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By creating some snapshot Maitham Basha-Agha of the human condition or the soul at a par- Mary Birdsong The Jefferson Educational Society will host Charles Brown Reiger, Multari, and DiNicola ticular moment in time, one can preserve his Jonathan Burdick or her memory long after the body is extin- Tracy Geibel Lisa Gensheimer The Human Experience – 10 guished. Angie Jeffery If art truly is the distillation of life, then Miriam Lamey Tommy Link Why local history matters what better time to celebrate it then spring? THE DAY Aaron Mook Since its inception in 1923, the annual “Exhi- Dan Schank bition of the Artists of Erie,” now known as Tommy Shannon A Howl of An Undertaking – 12 Ryan Smith SeaWolves season preparations a pack effort the “Spring Show,” has blossomed into a cher- Jen Sorenson ished rite of the season. The 95th iteration Ti Sumner YOU IGNITE Cara Suppa of the Spring Show opens April 21st. 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4 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com April 11, 2018 NEWS & VIEWS A Sit-Down With Schember Recapping the new mayor’s first 100 days
Erie Mayor Joe Schember has picked up JS: Community conversations are on an overall sense of positivity during very important. One of the things I’ve his first 100 days in office, but he knows been doing in the first three months it will mean nothing unless there are things to point to “in terms of making Erie of being in office is being in the com- recognizable and attractive, particularly munity a lot. I want people to view the downtown and the Bayfront.” me as open and accessible and trans- parent as well. I’m not trying to hide JS: The biggest thing was staffing. anything. My approach is that I want a good I’m a human being; I know I’m going person running each department, to make mistakes. And if I do make a and I don’t intend to stick my nose in mistake, I’m not going to try to cover there. it up and I’m going to say, ‘Hey, that I feel that that’s one of the blessings was wrong, we shouldn’t have done it that I’ve had: the team that’s formed that way; going forward, we’re going around me. I can’t say I’ve recruited to do it this way.’ That’s my approach them or tried to bring them in. It’s a to things. very diverse and very talented and very committed team that’s formed around me, and I’m really happy with “Community conversations that. are very important. One of BS: You made some significant hires the things I’ve been doing and changes at City Hall. in the first three months JS: Economic and Community De- velopment, my number-one goal is to of being in office is being bring more family-sustaining jobs to in the community a lot. I Erie. And it’s probably an oversimpli- want people to view me as fication, but I think that in a nutshell open and accessible and would solve all of our problems. More transparent as well. I’m not good family-sustaining jobs is a pri- mary function of the Economic and trying to hide anything.” Community Development depart- ment, and that’s why I was really hap- py to be able to put Chris Groner [as BS: As you’re having these Erie Re- Director] in that role. focused conversations throughout We created two new positions in the 17 neighborhoods outlined in the
MAITHAM BASHA-AGHA that department as well. Abby Skin- plan, how are you making sure that ner, we named her grant writer. The the excitement is palpable outside of University’s Kennedy School of Gov- city’s never had a full-time grant writ- the downtown core? By: Ben Speggen ernment held in partnership with the er before. We felt that was important. JS: A lot of it is communication and n a surprisingly colder-than- U.S. Conference of Mayors], which And also, I wanted to have a business talking about it. But also listening. usual-for-April day in Erie, I was very helpful. But still, I had no development officer with the job to I know there are sections of the city Osat down with Erie’s new may- idea what it was going to be like until bring more jobs to Erie in three ways. that feel like they’re being ignored or, Joe Schember, for an hour to dis- I actually got here. [For that, we hired] Brett Wiler. because all of the focus is downtown cuss his first few months in office. We Now, my wife and I go to the grocery Erie Refocused has a very good vi- and the east and west Bayfront. Buki discussed a range of topics, including store like we always have, and before sion for Erie’s future, and we needed encouraged us: You can’t spread fund- selfies, new key hires, Erie Refocused, we leave, anywhere from 10 to 15 peo- a planner to move it forward. Our ing out over everything, or it just dis- the McBride Viaduct, and community ple have come to take selfies with first step in this process is to get in- appears. You need to focus on certain policing, amongst many other things. me [laughs]. People have been very put from the community, from neigh- areas. Ben Speggen: Let’s start at the be- respectful, but I’m just not used to bors, and we’re planning to go to every By focusing on these areas, it’s going ginning: When did it set in for you people coming up to me, just talking neighborhood. We’re going to do that to spread more quickly to these other that you are now the Mayor of Erie to me. in every neighborhood in Erie, but areas as well. Anyone who wants to and you now have nearly 100,000 I do have a feeling that from these we’re starting in the lower east side take their neighborhood by the collar bosses to answer to? conversations I’m having that things and the lower west side. and start to make it better, we’re going Joe Schember: It wasn’t really un- are changing in Erie. I’m getting a very BS: How does your administration to be there helping them any way we til I took office, but there was a lot of positive vibe from people in terms of go about re-introducing these com- can. planning November through Decem- what’s going on. munity meetings, something Charles BS: What has the dialogue between ber. I went up to Harvard [a three-day BS: What were some of those pre- Buki [Principal Planner, czb., LLC.] the city and county been like since seminar for newly elected mayors at liminary conversations in November was calling for the previous adminis- you took office and Kathy Dalhkem- the Institute of Politics at Harvard and December like? tration to carry out more of? per began her second term as County
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Executive? even though I had been elected but There have already been three pub- the Bayfront. And there better be a lot JS: We actually have lunch with each wasn’t mayor at the time, and that’s lic hearings where anyone could’ve more jobs here that we can point to other every other week. It’s just her one of the things I want to change as spoken. There were letters sent to and talk about. And there better be a and I talking and sharing ideas, and quickly as I can. I’ve made an effort residents in that area, and there were lot more people, Millennials, living in one of the things we’ve learned is that to get to African-American churches meetings with the residents in that market-rate apartments downtown. we’re not going to necessarily agree on with Michael Outlaw [Community Li- area. All of that has happened over We won’t be everywhere we want to everything, but we’re going to disagree aison to the Mayor]. the last eight or so years, so I feel like be, but we better have a lot more that respectfully and try to understand In America, the color of your skin, we’ve looked at it closely. we can say ‘look at this,’ ‘look at that’ each other’s positions and move for- your religion, your ethnicity, your sex- I started studying the Viaduct again now we want to do even more of that ward. ual preference — all that stuff — it in December. I met with everyone going forward. We do have slightly different per- shouldn’t matter if you’re a good per- from Erie CPR individually, usually an BS: I’ve got to ask: Is it easier or spectives with her looking at the son and you’re doing what’s best for hour and a half, and they showed me harder to be a politician in the age of whole county, but I consider myself the community; that’s what matters. slide presentations, they presented Trump? a regional thinker as well. I don’t like So, I’m trying to remind everyone of their case. My conclusion after talking JS: I don’t think about Trump at all, that silo mentality and that turf pro- that. I’m trying to treat everyone with to them, and then after spending time to be honest, in terms of what I do, tection we’ve seen in the past. So I’m respect, and I do feel like we’re make with PennDOT to understanding the because I have no ambitions beyond trying to get away from that and build some progress in that area. work they’ve done, it seems like the being mayor. I’d like to be mayor for relationships not just with the County BS: The New York Times did a piece best course of action to me was to tear three terms and leave a transformed Executive but with the surrounding on the McBride Viaduct. You were it down. city for future generations. That’s my municipalities as well. quick in your administration to say BS: Assuming that everything goes number-one goal. BS: The 24/7 Wall St. report labeling you were proceeding with the demo- according to, or as close to according This interview has been edited for Erie as the “worst city for black Amer- lition path. to, plan as possible, how does Erie’s length and clarity. For a longer version, icans” — how are you tackling that JS: It might’ve seemed quick that I narrative shift in four years after your please visit www.ErieReader.com. issue now that Erie’s been called out did that, but remember that I was on administration’s been in office? on a national stage for being such an Erie City Council when the Viaduct JS: We better be able to point to some Ben Speggen can be reached inequitable city? was closed. I looked at it very close- things we’ve accomplished in terms of at bSpeggen@ErieReader. JS: That’s been one of the most em- ly then. At that point, I felt the right making Erie recognizable and attrac- com and you can follow him barrassing things so far in my role, thing to do was to tear it down. tive, particularly the downtown and on Twitter @BenSpeggen.
