Updated throughout month
CALENDAR
Jul 27 - "Bridges to Our Muslim Neighbors" Glenwood United Methodist Church Erie PA
Jul 27 - Sep 7 Eastside Community Cleanup 25th & Perry, Erie. Hosted by Keystone Progress Erie, Erie Co Young Dems, Erie County United, Erie DSA "Join us to help Cleanup our Community and BBQ to celebrate our hard work!"
Jul 30 & 31 - 2020 Debate Watch at Bourbon Barrel 1213 State Part 1 and Part 2 sponsored by Erie Co Dems Free, cash bar, RSVP.. Also here ate details on Sharon PA Debate Watch
Jul 31 - Standup BS with Lewis Black National Comedy Center Jamestown NY
Aug 1 - The Laugh In Peace Tour Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Jamestown NY "Featuring comedy from Rev. Susan Sparks, Rabbi Bob Alper and Gibran Saleem, the Laugh in Peace Tour has appeared everywhere from The World Bank in Washington, DC to the Palestinian Fest in Houston, Texas, building bridges and reconciles differences through humor."
Aug 2 - Nan Hoffman at Fluvanna Free Library 3532 Fluvanna Ave. Ext., Jamestown, NY 11:00am A family concert to celebrate the Summer Reading Program. nanhoffman.com
Aug 4 - Christine Lavin Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre, Chautauqua NY
Aug 6 "Mother Wove the Morning" Screening Brought to you by the Ashtabula County League of Women Voters on August 6 at noon and a replay at 5:15 at the Ashtabula County District Library.
Aug 10 - Demstock Redbank Creek Pavilion, 625 Creek Rd New Bethlehem PA Gates open 1pm, general admission $10, camping $15. Funds raised through this event support Democratic Party of Clarion County (PA). Tickets clarioncountydems.com/demstock
Aug 11 - Bob Woodward: "Have We Forgotten the Lessons of Watergate?" Reg Lenna Center for the Arts, Jamestown NY. An evening with the iconic investigative reporter with the Washington Post, best known for his work with Carl Bernstein in the Watergate scandal.
Aug 13 - United We Stand rally to respond to Trump visit 1:30pm Beaver County Courthouse, Beaver PA
Aug 16 -Tarana J. Burke 10:45 AM · Amphitheatre Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua NY Lecture with the founder of the "Me Too" movement.
Aug 18 - Paddle with Peace and Prayer for Water Protection Seybertown Rd, East Brady PA "We are Defend Ohi:yo' or Deyögwë'nega:nyadö' (we who defend the waters) in Onondowa:ga' gawa:no (People of the Great Hill, Seneca language) a grassroots organization formed in the defense of an attack made upon the Ohi:yo' (good/Allegheny River). We look to raise awareness and bring together those of a like mind, to become of a collective mind, ga:nigöiyo:h (the good mind)."
Aug 21 - Silent Peace Walk & Cookout "Join us in the neighborhood where Benedictine Sisters have lived and worked for over 160 years.. . .St. Benedict Child Development Center playground, 345 East Ninth Street, 6:00 pm — Cookout (weather depending) 7:00 - 7:30 pm — Silent Peace Walk
Aug 24 (Sat) - “Revival, A Southern Gothic Gospel Cabaret” (Schuster Theatre, 620 Sassafras St., Erie, PA) 8 PM. “First-hand unpacking of Bobby’s Texas upbringing, experience with Conversion Therapy, and the music of the Church that raised him. Blends honest storytelling with dynamic music. ” FB: Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre
Aug 25 - Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson (Chautauqua Institution Amphitheatre, Chautauqua NY) 10:45am Admission to Grounds and Amphitheater is free on Sundays. Sunday Parking is free until 2 p.m.
Aug 31 - Hispanic Heritage Festival Perry Square Erie PA Noon-7PM
Sep 2 - NW PA ALF Labor Day Parade 10 AM Downtown Erie FB: NWPA Area Labor Federation
Sep 7 - French Creek Clean Up Annual day of trash collection and stewardship throughout the French Creek watershed, with trash weigh-in and volunteer picnic at Voodoo Compound! More information and register here "Any waterway in the French Creek Watershed is fair game... You can walk the banks or walk in shallow tributaries, or where appropriate, you can clean by kayak or canoe!"
Sep 10 - Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas (Cinemark 17, Erie PA) margaretatwood.ca cinemark.com
Sep 20 - "Equal Means Equal" screening Erie Movie House 3424 W Lake Rd Erie PA Hosted by League of Women Voters Erie County Chapter lwverie.org
Sep 23 - Oct 26 - "Coming Home: Reentry After Incarceration" Mercyhurst University, Erie PA. Collaborative project, featuring portraits by Errol Daniels with essays by writer Katherine Russell documenting formerly incarcerated people as they return to society,
Oct 23 "Iron Jawed Angels" screening Blasco Memorial Library, Erie PA Host: League of Women Voters Erie Co chapter
ALSO
- "Demanding More: The Fight for a Living Wage in Erie PA" (Dan Schank, Erie Reader July 17, 2019)
- Weekly vigil at Buffalo ICE headquarters The vigil runs from 5 PM to 6 PM, Thursdays The vigil is in front of ICE Headquarters....ICE rents several floors of the building. Intersection of Chippewa St. and Delaware Ave.232 Delaware Ave Buffalo NY For more info: contact the WNY Peace Center, 716-332-3904
- Lights for Liberty vigil in Erie (video) A vigil was held at Erie County Prison on July 12 "highlighting the horrific abuses of the Trump administration in human detention camps." Part of a nationwide coordinated effort.
- "Only Pa. Legislature could have a ‘Climate Caucus’ that wants 20 more years of fracking" (Philadelphia Inquirer July 18, 2019)
- July 25-Aug 4 - Buffalo Infringement Festival (various venues Buffalo NY) "The Infringement Festival welcomes a variety of performances and cultural resistance: theatre groups, performers, street activism, political theatre, musicians, radical performance, visual artists, films, marginalized arts, spoken-word, puppet shows, disadvantaged groups, and anyone wishing to artistically infringe on the monoculture that creeps into every corner of our lives. The Infringement Festival aims to emphasize both critical practice in the arts, and artistic practice in activism. It also aims to provide a positive environment that encourages and nurtures critical art." FB: Buffalo Infringement Festival
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Published monthly providing info of interest to members of the Erie area progressive community. Focus is local/regional. Not affiliated with any organization All calendar events are nonviolent. Event submissions send to moonkat2014@gmail.com
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