CONTENTS: From the Editors The only local voice for Gainfully employing Erie’s strengths news, arts, and culture. September 28, 2016 Editors-in-Chief: live on the lower west This circumstance, as we all Brian Graham & Adam Welsh side of Erie, and I like my know, has a paralyzing ripple Managing Editor: Just a Thought – 4 Katie Chriest “Ineighborhood a lot.” effect. Assignment Editor: Taking a cue from autumn That’s how Dan Schank be- “When the health of our Nick Warren gins his feature on concentrated schools relies on the value of Contributing Editors: poverty in this issue. Schank’s our properties, we incentivize Ben Speggen opening immediately under- flight and punish those who Jim Wertz A Day in the Life of an Erie City mines the generalization that stay put,” Schank writes. “When Contributors: Lisa Austin, Civitas Firefighter – 7 young professionals don’t want trust breaks down between our Ed Bernik to live here. The reality, as usu- police and our most vulnerable Mary Birdsong Running into a blazing building al, is far more nuanced than the neighborhoods, crime flourish- Tracy Geibel Lisa Gensheimer can be ‘terrifying,’ but some supposition. es and abuses occur. When fear Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp As Schank explains, “the prob- of that crime escalates, foot traf- Dan Schank choose to do it, anyway. Tommy Shannon lem isn’t that I wouldn’t be fic disappears, businesses fail, Ryan Smith happy in Frontier or Fairview. and basic needs can’t be met.” Ti Sumner Matt Swanseger The problem is that I’m already Schank’s approach is multifac- Bryan Toy happy where I am. But my local eted, and explores how issues Cover Design: property options make little fis- like education, income inequal- Nick Warren Photographers: cal sense. And if I had children, ity, food insecurity, and social Ryan Smith I would be facing a genuinely justice interrelate. Brad Triana moral dilemma rather than an Publisher’s Assistant: Emily Hanisek annoying economic obstacle.” What a time this could It’s difficult to imagine how Intern: be for Erie real estate. Angie Jeffery many Erie families currently Unfortunately, many face this “moral dilemma.” Our of those who might be city is full of potentially gor- 1001 State St. Suite 901 thrilled to get their hands Erie, Pa., 16501 geous, architecturally interest- [email protected] ing, well-built homes with abun- on one of Erie’s incredibly dant character and expansive affordable fixer-uppers TI SUMNER The Erie Reader is the local voice for possibilities. And today, more are instead inclined to news, arts, and culture, and is Erie’s and more young people are em- purchase homes elsewhere. only independent, alternative newspa- per. Founded in 2010, the Reader has bracing a DIY attitude. quickly become the region’s award-win- News of the Weird – 11 Meanwhile, as Ella Julian Encouragingly, however, he ning source for arts coverage, a strong writes in her feature about the also highlights the ways numer- cultural compass, and a dynamic re- Some ‘multigrain’ bread has a little source for news and opinion. With a more protein than you’d like. new Voodoo Brewery location ous community members and dedication to long-form journalism and in Erie’s historic Boston Store organizations have stepped in a commitment to provoking thought- building, “Critics of the region to ameliorate those issues. ful discussion, the Reader tells the sto- ries of the people and places making lament the brain drain effect – This same generosity is ac- and shaping Erie, while highlighting when 18- to 25-year-olds leave knowledged by Ti Sumner, in the events and issues influencing life Concentrated Poverty in Erie – 15 their hometowns after high her piece about the Erie fire- in northwestern Pennsylvania. The Erie Reader is published every other Fighting for change in our most school or college. However, in fighters of Engine 8, with whom week and distributed at over 250 high vulnerable communities many regions, 30- to 49-year- she spent an August day and foot-traffic locations in Pennsylvania olds and their young children night. from North East to Girard to Edin- boro. In addition to appearing in print, are moving back, contributing “The crew sleeps in one large Erie Reader adds new content daily at to a phenomenon known as room on the second floor,” ErieReader.com as well social media brain gain.” Sumner writes. “It’s comfort- sites. All rights reserved. All content © Spotlight on Erie – 19 Flagship Multimedia, Inc, 1001 State St., Julian is referring to Voodoo able, with window air condition- Suite 901, Erie, Pa, 16501. No part of this Here we are now. Entertain us. CEO Matt Rachocki, who moved ers and cable TV. But these days, publication may be reproduced with- back from New York City to the city pays for few things. out permission. The opinions of our columnists and contributors are their raise his family and invest in the Every bed, TV, chair, and kitch- own and do not always reflect that of area. Surely, he’s not alone. en utensil is donated from the the editorial board or organization. What a time this could be for community or paid for out of Direct inquiries to 814.314.9364 or con- Voodoo Brewery – 31 [email protected]. Erie real estate. Trendsetting the station house fund, to which Now serving up good vibes on homebuyers celebrate all things each crew member contributes.” State Street vintage, antique, and original. The fact that our al- Character is commanding top ready-tapped community is dollar. being relied upon to support es- Unfortunately, many of those sential services is troubling. But who might be thrilled to get the fact that the community Erie / Faces / Erie – 34 their hands on one of Erie’s in- can be relied upon is promising. A look through photographer Ed credibly affordable fixer-uppers And the more we cultivate Erie’s Bernik’s lens are instead inclined to purchase magnanimity, the more people homes elsewhere. will want to live here.

September 28, 2016 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 3 NEWS & VIEWS Just a Thought Taking a cue from autumn

A sunflower, planted by up to once every four years is alarming the birds in the author’s enough. backyard, catches a September morning’s So many more of the decisions made light against a brilliant by state and local elected officials will blue sky. Subtlety is have direct, everyday effects on our not a sunflower’s forte. lives. The quality of our regional air, Thank goodness. water, schools, roads, economy – these are being determined each day by offi- just want a breather. cials elected by far too few of us who Then arrives shining bothered to get to the polls. September’s magical And the reality that countless Amer- skies. Even at high icans have so little time, since they’re noon on a perfectly working multiple low-wage jobs just clear day, autumn’s to get by, is even more disheartening. light is soft. Dawn and But inevitably, many Americans whose dusk are less edgy, lives are devoured by work will vote for too. They don’t have the national and local candidates per- summer’s urgency petuating the very conditions oppress- or propulsion of life ing them. forward. It’s a relief, Yet online, as accessible as the latest really. We don’t exactly live in a culture that val- We don’t exactly live in a ues softness, if you culture that values softness, hadn’t noticed. Or if you hadn’t noticed. slowness. Or careful, Or slowness. Or careful, methodical deliber- ation. Instead, we’re methodical deliberation. hyped up from all di- Instead, we’re hyped up rections. From enter- from all directions. From tainment to elections entertainment to elections KATIE CHRIEST KATIE (if there’s still a dis- (if there’s still a distinction), tinction), the message the message is that softness By: Katie Chriest is that softness equals weakness and slowness equals stupidity. equals weakness and he autumnal equinox arrived on About 10 years ago, I saw a TED talk slowness equals stupidity. Sept. 22: a day of balanced light by Carl Honoré, called “In Praise of Tand dark with endless meta- Slowness.” I used to show it to Gannon phorical potential. University students, already exhausted on Brangelina, are breakdowns regard- Autumn inspires emotional balance, by their resume-building, constant- ing how elected officials actually vote too. The giddy excitement of summer ly-connected schedules. Most of them on issues. PennEnvironment, for one, might now be tempered with melan- longed to live in a less-pressured world, just released an exhaustive document choly; but the change reminds us to but couldn’t imagine such a thing was regarding our Pennsylvania officials’ pay attention to the moments as they feasible. And many, at 19 or 20 years old, environmental priorities. pass. were already deeply nostalgic for sim- Also available are resources regarding What is this? A New Age greeting pler times. how “truthy” politicians’ statements card? Honoré explores how we got so are, at politifact.com – an invaluable But truly, it is so much easier to appre- rushed, arguing that “speed becomes a tool come debate season. ciate a shimmering afternoon, a warm way of walling ourselves off from the We are all products of a culture ad- breeze, and a blooming sunflower if bigger, deeper questions. We fill our dicted to busyness and compulsively you know your opportunities are wan- head with distraction, with busyness, filling every waking moment with dis- ing. so that we don’t have to ask, am I well? tractions. But we’re also a culture en- Perhaps the greatest gift autumn Am I happy? Are my children growing dowed with the responsibility to elect brings, though, is its gentle encourage- up right? Are politicians making good those whose decisions will largely de- ment to slow down and reflect. decisions on my behalf?” termine the quality of our lives. It’s so easy to get caught up in sum- That last one haunts me, come elec- Surely, we can find time for that. mer’s go-go-go mentality. All of that ex- tion season. Of course, the fact that tra light keeps our circadian rhythms numerous Americans only make time Katie Chriest can be contacted rocking; but by late August, we might to notice what our elected leaders are at [email protected].

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6 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com September 28, 2016 FEATURE A Day in the Life of an Erie City Firefighter Running into a blazing building can be ‘terrifying,’ but some choose to do it, anyway.