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This political map, dating from their marketability to prospec- 1869, displays the Erie Railway tive employers,” Olszowka ex- system that once formed the plained. backbone of regional shipping and transportation. Dr. Amy Carney, history pro- fessor at Penn State Behrend, is equally optimistic. also seeing a renewed interest “[Students] enjoy study- in the field and are working ing history. It is often one of hard to restructure their pro- their favorite subjects,” she grams to adapt to the chang- said. Still, that wasn’t always ing world. reflected in the program’s “We have been very fortu- numbers. “They lament that nate as a History Department they cannot major in history to stay ahead of the curve,” because they or their parents said Dr. John Olszowka, de- believe that there are limited partment chair at Mercyhurst jobs for a history major.” University. “I work with a very Her challenge, she believes, creative and energetic group is to help change that percep- of faculty and we as a depart- tion. ment have tremendous sup- Dr. Olszowka agreed. “I think port from the university’s ad- people are surprised to learn ministration.” that history majors do ev- Their history courses are erything.” He listed off a few available to all students, not fields that recent graduates just history majors. “We’re are working in: law, policing, trying to broaden students’ government service, and even understanding of history,” he computer programming. added. “We have also created a Dr. Carney also described WIKIMEDIA variety of new courses intend- how learning local history has By: Jonathan Burdick ed to broaden the skill sets of had a personal impact on her complete, but published book, Who are we and where do we our students.” students. n February 16, 2016, Dr. titled Haunting the Past: His- fit in? These course offerings in- “Back in 1867, Otto von Bis- Joseph Laythe gave his tory, Memory, Dreams, and the In recent years, it seems clude a partnership with the marck, the chancellor of Ofinal lecture at Edin- Reflections of a Dying Histo- that history has often been el- Erie Maritime Museum to Prussia, was rewarded for his boro University. He had been rian. I reread a passage that I bowed to the sidelines. In pub- offer a three-week credited service to the kingdom,” she battling cancer for years and, had highlighted. lic schools, the humanities are course sailing the Brig Niagara explained, reciting a story she in his own words, wanted one “I want my students and my often the first to face curricu- on Lake Erie. In other courses, often tells students. “He used last chance to give back to the readers to empathize with lum cuts. At post-secondary students have helped create the money that he had been university. The history pro- people of the past and there- institutions, declining enroll- an African-American History given to purchase an estate fessor who used to shout and by become more empathetic ment in undergraduate histo- Heritage Trail for the county, … [near] a paper mill owned pace excitedly through his leg- to their neighbors,” he’d writ- ry programs has been a topic photographed and document- by two brothers, Georg and endary lectures, crafting voic- ten. “I have an obligation to of discussion for years. ed Erie’s historic buildings, and Moritz Behrend. Bismarck es for each historical figure, reach my students to make Yet, the pendulum may be conducted original research to purchased a nearby paper mill, always making students laugh, them better people, not simply swinging. At Yale, for instance, create podcasts (called “Hur- but leased it to the Behrend was now softly reflecting on warehouses of facts, names history is once again the most stories”) in lieu of writing tra- brothers to run. This new mill his career from his wheelchair and dates.” popular major for next year’s ditional papers. Perhaps the was called Hammermühle, or — and while his voice had a History wasn’t learning mere- class. Yale’s director of un- next Stanley Nelson Jr. or Hammer Mill. Moritz Behrend slight rasp and his disposition ly what happened, but also dergraduate studies recently Lynn Novick is already sitting used his financial success to fi- was a bit more restrained, his how what happened affected maintained that “the present in a class on campus, because nance his sons’ operation here humor, thoughtfulness, and individuals. For twenty years, historical moment is enticing in the fall semester, the uni- in Erie.” passion were still intact. Dr. Laythe taught students at young people to join the dis- versity will be adding a brand- The three Behrend brothers “History is the human experi- Edinboro that understanding cipline … [because] economic new concentration for history — Ernst, Otto, and Bernard ence over time,” he told the au- this shared history was im- and political models failed to majors: Historical Documenta- — founded their paper mill in dience. “We’re really all asking portant, that it mattered — predict several defining events ry Filmmaking. Erie in 1898, naming it Ham- the same question: who are we that by digging into the stories … [such as] the 2008 financial “Students are not only gain- mermill Paper Company to and where do we fit in?” of these individuals, we could crisis and the 2016 presidential ing valuable research, writing, honor their father. A few weeks after his lecture, better ascribe meaning to the election.” and critical thinking skills, “I like to share this story be- Dr. Laythe died. As I grieved, present and, quite possibly, to In the Erie region, historians they are also developing tech- cause my students are capti- I opened my copy of his in- our own lives. at our local universities are nological skills that enhance vated by how something we
