CALENDAR
Apr 3 - Gender and Social Change lecture: "Local Trailblazers" SUNY Fredonia, McEwen Hall G26 Fredonia NY. 5:30-8 p.m.Apr 4 - Author reading: "The Adoption" 7:30PM Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Third Floor Jamestown NY. Author David Schein will read from his novel. "Gleaned from Schein’s many travels to Ethiopia, where he co-founded with the children of the Southern Dawn Circus, the One Love AIDS/HIV Awareness Theater."
Apr 4-7 - Playshop: "Urinetown: The Musical" Allegheny College, Vukovich Center, Gladys Mullenix Black Theater, Meadville PA. "satire of populism, government inefficiency, waning natural resources, corporate mismanagement, and bodily functions."
Apr 5 - "The Best of Enemies" (2019) nationwide release. Based on the life of grassroots activist Ann Atwater.
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,, 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 6 - Staged reading: "Some Brighter Distance" 7:30pm at The Robert H. Jackson Center 305 E. Fourth St Jamestown NY. "This time-bending play explores the true, untold story of President Truman’s 'Operation Paperclip' and questions the cost of burying the past in pursuit of the future."
Apr 10 - "If Beale Street Could Talk" | Film Grain: Dinner & Movie 6 PM · Bourbon Barrel, 1213 State, Erie PA
Apr 11 - "Gridshock" Documentary Sex Trafficking in Iowa Free screening 5 PM · Gannon University's Yehl Ballroom Erie PA.
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 12-13 - E3 2019 Youth LGBTQA Summit Location: Strong Vincent Middle School in Erie, PA.
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Apr 16 - Erie Coke Plant: Environmental Impact Update Panel 6:30 p.m. East Middle School, 1001 Atkins St., Erie Free and open to the public Organized by HECA (Hold Erie Coke Accountable) holderiecokeaccountable.com HECA newsletter FB: HECA _ Hold Erie Coke Accountable
Apr 17 - NY Expansion of Voting Rights Chautauqua Harbor Hotel, Celeron NY 11:30AM. Discussion of recent reforms and enhancements in NY.
Apr 17 - PSU Speaker Series: Tarana Burke Penn State Behrend McGarvey Commons, Erie PA 7:30PM Civil rights activist credited with starting the #MeToo movement. Free and open to public.
Apr 17-18 - Penn State Behrend's 2019 Gender Conference Penn State Behrend, Erie PA. Speakers, films, sessions, discussions.
Apr 18 - Pennsylvania Redistricting Reform Commission Public Meeting 4-7 PM Blasco Memorial Library 160 E Front St., Erie, PA If you can't attend, comments are being accepted at http://bit.ly/2un8sim
Apr 19 - Good Friday Pilgrimage for Peace 11:00 a.m. Begins St. Peter's Cathedral, 10th and Sassafras Streets, Erie “All are welcome” eriebenedictines.org
Apr 22 - "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" Meadville Council on the Arts, 910 Market Street, Meadville PA $5 Sponsored by Film 4 Thought
Apr 22 - Voter Registration Deadline for Pennsylvania
Apr 24 - The Memory of Place: Sin, Pictures, and Progress: Carvin Eison 7:00 pm Walker Recital Hall Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. "Carvin Eison is a filmmaker and owner of the production company ImageWordSound, recognized internationally for creating intensely powerful films that explore racial dissonance and social discord in America culture." The Charlene M. Tanner Speaker Series, free, open to public.
Apr 26 - May 4 - Staged Reading: "A Bright Room Called Day" (Dramashop, 1001 State St. 2nd Fl., Erie, PA) "The main story plays out in pre-World War 2 Germany, where a group of artists and friends are caught up in the fall of democracy and the rise of Hitler. The action in interspersed with scenes from NYC in the Reagan era. From Tony Kushner, the author of the brilliant Angels in America."
Apr 27 - Earth Day Festival 2019 Gannon University Erie PA
Apr 28 - Workers Memorial Service USW 3199 Hall 703 French, Erie PA 2 PM. Honoring workers who have lost their lives in the past year. Mercer event here
Apr 29 - Humane Lobby Day PA State Capitol, Harrisburg PA. Lobby PA state legislators for better animal protections. Followed by Pawlitical Party
May 2 - Erie County Democratic Party Spring Dinner Featuring Tim Ryan (OH-13) MLK Center 3rd & Chestnut
May 3 - Native American Heritage Event 6 PM · Hirt Auditorium, Blasco Memorial Library, 160 E Front St Erie PA The Allegany River Indian Dancers showcase the traditional songs and dances of the Iroquois, storyteller and longtime educator Perry Ground will recount stories and the history of his Onondaga Turtle Clan along with lore from other Native cultures, Leon Sam Briggs will talk about Chief Cornplanter.
May 3 - "Joan Chittister: Her story, my story, our story" Mercyhurst University, Erie PA Written and performed by Teri Bays, who calls it “a one-woman play about the intersecting lives of women facing adversity, abuse and injustice.” Joan D. Chittister, OSB, will respond following the presentation. Free and open to public, but tickets required.
May 5 - - Bishop Gene Robinson at Wayside Presbyterian Wayside Presbyterian Church, 1208 Asbury Road, Erie PA. Retired Episcopal bishop will bring insight to LGBTQ issues at 8:30 and 11:00 services. wayside-erie.org
May 6 - Green New Deal Town Hall Keystone Progress Erie 6-8PM. Save date.
Jun 15 - Erie Juneteenth Perry Square. Save date, for info or to help, message Angela Euell McNair
Jul 20 - Ira Glass at Chautauqua Tickets available now.
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- Earth Day/Earth Month page here Focus on local environmental events and resources. Updating events and resources throughout the month of April.
- Erie Dems website has a calendar of meetings and events that's worth checking out (caucuses, campaign doings,dinners/picnics, etc.) Calendar is on home page. https://eriedems.com
- Erie DSA The Erie organizing committee of the Democratic Socialists of America, has their next organizing meeting is April 4 at 6pm at 202 W. 11th ste A, Erie. The group is looking to organize in Erie and Crawford counties
- "Savocchio Park Plan takes shape in east Erie" (Erie Times News 3/27/2019) "The project seeks to bring urban farming, job training, a health/fitness facility and other components to one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Editorial "Savocchio Park plans hold promise"
- "Historians: Can't separate flag from racism" Article in Star-Beacon that addresses recent incident involving rapper Tone Luc and an Ashtabula native who was wearing a confederate flag. Includes background on relevant Ashtabula history.
- "Erie area women unite to run for office" (Erie Times-News 3/31/19)
- Dropkick Murphys at Erie Insurance Arena September 21
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