Sunday, May 22, 2016

This & That ~ May 22, 2016

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May 24 - Our Water Our Air Our Rights Steering Committee Meeting, Neighborhood Art House, 10th and Holland, Erie. Public is invited. Short videos on Fracking will be shown. Planning for travel to Philadelphia for the July 24th March for a Clean Energy Revolution. http://www.cleanenergymarch.org/   Call Sam Miller 716-713-8621 for details.
May 24 - "The War Comes Home"  A Soledad OBrien Report. "Follows the journeys of these two young men who came home from war, and their personal battles to recover from the effects of the wars that came home with them. Showing nationwide (limited) on May 24, in Erie at Tinseltown.
May 25 – Helen Prejean at the Mount Mount St. Benedict 6101 East Lake Road, Erie PA. Sister Helen Prejean has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty and helping to shape the Catholic Church’s newly vigorous opposition to state executions.. Dead Man Walking is based on her life and work. She will be speaking at Mount St. Benedict as part of the Benedictines for Peace Speaker Series. Sr. Helen will sign books bought that night.  About Sister Helen
May 26 - 28 "Crowns" Mt. Ebal Baptist Church, located at 1617 E. 26th St., Erie, PA Presented by Erie Theater Company "moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman...Hats are everywhere from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery and forward to the New Testament and current fashion."
May 26 – Chapin Sisters at the Reg Jamestown NY
May 28 - HealthCare4All PA Perennial Plant Sale 101 W. 34th
Jun 2 - Circle of Life: And Exhibit of African Wildlife and Culture by Zimbabwan Artist Brennan Seward Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel, Erie PA Opens at 2pm, wine and canape 6-8pm
Jun 3 - Vigil: Justice for Immigrants 12:15 Federal Building, Erie PA. 
Jun 3-5 - 58th Annual Allegany Nature Pilgrimage   Salamanca NY
Jun 3-5 - Green Energy Ohio Tour "This free statewide event features self-guided, guided or open house tours in all corners of the state and highlights homes, businesses, and public places that are using green technologies such as solar, wind, biomass, green design, energy efficiency and more.  "
Jun 4 - Pride Picnic Presque Isle, Rotary Pavilion, 1-6PM
Jun 4-12 - Pittsburgh Roots Pride 2016   "Roots Pride is a people-powered inclusive celebration of the entire LGBTQIA+ community. This year, we are expanding to an entire week of fellowship, healing, revolution and celebration."
Jun 5  - Kate Buczek Memorial Jazz Concert (Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Highway, Erie, PA 16508) 4 PM. With Colony Trio featuring Howard Hamme, Carl Alanakian and Harry Jacobson; plus The U-Tones featuring Jackson Froman, Sonny Froman, Pat Lorei, Doug Hunsberger, Doug Russell, and Tammie Johnson. Free, but donations to Kate Buczek Memorial Concert Fund encouraged. (814) 923-1155. joanne@uuerie.org. www.uuerie.org.
Jun 6 - Green Jobs Conference Cleveland OH  
Jun 7 - "Dear President Obama" screening 'Through a special arrangement with director Jon Bowermaster, Our Water, Our Air, Our Rights and the Erie Maritime Museum will sponsor a special screening of the film “Dear President Obama” on Tuesday, June 7, 2016.  7:00 pm in the Hirt Auditorium, 160 E. Front St., Erie, PA. There will be a discussion of the issues presented in the film after the screening.' Free and open to the public.
Jun 12 - Farmer's Lunch and Pasture Walk at Green Heron   "Please join us at Green Heron Growers, where we’ll prepare lunch for you from the late spring’s harvest...You’ll have the opportunity to talk with Steve and Julie Rockcastle about their philosophy of sustainably raising animals and produce on the land, as well as a farm tour after lunch. Come celebrate the beginning of summer with us!"
Jun 10-25 "Farragut North" Dramashop staged reading
Jun 14 - Community Conversation #3 Erie Art Museum 
Jun 17 & 18 - 27th Annual Hundred Family Yard Sale Hosted by/benefiting Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 Perry Highway, Erie, PA
Jun 17-19 Pittsburgh's Juneteenth Festival
Jun 18 - ERIE Juneteenth Celebration Booker T Washington Center 18th & Holland Erie. 
Jun 18 - 7th Annual Cleveland African Dance and Drum Festival "Featuring our Annual Juneteenth Concert" 
Jun 18-19 - Juneteenth of Buffalo 2016
Jun 20-26 - National Pollinator Week at TREC 
Jun 22 - Erie Listening Tour Stop   Hosted by People's Clean Power Plan. "The People's Clean Power Plan (PCPP) is a grassroots effort to develop a Clean Power Plan for Pennsylvania that represents the views of working families. PCPP is a plan based on climate justice."
Jun 25 PA Firefly Festival   "This is a cool and low-key event in the Forest." ~Tim Reim
Jun 25 - SummerFest 2016 Erie National Wildlife Refuge, Guys Mills PA.  10am-4pm Theme: "Endangered and Threatened Species." 
Jun 26 - Blasco Film Series: Refugee Kids, One Small School Takes on the World 1:30 pm Blasco Memorial Library, 160 E Front, Erie PA.
Jul 15 Howard Dean MD and Michael Steele Debate at JES  Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA
Jul 18-21 - Republican National Convention 
Jul 25-28 - Democratic National Convention
ALSO



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