7:30, chores at 8, and training at 9 a.m. rect the route. Capt. Fred Droney rides If it sounds a bit regimented, it is. in the passenger seat while Purchase It has to be. Every moment, every drives. It’s like this every time. movement, every article of clothing is As we ride, I realize for the first time planned, prepped, and prioritized to the actual weight and volume of the get the crew on the truck and pulling job. A firefighter’s gear weighs 70-90 out of the station within one minute. pounds. And on any given call, a person When the call comes in, drop every- could be within minutes of critical in- thing and run. Boots, fire pants, sus- penders, fire jacket, helmet – forget nothing – in the seat (always the same) A firefighter’s gear weighs belting in, ignition turned, sirens on. 70-90 pounds. And on any One minute. given call, a person could be Greg Purchase, my liaison for the within minutes of critical day and the crew’s driver, refers to the injury or death. Response morning prep as “chaotic organization.” “Each person has a specific job and time and precision are vital, is responsible for specific things,” Pur- while carrying nearly 100 chase says. “My job as driver is to in- extra pounds, and that’s all spect the truck when I arrive. If some- before the bucking force TI SUMNER thing is missing or out of place, that’s of water hoses capable of my responsibility.” throwing water at a level of By: Ti Sumner truck, Trevor Doust, the youngest and Brass polished (including the fire pole newest member of today’s crew, helps a the crew still uses) and other cleaning 100 pounds of pressure. ven in this age of transforming young boy climb. done for the day, Purchase pulls the autobots and X-wing Starfight- It’s fitting for Doust to be the one lift- truck onto the drive in front of Station Eers, kids still become excited at ing the children and helping with their House 8 at 832 East Avenue to begin the jury or death. Response time and preci- the sight of a fire engine. In fact, most seat belts. All morning, the rest of the day’s training with the new hydraulic sion are vital, while carrying nearly 100 adults do, too. As much of the popula- crew had joked about the pleasure of Hurst equipment (the tool that cuts extra pounds, and that’s all before the tion swoons over the release of iPhone having such a young crew member to through a car frame to save occupants bucking force of water hoses capable of 7 and tech geeks continue their ascent do the “extra” stuff – a role that Doust after an accident and is otherwise throwing water at a level of 100 pounds into “cool guy” territory, there remains embraces. known as the “Jaws of Life”). The truck of pressure. an undeniable affinity for the big, red I met Doust at 7:36 a.m. while he idles loudly and, as the crew passes the And there’s noise. A lot of it. Engine, truck. washed a set of second-hand silver- tool, the first call comes in. siren, dispatch radio, air conditioning, On a humid, 87-degree, full-sun Au- ware he had purchased a few days ear- The crew grabs their gear and we’re and beeping. The trucks are high-tech gust Friday afternoon, among swell- lier from a yard sale (he later explained off. The captain’s job during calls is to and when any little thing is off, some- ing crowds at Celebrate Erie, I watch that all the Engine 8 crews had been communicate with dispatch and di- thing beeps or an alarm sounds. as city firefighters of Engine 8 interact washing and reusing the same four with children and adults alike, next to large spoons for years). He has bright- a retired fire truck parked in front of ly-colored, well-demarcated tattoos City Hall. Without shade, and wearing running up both arms and smiles fre- navy blue uniforms, the firefighters get quently. By 8:05 a.m., Doust has brewed no relief from the heat. But as this job fresh coffee, taken out the garbage, and goes, if you can’t take the heat – which started cutting carrots and potatoes for often reaches 1,200 degrees in a burn- the slow-cooker; it’s his turn to make ing building – don’t don the uniform. dinner and he brought brisket. Within “I rely on the guy next to me,” says minutes of my arrival to shadow the Jerry Herrmann, a 12-year veteran, in Engine 8 crew for a 24-hour shift, the response to why he runs toward a fire firehouse is operating like any other while most people run away. “We’re all well-structured house. talking about how hot today is, but As the daily schedule goes, each crew when a building is burning, we don’t member inspects personal and truck have time to think about that. Each of equipment upon arrival, usually be- us has a job to do and that’s all we focus tween 6:45 and 7:15 a.m. Breakfast is at on when we arrive at the scene.” Even during Engine 8’s two-hour Cel- As photos on these pages depict, a firefighter’s day is rarely ordinary. ebrate Erie shift, there is the feeling Firefighters from Erie’s Engine 8 firehouse of teamwork. As Herrmann answers respond to emergencies, educate curious one girl’s question about riding in the youngsters, and practice, practice, practice. TI SUMNER

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Noise does not decrease at the scene. the pump engine with a sudden release Buildings do not burn in silence. Once of backpressure. On a 500-gallon truck a crew enters a building, other than with 1,300 feet of hose, each of which is the mics in their helmets for commu- capable of pumping 150 gallons of wa- nication, firefighters can neither see ter per minute, this practice is an inte- nor hear through the smoke or above gral part of the accident preparedness the thundering fire. Again, the captain and prevention methods that firefight- leads, and each firefighter on the team ers follow as a whole. has a job. As Herrmann said, they rely Once the crew cleans, rolls, and re- on each other to follow their training. places the hoses, we return to the sta- Once inside that building, their lives, tion for lunch, and a call comes in for il- as well as anyone else’s in the building, legal backyard burning. The crew rakes depend on the crew’s ability to adhere and douses flames until embers lie dor- to their tasks and their captain’s direc- mant and we return to the firehouse to tions. prepare for the Celebrate Erie shift. “Every call, every fire is different,” Even as Purchase backs into the fire- Droney says. “We go through all this training before we come on the job so we understand the basics of fire and “Every call, every fire is emergency rescue. But when we get a call, we develop the plan on the spot different,” Droney says. “We and hopefully it’s the right plan. There go through all this training rarely are redos in emergencies.” before we come on the job so We arrive to the emergency site in un- we understand the basics of der four minutes, and Droney, Doust, fire and emergency rescue. and Herrmann rush in, equipped with emergency medical supplies capable of But when we get a call, we maintaining life until paramedics ar- develop the plan on the spot rive. Visual inspection proves the situa- and hopefully it’s the right tion to be non-emergent, but nobody in plan. There rarely are redos the house speaks English, and commu- in emergencies.” nication initially stalls until a family member joins to interpret. From there, things proceed smoothly. EMS arrives quickly and we load back into the truck house, each crew member performs a and head to the foot of Pennsylvania specified job: Droney and Herrmann Avenue for pump practice before lunch. stand at the garage door and at the Shooting water through a hose sounds back of the firehouse parking area, re- easy enough; but it’s actually a $20,000, spectively, to cover Purchase’s blind complicated system of multiple hoses spots, while Doust stops East Avenue and pressure valves, manipulated and traffic. maintained by a designated firefighter After Celebrate Erie, the crew wel- at the truck’s highly complex, state-of- comes Doust’s brisket. Throughout the the-art control panel. Shutting down day, there had been many calls; most even one hose too quickly can blow out of which seemed to go to Engine 12 on

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10 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com September 28, 2016 NEWS & VIEWS News of the Weird Some ‘multigrain’ bread has a little more protein than you’d like.