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One thing that has not changed she joked. “We like to laugh. over the years is the brilliance We love to meet new people of our Presque Isle sunsets. This and we like to have fun … [and] old postcard demonstrates the timeless beauty of Erie’s greatest we’re constantly expanding natural resource. our schedule of events for all ages.” “It’s an exciting time to be the “I think that learning the curator here,” Weiser conclud- history of the place you live in ed. “I hope the people of Erie provides connection to com- County keep track of what munity and it builds that com- we’re up to here, support us, munity,” she said. “People who and share the excitement of enjoy the past seem to me to be our local history.” folks who are invested in their So, if you’re interested in community and in people.” getting more involved in the When asked what she local history scene, in working wished the public knew about to move your community for- the society, she pointed out ward, what can you do? their programming, but also Start by simply visiting your added, “I wish people knew local historical societies, mu- that everyone is important in seums, and organizations. Ask
WIKIMEDIA building and supporting these questions. Donate or volun- institutions. It takes lots of teer if you’re able. Read the volunteer time and energy to work of local historians al- are studying in class — the his- Mansion on West Sixth Street, “Learning the history of build museum collections and ready out there — in the local tory of Prussia in the 19th cen- walking to the Firefighters where one lives allows a per- programs.” history section of the library, tury — relates to them today,” Historical Museum a block son to interact with and feel Mattocks agreed. “We want in periodicals such as the Jour- Dr. Carney added. away on Chestnut, then tra- a part of their surroundings,” people to know we’re not just nal of Erie Studies, or online Marissa Litzenberg, a fresh- versing down to the Erie Mar- Sherretts stressed. “Our past a place to research family his- at sites such as Old Time Erie, man history major at Penn itime Museum and the Fort has a way of making us feel tories. We’re focused on using Erie Yesterday, and Erie’s Afri- State Behrend, was eager to Presque Isle Blockhouse off connected with our environ- history to build our commu- can American History. share her enthusiasm for en- the bay. ment. We better appreciate nity and help move it into the You can even become an am- tering the field. “To learn histo- Throughout the rest of our community and often future. There’s much one can ateur historian. Just start by ry is to learn about the journey northwestern Pennsylvania, more thoroughly strive to do learn from their local history asking yourself: who am I and of the world and to gain insight there are functioning muse- our part to enrich its future as that applies to the challenges where do I fit in? into where it might be heading ums and societies in nearly ev- a result.” that area might face today.” Then dive right in. Dig towards next,” she said. “We ery town, often staying afloat Mattocks agreed. “Learning Becky Weiser, President of through the local archives. can use history to create a thanks to donations and gen- the stories, particularly the the Erie County Historical Ask someone from your lo- context to better understand erous volunteers. personal histories, tends to Society, further echoed these cal historical society for help. what people were thinking at In Meadville, the Crawford give people something they thoughts. She wishes area res- Sometimes you’ll have to look the time that led them to make County Historical Society has can relate to — our shared idents knew more about what for the story. Other times, the one decision versus another.” been doing an impressive job humanity. It’s easy to feel as they offered to the public. story will find you, a few words Dr. Olszowka clearly sees of engaging the public. They if your little town is just a tiny “My assistant, staff of incred- that catch your eye, then won’t that as part of the attraction recently purchased the Tarr blip on a map,” he said, “but ible volunteers, and I are cur- leave your mind — a random to the field. “So much of what Mansion to renovate (saving when you find out that the pri- rently in the process of iden- obituary, a snippet from an old happened in the past informs the Civil War era building from mary election system originat- tifying every object [we have] newspaper, a long-lost letter. our present day communi- demolition) and are operating ed in Crawford County or that and carefully maintaining “It’s a lot of fun to be a his- ty — politically, economically, a museum out of the Bald- Meadville was the first place those things that tell our his- torian,” Dr. Carney said of and culturally. It also often im- win-Reynolds House, built in to desegregate schools well tory,” she said, then offered an her profession, “to have the pacts the decisions we make as 1843 by Supreme Court Justice before the Civil Rights Move- example. “We recently found opportunity to sift through a community going forward.” Henry Baldwin. They’ve also ment … then it’s a reminder a scarf belonging to [Admiral] the available evidence and to The idea that history and embraced social media, pro- that where you’re from is not Lord Nelson… the hero of Great weave a narrative that can community-building are inter- moting events such as their insignificant.” Britain’s greatest naval battle help us understand our past.” twined is common for those upcoming Millennial Mixer, Titusville, just an hour south in 1805 [who] knew someone in There’s a lot of the Erie re- in the field — and outside of which combines Voodoo Brew- of Erie and the birthplace of Erie whom he gave it to.” gion’s past left to discover, so academia, there are numerous ery beers, food, guided tours, the oil industry, is another lo- Danielle Lincoln, who also many stories left to tell. Let’s organizations in the region and local history trivia. cality that, quite literally, re- works at the society, stressed get to work. working to engage the public Josh Sherretts, President of shaped the world. Dr. Rhonda that historical societies and in local history. the Crawford County Histori- Clark of the Titusville Histor- museums are for everyone. Jonathan Burdick runs In Erie, one could make a cal Society, and Vice President ical Society and professor at “We’re not just a bunch of old- the historical blog Rust day out of history hopping: Ron Mattocks have a clear vi- Clarion University, also rec- er gentlemen sitting around & Dirt. Follow them on visiting the Hagen History sion for the organization’s role ognizes the juxtaposition be- a book or a painting smoking Twitter @RustDirt, and on Center and the Watson-Curtze in the community. tween history and community. cigars and talking about war,” Instagram @RustandDirt.
