Tuesday, August 25, 2015

This & That ~ Aug 25, 2015

CALENDAR


Now thru Sept 13 INHERIT THE WIND All An Act Theatre, 652 W. 17th, Erie PA
Aug 26-28 - 'TOWN SHRINK" "Columbia University professor of psychiatry, Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, will visit Erie in August to discuss how urban design decisions can increase or reduce violence, and harm or help community and minority health. Her keynote talk will be Thursday evening, August 27 at Booker T Washington Center. She will also be meeting with small groups Aug. 26-28. Marcus Atkinson will interview Fullilove for the NEXT with Marcus Atkinson show on WQLN." Check Facebook event page for updates. 
Aug 28  SSJ NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK CELEBRITY BARTENDING EVENT Nuova Aurora Club 16th & Walnut, Erie PA. 5:30-9:30pm.  
Aug 30 - Free Movie Night - "DEAR GOVERNOR CUOMO" Erie Movie House, 3424 W Lake Rd, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm (75 min.) Hosted by Our Water, Our Rights "This  is a concert-protest film aimed at influencing New York State's decision to ban hydraulic fracturing. Featuring activist/entertainers including Mark Ruffalo, Natalie Merchant, Pete Seeger, Citizen Cope and scientists like Sandra Steingraber, the film lays out the science and facts behind the decision. Though focused on the issue in New York, the education and incredible protest music are relevant in Pennsylvania and the other 33 states that already allow fracking. Also showing preview trailer for the upcoming film: Dear President Obama. This free event will be followed by refreshments and a group discussion about working towards a moratorium on fracking in NW PA, and possibly a ban on further fracking in the entire State. Seating is limited to about 50 persons. Contact Sam at bearwalker33@roadrunner.com or Larry at wheaton1138@gmail.com for more information
Aug 29 - ERIE PRIDE FEST  & PARADE Note this year the rally and festival will take place 
in Griswold Park at 14th & Peach (by the train station). Details here
Aug 29-30 - ELMWOOD ARTS FESTIVAL Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo NY.
Aug 30 "NORTH BY NORTHWEST: THE NORTHWEST PA PROGRESSIVE SUMMIT"   Avalon Hotel, 16 W 10th St, Erie PA. Hosted by Keystone Progress '"This event will be an opportunity for leaders, activists and community members to learn, speak and share ways to make real improvements in our community".  A full day of sessions, a box lunch will be provided.  Cost: $20 (Discounts and scholarships are available in a limited capacity.)  Call:814-636-0565 Email: info@keystoneprogress.org 
Sep 4 - VIGIL: JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS   2nd & State 5:15-5:45 PM. Hosted by Benedictines for Peace. 
Sep 4-19 ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART TWO: PERESTROIKA by Tony Kushner. Dramashop, Erie PA.
Sept 7 NWPA ALF LABOR DAY PARADE For more information call 814-360-8336 or email:nwpaalf@aol.com "This parade is labor's opportunity to show: 'Unions Today' we are alive and well, who we are, and what we do. Erie has not had a Labor Day Parade since 1987. We encourage all organized labor to join us." Click for info, flyers, etc.
Sep 9 - AN EVENING WITH THE CREATORS OF "INVISIBLE THREAD" Mercyhurst Universit, Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center, Erie PA 7:30pm. Original name: "Witness Uganda"  "Griffin, a black American volunteer, arrives in Uganda from New York City to help build a school and escape his church’s probing into his sexuality. But when he meets a group of destitute, orphaned teenagers, he becomes obsessed with a mission that will change his and their lives forever. Fresh off a workshop at Disney hosted by music theatre legend Steven Schwartz, the score from this two-time winner of the Richard Rogers Award for Musical Theater will come alive in Erie for one night only. Invisible Thread is the story of a man battling to find his place in a world full of injustice as he asks “is changing the world even possible?”"

