This & That ~ Jun 29, 2016

CALENDAR
Through Oct 30 - Exhibit “We’re Here: Pioneering LGBT Rights in Pennsylvania”  (State Museum of PA, Harrisburg PA) Focuses on the equality movement for LGBTQ rights in the late 1960s and its progress in the Commonwealth during the 1970s. Shows the partnership between dedicated LGBT activist coalitions and Gov. Shapp, leading to unprecedented executive action in PA. statemuseumpa.org

Jul 1 - Shark Week: Standing Up to Pay Day Loan Sharks in PA 11:30-12:30 Perry Square, Erie PA. Hosted by Keystone Progress Educational Fund.

Jul 1 - Vigil: Justice for Immigrants 12:15pm Federal Courthouse Erie PA Hosted by Benedictines for Peace.

Jul 1-3 - Great Blue Heron Music Festival Sherman NY.

Jul 6 - Crude Oil Trains = Bomb Trains  12:15pm-1pm
US Federal Building• 17 South Park Row, Erie, PA 16501 Host Contact Info: Sam Miller - bearwalker33@roadrunner.com. In conjunction with National Week of Action Against Oil Trains Jul 6-12 #StopOilTrains Hosted by Benedictines for Peace.

Jul 8 - Bill Moyers at Chautauqua 

Jul 15 Howard Dean MD and Michael Steele Debate at JES  Hosted by Jefferson Educational Society, Erie PA

Jul 15-17 Chautauqua International Film Fest

Jul 16 - "Higher Love" Book Signing Dykeman Young Gallery and Vintage Emporium, 100 E Second St., Jamestown NY ". "In its magical telling by Paul Campion and Randy Johnson, two of the plaintiffs in the SCOTUS case that would legalize same-sex marriage, this memoir shows us the higher purpose of the obstacles these two gay dads tackle to build a family and live their dream." Proceeds support Johnson-Campion Academic Scholarship. 
Jul 16-17 Harambee Ujima Black Arts Festival Pittsburgh PA 

Jul 18-21 - Republican National Convention 

Jul 19 - Nuns on the Bus visit Erie  Caucus to Mend the Gaps, Saint Paul's Parish Center, 1617 Walnut, Erie PA. 7:00PM. "Our goal is to bring a politics of inclusion to divided places, change the conversation to ending the vast economic and social divides in our country, and counter political incivility with our message of inclusion." Info  info@networklobby.org

Jul 23 MATV Community Day Picnic Roger Young Park, Erie PA  noon to 4pm 
Jul 24 - March for a Clean Energy Revolution Philadelphia PA. Erie carpool info contact Sam Miller bearwalker33@roadrunner.com

Jul 25-28 - Democratic National Convention

Jul 29-31 Wordstock Poets Hall, Erie PA (2 venues)

Aug 3 - Nan Hoffman in Findley Lake 11am Alexander Findley Community Library, Findley Lake NY.

Aug 4-6 - Trevor Noah, Lewis Black at Lucy Comedy Fest Jamestown NY. Also on Aug 5 "Comedy Legacies: Brue, Carlin, Pryor"

 Aug 21 - Schickalay's Presents Wailers and One World Tribe  6th & Peninsula 5-8pm.

Aug 26 - BabeFest: VOTE DAMMIT:  Babeville Buffalo NY "Righteous Babe Records and singer-songwriter-activist Ani DiFranco hope to energize people about the issues at stake this election year, and motivate people to vote on November 8th. Ani is announcing the inaugural 'BabeFest,' a festival of music, comedy and social activism."

Aug 26-27 - Burning River Fest Coast Guard Station Cleveland OH. Proceeds to Burning River Foundation.

Aug 27 - Nan Hoffman in Jamestown 2pm James Prendergast Library, Jamestown NY

Aug 27-28 - Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo NY.

Sep 17 Dixie Chicks in Concert First Niagara Center Buffalo NY /

Sep 18 - Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Tinseltown

Sep 23 Enough to Live On: The Arts of the WPA Fredonia Opera House Fredonia NY

Also

•  Erie PA invades the DNC! Philadelphia. From Mike Michaelson: "This trip is budget! My bus, I'll pay for gas, we can find a church or somewhere to crash at. Sleep on the bus?"
• RNC: Counter RNC 2016 (events July 9-21); also Resist the 2016 Cleveland RNC (Anarchist)   ACLU Sues Over "Draconian Reach" of RNC Protest Rules   
• "Is Fracking for Natural Gas Coming to Erie County?" by Sam Miller (Erie Reader)
• Third and State "joint blog of the Keystone Research Center and Pennsylvania Budget & Policy Cente rproviding a progressive view of the state economy, budget and other policy matters."
• All Creatures - Events Bad links have been taken care of. New resource for keeping up with fundraising for local animal welfare organizations. 
• "Free State of Jones" (2016) US release June 24 Review and historical background in Smithsonian
• Chautauqua Institution events and weekly themes
• "NY Farm Bureau will fight lawsuit calling for farm workers right to organize" (WRLFP-FM)

This & That is published now and then providing info of interest to members of the Erie area progressive community. Focus is local/regional.
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