By: Chuck Shepherd geous Afghan civilians who aid the U.S. and "Cinderella." [News.com.au (Syd- Can't Stop Myself as interpreters under promise of pro- ney), 9-9-2016] tection and future emigration to the he lifelong pickpocket known as hinese Management Techniques: Insanity Defined U.S. However, the congressional battle T"Auntie Sato," 83, who has spent (1) About 200 employees at a trav- olice and prosecutors in Dallas, over immigration policy has delayed C nearly 30 years of her life behind bars, el service in Shandong Province were appropriately sensitive at having entry for about 10,000 interpreters, was sentenced again (two years, six P fined the equivalent of $6.50 each re- been the site of the 1963 killing of Pres- who (along with their families) face im- months) in August for a purse-snatch- cently for failing to comply with orders ident Kennedy, have apparently taken minent death if they remain in Afghan- ing from a traveler in Tokyo's Ueno Sta- to "comment" (favorably, one supposes) out their shame on assassination buff istan. Some in Congress also regard tion. "Why," asked the judge, does Aun- on the general manager's daily posts to Robert Groden. As the Dallas Observ- Afghans as riskier immigrants (despite tie Sato keep at it, especially since she the Twitter-like Internet site Sina Wei- er reported in September, Groden has the interpreters' demonstrated loyal- also owns property and has rental in- bo. (2) In June, a motivational trainer been ticketed by police dozens of times ty). [New York Times, 8-18-2016] come. Said she, "I thought about (stop- for operating book sales booths near working with employees of the Chang- ping)," but "gave up." "It's hopeless." (2) the "grassy knoll" (site of the alleged Suspicions Confirmed zhi Zhangze Rural Commercial Bank Faisal Shaikh, awaiting his cellphone "second shooter" of the president) and aster baker Stefan Fischer filed a reportedly told the poor-performing theft case to be called at the Thane ses- yet he prevails in court every single Mlawsuit recently against Bakery bank personnel (among the 200 at sions court in Mumbai, India, in August time (82 straight, and counting). (Tip of New York for wrongful firing be- the session) to "prepare to be beaten." (one of several theft charges pending), for visitors from the Observer: Never cause he refused to use "bug-infested" He then walked among the workers, wandered up to the court stenogra- publicly utter "grassy knoll" in Dallas, flour to make batches of bread. Accord- whacking some with a stick, shaving pher's desk and swiped her cellphone. as it seems particularly to offend the ing to Fischer, when he informed man- the heads of the males and cutting the He was apprehended shortly afterward police.) [Dallas Observer, 9-8-2016] agement of the bugs in the facility's hair of the females. [Beijing Youth Dai- near the courthouse. [Japan Today, 8-7- 3,000-pound flour silo, he was told sim- ly via China Daily, 8-19-2016] [Reuters 2016] [Mumbai Mirror, 9-1-2016] The Continuing Crisis ply to make "multigrain" bread, which via The Guardian (London), 6-21-2016] tephen Mader, 25, native of Weirton, Fischer took to mean that fewer diners Oops! SWest Virginia, and former Weirton would complain if they heard "crunch- Weird Science y August, Raymond Mazzarella was police officer, is fighting to get his job ing" while eating multigrain. [New York rees talk to each other and recog- Bfed up with the tree in his neigh- back after being fired for not being Daily News, 9-15-2016] Tnize their offspring, according to bor's yard in Pittston Township, Penn- quick enough on the trigger. When Australian ecology researcher Suzanne sylvania, as it was continuously drip- Ronald Williams Jr., in May, made a Leading Economic Indicators Simard (most recently lecturing on ping sap onto his car and so grabbed ham-handed attempt at "suicide by the influential video series TED Talks). a chainsaw, cut through the 36-inch- ews Corporation Australia re- cop," it was Mader who, rather than Trees are not independent organisms wide trunk, and (he thought) fixed the ported in September the enviable shooting, tried to talk Williams down N but belong to arboreal "families" with problem. However, the tree fell direct- success of a 16-year-old British entre- (based on his Marine Corps and police characteristics identifying them to ly onto Mazzarella's small apartment preneur, Ms. Beau Jessup, who has so academy training), but when Williams other family members. According to house, dispossessing five tenants and, far earned about $84,000 with a simple pointed his unloaded gun at two of Dr. Simard, "mother" trees that ordi- ultimately, forcing inspectors to con- online app to help rich Chinese parents Mader's colleagues, and one of them narily expand their roots wildly may demn the entire building. [WNEP-TV select prosperous-sounding English quickly shot the man to death, police hold back to give nearby "kinfolk" tree (Scranton), 8-22-2016] names for their babies. Users choose officials fired Mader for having been roots a chance to spread. Using "isotope among 12 personality traits they hope insufficiently aggressive. [Pittsburgh tracing," she learned of trees passing their baby to have, then receive three Recurring Themes Post-Gazette, 9-11-2016] healthful carbon, via fungi, to neigh- suggestions (including a list of famous opular Fetishes: (1) A middle-aged boring family seedlings, which she said an't Possibly Be True: Few U.S. forc- people with those names). Jessup got man was reported in three inci- renders the seedlings more resistant P es in Afghanistan speak the native the idea when living in China and no- dents in the Aberdeen, Scotland, area C to future stress. [Treehugger, 7-29-2016] Pashto or Dari, and the war prospects ticing that some babies of the rich were in August and September to be ap- [Daily Telegraph (London), 9-11-2016] would be dim were it not for coura- given lame names, such as "Gandalf" proaching women and asking for pig-

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FEATURE Concentrated Poverty in Erie Fighting for change in our most vulnerable communities

Emmaus Grove, an urban garden worked school principals. consisting of over 70 raised According to Badams, this beds full of fresh vegetables person assigns two key staff and produce, is the most recent members, “one for social work Emmaus Ministries project. or mental health services, and about these problems and how another who is responsible to address them. for programming outside of According to Badams, “we’re the school day – after-school, spending less than 89 percent weekend, and evening activi- of the districts in the com- ties.” monwealth on our students. Accordingly, community And arguably, our students schools can stay open lon- are among the highest in need, ger to provide services that based on statistics. We’re in would otherwise necessitate the top 3 percent for English bus rides or car trips, which language learners, and we’re in struggling families often can’t the top 3 percent for students afford. Students in need of living in poverty.” counseling can attend sessions Some small victories have on site after classes end. Food kept our school system from programs can be expanded complete collapse, such as the throughout the day. Recent NICK WARREN budget that finally passed in immigrants can drop by for May after months of political language instruction. The el- By: Dan Schank and where the schools “meet According to data from Erie bickering. Somewhat more derly can even make use of the standards.” Or I could travel Refocused, our flawed-but-in- encouraging is the state’s re- gym. I. Bad Incentives further, into the sought-out formative Comprehensive cently-adopted Fair Funding Perhaps best of all, com- live on the lower west side suburbs of Fairview where the Plan, the city’s poverty rate Formula, which forces our leg- munity schools don’t require of Erie, and I like my neigh- schools are “exemplary” and sits at 27 percent. That’s 10 per- islators to consider factors like much additional state funding. Iborhood a lot. property values are likely to cent higher than the average poverty rates and language Instead, key local benefactors, I can walk my dogs to Gridley rise. for Erie County. And certain needs when allotting money to ranging from big companies Park in the afternoon, and take Don’t get me wrong – the neighborhoods are struggling a district. But at the end of the like General Electric (which a stroll to the Lavery Brewing problem isn’t that I wouldn’t far more than others. In the day, “we’re looking at a five- to will serve as a business partner Company in the evening. If I’m be happy in Frontier or Fair- East Bayfront, for example, it six-year fiscal projection that at Edison) to grassroots orga- in the mood for an epic sunset, view. The problem is that I’m jumps to 46 percent. shows us with a negative fund nizations like LifeThruMusic, Bayview Park always delivers. already happy where I am. My middle-class housing balance of more than $50 mil- step in to assist the struggling If I need to head downtown, I But my local property options woes are the least of our prob- lion,” explains Badams. district. For once, Badams is can get there on foot. make little fiscal sense. And if lems. One encouraging devel- optimistic: “The cost of these I rent an apartment, but I I had children, I would be fac- opment is the “community services is now completely off can probably afford to buy ing a genuinely moral dilemma II. Consolidating schools” program being pilot- of our books, and really not one of the handsome, turn-of- rather than an annoying eco- Resources Through ed at four local elementary reliant on state funding. And the-century structures along nomic obstacle. Community Schools and middle schools (Edison, that’s vital when we have to Eighth, Ninth, or 10th Street. This is an article about the McKinley, Pfeiffer-Burleigh,count every penny and we’re But when I scroll through the bad incentives we face in et’s delve a bit deeper into and Wayne). Conceived in coming up short.” real estate listings on my iPad, Erie, and the people working Lthose troubled schools I partnership with the United investing in nearby property to overcome them. When the mentioned. Way of Erie, the model trans- III. Food Insecurity seems dangerous. Homes ar- health of our schools relies on If you read the local news, forms these institutions into en’t appreciating in the lower the value of our properties, you probably know that our neighborhood hubs where lo- s the 2008 financial crisis west. Property taxes typically we incentivize flight and pun- public school system is in cal charities, businesses, and Afades into history, it’s not fall between three and four ish those who stay put. When trouble. One person who has citizens can come together to uncommon to assume we’re in thousand dollars per year. And trust breaks down between served as the voice of rea- share their services. a period of recovery. For some, beside the little apple icon on our police and our most vul- son (and exasperation) is Erie Here’s how it works: The that’s true. But for the poorest my Trulia app – in red letters, nerable neighborhoods, crime schools Superintendent Jay school district appoints a “lead among us, access to good food no less – the schools are listed flourishes and abuses occur. Badams. His increasingly agency” at each location to is only getting worse. as “below standard.” When fear of that crime esca- urgent call for greater state bring together the different In a July article for The At- If I head west, I could in- lates, foot traffic disappears, funding has attracted nation- participating organizations lantic, journalist Ned Res- vest more confidently in businesses fail, and basic al news as we try to iron out and individuals. The agen- nikoff looks at USDA data the Frontier neighborhood, needs can’t be met. solutions to a $4.3 million bud- cy then appoints a director and finds that “approximately where home values have pla- This is how concentrated get deficit and a deteriorating to help alleviate some of the 17.4 million homes across the teaued rather than declined, poverty escalates. infrastructure. I spoke to him burdens placed on our over- U.S. [are] populated with more

