Friday, September 1, 2017

This & That ~ Sept 2017

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 CALENDAR
Sep 2 - Viaduct Cleanup 1206 East Avenue, Erie PA. Hosted by Erie CPR+Connect and Respect
Sep 3 - Mass Incarceration: In Search of Justice Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. "The Adult Education Committee and community members have been studying Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindess. In addition, three smaller groups are working to decrease the impact of mass incarceration locally and are eager to share their plans. Our guest speakers are Tyshun Taylor and Gary Horton. Recommended for teens and adults. Potluck lunch after the service. Musician: Pat Lorei."
Sep 3 - June & Roger's 37th Annual Labor Sunday Potluck Party 1515 West River Road, Grand Island NY. 716-773-1426 Hosted by Peace on Earth Month. "Music: Sol Y Sambra, BloodThirsty Vegans, Folk Singers/YOU... Boating: kayaks, canoes, volleyball, Most excellent camaraderie! All welcome (invite friends). No cost apart from potluck (bring something to share) There will be a 50/50 raffle for the Peace Education Fund."
Sep 4 - NWPA ALF Labor Day Parade 2017 Downtown Erie PA Step-off 10am. Organized by NWPA Area Labor Federation.  FB event page
Sep 4 - March with Keystone Progress on Labor Day "Join us as we march in Solidarity at the NWPA ALF Labor Day Parade. The parade runs from 11th and State to Perry Square. Marchers line up between 9:30 and 10 am. We step off at 10am. " For more information on the parade, please visit the 2017 Labor Day Parade Facebook event
Sep 4 - This Labor Day, Fight for the Erie We Want! Perry Square, Erie PA "This Labor Day, join us at 11:30am, immediately following the parade, to demand the Erie we want and an economy that works for the many, not the few. Stand with the workers organizing for their rights and our future." Hosted by United Home Care Workers of PA and SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania.
Sep 8-9 - "Sila" and "Forward" Allegheny College, Meadville PA. "two staged readings of plays from Chantal Bilodeau’s 'The Arctic Cycle' on Sept. 8 and 9.  'Sila,'featuring characters representing competing and intertwined interests about the future of the Canadian Arctic, will be presented Friday, Sept. 8, followed by 'Forward,' presents a poetic and humorous history of Norway, from the initial passion that drove explorer Fridtjof Nansen to the North Pole to our present-day anxiety over the rapidly changing climate., on Saturday, Sept. 9. Performances are at 7 p.m. in the Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre in the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts, followed by an audience discussion with Bilodeau and Allegheny faculty." 
Sep 9 - Walk Before You Talk! 1206 East Avenue, Erie PA 1PM "Wear sneakers (and something orange) and join us for an hour-long walk on the Eastside. Park on the 1100 block of East Ave. Meet us at the north end of the McBride Viaduct, a.k.a. the East Ave. Bridge." Hosted by Erie CPR+Connect and Respect
Sep 9 - Anti-hate rally in Mercer County POSTPONED
Sep 9 - Save Our Lake Erie Hosted by PennFuture 1PM-2PM Perry Monument pavilion, Erie.  Speakers include: Steve Porter, NW Page: How climate change effects Lake Erie, Annie Regan, PennFuture: Why we need to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard, Anna McCartney, PA Sea Grant: Impact of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and plastic pollution on Lake Erie, Jerry Skrypzak, S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie Fishing Club
Sep 9 - French Creek Cleanup Hosted by French Creek Conservancy
Sep 9 - Potluck to honor 100 days occupying Toll Brothers site 6PM 848 W. Whitehall Rd, State College PA "Please join us for a potluck and live music to honor Day 100 of our occupation of the proposed Toll Brothers site and get an update on status of the fight to protect our watershed. Please bring chair to sit on, your own plate and cutlery, and a dish to share."
Sep 10 & 17 - "NT Live: Angels in America" Mercyhurst University, Erie PA Tickets go on sale Aug. 14.
Sep 12 - “Islam: Beyond the Myths, Breaking down the Barriers” SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia NY. "Dr. Amer Ahmed, an acclaimed scholar who studies Islamic culture and has earned praise for his ability to facilitate honest, authentic dialogue that replaces fear and stereotypes with facts and understanding, will be the 2017-2018 Maytum Convocation Lecturer and Williams Visiting Professor. He has a doctoral degree in Education from the University of South Dakota and has served as an intercultural diversity consultant, college administrator, facilitator, poet and hip hop activist. He has an M.A. and B.A., in Anthropology and Black Studies."  Free but tickets required.   
Sep 12 - "Making Woman's History: Chautauqua County and the Suffrage Movement" 5pm, SUNY Fredonia, Reed Library Fredonia NY. 
Sep 12 - "Converting to and Nurturing an Ecological Consciousness: A Catholic Theological Imperative" 7-8pm Yehl Ballroom, Gannon University, Erie PA. Registration required, free and open to public.  
Sep 13 - "Enemies of the People? Journalism and Ethics" Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. The discussion is free and open to the public. Part of Mercyhurst's Constitution Day events.
Sep 14 - "Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret" 8:30PM Edinboro University of Pennsylvania 219 Meadville St, Edinboro, Pennsylvania Part of Edinboro Film Series.
Sep 14 - Single Voice Series: Nate Marshall & Natalie Scenters-Zapico Allegheny College, Meadville PA. "The event in the Tillotson Room of the Tippie Alumni Center is free and open to the public."