Sep 11-12 - ZEN BUDDHIST MONK CLAUSE ANSHIN THOMAS: "WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WAKE UP?" Allegheny College, Meadville PA. Zen Buddhist monk, Vietnam War veteran and Meadville native Claude AnShin Thomas will present a talk and workshop – to kick off a 30-Day Mindfulness Challenge at Allegheny College. BBoth the talk, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11 in the Tillotson Room of the Tippie Alumni Center, and the workshop are open to the public. The workshop will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12 in Schultz East Alcove. Thomas trained with Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Zen master, and is the author of the book "At Hell’s Gate: A Soldier’s Journey from War to Peace." He also founded the Zaltho Foundation, a spiritually based nonprofit committed to ending violence by promoting mindfulness and positive change within individuals. 
Sep 12 -  ANNUAL NW PA NOW FUNDRAISING AUCTION (Goodell Gardens & Homestead, 221 Waterford St, Edinboro, PA) 4 PM.  "NW PA NOW Board member Tracie Andrews and her musical partner, known as The Flapjacks, will provide musical entertainment for the first hour. You won’t want to miss this chance to gather with other feminists for great food and drinks in excellent company. Plan on coming out as we look forward to our one event of the year that funds our chapter’s activities around women’s issues. We’ll provide the food, wine, beer, soft drinks, and a lot of laughs.  It’s $10 per person and that fee will be waived for anyone who contributes an auction item. All items offered must be donated in advance. Contact: Diane Zemniak. Phone:(814) 835-3392. Email: suswood219@gmail.com.
Sep 13 - 'Movies at Mercyhurst: '71 (2015) Mercyhurst University, Taylor Little Theatre "Director Yann Demange makes a promising debut with film about the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland. For tickets, call 814-824-3000 or visit miac.mercyhurst.edu.  "The film doesn't take sides, but shows how conflict stirs the pot of human emotions and how quickly things can get out of control. And it shows that in war, no one is right." ~Detroit News 
Sep 18-20 MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR Seven Springs PA. Workshops speakers, demos, etc.  
Sep 24 - HUNGER (2008) Edinboro Film Series, Edinboro University, Edinboro PA. Based on the story of  Irish republican Bobby Sands who leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike in 1981 Director: Steve McQueen  Starring: Michael Fassbender
Sep 26 - ON THE MOVE (Tentative plans; updates/details shortly) Members of Benedictines for Peace will host an event celebrating the environment, peace, hope and opportunity, and environmental safety on Saturday, September 26, from 1 – 3 p.m. The goal of this event is to bring greater awareness to the reality that, together, we can create a more sustainable, nonviolent world for current and future generations.  The theme of the celebration is On the Move …. Four groups will assemble at four different venues, marching from the North, South, East, and West and converging on Griswold Plaza, 14th and Peach Streets, where a program will be presented. The parade coming from the North will carry signs focusing on the Environment. Marchers proceeding from the South will draw attention to Environmental Safety. Those processing from the East will raise the issues of Hope and Opportunity; while those coming from the West will call for Peace.Note: In case of rain, activities will move inside at the Brewerie Restaurant.For further information about the event, please email Janice Etchison: jetchison17@gmail.com.
Sep 29 - LECTURE BY JOHN ESPOSITO: “BUILDLING BRIDGES: PROTECTING PLURALISM, ENDING ISLAMAPHOBIA ” Allegheny College, Meadville PA. Tillotson Room of the Tippie Alumni Center 7:30 p.m. 
Oct 1 - ARLO GUTHRIE: ALICE'S RESTAURANT Warner Theater, Erie PA " It was fifty years ago, 1965, when Arlo Guthrie took out the trash following a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat. This hilarious account of actual events that precluded Arlo from military service (1966), became a platinum selling record (1967) and full length motion picture (1969), has become as traditional a part of Thanksgiving as cranberry sauce. Folk icon Arlo Guthrie brings to the stage, for the first time in a decade, The Alice's Restaurant Massacree in its entirety. "
Oct 2 - PAULA POUNDSTONE Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY 
Oct 8 - THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT (2015)  Edinboro Film Series "Twenty-four male students out of seventy-five were selected to take on randomly assigned roles of prisoners and guards in a mock prison situated in the basement of the Stanford psychology building. Rated R. Stars: Olivia Thirlby, Ezra Miller, Billy Crudup & more." "A screenplay that brings to life a true story that is as powerful and 
unfortunately relevant even almost moreso today than it was 44 years ago."
Oct 4 - Movies at Mercyhurst: "TIMBUKTU" (2014) Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. 
Oct 19 -MEDEA BENJAMIN IN ERIE Medea Benjamin will  speak at Mount Saint Benedict Monastery on Monday, October 19, 2015, at 7pm. Marlene Bertke is looking for recommendations of faculty at area schools who would be interested in sharing this event with their students. To send your suggestions and recommendations email her at benedectine@igc.org or 814-460-4831
Nov 3 -GENERAL ELECTION
Nov 14 - INDIGO GIRLS Asbury Hall Buffalo NY
 
FARMERS MARKETS
Of note:
  • Little Italy Farmers Market Mondays 3-6pm (The Little Italy Farmers Market is approved to accept food stamps and thanks to generous donors (Country Fair and Fluid Engineering) will offer double the tokens to shop with for SNAP recipients)
  • Whole Foods Co-op 4-7pm Fridays
  • Goodell Gardens Edinboro PA.Wednesdays  3-6pm"Offering produce, meat, cheese, eggs, honey, baked goods, maple products and more, residents might even be able to plan an entire meal from purchases from our vendors – complete with dessert!"
  • Meadville Market House 910 Market Street, Meadville PA. Year round.

BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Back to School stuff... Clinks links for details:

There are other groups that do this for kids in their own programs. If there are upcoming open events please share them. Outside Erie check with your local school district to see who's doing it.  Also: Ignite Back to School Conference

ALSO ...
    • "GENERATION TAKE OVER "Youth Activists on a Mission.'"Generation Take Over" is a youth activist movement on a mission to help eliminate violence and hopelessness amongst their peers in the City of Erie.'
    • 'Hell You Talmbout?' Protest Music Meets the Church in the Streets- "  "Last week’s public release of "HellYouTalmbout," a newly revised song by six-time Grammy nominated performer Janelle Monáe and her team of artists, Wondaland, caught on like spirit-fire in the soul of the Black Lives Matter movement and has swiftly propelled Monáe — a young, gifted, and socially conscious artist — to the forefront of the voices and faces in the public square."
 
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