This & That ~ Sep 2018

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CALENDAR 
Sep 1 - 2018 Hispanic Heritage Festival Perry Square, Erie PA
Sep 1 - Erie County Democrat Progressive Caucus  10am-noon. at Party HQ 1305 State. Progressive Caucus chairwoman Alayna Getchell: 309-533-5226
Sep 3 - NWPA ALF Labor Day Parade 10am to noon, Erie PA Hosted by NWPA Area Labor Federation. Have your photo taken with Rosie the Riveter, bring your own bandana!  Event page
Sep 7 - Bridge the Gap Fundraiser Sunset Inn 1990 Lakeside Dr Erie PA Benefits Erie CPR's efforts to save the Viaduct. Music, food, poetry, drinks. 6-10pm
Sep 8 - French Creek Watershed Cleanup Cochranton Fairgrounds Cochranton PA noon-5pm.  Hosted by French Creek Valley Conservancy
Sep 12 - Jamestown's Suffragist Edith Ainge Fenton History Center, 67 Washington St, Jamestown NY 12-1pm
Sep 13 -  An intimate evening of original song with Joe Scutella Room 33, 1033 State Erie PA
Sep 13 - Josh Fox: The Truth Has Changed   YSU 2018 Speaker Series on Energy and the Environment 7pm YSU Cushwa Hall - Room B112210 Lincoln Ave. Youngstown, OH  Official website
Sep 13 - Josh Fox Funraiser  Inner Circle, Youngstown OH. Hosted by Youngstown Water Protectors.Tickets $10 Buy your ticket online or call 330-881-1050 to buy in person
Sep 13 - Attica - Legal Persepectives and Legacy Robert H Jackson Center Jamestown NY "annual fall Community Education Seminar focusing on the Attica Prison riots."
Sep 14 - SSJNN Celebrity Bartending Event Nuova Aurora Club, Erie PA 5:30-9:30pm  Breeze Band, gift baskets, networking
Sep 16 - National Drive Electric Week Erie Event Hilton Garden Inn, 2525 Downs Dr, Erie PA Hosted by Our Water Our Rights Free. Event page
Sep 17 - Erie Co Dems LGBT Caucus organizing meeting Democratic HQ 1305 State, Erie PA. 7:30-9:30pm
Sep 20 - BFP Silent Peace Walk   Walk will begin at the East Avenue Boat Launch and walk past the Erie Coke Plant. This event is sponsored by Benedictines for Peace. Info:
Sep 20-21 - Cleveland Sustainability Summit 2018
Sep 21 - Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 11/9"  “Tyrant. Liar. Racist. A hole in one.”  Check official website  for closest screenings.
Sep 22 - Fall Equinox Sweat Lodge Thunder Springs Intentional Community Near Centerville PA. “Thunder Springs is an intentional …  that is dedicated to land & water conservation through offgrid and sustainable living.”
Sep 23 Freedom of Artistic Expression: How Artists Use Creativity to Speak Truth to Power 10:30am Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Erie 7180 Perry Hwy. "Erie Art Museum Curator Susan Barnett and Education Director Kelly Armor present a lively dialog on how visual artists and musicians have bravely stood up to all manner of oppressive regimes." Musician: Kelly Armor, James Pearson, Hannah Olanrewaju.
Sep 27 "Sweat" by Lynn Notage 314 E. 11th Erie PA (also performing in Meadville and Ashtabula) "SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on a factory floor. But when layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their trust, the friends find themselves pitted against each other in the hard fight to stay afloat. Recommended for ages 16+." Website
Sep 28 - "Sweat" by Lynn Notage G O Chapel Ministries 3703 Station Avenue Ashtabula, OH
Sep 28-Oct 14 “The Laramie Project”  Dramashop, Renaissance Center, 1001 State Erie PA. Play based on townspeople's reactions to the October 1998 murder of a gay college student in Laramie, Wyoming. Official website
Sep 29 - "Sweat" by Lynn Notage Voodoo Brewing Production Facility, 834 Bessemer St., Meadville PA "tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on a factory floor."
Sep 30 - Emmaus Grove Harvest Festival "Help the Grove team celebrate this year's harvest and enjoy the music of Tennessee Back Porch and light refreshments." Info  Margaret Kloecker, Emmaus Ministries, 814-459-8349 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 214 East 11th St., Erie. Free.
Oct 3 - Joan Baez Fare Thee Well Tour 2018 Keybank State Theatre Cleveland
Oct 5-13 "A Doll's House" Willow Bay Theater, Jamestown NY. WInged Ox Players "A version of Henrik Ibsen's classic, by Zinnie Harris." Free admission.
Oct 6-7 - "The Mountaintop" by Katori Hall. "It's a fictional depiction of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last night on earth." Presented by Erie Theatre Company and Denman Turner Entertainment. $20
Oct 22 - Nuns on the Bus" On the Road to Mar-a-Lago 2018 Erie PA Details TBA " Founded by Catholic Sisters in the progressive spirit of Vatican II, NETWORK works to create a society that promotes justice and the dignity of all in the shared abundance of God’s creation. "
Oct 22 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott Shawbucks, Jamestown NY Hosted by Rolling Hills Radio
Oct 25 - Joe Biden Uof B University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY
Nov 7 - "First Reformed" / Film Grain: Dinner and Movie Hosted by Film Society of NWPA 5:30pm
Dec 6 - Randy Rainbow Live Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead, Pittsburgh PA

NEWS & INFO

• “Heroes & Sheroes: The Art and Influence of Ruth E. Carter in Black Cinema” Aug 25 - Dec 2 Heinz History Center PittsburghPA  “International premiere of  exhibition showcasing costumes designed by Carter for films including “Roots,” “Malcolm X,” “The Butler,” “Selma,” “Amistad,” “Do the Right Thing,” and “Black Panther.”
• "RBG" events:  Kent State Ashtabula (details TBA); RBG Broadcast on CNN Sep 3; Film Grain Dinner & Movie  Bourbon Barrel, Erie PA on Dec 5
• Faces of Kakuma Photo exhibit at Ember+Forge, 401 State, Erie PA Sep 7-19. Ed Grode’s photos from 2018 visit to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya.Photos of the day-to-day lives of refugees making the most of a tragic situation. Handbags made by women in the camp will be on sale during this event. All proceeds will go to the makers.
• YSU Speaker Series on Energy and the Environment. Youngstown State University, Youngstown OH Sept through November
• Upcoming University of Buffalo speakers Include Angela Davis Joe Biden and Ronan Farrow
• "Clean Water Rule Revived in Pennsylvania" PennFuture "Last week, a federal district court in South Carolina threw out the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to delay the effective date of the Clean Water Rule – which was enacted in 2015 – resulting in its reestablishment in Pennsylvania and 25 other states." 

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RISE FOR CLIMATE SEPT 8
riseforclimate.org

• Buffalo "Rise for Climate Jobs and Justice"  Canalside 12:30-4:30pm  
• Butler PA "People's Climate March - Midwest PA) 301 S Main
• Cleveland "Environmental Justice Tour and Dialogue"
• Pittsburgh Environmental Justice Family Picnic
• Pittsburgh "March to Build a Fossil Free World"
• Youngstown area "Rejection of toxic injection" Fracking Waste Injection Well 10650 Market St  North Lima OH

A LOOK BACK

What Erie Bishop Donald Trautman was up to in 2009 (see first news item) From Erie Gay News, January 2010. Click to enlarge photo.

Erie Gay News January 2010

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