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 11 FEATURE A Howl of An Undertaking SeaWolves season preparations a pack effort
Reporters interview catcher consumer won’t necessarily Jake Rogers on Erie SeaWolves know that (or even care). “So Media Day, which was held there needs to be other moti- Tuesday, April 3. Rogers, the No. 5 prospect in the Detroit Tigers’ vation— relaxation, commu- organization, split time between nity involvement, pleasant three single-A squads last year memories. Our focus is on and is expected to be a major finding the passion points contributor for Erie this season. and making our product rel- evant through those passion (fireworks, etc.) is slotted out. points,” explains Coleman. A week before each home The Business Office, in tan- stand, the document will be dem with its sponsors and reviewed to see if everything partners, design an experi- is still valid. The unexpect- ence that they feel fans will ed can and does happen — a want to take for a spin. The storm system can wipe out Game Day staff — those on an entire series; an unexpect- the frontlines (concession ed guest or Major Leaguer on workers, ushers, announc- rehab assignment may be in ers, sound technicians, mas- town. Like the pitchers and cot C. Wolf and the Wolf
MAITHAM BASHA-AGHA hitters inside the lines, those Pack entertainment team, who conduct the experience etc.) — assemble that expe- outside the lines are con- rience on the field and try By: Matt Swanseger obstacle the grounds crew are the times that try fans’ stantly reading the situation will have to deal with is frost. souls, but Coleman believes and making adjustments in eady or not, the home Snow can be cleared away, they’re better for it. “Our fans real-time. “It’s a lot like planning opener is coming. Nine but a deep freeze locks mois- are not fair-weather; they’re It regularly demands log- a wedding. It’s a great Rdays before the Erie ture into the soil that will all-weather.” ging in extra innings at the time, but it’s also SeaWolves take the field at begin to rise to the surface as For better or worse, ’til de- office. “Folks are fans some- gigantic undertaking. UPMC Park for the first time temperatures warm, render- lays do us part — that is the times of a specific team or a We invite guests, in 2018, gale force winds howl ing the field a squishy, sodden charge of Coleman and his specific player, but people do pursue sponsors, across the concourse, carry- occupational hazard. Despite operations crew. “It’s a lot like not know how hard this team book entertainment, ing wisps of snow with them. record-breaking snowfalls planning a wedding,” he says. of people works,” says Cole- shape the ball park Take me out to the ballgame. this year, Coleman is not too “It’s a great time, but it’s also man, who has adapted him- experience, plan the self for levels of fuel efficien- Erie SeaWolves Team Pres- worried about field condi- a gigantic undertaking. We menu with our caterer.” ident Greg Coleman has wit- tions to start the year. “We’ve invite guests, pursue spon- cy on par with a Tesla. “I slept nessed this phenomenon a not had a lot of good clear, sors, book entertainment, maybe four hours last night.” time or two during his eight temperate days, but we’ve shape the ball park experi- That’s important, because to ignite those passions. One years with the club. He is ut- had no extremes. A couple ence, plan the menu with rarely do the players on the of the most surefire ways to terly unfazed. “We are lucky of clear days in the 50s and it our caterer. We put on about field boast the sort of “name do that, especially at the Mi- to get 10 days with running would green up a bit.” 100 weddings a year — about brand” recognition to gener- nor League level, is through water before the opener.” To be fair, UPMC Park, 70 for our games, and 30 for ate attendance, despite their a fun, quirky, or provocative Pumping water into the which opened as Jerry Uht other events.” In June, they undeniable talent (there are (but not so provocative as park’s plumbing system too Park in June of 1995, was nev- will draft a preliminary out- very few players that make to alienate) promotion. As early is a risky venture; if a er intended to function in line for the following season; it to the double-A, the last a longtime executive in the pipe bursts (due to water ex- an Erie April. Back then, the when the offseason process true development phase be- Minors, Coleman has either panding as it freezes) “you SeaWolves were the short begins in September, they fore the majors — triple-A conceived or encountered literally need to take a side of season single-A affiliate of will flesh out and immediate- rosters often serve as a sort a number of incredibly cre- the building off” to address the Pittsburgh Pirates, com- ly set about executing those of “extended dugout” for Ma- ative (and sometimes bi- the problem. This is the kind peting in the New York-Penn plans. jor League clubs). At points zarre) promotions. “There’s of mess you can’t clean up League. They played from A master document is throughout this year, fans no such thing as a bad idea; at by making a quick call to the mid-June through early Sep- shared between the opera- can expect to watch the De- worst, it’s comic relief.” One bullpen. tember, a time when it’s easy tions team and is updated troit Tigers’ No. 1 (pitcher he chuckles at today is the The grounds themselves are to love baseball. Since 1999, continuously throughout Franklin Perez), No. 4 (pitch- “Vices Night” someone pro- maintained by Erie Events, however, the SeaWolves have the offseason. In this spread- er Beau Burrows), and No. 5 posed during his time in the who work closely with the been proud members of the sheet, everything from na- (catcher Jake Rogers) pros- independent Golden Baseball SeaWolves throughout the double-A Eastern League, tional anthem singers to who pects, players that stand a League in California — peo- year. When preparing for the which begins its seasons in throws out the first pitch good chance of making it to ple smoking “whatever they home opener, the greatest the depths of “spring.” These to postgame entertainment the big leagues, but the casual want,” boozing out of flasks,
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Diane Grguras MAITHAM BASHA-AGHA and gambling in the stands — native facts,” Coleman inked it Veteran pitcher Josh Turley, 27, was a 16th round draft pick of the Tigers into the promotional schedule. essentially the antithesis of the out of Baylor in 2012. He posted a “family-friendly” blueprint. He received a number of angry 3.69 ERA last season in bouncing The best promotions are those calls. “People were upset about between three levels of Detroit’s Ryan Burke that are inventive, reflect well a promotion we hadn’t finished farm system, ending the year with the triple-A Toledo Mud Hens. on the community and organi- making up yet.” The uproar, of 10 E. 5th St, Erie, PA 16501 zation, and have reach and mass course, was unwarranted. Yes, (814) 453-3758 appeal (it’s a copycat league, no the team used a hot-button term www.glassgrowersgallery.com matter what league you’re in, to pique interest, but the promo- It may have been a chilly April and the ultimate flattery is to tion was nothing but tongue- so far, but things are indeed have other teams borrow and in-cheek fun in execution, pok- warming up at UPMC Park. adapt your wildly original idea). ing fun at the franchise’s lack Opening weekend pits the Sea- PA 16 DISTRICT One of the more unique concepts of on-field success with fake Wolves against the Altoona Coleman’s had a hand in is “What championship banners, mem- Curve and kicks off with the CONGRESSIONAL Could’ve