Sep 14 - Holy Hour for Peace Korea  and for Nuclear Disarmament 7-8pm Mount St Benedict Chapel, 6101 E. Lake Rd, Erie PA. Organized by Benedictines for Peace."We pray with the people of Korea and particularly with our Benedictine sisters from around the world who are gathered in South Korea September 5-19 for the annual conference of the Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum (CIB), an international association of leaders of Benedictine women’s communities.Sister Anne Wambach, prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie, is a delegate to the conference and Sister Mary Jane Vergotz, who serves as secretary of the CIB, is also in attendance.We vigil and pray with all who seek peace around the world, for de-escalation and for respectful dialogue leading to lasting peace and justice....prayer, reflective readings and song."
Sep 14-Sep 28 - "It Can't Happen Here"  Subversive Theatre Collective, Buffalo NY. "Written in 1935, Sinclair Lewis' tale tells of a huckster politician who buys the presidential election and proceeds to turn the U.S. into a fascist dictatorship... see any modern parallels?"  "All shows are in our home venue The Manny Fried Playhouse at 255 Great Arrow Avenue on the third floor of North Buffalo's historic Great Arrow Building."
Sep 15-17 – Mother Earth News Fair (Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Seven Springs PA)
Sep 16 & 19 - "An Inconvenient Sequel" (2017) Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia NY. 
Sep 19 - "Mr Smith Goes to Washington" (1939) Mercyhurst, Erie PA. Part of Mercyhurst's Constitution Day events
Sep 19 – UB: Distinguished Speaker: Malala Yousafzai (University of Buffalo, Alumni Arena, Buffalo NY) Tickets information 
Sep 21 - NAACP Erie Unit "Next meeting: September 21st, 2017, 5:30PM at the Quality of Life Learning Center, 2046 East 19th St. Meetings set for the same location on the third Thursday of each month with accommodations made for holidays. Please share, join, attend and volunteer to serve."
Sep 22 - SSJN Celebrity Bartender Event Nuova Aurora Club Erie PA.
Sep 24 - "Incarceration and Mental Health" Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy, Erie. "To further our study of justice and incarceration, please join Public Defender Pat Kennedy for another look at incarceration. This service will focus on Attorney Kennedy’s first-hand experience with the incarceration of people with severe mental health problems. Musician: Jackson Froman."
Sep 24 - District 14 Voice Potluck & Meet & Greet with Betsy Vader 1-4p.m. Hosted by Indivisible Ashtabula County and Destrict 14 Voice. Quarry Shelter Chapin Forest Reservation 9938 Chillicothe Road. (Rt. 306) Kirtland, OH 44094  
Sep 24 - Pittsburgh Annual Zine Fair  801 N. Negley, Pittsburgh.
Sep 25 - Oct 22 - “Art for Change by Eritrean Refugees”  Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. 
Jul 25 - Kill the Bill & Save ACA People's Hearings Across PA! Noon, office of Sen Pat Toomey, Federal Buidling, Erie PA. 
Sep 28 - "About Hunger & Resilience" 1507 Grimm Drive, Erie.A nationally-touring multimedia photography and audio exhibition created by Michael Nye, featuring fifty portraits and audio stories that reveal the courage and fragility of those individuals who have experienced hunger. Commemorating  Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest PA's 35 years, tickets $50.
Sep 28 "The Hottest Fight in the Hottest Years: Climate Change and the Battle for the Future" - Bill McKibben  5:00 PM Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh "This lecture is free and open to the public but space is limited - submit the form to reserve your seat!
Sep 29-Oct 15 - Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" All an Act Theatre, 652 W 17th Erie PA.
Sep 29 - Bill McKibben: "Desperate Climate Fight: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Moment"   Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, with reception in the AK Café  Environmentalist author and social activist Bill McKibben  2017 Festival: Environments
Sep 29 - Sprout Festival 7:30pm Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY. " focuses exclusively on films that celebrate the diverse lives and creativity of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) Presented by The Resource Center. Free admission. No ticket required."
Sep 29 - Oct 6 - Lake of Betrayal will air on PBS stations nationwide in November 2017. Documentary about the Seneca nation betrayal at Kinzua Dam. Here are area premiers: Friday, September 29 Ray Evans Seneca Theater 10 Main Street, Salamanca, New York 14779 6:00 p.m. Reception 7:00 p.m. Screening Saturday, September 30 Ray Evans Seneca Theater 10 Main Street, Salamanca, New York 14779 7:00 p.m. Screening Friday, October 6 Struthers Library Theater 302 West 3rd, Warren, Pennsylvania 16365 7:00 p.m. Screening
 Oct 1 - Graham Nash  Babeville/Asbury Hall 341 Delaware Avenue - Buffalo NY.
Oct 27-29 - Women's March Convention Cobo Center, Detroit MI
Oct 12 - Babel: Terry Tempest Williams Just Buffalo Literary Center, Buffalo NY (Babel 2017-2018 season)
Nov 7 - An Evening of Classic Lily Tomlin  Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. Single tickets go on sale Aug. 14.
Nov 17 James Keelaghan Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia NY.

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Aug 13 Vigil for Those Who Stood Against Hate in Charlottesville. Perry Square, Erie.
AFSCME contingent marching in NWPA ALF Labor Day Parade in 2015. This year's event is on Sept. 4.
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