works for band, lighter works and marches. Composers range from Johann Strauss and Giuseppe Verdi to Ralph Vaughan Williams and Jerry Bock. John Philip Sousa almost always has a place on the program.

The 71 musicians attending Week 2 of Band Camp have traveled to the Allegheny campus from all over the United States, including New Hampshire, Florida and Colorado. Two of the campers have traveled from Australia: Denise Deerson, a trombone player, and Graeme Thomson, a flute player.

“All the campers have come to Meadville because they are attracted by the quality of the band music to be played, the fine instruction received from a remarkable staff and the privilege of playing for an outstanding conductor,” says Camp Director Emeritus John Fleming. “However, campers also return because the camp has become a family and each year’s edition is like a family reunion. The camp has produced a wonderful comradeship, with close friendships that grow each year—and even a few marriages.”

For more information on the concert, call the Office of Conference and Event Services at Allegheny College at 814-332-3101.

Let's Get an Erie Kid on the Cover of Parents Magazine

Get your vote in now, just click on the "King of the Zoo" link. Tell your friends and family to get their votes in. We want to see a piece of Erie spread all over the World.

King of the Zoo!
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Vote for your favorite kids in the Parents Cover Contest! One Reader's Choice Winner will be a finalist at the Professional Cover Shoot! Vote now at Parents Magazine!

The contest ends Sunday July 3rd and we are trying to get the most votes in for this little girl from right here in Erie PA. How sweet would it be to have a little piece of Erie circling the world, placed on news stands everywhere and being placed in parent's homes?

Get your votes in now! We want Erie on Parents Magazine.

Phonehenge West (vs. Los Angeles County)

Alan Kimble "Kim" Fahey has spent more than twenty years working, mostly single-handedly, to turn his Acton, California property into the wonderland of habitable sculpture he has named "Phonehenge West." He is retired from a 30-year career as a phone service technician.
 

on behalf of beauty, creativity, and the inalienable right of free expression.

Become a Friend of Save Phonehenge West on Facebook, share links to this page with your contacts, and find out how you can speak out to preserve both an artistic landmark and a decent man's freedom.

To join the fight: www.facebook.com/PhonehengeW

To donate: www.SavePhonehengeWest.org 

An excellent article on the housing injustices occurring in the Antelope Valley, Phonehenge included: www.laweekly.com/?2011-06-23/?news/?l-a-county-s-private-property-war/ 

Feel free to call Kim & Pat Fahey at 661.269.0605. They're extremely friendly people and would love to talk to you about what's going on.

Ballet on the Beach

Don your favorite leotard and dance skirt and join the Lake Erie Ballet for a FREE evening of Ballet on the Beach. Take ballet barre then splash and dance at the water’s edge.

Photo opportunities will be available to those attending. Remember the day with a tank top and/or a ballet beach bag!

This event is open to all dancers, young and old. Come dance, have your photo taken in your favorite beach/dance wear and help support the Lake Erie Ballet by purchasing a Picture Disc, tote bag or tank top commemorating the day!

RSVP or order your LEB merchandise before July 1st and we’ll enter your name in a Beach Basket Raffle!

Call (814)871-4356 x101, email or visit us on Facebook.

Order your LEB Ballet on the Beach 2011, merchandise today!

2011 Lake Erie Fanfare Competitions

As part of our organization's commitment to our community, the Lake Erie Regiment Independent World Color Guard has been active in service work in the Erie, PA area for many years now

The Regiment has taken part in an inner city school program where the members have come into the school and read to the children and worked with them after school as well as then performing their competition program for these youngsters. We have also been involved with the Second Harvest Food Bank both at our sponsored German Heritage Festival each Labor Day as well as quietly collecting food for the bank during the winter months.

In 2009, we participated in the Winter Guard International initiative to support the Susan G. Komen "For the Cure" program and helped by joining hundreds of other color guards across the country in raising funds for this program. In 2010, our guard became involved with another local organization - "Linked by Pink." This group helps promote awareness of breast cancer, raises funds for this cause and acts as a support and education system to women with breast or other cancers as well.

Three women from this organization became closely involved in our 2010 show by telling their stories of being cancer survivors as the back drop for our program. Our show, entitled "Strength, Courage, and Hope" then focused on these women and their struggle. The Regiment helped raise money for Linked by Pink by baking and selling numerous pink pound cakes for the cause.

This year for the 2011 season, the Lake Erie Regiment will be collecting brand new stuffed animals and then donating them to our local Shriners Children's Hospital to distribute to kids who are sick and undergoing treatments.

All of the Regiment members know how lucky we are to be doing something we love in taking part in the Winter Guard activity. By doing this fundraiser, we will again be able to give back to the community and pay forward the many great opportunities given to us.

Tickets for both of this summer's shows are now on sale. Please visit our competitions page for more information.