Been Night,” which won orabilia, and a Game Day staff Opening Day Bash on Friday, Minor League Baseball’s Promo- totally complicit in the ruse (and April 13 in the UPMC Park Plaza. tion of the Year in 2009. The sin- against the previous year’s actu- Food, entertainment, games, and DEBATE gle-A Bowling Green Hot Rods al Eastern League champion Ak- happy hour drink specials ($3 se- Erie’s Downtown Debate Series competed as the Bowling Green ron RubberDucks, no less). lect domestic drafts) will precede FREE EVENT Cave Shrimp (the runner-up in Again, success as a Minor the first pitch, slated for 6:05 p.m. the fan’s naming contest) for one League club goes beyond on-field On Saturday, the SeaWolves will night, complete with new uni- performance and wins and loss- celebrate Erie Day, paying hom- DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES forms, logos, and signage. Many es — those things help, but Mi- age to the City of Erie’s birthday teams have since tinkered with nor League rosters are often very (it was incorporated April 14, this idea, even in other sports fluid and furthermore at the 1851) with local students and or- — the NBA G League’s Erie Bay- mercy of the parent clubs, whose ganizations. The team will also Hawks recently took the court priority is developing prospects recognize a local resident for his as the “Erie Pepperoni Balls.” to make their teams better. At or her contributions to the com- This season, the SeaWolves will the end of the day, what matters munity. Chris Rieger, Ronald DiNicola & Robert Multari play a game as the SnowWolves is that fans take home a memory Whether or not the weather for the team’s “Christmas in July” or impression strong enough to cooperates, here’s hoping this Jefferson Educational Society promotion (Friday, July 27). return. For instance, they might SeaWolves City celebrates many 3207 State St, Erie, PA 16508 Another award-winning — and launch a stuntman from a can- more birthdays to come. April 26 / 7 to 8:30 p.m. briefly controversial — promo- nonball in center field into a net tion was last season’s “Alternative in front of home plate (Tuesday, Matt Swanseger is a proud PRESENTED BY Facts” night, which Coleman uses Aug. 14). They might spike your former dance-off champion at to illustrate how ideas evolve or- insulin, if not your adrenaline Jerry Uht Park. For business ganically. The seed was planted (Sugar Rush Night on Saturday, inquiries or to debate hot with the term “fake news” being June 23). And if those things fail, dog condiment preferences bandied about during the 2016 who could forget a night at the (always Stadium Mustard, election cycle. When Kellyanne Cowboy Monkey Rodeo (Tues- never ketchup), contact Public Policy Fund Conway coined the term “alter- day, June 19)? [email protected] REGISTER TODAY: JESErie.org/events
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 15 FEATURE A Momentous Milestone For a Local Art Treasure Erie Art Museum’s Spring Show celebrates regional talent
This efficient procedure ally present themselves as have no qualms about the has been developed over the objects.” Spring Show going forward. past near-century with staff Is she apprehensive about I’m sure she’ll change things and volunteers alike having taking the reins from some- but that’s a good thing. Fresh honed the jurying process one who has been curating insights keep things evolv- into an art itself. The in-per- Spring Shows since 1969? No, ing.” son event is, in fact, part of not really. Barnett’s fresh eye will the revered lore of the Spring “I am so impressed with build on the work Vanco ac- Show; most jurying in the art the quality of the work that complished in the past 49 world today is done via com- was entered in the show years. To really see how the puters, with artists sending and grateful to Maruyama show evolved, a dip into the digital images of their works for making the hard choices. institutional memory of the to jurors for review. . From 643 entries, she chose organization is in order. For John Vanco, former Ex- 102 works for the show, a per- The annual “Exhibition of ecutive Director of the Erie fect number to fill the muse- the Artists of Erie” began in Art Museum, the in-person um’s main gallery. We could 1923 at the Erie Arts Center, process held many advantag- easily have made three good predecessor to the current es. “First, it’s fairer to the art- exhibitions from the work museum, and was organized ist and the juror. Details and that was entered,” says Bar- by the Art Club of Erie. Cat- scale are much more obvious nett. alogs from some of the early and works in two and three Vanco, who says he won’t years show us that awards dimensions don’t suffer the miss working on the show, were given, and the jurors way they might if the pho- has great trust in Barnett. “I were a team of local art pa- tograph used to present the work is not the best quality. Plus, it’s a far more satisfy- ing process and then, once complete, the curator knows exactly what there is to work with.” Susan Barnett, who joined the museum staff as curator
MARY BIRDSONG MARY last spring when Vanco re- tired, concurs. “The in-person jurying makes the local drop-off a heart of someone with more community event. Artists By: Mary Birdsong than 40 years of innovative may see each other for the endy Maruyama craftsmanship to bear on the first time in a while and the sits in diffused 643 submissions to the show. process can discourage those Wlight at the south She leans forward, squinting farther out of town from end of the Hagan Gallery of to examine details, leans back submitting, which gives the the Erie Art Museum. Volun- in her chair with folded arms show a more local feel.” She teers pad softly around the to get a larger view. She asks also thinks that seeing the room providing a soft under- for titles, knits her brow at works in person lets the ju- current of audible rhythm in one work, and rests her chin ror examine the material the lively but hushed room. in her hands at others. Her and craftsmanship in a more Everyone is wearing gloves ruminations only last a short realistic way. “The works re- as they transport works from while with each presentation stacks against the wall to- and then it’s “yes,” “no,” or [top left] The Spring Show has ward Maruyama. It is at once “maybe.” come a long way from its origins as the Annual Exhibition of the a chaotic, but well-organized The volunteers quickly Artists in Erie, expanding both bustle of activity. The jurying move away, stopping at an- in scope and radius of eligibility, process for the 95th Spring other table to announce each opening up to artists as far as Show is in full swing. work’s fate to other volun- 250 miles away. [bottom right] Maruyama, an artist, fur- teers and then head in dif- Wendy Maruyama, juror of the 95th Spring Show, brings a niture maker and educator, ferent directions depending wealth of experience to the table seems to be enjoying herself on the judgment the work as an artist, furniture maker, and as she brings the eyes and they’re holding received. educator.` CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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Spring Show juror Wendy groupings by theme, medi- Maruyama evaluates a painting um and color until we find for the exhibit opening on April relationships that work. I do 21, sitting alongside Museum envision certain very strong curator Susan Barnett. Of 643 total submissions, 102 were works as central elements in chosen for display. various areas of the gallery.” And she has reason to be excited to be part of the rich manageable show. “It was and storied tradition that is a true honor to jury such a the Erie Art Museum Spring significant exhibition … there Show. The show has, in many were so many stellar submis- ways, been the harbinger of sions that it became an issue spring, a re-awakening of the of rejecting work not because regional art world, an oppor- it was poor, but because the tunity for artists to show off space has limits,” she re- what they worked on over marked in an email. “Some- the winter. times I had to really shift the strategy on my evaluation process. For example, if there “The in-person were three paintings I loved jurying makes the but each had, let’s say, crows, local drop-off a or trees as a central element, community event. it came down to choosing the strongest depiction overall.” Artists may see And Maruyama also gives each other for the us other peeks into her ap- first time in a while proach by writing “as a craft and the process can person I am mindful of how discourage those well things are made, wheth- er it’s painting or sculpture. farther out of town At the same time I tried to from submitting, evaluate the use of ‘appropri- MARY BIRDSONG MARY which gives the show ate’ craftsmanship — work a more local feel.” trons. 75 miles to 250, despite initial gave the museum an oppor- made with found objects In a fascinating tidbit, the protests from locals. This tunity to showcase regional have a different patina, so to 1931 catalog, the eighth annu- brought in a wider diversi- talent to a wider world and speak. But if I am distracted But as Barnett wisely points al show, reveals that Cather- ty of talent to the show and gave staff the opportunity by it, then that is how I may out, the Spring Show is “more ine Burns Plavcan bests her as the years progressed, the to work with notable profes- come to a decision.” than just an exhibition or much more famous husband, Spring Show had developed sionals in the field. “There Her words reveal how the a contest, the Spring Show Joseph Plavcan with a “First a reputation for attracting have been many great jurors,” varying approaches or em- brings artists together in Erie Award.” He received a First quality work. says Vanco. “Recently Sergei phases of jurors over the and the region. Artists of all Honorable Mention that What also helped grow Isupov and William Wegman years have shaped the Spring ages and backgrounds stop year. the quality of the show was were great jurors and won- Show in distinctive ways, giv- by during the drop-off period Of course, Vanco didn’t ar- recruiting the luminaries derful to work with.” ing each its own flavor. This, to see one another’s work and rive on the scene until 1969, of the art world to jury the Another innovation that for better or worse, keeps the offer support. The reception but he saw the first “May show. One, Marcia Tucker, spurred interest by artists show fresh and new each is a reunion for artists and Show” in 1968 when he was was founder and director of was the instituting of a year and one that is eagerly a celebration that connects working as a journalist for the New Museum of Contem- purchase patrons’ program awaited in the community. them to the community.” the Erie Daily Times. “I re- porary Art when she juried in where collectors agree to ac- Erie will get to see the 95th So, as an interesting and viewed it, and I remember 1983. quire a work from the show. show on April 22, when it rewarding Spring Show is at that it had some controversy Jurors often came in skep- This year that means $12,500 opens to the public. Until hand, let’s celebrate the Erie as it contained a painting of a tical according to Vanco. In in guaranteed purchases. An then, the staff of the muse- Art Museum as it reaches nude man in a bathtub.” fact one, gallery owner and additional $15,000 in cash um is busy with post-jurying this remarkable milestone. By the following year, the dealer Bernice Steinbaum, prizes, including one from logistics. Barnett is excited And let’s all look forward to Erie Art Center had hired said to him that she had high the Northwest Pennsylvania about installing her first the 100th and many more af- Vanco to be the first director. standards and remarked, Artists Association, will also Spring Show. “For me, as a ter that from what is clearly a He renamed the May Show “You might only end up with be awarded. new curator and Erie resi- local treasure. Erie would be the Spring Show because he one work.” It turned out she Some of those prizes will dent, the Spring Show is a far poorer without it. wanted to open it earlier, in was pleasantly surprised, as go to works chosen by fantastic opportunity to get April. He also expanded the most others were as well. Maruyama, who had a diffi- to know the artists and their Mary Birdsong can be radius of miles from which Having jurors from larger cult task of winnowing down work. I look forward to laying reached at mbirdsong@ artists could contribute from communities and markets the collected works into a out the show and exploring eriereader.com
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 19 CALENDAR Clybourne Park at Erie Playhouse Tackles Barber Art Show Brings Together Hundreds of Artists Debate of Urban Development 15-foot-tall metal sculpture with nau- tical and temporal elements was de- signed and fabricated by students and faculty from the George Junior Repub- lic. The base of the sculpture features a tiled mosaic designed by Frank Fecko, created by eight adults in the Institute’s Fine Arts Program. The art show will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday with a wine and cheese FRIDAY, APR. 13 reception starting at 5 p.m., and run he Barber National Institute will until Monday evening. With over 200 Thost an art show and sale featuring works by young artists, in addition to work from nearly 500 artists from all many familiar regional, professional over our region. The 11th annual event names on the walls, the show promis- is sponsored by physicians and sup- es to span myriad styles and subjects, porters of the arts Jay and Mona Kang. with the title of this year’s show fittingly To kick everything off, there will be a asking the viewer to be “celebrating the FRIDAY, APR. 13 suing 50 years. That change has to hap- special unveiling of a public sculpture possibilities.” — Nick Warren he next show at the Erie Playhouse pen in the space of the intermission. entitled “Timeless Possibilities.” At 11 Ttackles issues like gentrification, The original design was created by our a.m., a ribbon cutting ceremony will Friday, Apr. 13 to Monday, Apr. 16 // race, and the impact of housing in a scenic designer, Christine Daugherty, be held for the work at the Institute’s Barber National Institute, 100 Barber given community. Set in 1959 and 2009 but she went on maternity leave at the main entrance along East Avenue. The Place // barberinstitute.org/artshow Chicago, this play spans 50 years over pivotal moment of execution, so the the course of two acts. When asked actual construction has been taken what she hoped audiences would take over by Julie Lokahi, who will also be Memorable Messes in Dramashop’s The Clean House away from the performance, Marketing the stage manager in charge of making FRIDAY, APR. 13 Director for the Erie Playhouse Carolin the transformation happen each night. and romantic foray into the lives of Lynn spoke of these themes at length. She has a larger-than-usual crew for a married couple, both doctors, who “My hope is that audience members this show to assist her, as the changes hire someone to keep tabs on the see that issues like “white flight” and go all the way down to the walls and mess within, while it seems no one “gentrification” — terms NOT used in floors. The transformation process will can control the messes without. These the show but