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Knowing firsthand the munity centers, which are located psychological damage in the neighborhoods that often that gun violence can do, City Councilwoman Sonya need them the most. Arrington has called for a As our conversation ends, Ar- Trauma Task Force to be rington notes that “we cannot let set up in Erie. our fear keep us from living our lives from day to day.” As I learn day for one of the teens more about local efforts to achieve she mentors at the cen- prosperity in Erie, I’m comforted ter. “When they first by the number of ordinary people come in we feed them, who have refused that very fear. we help them with For example, Sister Mary Miller their homework. Then notes the “tremendous commu- I have a presenter come nity response” to a serious fire in in and we talk about their soup kitchen last September, different issues like which proved essential to rebuild- STDs, teen pregnancy, ing efforts. Hundreds of people bullying – you name it, responded to the bad news about NICK WARREN we go through it,” she our schools with paintbrushes says. The facility also and washcloths at Wilson Middle than 48 million hungry people.” To rent for what I would call a dump.” offers a computer lab, job training School and Lincoln Elementary put those numbers in perspective, Miller sees systemic problems services, and a music program. this July, resulting in large-scale, household food insecurity was like low-paying jobs, absentee For Arrington, the program “is cost-free infrastructural improve- just under 10.9 percent in 2006, landlords, and lack of access to a all about giving back. Because but had jumped to 14 percent by living wage as the main drivers of the majority of them have done 2014. food insecurity. In an email after something to require being in my As our conversation This places an incredible bur- our conversation, she mentions program.” Recent initiatives like den on our charitable organiza- growing fear at Emmaus about a clean-up effort at the Holland ends, Arrington notes tions. Accordingly, I spoke to the the pending 17 percent spike in Street playground help her stu- that “we cannot let our leader of one of ours: Sister Mary costs from Penelec. When you dents to take pride in their neigh- fear keep us from living take the survey. get on our map. pass it on to your neighbors. your pass it on to get on our map. take the survey. Miller, director of Emmaus Minis- force people to choose between borhoods. our lives from day to tries. Emmaus Soup Kitchen typ- food and electricity, a lot of people Arrington is fighting for insti- day.” As I learn more ically serves over 250 people per go hungry. tutional changes as well. She’s a month, and Emmaus Food Pantry When asked about solutions, strong advocate for reforms to about local efforts to feeds over 500 families per week. her response is multifaceted: “It our police department, such as achieve prosperity in During the school week, they run has to be education, it has to be mandatory body cameras and Erie, I’m comforted by a Kids Cafe which offers nourish- good-paying jobs, it has to be de- an independent citizens’ review the number of ordinary ing meals to young people. Their cent housing, it has to be safe board. “The people in the inner people who have refused most recent project is Emmaus neighborhoods.” city feel like nobody is listening to Grove, an urban garden consisting them,” explains Arrington. “These that very fear. of over 70 raised beds full of fresh IV. Neighborhood Safety changes would signal that [our po- vegetables and produce. lice] do care. And that would bring I was surprised to learn that o address our need for safe hope back to our community.” ments. And as “those volunteers homeless people aren’t usually Tneighborhoods, I reached out Gun violence is a top priority for are coming in and seeing the state their primary clientele. Miller to City Councilwoman Sonya Ar- the councilwoman, whose 19-year- of the schools and understanding estimates that approximately 10 rington, who had just returned old son was shot down outside of the problems, they’re becoming percent of the people who fre- from an unusual journey on the a convenience store on Buffalo advocates,” adds Daria Devlin, quent their soup kitchens live on Monday morning when we spoke. Road in 2010. Knowing firsthand our public school district’s coor- the streets. “When you walk in, “I took 15 kids from my program the psychological damage that dinator of grants and community you’ll see people with addictions, camping,” she says. “I rented a gun violence can do, she has called partnerships. you’ll see the elderly, you’ll see cabin, and I spent from Friday for a Trauma Task Force to be set When our institutions fail, people with mental health issues,” to Sunday afternoon with these up in Erie. there’s a growing number of ener- she says. But on the Tuesday prior kids.” The kids she refers to are “A lot of the things that are go- gized citizens ready to pick up the to our conversation, she also fed the often-troubled youths in her ing on in our community occur slack. Let’s hope that their inspir- about 30 children. L.E.A.D. (Leadership Empower- because these young men are ing work will pressure our politi- When I ask her about the con- ment Accountability Diversity) traumatized,” Arrington contends. cal leadership to stop offering bad ditions that create food insecu- program at the Booker T. Wash- “They have lost siblings, cousins, incentives – and to focus on issues rity, she immediately mentions ington Center at 17th and Holland and best friends to violence. And like education, income inequality, housing: “If you go to some of the streets. Arrington estimates that nobody is asking them if there is food insecurity, and social justice, homes where the poor are living 80 percent of the young people anything we can do to help, or if instead. and ask what their rent is, you are court-appointed – and none of they need somebody to talk to.” would probably be astounded. them are seasoned campers. Her plan is to offer counseling Dan Schank can be contacted Cut this out for a neighbor! People are paying $600 or $800 in I asked her to describe a typical and therapy services at our com- at [email protected].

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Thursday, Sept. 29 “While it’s set in the very real Copi- Friday, Oct. 7 to 11), and is free for anyone under two ah County of Mississippi, in a very years old. Visitors may want to bring a Gannon University’s messed-up family, we can all identify Celebrate Fall with a flashlight. Dogs are not allowed. – Tra- Schuster Theatre presents with the need to maintain healthy rela- D’lightful Pumpkin Walk cy Geibel Crimes of the Heart tionships, especially in times of person- al and family challenge,” summarized 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7 and Saturday, Clerkin. “We easily empathize with the Oct. 8 // 1927 Wager Rd. // facebook.com/ heartbreak and hilarity the Magrath events/941409309318344/ sisters endure on this almost unbeliev- Saturday, Oct. 8 able day.” He added, “This is a touching and Peek’n Peak’s Fall Fest Fills funny play that will please audience the Summer Festival Void FASTER. members in a truly affirming way. If you’re looking for repulsion, you’ll have to look somewhere else!” – Gregory STRONGER. Greenleaf-Knepp rimes of the Heart is a play that Cwalks a tightrope between levity 8 p.m. Sept. 29, 30, and Oct. 1, 6, 7, and 8; 2 his Halloween display promises to and long-faced drama. p.m. Oct. 9 // 620 Sassafras St. // For more Td’light viewers. But it’s obviously a successful trek: information, contact the Schuster Theatre Erie’s fifth annual Pumpkin D’Light Playwright Beth Henley won the 1981 Box Office at 871.7494 or visit gannon.edu/ Night Walking Tour will now be held Pulitzer Prize for drama for her stage schustertheatre. for two consecutive nights at Headwa- show. ters Park. “It’s a wonderful mix of seriousness Friday, Sept. 30. 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Double-down on De Palma at the Erie Art Museum

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28 AND WEDNESDAY, OCT. 9 the eccentric director. his most underrated movies a De Palma has never enjoyed In the film, De Palma seems week later. 1981’s Blow Out is the reverence afforded to totally at ease with the film- exactly the sort of low-key, in- Scorsese or Coppola – and he’s makers as well as his reputa- trospective crime drama that never endured the wrath that’s tion. He’s incredibly generous makes the scene he emerged been directed at George Lucas, with his own insights, regrets, from so special. With a style either. These two films bring achievements, and accom- that calls to mind The Conver- his unique vision back into the plishments – appearing friendly, sation, Francis Ford Coppola’s spotlight. – Dan Schank masterful follow-up to The God- father, the film offers a somber De Palma screens Wednesday, If De Palma’s trip down reflection on the ethics of film- Sept. 28, Blow Out screens on memory lane whets your making during an era of oppres- Wednesday, Oct. 9 // Both films rian De Palma might not be of Carrie if you don’t believe appetite, come back sive political disillusionment. at 7 p.m. // Erie Art Museum, 20 Bthe greatest of the “New me. Or dig a bit deeper and to the museum for one And John Travolta is surprising- E. Fifth St. // erieartmuseum. Hollywood” directors who ar- consider the oddball identity of his most underrated ly good in it! org/events/film.html rived on the scene in the 1970s, politics of Hi, Mom! (one of the movies a week later. or the most popular – but he’s most bizarre films of the al- 1981’s Blow Out is exactly almost certainly the strangest. ready-very-bizarre 1960s). Even the sort of low-key, To be fair, Martin Scorsese Scarface is pretty weird, once introspective crime has made some strange movies you set aside the dorm-room drama that makes the (his underrated King of Come- posters it inspired and see it for scene he emerged from dy comes to mind) and Steven the crazed satire that it is. Spielberg’s A.I. is pretty weird, On Sept. 28, you’ll have an op- so special. but De Palma’s lexicon of dis- portunity to hear from the man turbed killers, split-scene cam- himself at the Erie Art Museum. arrogant, insightful, and occa- era theatrics, and left-field plot De Palma, Noah Baumbach and sionally sexist all at once. twists puts him in a bizarre cat- Jake Paltrow’s 2015 documen- If the film’s trip down memory egory all his own. tary, is – true to its name – a lane whets your appetite, come Witness the insane final act 110-minute conversation with back to the museum for one of

Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. Show (1975) Time to Choose 700 Peach St. gannon.edu. St. glassgrowersgallery.com. miac.mercyhurst.edu. FILM Sept. 30 — 8 p.m. & midnight Oct. 12 — 7 p.m. InnovationErie Second Sundays Robots Movie Erie Movie House, 3424 Erie Art Museum, 411 State Competition 2016 Oct. 9 — 2 to 4 p.m. FOOD & DRINK W. Lake Rd. facebook. St. erieartmuseum.org. Ongoing through Sept. Ongoing through Nov. 13 Erie Art Museum, 411 State Walk the Shops 30 — 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. com/ErieMovieHouse. Erie Art Museum, 411 State St. erieartmuseum.org. Sept. 29 — 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tom Ridge Environmental Blow Out VISUAL ARTS St. erieartmuseum.org. Center, 301 Peninsula Presque Isle Wine Cellars Oct. 5 — 7 p.m. Just the Blues by THEATRE at the Colony, 2658 W. Dr. trecpi.org. Joyce Perowicz I Think I Found It Upside 8th St. piwine.com. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Down by Dietrich Wegner Ragtime Mysteries of the St. erieartmuseum.org. Ongoing through Oct. 4 Ongoing through Nov. 20 Sept. 29, 30 & Oct. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 — Oktoberfest Great Lakes Glass Growers Gallery, 10 E. 5th 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 2, 9 — 2 p.m. The Danish Girl St. glassgrowersgallery.com. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Sept. 30 — 6 to 10 p.m. Ongoing through Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10 Sept. 30 — 1 p.m. Oct. 6 — 8:30 to 11 p.m St. erieartmuseum.org. The Brewerie at Union Station, Henry Katzwinkel St. erie playhouse.org. 123 W. 14th St. brewerie.com. Tom Ridge Environmental Edinboro University Frank Dark Garden G. Pogue Student Center, Ongoing through Oct. 17 Rollercoaster Center, 301 Peninsula Ongoing through Jan 8, 2017 Uncork a Cure Dr. trecpi.org. 405 Scotland Rd. facebook. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Sept. 29, 30 & Oct. 1 — 7:30 Oct. 1 — 1 to 4 p.m. com/edinborofilmseries. St. erieartmuseum.org. Erie Art Museum, 411 State p.m. & Oct. 2 — 2:30 p.m. D-Day: Normandy St. erieartmuseum.org. Edinboro University Diebold Arundel Cellars, 11727 E. Main 1944 Movie Eerie Horror Film Fest One Hundred Rd. lakeeriewinecountry.org. Jose Picayo Polaroids: Center for the Performing Arts, Ongoing through Oct Oct. 7, 8, 9 Twelve Miles A Retrospective 217 Meadville St. edinboro.edu. Winemaker’s Dinner 31 — noon & 4 p.m. Warner Theatre, 811 State St. Ongoing through Oct. 22 Ongoing through Jan. 8, 2017 Crimes of the Heart Oct. 2, 7 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tom Ridge Environmental eeriehorrorfilmfestival.com. Bruce Gallery in Doucette Center, 301 Peninsula Hall, 215 Meadville St. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Sept. 29, 30 & Oct. 1, 6, 7, 8 Arundel Cellars, 11727 E. Main Dr. trecpi.org. Traficant: The brucegallery.info. St. erieartmuseum.org. — 8 p.m. & Oct. 9 — 2 p.m. Rd. arundelcellars.com. Congressman of Schuster Theatre, 620 Journey to Space Crimetown (2015) Faculty Exhibition Mood Swing Review: Sassafras St. gannon.edu. Complimentary A solo exhibition Wine Tasting Ongoing through Oct. Oct. 7, 8 — 8 p.m. Ongoing through Oct. 25 31 — 2 & 5 p.m. by Ron Bayuzick 27th Annual Oct. 6 — 3 to 5 p.m. Erie Movie House, 3424 Allegheny College Doane Tom Ridge Environmental W. Lake Rd. facebook. Hall of Art, 520 N. Main Ongoing through Feb. 11, 2017 Medieval Feast Bello’s Market at the Colony, Center, 301 Peninsula com/ErieMovieHouse. St. allegheny.edu. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 2650 W. 8th St. piwine.com. Dr. trecpi.org. St. erieartmuseum.org. 22, 28, 29 & Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, The Met: Live in HD A Homecoming, Works 19 — 7 p.m. & Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, Veg-Out, Canning De Palma Tristan und Isolde on Paper by Marie Neil Donovan & John 30 & Nov. 6, 13 — 2:30 p.m. and Preserving Sept. 28 — 7 p.m. Oct. 8 — noon Spaeder Haas Vahanian Wood and Riverside: The Inn at Oct. 7 — 6 to 8 p.m. Cambridge Springs, 1 Fountain Erie Art Museum, 411 State Mary D’Angelo Performing Ongoing through Nov. 3 Mixed Media Sculpture Whole Foods Co-op, 1341 W. St. erieartmuseum.org. Ave. theriversideinn.com. Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. Gannon University Center for Oct. 7 through Nov. 15 26th St. theerievegsociety.org. Rocky Horror Picture miac.mercyhurst.edu. Communication and the Arts, Glass Growers Gallery, 10 E. 5th A Canterbury Feast

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OCTOBER 7 TO 29 PACA will present Yarosz (of Ron Yarosz and the Vehicle) instance, another audience prop often Rocky Horror for the and jazz/folk loop-master Justin Moyar handed out is “cards for sorrow, cards second year in a row. Come armed with will drop in, and “Matty B” (Matt Boland, for pain” inspired by the song “I’m Going glitter, naughtiness, a frontman of Matty B and the Dirty Pick- Home.” costume or two, and the les) will reprise his role for just one week- Brace feels that his role provides the willingness to get in on end. “ideal” spot from which to direct Rocky the action. Last and certainly not least, the Narra- Horror, and he is excited about the “re- tor is played by Jerry Brace, who is also ally talented blend of new and seasoned out. co-directing Rocky Horror with PACA’s actors and musicians” who have come Incidentally, The Mark Tanenbaum. Brace estimates that together to make this show sparkle in Rocky Horror Picture by the time the show closes in October, the highest of high heels. These musi- Show is the film which he will have performed the role a total of came out in 1975. The 86 times. He was first cast as the Narra- Rocky Horror Show tor in the mid-90s, in a Roadhouse The- The tradition of audience play originally hit Lon- atre production. “It was fast, funny, edgy, participation dates back to don’s Royal Court The- and sexy,” he says of the gig. shortly after The Rocky Horror atre in June of 1973. So what does this Narrator do, exact- As for the esteemed ly? Brace explains: “The premise is that Picture Show film release when a cast at PACA, most the Narrator, a criminologist, has accu- cult following emerged. Crowds are last year’s repeat mulated evidence and testimony from at the Waverly Theatre in New offenders, except for survivors of a past event. As he tells York City began to interact with those playing Janet the story, it unfolds as a series of recol- the film. Weiss and Eddie. Jan- lections: ‘Two young ordinary, healthy et will be played by kids … cross-dressing transsexuals from CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Earl Kunsman, who is another planet … sex, drugs, and rock ‘n cally-inclined “creatures of the night” four-foot-nine and per- roll.’” He adds, “The fun part is that many providing the utmost in sonic accompa- f you like your rock with a touch of forms as a Sweet Transvestite under the in the audience already know the story niment include Nick Warren (bass), Pete Iglam, a swagger like Marc Bolan’s and name Vicky Bendme. He “has the ring to and heckle the daylights out of [the Nar- Gool (guitar), Morgan Brace (drums, and a velvety voice – plus a sultry stage pres- prove he’s no joker” both onstage and rator] … in good fun, of course.” Jerry’s son), and bandleader Graham ence – then you, my friend, are the per- off: In real life, Bendme – aka Kunsman – So naturally, there’s plenty of audience Scott (piano). fect audience participant for The Rocky is engaged to fellow cast member Chris “partici...... (say it!!!)...... pation” at Brace adds, “All I have to do is bring it Horror Show. Gaertner, who will be playing Brad Ma- Rocky Horror performances. This tra- all together and make sure the enter- Erie’s own Performing Artists Collec- jors. dition dates back to shortly after The tainment value stays as high as the en- tive Alliance (PACA) will present Rocky Janet is not the only character whose Rocky Horror Picture Show film release ergy level.” Horror for the second year in a row. gender is bent, as Brit Soule reprises when a cult following emerged. Crowds And you naughty, naughty people just Come armed with glitter, naughtiness, her role as Dr. Frank-Furter. So there’s a at the Waverly Theatre in New York City have to show up. With plenty of glam, a costume or two (no outside props, woman playing a man playing a woman, began to interact with the film, starting naturally. – Miriam Lamey please; they’re available for a small fee who’s really – spoiler alert – an alien from with the first instance of a moviegoer at the venue), and the willingness to get the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of bellowing “Buy an umbrella, you cheap 8 p.m. Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, in on the action. This year, additional Transylvania. bitch!” as Janet put a newspaper over and 30; plus midnight shows on shows have been added due to popular The role of Eddie will be played by a ro- her head. Eventually, props and other Oct. 15, 22, and 29 // 1505 State St. demand; last year’s run was entirely sold tation of local talent: local bluesman Ron running commentary came into play. For // 434.0687 // paca1505.com

