Erie’s Place for Contemporary Cuisine
By Cindy Hemper

As the leaves begin to change, the days get shorter and the temperatures get cooler, summer begins to fade taking with it those lazy fun filled days on the beach, in the park or just enjoying a relaxing cook-out in our backyards.

Much like summer, the Sidewalk Series too, shall come to an end for this season. As the last feature in this series we hop around the corner to what may be Erie’s finest dining establishment, Matthew's Trattoria & Martini Lounge located in Lovell Place, at 153 East 13th Street, Erie PA....Read More

Party with a Purpose
By Kevin Schultz

Being fraught with parties, music events, haunted houses and of course, trick-or-treat night, Halloween weekend is customarily one of the most celebrated and fun holidays of the year.

This Thursday, October 27 between the hours of 6:00pm and 10:00pm, Halloween means more than just a fright-filled weekend as local dance celebrity Brett Fallon hosts a Halloween Costume Party that will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...Read More

Daydream Your Way to a Better Life
By Robert Pagliarini

One of the most popular self-help books ever written on depression is Feeling Good by Dr. David Burns. He identifies several cognitive distortions the depressed suffer from. One of them is Overgeneralization. This is the practice of “viewing a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.” If you lose your job, suddenly you are worthless and you will never amount to anything. If you look at your 401(k) statement and you’ve lost 35 percent of your nest egg, suddenly you’ll never be able to retire and you’ll have to be a Walmart greeter when you’re 85 years old. When things are bad, it feels like everything is bad and they’ll always be bad...Read More

University Unites Against Hate Speech
While relatively infrequent, hate speech has large impact on campus community.
By Joshua Chappell

Hate speech is something that occurs across the nation, our University is no exception.

According to Jon Barnwell, patrol division commander for Campus Police, the University averages only a small amount of hate incidents annually.

"We average zero to one hate crimes reported per year with five or less reported hate-biased incidents not involving crime," Barnwell said...Read More

Saturday Night Screams
By Jenna Croyle

Halloween traditionally is all about costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Halloween is also known to inspire some of the best band and bar shows in town with the best bands creeping and slithering, giving everyone a frightening great time...Read More

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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