Jan 8 - JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS VIGIL 12:15 pm Federal Building, 7th & State, Erie PA
Jan 9 & 12 - SUFFRAGETTE (2015) 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia NY
Jan 13 - "BAN THE BOMB TRAIN: Exploding Freight: Danger on the Rails" Noon, The White Inn, 52 E Main Street Fredonia NY Speakers: Julius Leone Director of the Office of Emergency Services for Chautauqua County Member, Board of Director for the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs. Shannon Patch WNY Regional Director for US Senator Charles Schumer Charley Bowman. Environmental Justice Task Force & WNY Drilling Defense WNY Peace Center, Inc. If you wish to reserve a place for lunch and the program, contact Genevieve Ludemann at (716) 672-4771 before January 11, 2016. Those attending the program only may arrive at 1PM at the White Inn, 52 E Main Street, Fredonia, NY 14063 Sponsor: League of Women Voters, Chautauqua Co.
Jan 16 - KEYSTONE PROGRESS MEETING "Keystone Progress will hold a meeting on Saturday January 16th at 3PM, location TBD, to further our strategy session and delve into potential tactics to win expanded bus service. Please RSVP with dan@keystoneprogress.org for information."
Jan 16 - 6TH ANNUAL DR KING AWARDS DINNER Theme: "Where Do We Go From Here Chaos or Community?" "Join us as we celebrate this year's community awardees on Saturday January 16, 2016 at 6:00 at the Bayfront Convention Center. Dinner will be served promptly at 6:30pm. " Guest speaker GA State Senator Vincent D. Fort To purchase tickets call, 814-459-2761 x229
Jan 17 - BLACK LIVES MATTER...IN ERIE Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy. 10:30am. Guest speaker Marcus Atkinson, Program Director of Downtown YMCA Teen Center of Greater Erie. Reverend Dr. Pam Allen-Thompson will provide the other elements in the service that support our guest speaker. Musicians: James Pearson and Hannah Olanrewaju.
Jan 19 - ENVIRONMENT ERIE SOCIAL HOUR Cloud 9 with Recap Mason Jars. "Our Social Hours are geared to help promote some of our partners in the community. We also like to have a theme for each social hour to highlight some of the work our partners are doing or to promote products they have. This is also a great chance to network with other like minded individuals in our community."
Jan 20 - A NIGHT AT BRAZIL FUNDRAISER BENEFITS JACKSON CENTER 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Brazil Craft Beer and Wine Lounge, 110 E. Fourth St Jamestown, NY 14701 Benefit to supportthe Robert H. Jackson Center’s Mission to promote Justice Jackson’s legacy of justice under the law through education and civil discussion
Jan 24 - COMMEMORATION OF DR MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LEGACY. WITH THE REV IRENE MONROE Allegheny College Meadville PA, 11am - noon, Ford Chapel.
Jan 26 - Mar 3 THE FLUIDITY OF GENDER: WORKS BY LINDA STEIN Allegheny College art galleries, Meadville PA
Jan 28 - GREENWORKS BUFFALO NIAGARA GreenDrinks at Lockport Distillery 41 Columbia St, Buffalo, NY
Jan 29 - YEAR OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION KICK-OFF 11AM-2PM Kick-off event for the Sustainable Cleveland celebration year of sustainable transportation in 2016. Cleveland City Hall Rotunda 601 Lakeside Ave. Cleveland, OH
Jan 31 - 6TH ANNUAL CVC CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT 12pm and 4pm $50 Food Included. Cash Bar. Chinese Auction, Please register by Jan 15. Important fundraiser for Crime Victim Center of Erie County which is a victim of the budget crisis. 814-455-9414
Feb 13 - AGENTS OF CHANGE CONFERENCE "Save the date for our second annual Agents of Change conference - on Saturday, February 13th from 8:30-2:30 in Meadville, PA. The theme is Political Partiicpation, and while the location is still TBD, we have officially confirmed former AmeriCorps alumn, and former mayor of Braddock, PA John Fetterman to be our keynote! Keep a lookout for updates, presentation proposals, registration and more! We hope to see you there." 520 N. Main Street Meadville, PA 16335 814-332-5318. Hosted by Lake Effect Leaders.