Sept. 30 & Oct. 7, 21, 28 & The Rocky Horror Show Where the Sidewalk Ends events.dcnr.pa.gov. Goodell Gardens & Fall Walking Program Nov. 4, 11, 18 — 7 p.m. & Oct. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, Ongoing through Oct. Homestead, 221 Waterford Sept. 29 — 8:30 to 9 a.m. Oct. 1, 8, 22, 29 & Nov. 5, 12, Harvest Fest St. goodellgardens.org. 19 — 5:30 p.m. & Oct. 2, 23 29, 30 — 8 p.m. & Oct. 15, 5 — 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. 22, 29 — midnight Ongoing through Oct. 31 Liberty Park, Lawrence & Nov. 6, 13 — 2:30 p.m. Asbury Woods Nature Great Britain Alone: Pier lifeworkserie.org. Station Dinner Theatre, 4940 PACA, 1505 State St. Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Port Farms, 2055 Stone June 1940 to June 1941 paca1505.com. asburywoods.org. Quarry Rd. portfarms.com. Intro to Laptops Peach St. canterburyfeast.com. Sept. 28 — 4 to 6 p.m. Fun with Ham Radio Sept. 29 & Oct. 18 & Dec. August: Osage County COMMUNITY Wednesday Walks Jefferson Educational Society, 10 — 9 a.m. to noon in the Woods Sept. 28 — 12:30 to 2 p.m. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Sept. 30 & Oct. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15 — Preschool Nature Room 212 Blasco Memorial 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 2, 9, 16 — 3 p.m. Ongoing through Oct. LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach The 2016 Presidential Library, 160 E. Front Discovery Classes: 5 — 11 a.m. to noon St. lifeworkserie.org. All An Act Theatre , 652 Bugs, Spiders, Election St. erielibrary.org. W. 17th St. allanact.net. Asbury Woods Nature Caterpillars, Oh My Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Bowling for Fun Sept. 28 — 6 p.m. “Ledge”: New and Legends of Broadway Ongoing through Oct. asburywoods.org. Sept. 28 — 1 to 3 p.m. Women’s Club of Erie, 259 Selected Poems 4 — 9:30 to 11 a.m. Oct. 4, 5, 18, 19 & Nov. 1, 2, 15, Rolling Meadow Lanes, 3304 W. 6th St. edinboro.edu. Sept. 29 — 9:30 a.m. 16 — noon & Oct. 15 — 5:30 Lake Erie Fishing History Asbury Woods Nature Zuck Rd. lifeworkserie.org. Edinboro University Diebold p.m. & Oct. 16 — 2:30 p.m. Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Ongoing through Oct. Wine Glass Painting 30 — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Center for the Performing Arts, Station Dinner Theatre, 4940 asburywoods.org. Farmers Market Sept. 28 — 6 p.m. 217 Meadville St. edinboro.edu. Peach St. canterburyfeast.com. Tom Ridge Environmental Sept. 28 — 3 to 6 p.m. Tots in Nature Classes: Arundel Cellars, 11727 E. Main Center, 301 Peninsula Dr. Rd. arundelcellars.com. Wise Words for

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FRIDAY, OCT. 7 Wheels, now in its 36th year, will Started by Mary Verdi-Fletch- by the Goblin King. The work this performance.” ancers gift us with human prove these and more when it er in 1980, Dancing Wheels has features music by David Bowie, Dancing Wheels will also per- Dbodies that curve in mag- performs at Mercyhurst Univer- been the flagship company inte- Trevor Jones, and Javier Navar- form Wall of Glass, from 2009, nificent ways, creating expres- sity on Friday, Oct. 7. Tantalizing- grating dancers with and with- rete, and the choreography of with choreography by Lisa K. sion, evoking emotions good ly, it brings a new package to be out disabilities. Erie has been Dezaré Foster. Lock, and an excerpt from the and bad, inspiring awe. Dancing unwrapped. fortunate to experience several The company is eager to stage 2012 work Anomalies, choreo- visits by the Cleveland-based Labyrinth, especially Law- graphed by Mark Tomasic and company, but none have been featuring the music of David fully-staged presentations. Karagianis and Polygon Win- On this outing, the company is The company is eager dow. mounting a comprehensive per- to stage Labyrinth, On stage with Lawrence-Suca- formance with three pieces. Un- especially Lawrence- to will also be Mercyhurst alums lucky for Cleveland, but great for Sucato, as she dances Kelly Clymer and Emily Schwart- us, the company will premiere the lead of Sarah, the ing. Labyrinth: A Tribute, based on teenager. She’s also “Mercyhurst does such a great the 1986 film by Jim Henson and thrilled to be bringing job of bringing in entertaining, Dennis Lee. Slated to be pre- this performance and her innovative, and informative miered in August at an outdoor company to Mercyhurst, performances,” offered Law- venue, “the performance had to rence-Sucato. “I had wanted her alma mater. be cancelled due to weather-re- Dancing Wheels to be present- lated power outages,” says Sara ed by the university ever since I Lawrence-Sucato, tour manag- rence-Sucato, as she dances graduated 10 years ago.” er and company member. the lead of Sarah, the teenager. This should be a beautiful In Labyrinth, a 16-year-old girl She’s also thrilled to be bringing present to unwrap. – Mary Bird- is required to navigate a fan- this performance and her com- song tasy world to reclaim her baby pany to Mercyhurst. “I’m excited 7:30 p.m. // Mary D’Angelo brother who has been snatched to return to my alma mater to Performing Arts Center, perform with Dancing Wheels,” 501 E. 38th St. // Adults Started by Mary Verdi-Fletcher in says Lawrence-Sucato, who has $20, Seniors $15 1980, Cleveland-based Dancing danced there as an alum before Students/Youth $10 // Wheels has been the flagship but is “really looking forward to 824.3000 // miac.mercyhurst. company integrating dancers with playing the lead character in edu/box-office/ CONTRIBUTED PHOTO and without disabilities.

Wellness: Questions asburywoods.org. Bear Scout Activity Day Storytime Saturdays Beach 1 Pavilion Presque Isle Nordic Walking for the Pharmacist Oct. 1 — 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 — 11 State Park, 301 Peninsula Oct. 4 — 10 to 11:30 a.m. Paint & Rock Dr. discoverpi.com. Sept. 29 — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 29 — 8 to 10 p.m. Asbury Woods Nature Asbury Woods Nature LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Barnes & Noble, 5909 Peach Blasco Writer’s Group Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. St. lifeworkserie.org. Kings Rook Club, 1921 Peach St. asburywoods.org. St. facebook.com/Erie.BN. asburywoods.org. facebook.com/kingsrookclub. Oct. 1, 15 — 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Transgender 101 Robot Olympics LEGO Animation Room 219 Blasco Memorial A Chorus Line Objection Your Honor! Erie Library, 160 E. Front Sept. 29 — 1 to 2:30 p.m. Class: Grades 4 - 7 Class: Grades 2 - 6 Oct. 4 — 12:30 to 2 p.m. County Courthouse Tour Oct. 1 — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St. erielibrary.org. LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 — 9 LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Sept. 30 — 10:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. St. lifeworkserie.org. Box of Light Studio, 419 Erie Otters vs. Kingston St. lifeworkserie.org. LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Box of Light Studio, 419 State St. boxoflight.org. Oct. 1 — 7 p.m. American Short Stories St. lifeworkserie.org. State St. boxoflight.org. Great Books: Seven Erie Insurance Arena, 809 Sept. 29 & Oct. 6, 13 Scratch Programming Deadly Sins Chris Kattan French St. erieevents.com. — 4 to 6:30 p.m. 2nd Annual Fall 1 Class: Grades 4 - 7 Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 — 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sept. 30 & Oct. 1 — Harvest Celebration Jefferson Educational Society, Oct. 1 — 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Blessing of Animals Jefferson Educational Society, 6:45 & 9:30 p.m. Oct. 1, 2, 8, 9 — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Box of Light Studio, 419 Oct. 2 — 3 to 5 p.m. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Jr’s Last Laugh Comedy Club, Mount Pleasant, State St. boxoflight.org. Historic Sixth Street 1402 State St. jrslastlaugh.net. 14510 Mt. Pleasant Rd. The Cathedral of St. Examining Implications Walking Tour skimountpleasant.com. Curious George Costume Paul, 134 W. 7th St. with Online Voting Erie Canal Genealogy: The cathedralofstpaul.org. Sept. 29 — 5 to 8 p.m. Character Storytime in the U.S. Peopling of Upstate New Minecraft Play Watson Curtze Mansion, 356 Oct. 1 — 11:30 a.m. to noon Six Works of Western Art Oct. 4 — 4 to 5:30 p.m. York and the Midwest Mods: Grades 2 - 4 W. 6th St. eriehistory.com. Barnes & Noble, 5909 Peach Every Educated Person Jefferson Educational Society, Sept. 30 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 1 — 9 to 10:30 a.m. St. facebook.com/Erie.BN. Should Know Today 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Light the Night Walk Jefferson Educational Society, Box of Light Studio, 419 Oct. 3 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29 — 5:30 to 9 p.m. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. State St. boxoflight.org. Idea Share Great Books Oct. 1 & Nov. 5 & Dec. Jefferson Educational Society, Ongoing Class Jerry Uht Park, 110 E. 10th Richard Rodriguez: Excel II 3207 State St. jeserie.org. St. lightthenight.org/wpa. 3 — 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25 — 4 to 5:30 p.m. Professing Faith in Oct. 1 & Dec. 13 — 9 a.m. to a Post-9/11 World Peninsula Room Blasco Publisher Jefferson Educational Society, Acrylic Painted noon & Nov. 10 — 5 to 8 p.m. Memorial Library, 160 E. Oct. 4 & Nov. 5 — 9 a.m. to noon 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Rock Mandalas Sept. 29 — 7 p.m. Room 212 Blasco Memorial Front St. erielibrary.org. Sept. 29 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. Mary D’Angelo Performing Library, 160 E. Front Room 212 Blasco Memorial DIY Fabric Art Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. erielibrary.org. Presque Isle Poker Pedal Library, 160 E. Front Asbury Woods Nature Oct. 4 — 6:30 to 8 p.m. St. mercyhurst.edu. Oct. 1 — 2:15 p.m. St. erielibrary.org. Center, 4105 Asbury Rd.

