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JULY 9: A Hard Day’s Night (2014) 50th Anniversary! Music/Comedy • 90 minutes Sponsored by Knox Legal Advisors JULY 16: Hide Your Smiling Faces (2014) w/ Drama • 81 Minutes Skype Sponsored by NAMI of Erie County Filmmaker Q&A JULY 23: 12 O’Clock Boys (2014) Documentary • 76 Minutes Western PA Premiere! Special Pre- Show w/ Howard Glover, local filmmaker featured in this issue of $5/FILM $20/FILM+WHOLE FOODS CO-OP 7pm Tickets, Food & Trailers at: filmsocietynwpa.org HERITAGE BLUES QUARTET THE LEE BOYS SATURDAY • AUGUST 2 • 6 PM SATURDAY • AUGUST 2 • 8 PM GEORGE BURTON QUINTET SUNDAY • AUGUST 3 • 6 PM JANE BUNNETT & MAQUEQUE SUNDAY • AUGUST 3 • 8 PM 2 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com July 9, 2014 CONTENT July 9, 2014 Editors-in-Chief: Brian Graham & Adam Welsh Managing Editor: News & Notes Culture Ben Speggen Contributing Editor: Rebecca Styn 4 Exile on State Street 12 Eerie Roller Girls Roll On Editor -at-Large: When is too much government not The Empowering and Badass Cory Vaillancourt enough? Sport of Roller Derby Copy Editor: Alex Bieler 5 The Way I See It 14 Calendar The Conversational U.S. Supreme Contributors: Two-weeks worth of Erie Events Alex Bieler Court Hobby Lobby Ruling Mary Birdsong Pen Ealain 5 Guest Opinion 23 Music Reviews Rick Filippi Iggy Imig Delivering Authenticity with Confidence 24 Geeked Out James R. LeCorchick Welcome to the World Cup of John Lindvay 6 Just Toyin' Witcha Gaming Lili Morton Ravine Flyers Dan Schank Jess Scutella 24 Tech Bits Ryan Smith 6 News of the Weird Privacy Group Complains to Jay Stevens By: Chuck Shepard Rebecca Styn F.T.C. About Facebook Emotion Bryan Toy Study Cory Vaillancourt 9 Howie Glover Tim Welsh Digital Dreamer Jim Wertz 25 You Ought to Know Cover Design: 26 ER Sports Cees Smit Leah Yungwirth Local sports with James R. LeCorchick Photographers: Ryan Smith Brad Triana Designer: Leah Yungwirth Design Intern Liz Venuto Writing Interns: From the Editors Jessica Courter Khadija Djellouli ince the beginning of the Erie Read- long and populated timeline, we’ve seen the ie Glover and Cees Smit. Will Taylor er, we’ve made it part of our mission emergence of new restaurants, new live mu- The latter — a gifted and legendary athlete 32 W. Eighth St. #302 Sto dispel the rumor heard far too often sic venues, new ideas, and new growth — all from the Netherlands — came to America Erie PA, 16501 throughout our region: There’s nothing to within just the last few years. and lived in bigger cities, but saw the oppor- [email protected] do in Erie. The backbone of our publication But that’s not to say such growth hasn’t tunities on the shores of Lake Erie. So here — the content always found “on the fold” and come without loss, as we have also witnessed he settled and here he made a great impact The Erie Reader is Erie’s only free, independent set at the core of each issue — has been the withering and decay. But Erie’s growth — the on lives in our community — which you can source for news, culture, and entertainment. The Erie Reader is a forum for ideas and If We Were You section, a portion of the paper blossoming versus the pruning — exceeds read in a refreshing installment of our You discussion, and seeks to drive two-way dedicated to debunking the myth perpetuat- its decline, and the roots of that vibrant arts Ought to Know series. communication with its readers. At the Erie Reader, we endeavor to highlight the best ed by some that Erie’s event listings are paltry scene are growing stronger each day. The former grew up in Brooklyn, and from of Erie by providing in-depth, magazine- at best and worthy of bemoaning as we cast Which breeds change. the first few lines of the feature — one in- style journalism that cuts to the heart of the issues that matter to Erie. The Erie Reader eyes out away from our shores longing for a You’ll see that growth and change actualized volving guns, drugs, fights, and jail time — it is published every other week at The Corry city with, well, more. in this current issue when you visit the over- becomes clear that this didn’t begin as a feel- Journal, 28 W. South St., Corry, Pa. 16407. The Erie Reader is distributed at over 250 high foot- So onward we embarked, setting out to serve hauled calendar section, which now features good story. But Howie Glover chose change, traffic locations in Pennsylvania from North as ambassadors of Erie to her own naysayers, a categorized, comprehensive listing of Erie turning from a course bent toward destruc- East to Girard to Edinboro. The Erie Reader is also available by mail subscription; one year highlighting the