Online version is updated throughout the month.
CALENDAR
Aug 1 - David Steinberg Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre, Chautauqua NY
Aug 1 - One World Tribe at 8 Great Tuesdays Highmark Amphitheatre Erie PA, All 8 Greats.
Aug 5 & 9 - Disney's "Newsies" Tinseltown, Erie PA.
Aug 5 & 9 - Disney's "Newsies" Tinseltown, Erie PA.
Aug 4-6 - Harambee Black Arts Festival 50th Anniversary Celebration YMCA 7140 Bennett Street, Pittsburgh "Soul Stepping Parade at 6 p.m...you’ll find the streets of Homewood packed with a variety of food and retail vendors, live music and dance performances, and information tables. Family friendly activities, display of local art, Health and Wellness Workshop"
Aug 8 - Gathering of Erie Green Drinks 6:30pm Brewerie at Union Station,Erie PA.
Aug 8 - Gathering of Erie Green Drinks 6:30pm Brewerie at Union Station,Erie PA.
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New: USPS "Protect Pollinators" stamps |
Aug 13 Vigil for those who stood against hate in Charlottesville. Perry Square, 6th & Peach, Erie PA 2:30pm
Aug 13 Meadville March Against Hate Diamond Park, Meadville PA 7pm
Aug 15 - "Incarcerating US" (2016) (Whole Foods Co-op,1341 W. 26th Erie PA) 6PM Presented by Erie Friends Meeting (Quakers). "With 2.3 million people behind bars, the U.S. has the largest prison population in the history of the world. The documentary explores ways to unshackle the Land of the Free through vital criminal justice reforms." Free, donations appreciated.
Aug 16 - Fight Back City Council: Code Enforcement Erie City Hall 7:30PM.
Aug 16 – 13th Annual Robert H. Jackson Lecture on the Supreme Court of the United States (Chautauqua Institution Hall Of Philosophy, Chautauqua NY) 4p.m.
Aug 17 - Keystone Progress Erie Social Gathering Calamari's Squid Ros, 1317 State, Erie PA) 6-8pm.
Aug 17 - Keystone Progress Erie Social Gathering Calamari's Squid Ros, 1317 State, Erie PA) 6-8pm.
Aug 18-19 - Burning River Fest 2017 Cleveland OH.
Aug 19 - Healthcare4AllPA Reception (8335 Edinboro Rd., Edinboro PA) 6-8pm "for anyone wanting to know more about PA HB 1688, The Pennsylvania Health Care Plan. This social event is for supporters and others interested in meeting our volunteer board members"
Aug 21 - Erie Puppy Mill Awareness Fundraiser at Chipotle 12th & Pittsburgh Ave. location 5-9PM "50% of your purchase price will go to us!"
Aug 21- Rally for a Budget That Puts People First 413 N 3rd, Harrisburg PA.12:30-1:30PM.
Aug 19 - Healthcare4AllPA Reception (8335 Edinboro Rd., Edinboro PA) 6-8pm "for anyone wanting to know more about PA HB 1688, The Pennsylvania Health Care Plan. This social event is for supporters and others interested in meeting our volunteer board members"
Aug 21 - Erie Puppy Mill Awareness Fundraiser at Chipotle 12th & Pittsburgh Ave. location 5-9PM "50% of your purchase price will go to us!"
Aug 21- Rally for a Budget That Puts People First 413 N 3rd, Harrisburg PA.12:30-1:30PM.
Aug 25 - Keystone Progress Campaign School for Candidates and Campaign Managers Email dan@keystoneprogress.org
Aug 26 -Monarch Butterfly Festival Audubon Community Nature Center, Jamestown NY. Also adult-only event the evening prior, called "Monarchs and Margaritas."Celebrate our pollinators!
Aug 26-27 - Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts (Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo NY).
Aug 27 - Monarch Butterfly Migration Celebration Goodell Gardens, Edinboro PA.
Aug 31 - Stand With the Dreamers 6pm Perry Square, Erie PA Support DACA
Aug 27 - Monarch Butterfly Migration Celebration Goodell Gardens, Edinboro PA.
Aug 27 – North by Northwest - The Erie Progressive Summit Bel-Aire Clarion
Hotel, Erie PA) Organized by Keystone Progress. "inspiring speakers,
panels and training sessions designed to educate and empower progressive
leaders. Join social justice advocates, labor organizers and grassroots
activists who come together to sharpen their skills, build power in NW
PA, and develop relationships with others working on issues that
matter." Event page
Aug 30 - Silent Peace Walk 345 East 9th Street 7:00 pm to 7:30 pm. "August 30th is International Peace Walk Day. Join us as we walk slowly for 20 minutes in silence for peace through the neighborhood of many of the ministries of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. We will begin and end with a brief gathering." Aug 31 - Stand With the Dreamers 6pm Perry Square, Erie PA Support DACA
Aug 31 - “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” (2017) 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia NY) 7:30pm. Documentary "Arguably no one did more to shape our understanding of the modern American city than Jane Jacobs, the visionary activist and writer who fought to preserve urban communities in the face of destructive development projects."~IFC Films Trailer
Sep 4 - Labor Day Parade 2017 (Downtown Erie PA) Step-off 10am. FB event page
Sep 10 & 17 - “NT Live: Angels in America” (Mercyhurst University, Erie PA) Tickets go on sale Aug. 14.
Sep 15-17 – Mother Earth News Fair (Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Seven Springs PA)
Sep 19 – UB: Distinguished Speaker: Malala Yousafzai (University of Buffalo, Alumni Arena, Buffalo NY)
Sep 24 - Pittsburgh Annual Zine Fair 801 N. Negley, Pittsburgh.
Oct 1 - Graham Nash Babeville/Asbury Hall 341 Delaware Avenue - Buffalo NY.
Nov 7 - An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin (Mercyhurst University, Erie PA) Single tickets go on sale Aug. 14.
ALSO
- Flashback: "Billionaires for Wealthcare Arrive in downtown Erie" Video by Richard McVay. From October 2009.
- Vigil for Immigrants changes "We are stopping the Justice for Immigrants vigils on the First Fridays of each month, but will schedule them as needed in response to specific events." Anne McCarthy OSB Benedictines for Peace
- Memorial for Health Care NW PA Indivisible (Erie News Now July 7, 2017)
- Rally Against Conversion Therapy Hosted by Pennsylvania Equality Project Erie
- PrideFest photo gallery
- Erie March for Education
- Erie BAG - Bayfront Against Gentrification
- "Pennsylvania nuns with chapel on land as protest now sue federal regulators" (The Morning Call, July 17, 2017) "Nuns who allowed activists opposing a natural gas pipeline to build a chapel on their Lancaster County property in protest of a planned easement have now sued the federal agency that approved the pipeline."
- Exhibit: "Prints That Bite" (Erie Art Museum, Nicholas Gallery, Erie PA) "By virtue of affordability and multiplicity, prints have the potential to communicate ideas to a larger (and less wealthy) audience than unique works such as painting or sculpture. Is it any wonder that for centuries, artists have used the medium for social critique?" Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828 (Spanish); Honoré-Victorin Daumier, 1808–1879 (French); Käthe Kollwitz, 1867–1945 (German)
- "New Book by James Young: Union Power--The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania" and "The Cold War Comes to Erie"
PHOTOS - UE 506
Photos by Deb Spilko
Poster on door at UE 506 headquarters |
Offices of United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers Local 506 in Lawrence Park, which represents most of the workers affected by recent layoffs. |
Background on this marker here: http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-BF |
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