September 28, 2016 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 27 CALENDAR A Windfall of Comedy at Jr’s this Autumn Here are three good opportunities to lighten up as the nights grow longer.

By: Matt Swanseger Friday, Oct. 7 & Saturday Oct. fame in the mid-90s along with fellow 8: Monroe Martin III Q: How does a quack artist lead off a L.A. comedy veteran Will Ferrell, playing preview article? a hand in creating some of the show’s A: With an introducktion. more memorable characters. Perhaps Are you not entertained? Before you his most prominent role came in A Night sentence this author (or your own private at the Roxbury, where he and Ferrell court jester) to the gallows or mount his starred as overconfident nightclubbers head on the Popsicle stick from whence Doug and Steve Butabi, who were often his dad jokes came, remember there is booted from venues for gyrating against a more humane alternative – Jr’s Last other patrons – and for general obnox- Laugh Comedy Club and Restaurant, iousness. where the 2016-17 season is in full swing. Additional popular characters Kattan CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Surely you’ll be more inclined to clem- portrayed include the half-monkey/half- ency after spending an evening with the man Mr. Peepers, the babbling Suel For- Kelly is a regular guest on the XM sat- professional comedians touring this fall. rester, Goth Talk co-host Azrael Abyss, ellite radio program Opie and Anthony, and the vaguely Hispanic male exotic and has made numerous cameos on Friday Sept. 30 & Saturday

dancer and expert seducer Mango. He television (Law and Order: SVU, Tough CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Oct. 1: Chris Kattan will reprise these roles and more while Crowd with Colin Quinn, Louie), in cine- sharing his experiences from SNL and ma (Good Luck Chuck, Ghost Town), and t is said that experience is the best beyond during his two sets both Friday in video games (Grand Theft Auto IV and Iteacher, and Monroe Martin’s experi- and Saturday. V). He has released four comedy albums, ences have taught him how to transfig- ure less-than-ideal circumstances into 6:45 p.m. or 9:40 p.m. // 1402 State St. Robert Kelly holds little back in effective comedy. Martin’s father was // jrslastlaugh.net // 461.0911 // $20 incarcerated and his mother was not discussing his insecurities, which exactly a role model either, which meant Thursday, Oct 6: Robert Kelly some will find uncomfortably a childhood spent bouncing between ob Kelly rose to fame in the mid- off-putting and others will find foster homes and dysfunctional envi- B2000s, cresting on the same wave refreshingly candid, depending ronments. Martin is a natural storyteller that carried friend and fellow Bostonian on how much information you with a gift for conveying the humor and Dane Cook to Myspace-era superstar- consider to be TMI. irony in awkward or unfortunate situa- dom. His material is unapologetically tions. Every downer is just more fodder blunt, cynical, and self-flagellating. His for this up-and-comer. delivery is loaded with enough F-bombs the latest being 2015’s Robert Kelly: Live ost fans of Saturday Night Live will to carpet the Eastern seaboard. He holds at the Underground. You’ll have only one 6:45 p.m. or 9:40 p.m. // 1402 State St. Mrecognize Chris Kattan. If not, fire little back in discussing his insecurities, chance to see him aboveground at Jr’s, // jrslastlaugh.net // 461.0911 // $20 up Haddaway’s “What Is Love” and see which some will find uncomfortably so get your tickets now. whether it doesn’t trigger instantaneous off-putting and others will find refresh- Matt Swanseger can be reached at head-bobbing or involuntary hip-thrust- ingly candid, depending on how much 7 p.m. // 1402 State St. // jrslastlaugh. [email protected]. You can ing. The longtime cast member rose to information you consider to be TMI. net // 461.0911 // $20 follow him on Twitter @SwazzySwagga.

LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Geriatric Social Workers Edinboro University Louis C. eriepumpkinwalk. Park Row makingstrides. Erie Cemetery Walks: St. lifeworkserie.org. Association Senior Forum Cole Auditorium Memorial Hall, acsevents.org. Police and Firemen 205 Meadville St. edinboro.edu. Scary Creature Feature Oct. 6 — 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 9 — 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. Manufacturing Day Oct. 7, 8 — 6:30 p.m. Edinboro University Admiral Room Blasco 100% Raw Homecoming Parade Erie Cemetery, 2116 Chestnut Oct. 5 — 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Asbury Woods Nature Memorial Library, 160 E. Powerlifting Event Oct. 8 — 11 a.m. to noon St. erieyesterday.org. Bayfront Convention Center, 1 Front St. erielibrary.org. Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Sassafras Pier eriemfgday.com. Oct. 7, 8, 9 asburywoods.org. Edinboro University, 219 LEAF in Color Walking American Heart Bayfront Convention Center, 1 Meadville St. edinboro.edu. Tour Event Learn Computer Coding Sassafras Pier erieevents.com. Monroe Martin Association Heartwalk Oct. 9 — 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. & 3 p.m. Oct. 5 — 9:30 to 11 a.m. Oct. 7, 8 — 6:45 & 9:30 p.m. Planetarium Show & Oct. 6 — 4 to 7 p.m. Lakewood Book Sale LEAF Education Center, 1501 Room 212 Blasco Memorial Jr’s Last Laugh Comedy Club, Tour: Homecoming Stars Liberty Park, 726 W. W. 6th St. leaferie.org. Library, 160 E. Front Oct. 7 — noon to 8 p.m. & 1402 State St. jrslastlaugh.net. Oct. 8 — 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. Bayfront Pkwy. heart.org. Oct. 8 — 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. St. erielibrary.org. Edinboro University Cooper Erie Handmade Fair Lakewood United Methodist Erie Otters vs. Oshawa Science Center, 230 Scotland Haunted History Tours Robert Kelly and Oct. 9 — 1 to 4 p.m. Stavros Halkias Church, 3856 W. 10th St. Oct. 7 — 7 p.m. Rd. edinboro.edu. Basement Transmissions, Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 & Nov. lakewooderie.org. Erie Insurance Arena, 809 2 — 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 21, Oct. 6 — 7 p.m. Lions, Tigers and Beers 145 W. 11th St. facebook.com/ 28 — 7 & 9:30 p.m. Minecraft Play French St. erieevents.com. Jr’s Last Laugh Comedy Club, Oct. 8 — 6 to 9 p.m. events/850878778389535. The Brewerie at Union Station, 1402 State St. jrslastlaugh.net. Maps: Grades 5 - 7 Fall Fest 2016 Erie Zoo, 423 W. 38th Duck Identification 123 W. 14th St. brewerie.com. Oct. 7 — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8, 9, 15, 16 Bats: Myths and Legends St. facebook.com/ Oct. 9 — 2 to 3 p.m. Box of Light Studio, 419 Peek’n Peak Resort, 1405 events/1206811542693478. Electability Oct. 6 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tom Ridge Environmental State St. boxoflight.org. Olde Rd. pknpk.com. Oct. 6 — 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Jefferson Educational Society, Erie Otters vs. Flint Center, 301 Peninsula Dr. Edinboro University Diebold 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Pumpkin D’Light Night Making Strides of Erie Oct. 8 — 7 p.m. events.dcnr.pa.gov. Center for the Performing Arts, Oct. 7, 8 — 6 to 9 p.m. SCOTtalk Oct. 8 — 9 a.m. Erie Insurance Arena, 809 Book Sale 217 Meadville St. edinboro.edu. Headwaters Park, 1927 Perry Square, Sate and South French St. erieevents.com. Oct. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Oct. 6 — 7 to 9 p.m. Wager Rd. facebook.com/

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30 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com September 28, 2016 FOOD & DRINK Voodoo Brewery Now serving up good vibes on State Street

brewery has flourished. After chalkboard-wall menus, there On the night of the grand opening locations in Pittsburgh isn’t a corner that hasn’t been opening, the house was packed. and Meadville, and launching graced by the talented hands of According to Rachocki, there two food trucks (“Foodoo,” of the Voodoo crew. The use of re- were 11 bartenders, but “you course), Erie was the next logi- claimed pieces, such as pallets can only have so many peo- cal step. ple pouring beer.” Despite the Erie is no stranger to craft According to journalist lines, service was still friendly breweries, however, having and speedy – no one was with- Tali Arbel, “The arrival of seen several other microbrew- out a beer in hand for too long. eries open in recent years. Ac- a craft brewery [is] often A steady stream of delicious cording to journalist Tali Arbel, one of the first signs smells from the kitchen made “The arrival of a craft brewery that a neighborhood their way through the space as [is] often one of the first signs [is] changing.” For patrons happily enjoyed good that a neighborhood [is] chang- Erie’s future, the recent food, good beer, and good vibes ing.” For Erie’s future, the recent expansion in our local (which, appropriately, is the expansion in our local beer beer scene is a hopeful name of a Voodoo beer). scene is a hopeful sign of good sign of good things on Rachocki said he “couldn’t be things on the horizon. the horizon. happier” with the turnout on Rachocki needed to find the opening night, and that “Erie re- perfect location for Voodoo’s ally came and supported [us].” Erie branch. After a series of

