Wednesday, February 27, 2019

This & That ~ March 2019

Online calendar updated throughout month
Women’s History Month events will be updated throughout the month here 

CALENDAR
Today #Solidarity4UE  #UE506 
Mar 2 – “Vice” Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY
Mar 6 - MCW's 27th Annual Women Making History Wed 7 PM · Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center · Mercyhurst University, Erie PA
Mar 7 - Celebrating Mary Oliver: An Evening of Sharing  Women's Writing Studio at St. Mary's A Space to Create 310 East 10th Street, Erie PA  To honor the life and work of this beloved poet. $3.00 suggested donation for light refreshments Hosted by Erie Benedictines.
Mar 7 - The U.S. Southern Border: A Presentation by the Global Citizen Scholars 7PM Grounds for Change, 520 North Main St Meadville, PA  Also “Lens on the Border” photo exhibit sponsored by the Sierra Club.
Mar 8-17 - "To Kill a Mockingbird" Lucille Ball Little Theatre, Jamestown NY Local theatre production.
Mar 8 - 23 – “ The Proletariat” PACA 1501 State, Erie PA  "Tackling issues surrounding unionization and the working class, The Proletariat follows Harold as he accepts a promotion and falls into a plan to get rid of several troublesome workers — until they find strength in numbers, that is." ~Erie Reader to
Mar 10 - Buffalo/WNY Women's March - Rescheduled  Changed from January date, when it was postponed due to brutal weather.
Mar 10 - Film 4 Thought: "Dark Money"   Meadville Council on the Arts 910 Market St, Meadville, Pennsylvania 7 PM  Documentary about one state's fight against corrupt campaign finance.
Mar 12 - Climate Change in Action Penn State Behrend, McGarvey Commons, Erie PA. 
Mar 13 – “Roma” Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY
Mar 14 – Silent Peace Walk 7PM Meet at 11th and Myrtle Streets, Erie PA.
Mar 14 - Lecture: Author-Comedian Negin Farsad 7:00pm Allegheny College, Shafer Auditorium, Meadville. Iranian-American author and "social justice comedian."
Mar 15 - CSWNA and Gannon Social Work Conference Gannon University, Erie PA. 8am-5pm. "explore the hopefilled role of the social workers in this era of ostensibly intractable and enduring social problems exacerbated by institutionalized racism."
Mar 21 - Archbishop Oscar Romero Lecture: Carl Malischke Mercyhust University, Erie PA “The Reality on the Other Side of the Wall: Transformational Encounters and Our Salvadoran Connections.” Free, public (no tickets required). Info Dr. Robert von Thaden, rvonthaden@mercyhurst.edu 814-824-2184.
Mar 23 – Women’s History Tour of Fenton Mansion  67 Washington St, Jamestown, NY
Mar 24 & 27 - "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)   Tinseltown Erie  and Lakewood 8 in Lakewood NY.
Mar 24-26: Scott Martelle:Role of a Free Press in the Trump Era. Writers @ Work Alumni Writers-in-Residence Series. SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia NY features LA Times Journalist Scott Martelle
Mar 28 -  “Madness of George III” National Theatre Live, 1891 Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia NY
Mar 28 - UB Distinguished Speaker Series: Ronan Farrow   University of Buffalo Amherst campus
Mar 30 - Muslim Community Vigil Service 6PM-7:30PM Erie Masjid, 2419 Holland, Erie PA "The Muslim community of Erie invites you all to attend vigil service to express the spirit of support and solidarity."
Apr 6 – Staged Reading of “12 Angry Men” performed by “12 Impassioned Women”  Meadville Community Theatre, Meadville PA “12 Angry Men” was written in 1954, 19 years before women were permitted to serve on juries in all 50 states. Over the weekend of April 5 – 8, 2019, women on stages across the country will read a play about the power one person can have when they speak with conviction in our judicial system.
Apr 11 – “A Panel Discussion on Survival and Moving Forward" 7pm Stambaugh Auditorium, Youngstown OH. YSU’s Centofanti Symposium presents. Panelists include: Sue Klebold, mother of Dylan Klebold, the Columbine high school shooter; Fred Guttenberg, Father of Jaime Guttenberg who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting; Kaitlin Roig, former Sandy Hook teacher; Angel Colon, survivor of the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting; Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed by a white supremacist in Charlottesville.Free tickets 3/4/19 through Stambaugh Auditorium website or 330-259-0555.
Apr 12 - E3 2019 Youth LGBTQA Summit Free to all youth under 21 years of age. Adult tickets will be $25 (or $35 if asking for CEU’s). Location: Strong Vincent Middle School in Erie, PA.
Apr 17 - PSU Speaker Series: Tarana Burke Penn State Behrend McGarvey Commons, Erie PA " Tarana Burke shares the story behind the genesis of the viral 2017 TIME Person Of The Year-winning 'me too.' Movement, and gives strength and healing to those who have experienced sexual trauma or harassment." Free and open to public.

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  • American Experience: Three Mile Island Meltdown  (original PBS broadcast 1999) Well-told account of the worst US nuclear accident, gripping nail biter even when one knows how it ends. Erie County connection: In the early 1970s, Penelec was looking into building ten nuclear plants and ten coal plants in western Erie County. After much local opposition*, that project was abandoned, though Penelec went in on the construction of Unit 2 Reactor at TMI, which was the one that melted down. *The robust local opposition deserves its inspiring own story!
  • Event photo album: 5th Anniversary of War In Iraq Event held March 9, 2008, organized by Erie Peace Initiative. It was going to be a pretty ambitious event, but a monster storm hit the night before, paralyzing the area; orqanizers held the event anyway, in a smaller, more simplified version. The members of Meadville's Women in Black and Veterans for Peace didn't let the snow stop them, and joined us for the event. Candidates for then-3rd Congressional District were invited to answer questions about the war; all five Democrats attended, Republican Phil English did not attend. The Ribbon Project made its debut at this event; Travis Lindsey, a member of Iraq Vets Against the War, had encouraged the Ribbon Project which would feature the names of US Iraq War fallen. The march went from Perry Square and ended up in Cauley Auditorium on West 4th Street. Pizza, refreshments and socializing followed.  Local media were able to get to the event and cover it. Below are a couple photos from the album.

    Congressional candidates responding to questions about the war
    Ribbon Project first public display


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