Ten Independence Day Items of Trivia About The Bald Eagle

Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson served on the committee that picked the eagle for the national seal [Franklin wanted the turkey].

Bald eagles have few natural enemies and live only in North America.

Bald eagles get their white head and tail feathers about 4/5 years of age.

Bald eagles are not, and never were bald. The term comes from when "bald" meant "white-headed".

Their maximum speed: 40 mph or over 100 mph while in a dive.

They can lift roughly half their body weight.

The Bald Eagle is no longer considered endangered, and now only threatened.

The only other kind of eagle in North America is the golden eagle.

Bald eagles mate for life, but if one dies, the survivor will accept a new mate.

It is a felony to shoot an eagle.

Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame
Reviewed By Scott Timeberg

Fire and Rain
The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970
Written By David Browne

The Beatles broke up, the Weathermen accidentally torched a Greenwich Village brownstone, and pop music went really soft. (Except when it didn’t.) That’s the tale, in a nutshell, told by “Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970,” which proposes to wrap together a year in the life of several loosely connected artists.

David Browne, a Rolling Stone editor and frequent contributor to The New York Times who has written books on extreme sports, Jeff and Tim Buckley, and Sonic Youth, wants to chronicle what he calls a misunderstood year in American history. He’s looking for a link between these musicians and their era — to consider “how these remarkable artists both shaped and reflected their times,” as the jacket copy has it.

Mr. Browne begins promisingly enough, with puckish descriptions of his early ’70s childhood, when the chiming guitars, miniskirts and brash optimism of the ’60s already felt distant. “Compared to that, our era was an even darker Dark Ages,” he writes in his introduction. “Welcome to the world of Watergate, KC and the Sunshine Band, ’50s nostalgia and gas rationing.” Many of the great ’60s bands had shattered; in their place came “flaxen-haired troubadours.” American society seemed to have become sick, its culture gone limp.

On reflection the author realized that 1970 was the hinge between two eras: “I couldn’t resist revisiting a moment when sweetly sung music and ugly times coexisted, even fed off each other, in a world gone off course.”

As lively as much of it is, “Fire and Rain” rarely regains the bite of this introduction, nor does it resonate the way the book’s framing suggests. What follows is a prologue set in January that begins with three of the Beatles working on “Let It Be”; four sections (each set, like a Yasujiro Ozu film, as one season fades into the next); an epilogue in gray December; and a coda bringing his main characters up to date.

Mr. Browne’s artists have seen resurgences of various kinds: Mr. Taylor sells out Tanglewood and other big-ticket places; Paul Simon has an acclaimed new solo record; and Buffalo Springfield — a prequel of sorts to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — just completed a reunion tour. We live in what the critic Simon Reynolds calls “retromania”; soft rock keeps experiencing little revivals, and its harmonies inspire bands like Grizzly Bear and Fleet Foxes. The Beatles, of course, never go away.

But 1970 was also the year of important albums by Miles Davis, the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, Curtis Mayfield and Fairport Convention, as well as stirring records by outliers like Captain Beefheart, John Phillips and the Flying Burrito Brothers. Though none sold as well as the mainstream albums Mr. Browne spotlights — “Let It Be”; “Déjà vu” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel; and Mr. Taylor’s “Sweet Baby James” — all continue to exert a powerful influence, and most have retained their sense of mystery better than the staples of album-oriented rock radio that the book concentrates on.

Other albums by several of the book’s players — John Lennon, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell — have more weight than Mr. Browne’s key recordings. By comparison his four centerpiece albums sound not only overexposed but often bland and airless. (The elusive and ornery Neil Young, the musician here with the greatest heft after John Lennon and Paul McCartney, barely shows up in “Fire and Rain.”) While Mr. Taylor, Mr. Simon and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have returned to fashion, we shouldn’t forget that their music made punk necessary.

Could the story of the transition from the ’60s to the ’70s be better told through that alternative list, or, say, with Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake, David Bowie or Gram Parsons as its protagonists? Maybe, but that’s not Mr. Browne’s agenda.

As a reporter he is dogged and earnest; as a profile writer, crisp and professional. As “Fire and Rain” jaunts from London to Laurel Canyon, Mr. Browne drops in memorable details: the Tuesday-night songwriting class Mr. Simon taught in a drab room at New York University; Joni Mitchell’s break-up with Graham Nash by telegram; the way, after primal-scream therapy, it became impossible to tell Lennon’s and Yoko Ono’s handwriting apart. As a historian Mr. Browne is less inspired. The sections of context — on Richard M. Nixon, campus riots, the green movement and so on — are brief. Saying that Mr. Taylor’s placid songs helped soothe the country’s frayed nerves after all the chaos isn’t quite enough.