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO unsuccessful efforts to find a for all the tables and patio seat- Stay current on Voodoo’s fitting use for the former de- ing, give it an urban-industrial, social media pages for exciting partment store-turned-restau- underground theme – all con- updates and all the mouth- By: Ella Julian plan to make his way back to rant, Voodoo Brewery is finally tributing to a familiar vibe for watering menu changes. owntown Erie was the Erie to raise his family, the op- bringing life and activity back to fans of the Voodoo brand, and Dplace to be on Saturday, portunity to take on the chal- the iconic storefront. a fun-loving but sophisticated Ella Julian can be contacted Sept. 17. The whole city seemed lenge of running a brewery gave Besides the remarkable size update on the classic barroom at [email protected]. to come out for the grand open- Rachocki a reason to leave New of the space itself, including look. ing of Voodoo Brewery’s newest York City behind, and begin a patio and side- location in the Boston Store working in earnest in north- walk dining, the building. It was a celebration of western Pennsylvania. next thing that Voodoo’s success, and a turning Critics of the region lament captures the eye point for both local business the brain drain effect – when is the the artwork and State Street. 18- to 25-year-olds leave their on the walls – from In 2012, when CEO Matt hometowns after high school monster murals to Rachocki purchased Voodoo – or college. However, in many abstract graffiti to now in its ninth year – with the regions, 30- to 49-year-olds and help of a crowdfunding cam- their young children are moving From monster paign, the brewery was facing back, contributing to a phe- murals to the prospect of bankruptcy. nomenon known as brain gain. abstract graffiti to chalkboard-wall However, Rachocki felt “the Rachocki and his family are ex- menus, there isn’t a business had great potential,” amples of the latter trend. corner of the Boston and the Fairview, Pennsylvania Since Rachocki took the Store location that native jumped at the chance to reins at Voodoo, and after hasn’t been graced by the talented make a difference in his home- the introduction of their em- hands of the Voodoo

town. While it was always his ployee-owned program, the crew. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

— 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 11 & Nov. 29 & Dec. Therapy Dogs for Competitions: Leaf Jumpers Erie Otters vs. Sarnia 3 — 9 a.m. to noon McCord Memorial Oct. 11 — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mike Dziak Oct. 12 through Nov. Oct. 12 — 7 p.m. Room 212 Blasco Memorial 2 — 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Library, 32 W. Main St. Lincoln Community Center Oct. 11 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Erie Insurance Arena, 809 Library, 160 E. Front & 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. mccordlibrary.org. Library, 1255 Manchester French St. erieevents.com. St. erielibrary.org. Mercy Hilltop Center, Rd. erielibrary.org. 444 E. Grandview Blvd. Asbury Woods Nature Fascism, Populism Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Implementing Erie’s New Preschool Nature eriephotoclub.com. and the Rise of the Blasco Talent Share asburywoods.org. Plan: How Progressive Discovery Classes: Red ‘Us-first’ Movement Oct. 11 — 6 to 8 p.m. County Council Meeting Cities Address Leaf, Yellow Leaf Pumpkin Patch Hunt Oct. 10 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 11 — 7 p.m. Their Challenges Oct. 11 through Nov. Peninsula Room Blasco Oct. 12 — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. & Jefferson Educational Society, 1 — 9:30 to 11 a.m. Memorial Library, 160 E. Erie County Courthouse, 140 Oct. 29 — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 12 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Front St. erielibrary.org. W. 6th St. eriecountypa.gov. Asbury Woods Nature Asbury Woods Nature Jefferson Educational Society, 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Files and Folders Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Creating Images Tots in Nature Classes: Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. asburywoods.org. asburywoods.org.

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32 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com September 28, 2016 MUSIC REVIEWS

Okkervil River Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Preoccupations Against Me! Away Skeleton Tree Preoccupations Shapeshift With Me ATO Records Bad Seed Ltd. Jagjaguwar Xtra Mile Recordings

way starts off ick Cave has n April of this ome people Astrong. “Ok- Ncultivated a Iyear, the Canadi- Shave been fol- kervil River R.I.P.” decades-long ca- an band Viet Cong lowing Against Me! – the opener – be- reer based around changed their since their earliest gins with a vocal life’s darker emo- name. Going for- recordings. The cadence reminis- tions. Skeleton ward, they will be band seemed to be cent of 2005’s tit- Tree exudes a raw known as Preoc- evolving with us as ular track, “Black Sheep Boy.” It builds intensity that envelops the listener cupations. Abandoning the insensitive we aged along with our modern culture. with majesty, lyrically creating mu- within the first few seconds. There’s moniker, the band began recording their Each album in their catalog has a dis- sic-about-music that would make Don an inescapable context to this album follow-up. The name is an improvement, tinct voice, oftentimes reinventing the McLean proud. Its title might as well that tragically augments the experi- but is the music? The answer is a tenta- band (or Axl Rose), even in some small be a mission statement. Frontman Will ence. In July of 2015, the singer’s son, tive “not really.” The band’s then-epony- way. Shapeshift With Me, relative to the Sheff has forged ahead in the absence of Arthur Cave, fell from a cliff in Brighton, mous debut album, released in January of band’s spectacular catalog as a whole, any regular band members. Okkervil Riv- England, passing away at the age of 15. 2015, was nothing short of phenomenal. is certainly one of their less powerful er lives through Will and Will alone these It’s impossible not to imagine the in- This album is decidedly decent. But one studio albums. Singer Laura Jane Grace days, and it seems to be working out just ner turmoil behind every note. Though shouldn’t be quick to write off an album came out as transgender in 2012. Being fine. Lightly fading into the next track, much of the album was recorded prior simply because it doesn’t exceed the stan- one of – if not the – highest profile trans “Call Yourself Renee,” the album soft- to this event, there were several sec- dards set by its predecessor. Preoccupa- musicians in the world, Grace has been ens into lugubrious, symphonic indie tions added in its wake. Cave’s musical tions is a noble effort of post-punk revival, characteristically open about her per- folk. The orchestration, drawing upon output has frequently dealt with the channeling the sounds of bands like Joy sonal journey. This is the second studio studio musicians selected by Sheff, is issue of death, but never with such a Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, and Bau- release since 2014’s acclaimed Gender lush and beautiful. Songs like “Comes concrete, personal perspective. Details haus, among others. Scott “Monty” Mun- Dysphoria Blues. It starts off in raw punk Indiana Through The Smoke” draw on of his son’s death, and the subsequent ro and Daniel Christiansen’s shimmering anger, with “ProVision L-3,” named after melodic motifs, ruminating on a theme. release of Skeleton Tree, are explored guitars, soaked with wet reverb and delay, a brand of full-body scanners used by The tracks go at their own pace, averag- in Andrew Dominik’s documentary fea- hover over the steady eighth-note chug the TSA. Overall, the album mirrors the ing more than six minutes apiece. The ture, One More Time With Feeling (a line of vocalist Matt Flegel’s bass work. Songs tone of 2011’s White Crosses. Lyrically, demarcations fade in Away, an epic nar- lifted from the song “Magneto”). The decay into noise-based drones, most no- it’s similar, not getting as intimately ex- rative full of dark humor and literary acu- sound thunders in with “Jesus Alone.” tably in the track “Memory.” Every song plicit as other efforts. Unlike every other men. Intelligent writing has always been Tracks like “Girl in Amber” have a cin- title consists of a single, captivating word AM! album (besides Crosses), it suffers Okkervil River’s non-so-secret weapon, ematic intensity, while Else Torp’s so- plucked from its chorus. Flegel’s lyrics are from a half-hearted ending, lacking and it’s just enough to help the album prano in “Distant Sky” provides a cue bleak, intelligent, and existential. The re- any emotionally dynamic closing num- stand, despite its lack of hooks or mem- for a weeping emotional catharsis. cording sounds excellent, brilliantly warm ber, while still being highly listenable. orable choruses. – Nick Warren – Nick Warren and entrancing. – Nick Warren – Nick Warren

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A lot of guys, myself huge gearhead. That’s kind of from inside. That’s what mat- ment. I think the appeal was Neighborhood as “Handyman included, have kind of obses- my downfall – financially, any- ters. The gear is my fun hobby. the aggression of just hitting Negri.” At probably 80 years sively pursued the gear side of way. I’m always buying new gui- The playing, the music, and the something. But once I hopped old, he hadn’t lost a step. He tars and amps. emotion and feeling I want to onto the guitar, things started was incredible! So being in that I think I’ve found the gear create and make people feel is to click for me. environment helped a lot. Studying music, I’ve that will achieve a sound I the passion. That’s the pursuit. WELDING PROGRAM Ed: What was that transition Studying music, I’ve never never had one set can mold, and put forth what I Ed: What projects are you had one set agenda. It’s explor- want the audience to hear. 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