active arts and culture scene Events, as well as more than twice as many tion to one of creation and inspiration. (26 issues) for $49.99. Send check or money in the Gem City, and rather than struggling to articles about the things in Erie that give us Like Smit, Glover chose to live here in Erie, order payable to Flagship Multimedia, Inc., to the address below. In addition to appearing find content to populate that section — yes, cause to celebrate the artistic and intellectual even though his skillset may fit more com- in print, Erie Reader adds new content daily in fact, there are things happening in Erie on development in our region. That is, there are fortably in larger markets. And given the ac- at ErieReader.com as well social media sites. All rights reserved. All content © Flagship Mondays — we found ourselves tasked with a plenty of things to do in Erie, and these new colades others are quick to give him in Cory Multimedia, Inc, 32 W. Eighth St., Suite 302, more arduous process: Picking and choosing pages will better serve as your guide to those Vaillancourt’s feature, it’s not hard to see the Erie, Pa, 16501. No part of this publication may be reproduced without permission. The what to feature and what would unfortunate- cool things happening here. impact Glover’s having on Erie’s arts scene. opinions of our columnists and contributors ly be omitted due to space constraints. And largely, the cool things happening here This is an exciting and invigorating time for are their own and do not always reflect that of the editorial board or organization. As we continue to grow, we recognize that are because of the remarkable people who Erie; even as she withers and decays like all Direct inquiries to 814.314.9364 or contact@ our city and region is continuing to grow. choose to make Erie their home. In this issue things, she also grows and expands. And if ErieReader.com. Just as we’ve only been a small dot on Erie’s you’ll find two stellar examples of that: How- we were you, we’d drink it all in. July 9, 2014 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 3 OPINION Exile on State Street Weekend Schedule When is too much government not enough? By: Rick Filippi Saturday Matinee ith the recent nearly one-two- municipal planning codes, each jurisdiction percent, it’s no wonder the city’s tax rate far punch knockout of two major eco- is required to have every conceivable zoning surpasses the suburbs. This leads to more 10am Car Talk nomic opportunity projects in Erie classification permitted in its jurisdiction. flight of people of means and concentrates WQLN Radio’s most popular program W County, it’s critical that we fundamentally This makes sense for the larger and denser poverty in the city. 11am The Dinner Party reevaluate why Erie County continues to cities, but does it necessarily work for the The common cry from government offi- A fast and funny hour of culture, food, lose economic ground relative to other areas smaller boroughs and townships, partic- cials is that only the state legislature can and conversation designed to help you of Pennsylvania and the nation. Of course, I ularly the rural areas? More importantly, address this issue, but this is not true. There “win” your weekend dinner parties am speaking of the demise of the Inland Port with a regional, county-based land-use plan, are creative means to address this. Project and the near KO of the KLN Family enforceable through the county, specific ar- Under the county’s home rule charter and Noon Whad’ya Know? Radio Hour Brand chip plant development at the former eas for development can be identified that the Pennsylvania constitution, authority ex- A new weekly “best of” Michael Troyer Farms facility in Waterford. would potentially benefit regional growth. ists for the county to enact a revenue shar- Feldman’s popular news parody, quiz, I have previously highlighted the failure of Through a county zoning system, projects ing ordinance to compensate municipalities and performance program Erie County to have a comprehensive, coor- could be evaluated and approved or denied that are shouldering the lion’s share of the 1pm This American Life dinated development plan with an organiza- by balancing the local impact against the re- exempt properties. Would this mean an in- tion tasked to carry it out. This goes to the gional benefit. crease in taxes to some? Probably. However, Ira Glass’s personal portrait of lack of civic and government coordination. they have not been paying their fair share for America However, there can be no doubt that another Erie County is shackled the costs of these worthwhile and necessary 2pm Wait Wait .