Feb 13 - DEEP RIVER: THE MUSIC OF HARRY BURLEIGH AND ANTONIN DVORAK Erie Chamber Orchestra 7:30pm Cathedral Prep Auditorium.
Feb 15 - ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE Concert Noon to 1pm, Erie Art Museum 'After 40 years, this legendary band is still serving the people worldwide with their special brand of 21st century Griot music. Now featuring the remarkable Corey Wilkes, member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and Ernest Dawkins of the New Horizons Ensemble, the trio's "harmonically provocative and rhythmically seductive" (Chicago Tribune) performances impart an ancestral wisdom that conjures an energy rarely encountered in contemporary music.' ~Ars Nova Workshop
Feb 19 - YEAR OF MEADVILLE EVENT: TALK WITH BEN HEWITT 7PM For Chapel, Allegheny College Meadville PA. Author and small-scale, sustainable farmer. In addition to the talk, a regional food system panel and discussion will be held on Saturday, February 20, at CHAPS, Inc. (944 Liberty Street) in Meadville.Ben's website
Feb 19-21 - PA PROGRESSIVE SUMMIT Statewide gathering of progressive activists; workshops, speakers, social events, skills-building, US Senate debate, etc.. Schedule from previous summit.
Feb 22 - GREAT BOOKS WITH GREAT MUSIC: "THE COLOR PURPLE" 7pm Blasco Library Erie PA. Free and open to the public. Eugene Perry, voice. Presented by Edinboro University Chambers Players, Erie County Public Library, Friends of the Erie County Public Library
Feb 25-28 - PLAYSHOP THEATRE PRESENTS "MR BURNS: A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY" Allegheny College, Meadville PA.
Feb 26 - ENVIRONMENT ERIE MURDER MYSTERY FUNDRAISER Woman's Club of Erie 259 West Sixth Street Erie, PA 16504
Feb 26-Mar 5 - THE LARAMIE PROJECT/THE LARAMIE PROJECT TEN YEARS AFTER Bartlett Theatre SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia NY by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theatre Project Director: Mr. Paul Mockovak Feb. 26-28, March 3-5, 2016. Play about the reactions of Laramie townspeople to the murder of gay university student Matthew Shepard. Matthew's mother, Judy Shepard, will speak March 2.
Mar 10 - YEAR OF MEADVILLE EVENT: TALK BY STACY MITCHELL Ford Chapel, Allegheny College, Meadville. Stacy Mitchell is co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs its Community-Scaled Economy Initiative and author. . Local economies workshop will be held on Saturday, March 12 at CHAPS, Inc. (944 Liberty Street) in Meadville.
MAY 13 - SNOWDEN (2015) Movies at Meadville
Jul 14-17 -NETROOTS NATION 2016: ST LOUIS "For Netroots Nation 2016, we’re choosing to go to St. Louis, MO. America is changing and Netroots Nation is committed to supporting those creating positive change in communities across the nation...We’re going to one of the epicenters of this struggle so we can get to know these activists and organizers, learn more about the issues they’re working on and amplify them. With you joining hand-in-hand with us, we can help make vital connections to strengthen the progressive movement for justice and equality around our country."
ALSO...
- Dave Weinkauf is showing DEAR PRESIDENT OBAMA. Americans Against Fracking in One Voice in Edinboro and is looking for a place to show it in Erie.
- DARK GARDEN by LINDA HUEY Jan 30, 2016--Jan 8, 2017 Erie Art Museum, McCain Family Gallery "Linda Huey’s Dark garden foreshadows the dire outcome of a consumerist, wasteful society and its impact on the environment."
- Movies: CHI-RAC (2015), CAROL (2015)
- DROPKICK MURPHYS in Cleveland Feb 17-18 and Pittsburgh March 8.
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