very much topics in the air happen in full view of the audience, so include both an eccentric sister with — have human faces.” Lynn anticipates I think they will appreciate how ma- an abiding love of house cleaning that some audience members may walk jor a change it will be,” said Lynn. The (and meddling), as well as a troubling out of the show due to profanities, but Erie Playhouse is also partnering with new romance between surgeon and those who stay will witness the mirror- the Jefferson Educational Society for patient. Relationships are tested and ing of the first and second acts. While a series of lectures, the first one being forged as the play’s emotional layers not the first time this show has been “How Theater Can Teach Us: What Erie build one upon the other to a heartfelt performed in Erie, this is the first time can Learn from Clybourne Park.” More btaining a clean house is no small conclusion for this humorous, whimsi- Clybourne Park has been fully staged information about this event can be Omatter, and it can be particular- cal comedy, opening for an extremely — giving the Erie Playhouse an oppor- found on the JES website. — Michael ly challenging when your Brazilian limited run at the Dramashop. — Cara tunity to showcase their typical apti- Haas housekeeper prefers writing comedy Suppa tude for spectacle. “The house in this to dusting anything. show is a major character. It’s a modest Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10th St. // Dates, This is the set-up of Sarah Ruhl’s Su- 8 p.m. // 1001 State Street, living space in the ’50s and it has gone showtimes, and prices available san Smith Blackburn Prize-winning Suite 210 // Pay what you can // through some major decline in the en- online at erieplayhouse.org play The Clean House, a witty, wise dramashop.org/the-clean-house
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22 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com April 11, 2018 CALENDAR The Big Mean Sounds of Tomorrow Celebrate Bernstein’s Legacy with ‘Candide in Erie, audiences watched, spellbound by Concert’ her amazing voice, as her backing band pumped out original soul tunes. This will all-star cast from the Playhouse will not be her first time in the larger downstairs disappoint. This is a rare show to see complex. live, and we are very honored for the The headliners are a big band with a chance to bring it to the Warner Theatre big sound — after all, it’s right there in stage. This is definitely a night not to be the name. Big Mean Sound Machine is missed!” a afro-funk party band with a lineup be- “Candide in Concert” is a one-night- tween eight and thirteen members, de- only production being presented in cel- FRIDAY, APR. 13 pending on the performance. With a full SATURDAY, APR. 14TH ebration of renowned American com- wo powerhouse groups are about to horn section and plenty of percussion, arlier this winter, a collaboration be- poser, conductor and pianist Leonard Tfill the downstairs of the King’s Rook the band brings a danceable, infectious Etween the Erie Playhouse, the Erie Bernstein, just in time for what would Club with sound. Ithaca, New York’s Big groove that invites audiences to the Philharmonic, and PACA (Erie’s Per- have been his 100th birthday. The op- Mean Sound Machine and Rochester’s dance floor, and released their fourth forming Arts Collective Alliance) was eretta, based on a 1759 novella of the Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow Peo- full-length album last year, titled Runnin announced in an effort to recognize same name by Voltaire, tells the uplift- ple will be splitting the bill. for the Ghost. — Nick Warren “the uniqueness of the Erie theater and ing adventure of a man (played by Mi- The latter features the spectacular art scene.” While “Candide in Concert” chael Valentine) who travels the world vocal abilities of diva frontwoman Dan- 10 p.m. // Kings Rook Club, 1921 Peach is not an explicit addition to this series, after losing his fiancée (played by Dev- ielle Ponder. At her first appearance in St. // facebook.com/kingsrookclub it is clear that the partnership opened on Lavinia Yates), encountering “duel- further doors for collaboration between ing sultans” and “countless con artists” Maple Festival Offers Sweet Family Fun the organizations as the special event along the way. Despite originally being is presented in equal parts by the Erie met with “unenthusiastic reactions” Playhouse and the Erie Philharmonic. upon its 1959 opening, this wildly pop- People can further explore maple syrup “We are incredibly excited for the ular production has now become a cult production at the kid’s “Discovery Zone,” chance to work side by side with the classic of sorts and is sure to stir a great where you can watch demonstrations Erie Playhouse again, this time with deal of excitement within Erie’s dedicat- and taste the goods. Bernstein’s legendary Candide,” says ed theater community. — Aaron Mook Live animal shows are also scheduled Steven Weiser, executive director of the throughout Saturday and Sunday. Guests Erie Philharmonic. “The music will really 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. // 23 West 10th can also help name Asbury Woods’ new put the orchestra on display while the Street // Tickets start at $25 SATURDAY, APR. 14 ferret by voting for their favorite option with a donation towards the care of the Sherlocks, 508 State Experimental Series Apr. 20 — 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. he 42nd Asbury Woods Maple Festival animal and its habitat. The name that St. facebook.com. Apr. 19 — 7 to 11 p.m. Sherlocks, 508 State St. facebook.com. Tpromises to be sweet. raises the most money will win. Just Dance Erie Movie House, 3424 W. Lake Rd. facebook.com. The festival, which annually attracts Maple Festival tickets will be available Apr. 14 — 9:30 p.m. to midnight Breaking Solace and more than 1,000 guests, will feature ma- at the door. — Tracy Geibel Scotty’s Martini Lounge, 301 Gov’t Mule Brotherhood of the Jam German St. facebook.com. ple syrup production tours and plenty of Apr. 19 — 7:30 p.m. Apr. 20 — 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Warner Theatre, 811 opportunities to sample the syrup and Saturday & Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ron Yarman & Friends Syracuse’s Breaking the Solace Apr. 15 — 1 to 4 p.m. State St. mule.net. joins forces with local metal pancakes, too. // Asbury Woods Nature Center, Arundel Cellars & Brewing Co., Small Town Revolution bands Brotherhood of the Jam Guided 45-minute historical tours will 4105 Asbury Rd. // $5 for Asbury 11727 E. Main Rd. North East, and Craw for a night of shred- Apr. 20 — 6 to 10 p.m. PA 16428 facebook.com. ding and heavy breakdowns. take place throughout the day, and a Woods members, $7 for non- Featuring a lead male and lead Spring Choir Concert Scotty’s Martini Lounge, 301 shorter 15-minute, friendly-for-all-ages members, free for age 3 & under // female singer, the much-loved German St. facebook.com. version will also be available. 