Great Food and Good Atmosphere
By Cindy Hemper

Usually, the Sidewalk Series focuses on bars, taverns and restaurants in and around downtown Erie. This week’s edition takes a hop, skip and a jump across town, to Joe Root's Grill, located at 2826 West 8th Street.

Joe Root's Grill, though nice enough, seems about average at first glance when driving by. However, once you walk in you will find that it is anything but average. After one visit, you come to realize why the restaurant has been voted best Seafood Restaurant in Erie time after time...Read More

The Erie Art Museum Celebrates One Year
By Carolyn Eller

The Erie Art Museum is gearing up to celebrate one exciting year in the Museum’s history. The Museum opened its doors to the $11 million expansion and renovation project in October 2010, and an anniversary celebration is scheduled for Friday, October 7, 2011, from 8pm until midnight...Read More

The Difference Between Healing and Curing
By Lissa Rankin

Welcome back to The Pink Medicine blog series, wherein I share with you my vision for a new type of health care model, a model I call “Pink Medicine.” In a recent post, The Difference Between Sick, Well, & Whole, I talked about my father’s death and said that I learned that there is a critical difference between healing and curing. Today I want to expound a bit on that difference...Read More

All in the Family: A Tribute to Chris & Season
By Kevin Schultz

For decades, the push to observe homosexuality as an accepted lifestyle has come a long way. Many a battle has been fought to uphold causes and organizations that aim to benefit those who suffer in the face of homophobia. Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists hold rallies and conferences to demonstrate the need to come to terms with a so-called difference that doesn't plan on disappearing anytime soon...Read More

Shredding Erie, One Lick at a Time
By Jenna Croyle

So many people have wanted to play an instrument such as a guitar, but ended up giving up playing altogether because they could never get the guitar to sound right, or play well. It can be quite discouraging to be playing the right notes, but get that awful buzzzz, sound out of tune, or find it just too hard to play because there is so much daylight under the strings.
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Find Out Where Your Favorite Band Is Playing This Weekend

Who is where every weekend. Keep up to date with each bar and club and your favorite bands with each weekend's Bands listing...Read More

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