Part of the disconnect comes from the fact that many of Mr. Browne’s artists were intensely private figures, less likely to reflect the mood of the times than their own circumstances. Admittedly the ’70s saw a move away from the public square (and burning cities) that was the focus of the ’60s, but the book feels less like the portrait of an age than profiles of four mostly disengaged musical acts.

“Fire and Rain” bears similarities to several recent cultural histories. Mark Harris’s “Pictures at a Revolution” looked at a period of similar drift in the film business, using five Academy Award nominees to describe Hollywood’s uneasy move out of the studio system and into the Age of Aquarius. Fred Kaplan’s “1959: The Year Everything Changed” argued that Lenny Bruce, the early space program and Margaret Sanger became the fulcrum on which the century would turn. Rob Young’s “Electric Eden,” though at times rambling and overwritten, used a brief window in the late ’60s and early ’70s to explore the overlooked roots and branches of British folk rock.

“Fire and Rain” doesn’t attain the sweep of any of them. The book is very readable, but at times you feel Mr. Browne straining to jack up the drama or consequence of his story. What are the stakes, really, of recording a Ringo Starr album?

Ben Franklin Teaches Us Many Years Later

Historical Humor For 4th July

Some Amusing, Funny and Thought Provoking Quotations of Benjamin Franklin [1705-1790]

In the great tradition of American humor, the title of "First American Humorist" rightfully belongs to Benjamin Franklin. He was the beginning of a long line of writers who created a uniquely American form of humor filled with clever wit, folksy wisdom, and a generous portion of irreverence.

In his Poor Richard's Almanac, Franklin wrote many clever sayings which are still part of our cultural heritage today. At 26, Franklin published the first edition of Poor Richard's Almanac under the pseudonym Richard Saunders.

~ Remember that time is money.
~ A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.
~ A penny saved is a penny earned.
~ Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
~ Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
~ Fish and visitors smell in three days.
~ Genius without education is like silver in the mine. ≠God helps them that help themselves.
~ Haste makes waste.
~ Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
~ It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
~ Little strokes fell great oaks.
~ Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.
~ Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
~ Well done is better than well said.
~ In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
~ There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
~ Never contradict anybody.

Ben Franklin experts question whether, in fact, he wrote all his humorous lines. Some believe he researched them and revamped them into his own inimitable style. Whatever the truth Will and Guy are certain that they are witty.

Ben Franklin Tells Us How To Be Seen As A Person With A Brain And A Social Wit

Dr Benjamin Franklin was not really a doctor; his title Doctor was one of those first honorariums given a man of great achievement and reflects the impact he had on his age.

Here are seven ways Benjamin Franklin would suggest you consider to be seen as one with a brain and a social wit.

~ Elevate, not desecrate. Never use cutting humor, dissect theirs.
~ Keep your humor light, fun, open to participation.
~ Reflect your humor to show you row your own boat.
~ You row merrily, and you attract others to you.
~ As you deflect bitterness, fear, answers appear.
~ Your summary encapsulates the situation and hints that the best way out may be to back up to where we went wrong, once we all clearly agree what that was.
~ Elevate, even exaggerate, achievement. Mock an obvious folly but with a twist. If attacked, return their volley as a mirror.

Will and Guy's Selection of Five of the Best and Their Favorite Quotations

~ Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.
~ Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
~ They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
~ Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
~ Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Benjamin Franklin is held in high esteem in the USA as is indicated by his appearance on the largest note: $100 bill.

Cars 2
By Roger Ebert

While I was watching "Cars 2," an elusive nostalgia tugged at my mind. No, I wasn't remembering Pixar's original "Cars" from 2006. This was something more deeply buried, and finally, in the middle of one of the movie's sensational grand prix races, it came to me: I was sitting on the floor of my bedroom many years ago, with some toy cars lined up in front of me, while I used my hands to race them around on the floor and in the air, meanwhile making that noise kids make by squooshing spit in their mouths.

In this memory, I was completely engrossed with my cars. They were as real as people, and I played favorites and identified one car as my surrogate. Maybe my hands were swooping around with toys, but my imagination was somewhere else, and I performed the dialogue for the cars: Oh, yeah? Take that! We'll see! Eeeeyowww!

This memory was not random. I think it was inspired by the spirit of John Lasseter's movie. I believe in some sense, the great animator was sitting Indian-style on the floor of his Pixar playroom and hurtling his cars through time and space with sublime reckless delight. We learned from "Cars" that Lasseter loves automobiles, and here we learn that they can serve him as avatars in an international racing-and-spying thriller as wacky as a Bond picture crossed with Daffy Duck.

I have no idea what kids will make of the movie. At a time when some "grown-up" action films are relentlessly shallow and stupid, here is a movie with such complexity that even the cars sometimes have to pause and explain it to themselves. It mixes concerns about fossil fuels with spycraft and a lot of grand prix racing where more is at stake than who wins. And it has a new hero: The shiny red Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) is eclipsed by the rusty, buck-toothed tow truck named Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), who was only a supporting vehicle in the first film.

A plot synopsis would spin us into bafflements, and the movie isn't about a plot so much as the action it involves. Briefly, Sir Miles Axelrod (Eddie Izzard) has invented a new fuel that doesn't deplete the planet's shrinking oil reserves and wants to prove it in a World Grand Prix to be run in England, Japan and Italy. This is a masterful way of introducing new backdrops into the races, and the movie is so visually complex that I imagine Lasseter and his colleagues slipped details in just for fun.

At one point, in a shot so brief you don't want to blink, we even learn that the Popemobile travels in its own Popemobile. This inspires the theological puzzle of whether the one inside is the pope. One of my fellow viewers said she didn't even see a Popemobile. Maybe I dreamed it. In any event, there are no humans in the movie who could be the pope, although much is made of the dinosaurs who are a source of fossil fuels. Actually, I believe oil originated from ancient plants and microorganisms and not so much from dinosaurs, but in the Lasseter universe, it no doubt comes from gas-guzzling dinosaurs like in those old Rambler ads.

But I digress. Lightning McQueen ends up in a championship duel with the Italian driver Francesco Bernoulli (John Turturro at full throttle). He and Mater find themselves in the middle of a clandestine war between the forces of fossil and alternative fuels, also involving the British secret agents Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer). Having recently admired Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon doing dueling Michael Caine imitations in "The Trip," I noted that Michael Caine does a pretty good one himself.

The original film was an elegy to a past when America spun out along Route 66 and now-classic cars occupied an iconic role in American lives. The cars in "Cars 2" have developed an array of new bells and whistles; they extrude so many wires, spikes, weapons and gimmicks they must really be shape-shifters, and Mater in particular is expert at disguising himself. This is not surprising, because a lot of the guys you find around tow trucks are pretty good at using paint jobs to dress up beaters.

Anyway, "Cars 2" is fun. Whether that's because John Lasseter is in touch with his inner child or mine, I cannot say. There remains one bone to pick. Although the hero of the 2006 film was a Hudson with the step-down design and there are AMC Gremlins in this film, as nearly as I can tell, Lasseter entirely ignores the greatest independent American automaker of them all, Studebaker. Maybe I missed one. I don't think so. There is a more obvious reason. Introducing a Studebaker Golden Hawk into this film would make all of the other characters look shabby.

Note: The 3-D adds nothing and darkens the bright colors. See it in 2-D if you can.

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The Art House

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.

June
30th.......4th of July

Glass Growers Gallery
10 East 5th St., Erie
(814) 453-3758
 
Gallery Hours: Mon to Sat 10 to 5 Sun 12 to 4

Fran Noonan, Paintings
Bobby J, Metal Sculptures
July-Aug: 7/1 to 8/8

Nan McCarthy Salvatore, Paintings
William Roche, Matt Roche, Mixed Media
Bridette Marshala, Freak Show Prints
Gallery Hop: 8/26
Aug-Sep: 8/12 to 9/20

Photo Media Center National Juried Photography Winners
Jewelry by Local Designer Joseph Hunt
Gallery Hop: 10/21
Sept-Oct: 9/23 to 10/31

Ben Gibson, Paintings
Aileen Lampman, Jewelry
Gallery Hop: 12/2
Nov-Dec: 11/4 to 1/3/12

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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.

Gemini

Fran Schanz & Rob Weber

June 10 - July 16

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

The gallery is now open through Sept. 30 on Tuesdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Geary's Studio 7 Gallery

2807 W 8th Street Erie, PA

(814) 480-8829

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

Tom Ferraro

1020 Holland St. Erie, PA

(814) 450-9183

Bill Brady Jr., Tin Man

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

Kelly Run Gallery

264 Main St. in Cambridge Springs, PA

(814) 398-9331

Gannon Schuster Gallery

3rd fl. Nash Library, 619 Sassafras St. Erie

Panorama, Erie Summer Festival of the Arts

Now  - July 24 at 9:00pm, during Library hours.

The piece that made it into the show this year is “Hommage a Gurin” which can be viewed in Luke Gehring 2011 Gallery on FB, should you not be able to make it to the show.

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
 

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

July 26, 2011
Yellowstone National Park Tour 2011

2011-2012 Season

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

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

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO


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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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
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.

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

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

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

God of Carnage
July 8, 9, 15, 16

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

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

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

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

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

Calendar of Events

June 27 – July 28
Summer Intensive

August 1 – 19
Optional Classes

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Cars 2
Mr. Poppers Penguins

1 Cars 2

2 Bad Teacher

3 Green Lantern

4 Super 8

5 Mr. Popper's Penguins

6 X-Men: First Class

7 The Hangover Part II

8 Bridesmaids

9 Pirates of the Caribean: On Stranger Tides

10 Midnight in Paris