835-5356 // asburywoods.org Apr. 15 -- 5 to 7 p.m. local country six piece is Penn State Behrend, 4701 able to cover all the bases. Whisky for Three College Dr. behrend.psu.edu. Big Bar, 14 E. 10th St. Apr. 21 — 1 to 4 p.m. Jack Stauber to Release Third Solo Album HiLo at Basement facebook.com. Arundel Cellars & Brewing Co., Latin Jazz Concert: 11727 E. Main Rd. North East, Transmissions Mambo Light It Up PA 16428 arundelcellars.com. Apr. 16 — 7 to 9:30 p.m. Apr. 20 — 6 to 11 p.m. Jackson Station SATURDAY, APRIL 14 As the name implies, these Basement Transmissions, 145 Apr. 21 — 6 to 10 p.m. talented local musicians W. 11th St. facebook.com. cKean native and wildly unique skills to his advantage with his unique Bourbon Barrel, 1213 State combine Latin, jazz, salsa, and Jim Avett St. facebook.com. avant-pop musician Jack Stauber VHS-style music videos and content merengue into a potent recipe. M Apr. 20 — 8 to 9:30 p.m. is set to release his third full-length solo that are equally as strange as his music. Penn State Behrend, 4701 Room 33, 1033 State Victory Highway album HiLo, a follow-up to 2017’s Pop If you’re a fan of wholeheartedly origi- College Dr. behrend.psu.edu. St. facebook.com. Apr. 21 — 6 to 10 p.m. Troll 2, Cult Classics, Big Bar, 14 E. 10th St. Food at Basement Transmissions. Join- nal and off-the-beaten-path pop music, Theory of Evolution facebook.com. ing him for this evening of fun will be a you’d be remiss to miss the show. With and Shadow Tribe Apr. 21 — 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Apr. 18 — 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Hoodie Allen slew of equally entertaining acts such Stauber’s current track record, one can Oasis Pub, 3122 W. Lake Scotty’s Martini Lounge, 301 Rd. facebook.com. Apr. 21 — 8 p.m. as Spish, Green Fingers, Teddy Rankin only ponder what sort of musical menag- German St. facebook.com. Penn State Behrend, 4701 Aqueous and and Joose, which Stauber also fronts. erie of fun is in store for his ever-growing College Dr. behrend.psu.edu. Pains and Church Tongue Backup Planet Jimmy Burns Stauber currently lives in the Oakland audiences. — Roman Sabella Apr. 19 — 7 to 11 p.m. Apr. 20 — 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. area of Pittsburgh where he attends the Basement Transmissions, 145 Kings Rook Club, 1921 Apr. 21 — 8 to 10 p.m. W. 11th St. facebook.com. Peach St. facebook.com. Room 33, 1033 State University of Pittsburgh for marketing 6:30 p.m. // 145 W 11th St // $8 // St. facebook.com. ElextroFLUX Noise Creep and advertising. He actively uses these facebook.com/basement.transmissions The Tomeka Reid Quartet
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 23 CALENDAR Get Ready to DNCE at Gannon University Gov’t Mule Unwinds at the Warner Popular jam band makes pit stop in Erie the two radio smash hits that would go on to define the current era, “Cake By songwriter Warren Haynes the Ocean” and “Toothbrush.” The sin- developed a kinship with gles would eventually be included on Woody when they joined the band’s first full length record, DNCE, the legendary Allman Bros. released just a year later on November Band in 1989. Five years lat- 18, 2016. Reactions to DNCE and their er, the two recruited drum- early work have been positive, with mer Matt Abts and record- many critics noting the band’s diverse ed Gov’t Mule’s self-titled style and lighthearted, dance-centric debut. Since then, the band songwriting. has expanded from a power “At the end of the school year, when trio to a quartet, consisting SATURDAY, APR. 14TH students are most stressed about fi- of Haynes, Abts, Danny Lou- pring concerts are an interesting nals and graduation, we really need is (guitar, keys, and backup Sphenomenon in the context of local something fun like this concert to keep vocals), and Jorgen Carls- college life. Traditionally taking place morale high,” says sophomore Teddy son (bass). At the core of every other year to save for expenses, Rankin. “It’s a great way for the univer- THURSDAY, APR. 19 the Gov’t Mule’s sound are Haynes’ grit- there’s a healthy sense of competition sity to connect with its student commu- usic — at least music that which ty electric blues riffs and commanding between Erie’s universities to see who nity and allows for us to blow off some Mhas anything to say — could not vocals, but the group also draws from can conjure the biggest name, drawing steam.” exist without tension. Blues music, gospel, soul, jazz, funk, and country to in not only students and staff but the Many Gannon students have been vo- in particular, would be a figment in its create a varied repertoire. They are also public as well. This year, Gannon Uni- cal about their surprise and excitement absence; a bluesman relies on tension known to splice a well-placed cover or versity has given the competition a run regarding the university’s ability to bring to make his guitar strings sound and two into their sets, whether it be The for their money as they prepare to host an artist as popular as DNCE to Erie. tension in his soul to sing lyrics that Beatles (check out their great inter- funk-pop stars DNCE at their very own For them, the spring concert presents resonate. Gov’t Mule just so happened pretation of “She Said, She Said”), Pink Hammermill Center. a much-needed opportunity to let loose to begin recording its tenth studio al- Floyd, or (naturally) the Allman Bros. Formed in 2015, DNCE is most notable toward the end of the second semester. bum Revolution Come, Revolution Go Like the Allmans, the band is well-re- for being fronted by Joe Jonas, current — Aaron Mook with tension at (or near) an all-time garded for their ability to improvise Jonas brother and former member of high: Election Day 2016. The push-pull during their live shows, several of which The Jonas Brothers. The band worked 8 p.m. // 620 Peach Street // between Democrat and Republican, have been recorded and are cherished quickly to release their debut EP, Swaay, Student tickets start at $10, majority and minority, traditional and by fans as much as, if not more so, than in October of the same year, featuring public tickets start at $25 progressive, globalism or isolationism, their studio albums. You’ll be able trea- regulation or deregulation (and seem- sure their upcoming concert at the ingly anything one might conceivably Warner Theatre (although you won’t be take sides on) had seldom felt so pro- able to take home a copy), with met- Apr. 21 — 8 to 11 p.m. 4701 College Dr. beh- St. lifeworkserie.org. nounced. This environment cultivated al-tinged Southern rockers Black Stone PACA, 1505 State St. rend.psu.edu. Dance Downtown Erie Food Tour paca1505.com. the band’s most critically acclaimed Cherry opening. Even if the music Mercyhurst Dance Apr. 14 — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. release since 2001’s The Deep End, comes from being wound-up, listening Mushroomhead Department: Water Dance Like My Thai, 827 State and Unsaid Fate Apr. 14 — 4 p.m. St. eriefoodtours.com. which was written in the wake of found- is about unwinding. — Matt Swanseger Apr. 21 — 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dobbins Landing, 1 State Maple Festival ing member and bassist Allen Woody’s Sherlocks, 508 State St. miac.mercyhurst.edu. Apr. 14, 15 — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. passing (grief, of course = tension). 7:30 p.m. // 811 State St. // $36.75-$44 St. facebook.com. Champions of Dance Asbury Woods Nature Lead guitarist, singer, and principal // erieevents.com/events/govt-mule/ Victory At The Apr. 15 — 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Crossroads, Revelation, Bayfront Convention Center, asburywoods.org. and Green Fingers 1 Sassafras Pier champi- Erie County Dairy oncheercentral.com. Apr. 21 — 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Princess Tea Scotty’s Martini Lounge, 301 Mercyhurst Dance Apr. 15 — 2 p.m. Experience the Classic Comedy of One Man, Two Guvnors at German St. facebook.com. Department: Raw Mound Grove Golf Course, Gannon University Funktional Flow Edges XX 10760 Donation Rd. Waterford, PA 16441 facebook.com. Apr. 21 — 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Apr. 20 — 7 p.m. & Apr. 21 — 2 & 7 p.m. & Apr. 22 — 2 p.m. THURSDAY, APR. 19TH nors originally premiered in May 2011 to The Buffalo quintet ties All About Tea Mary D’Angelo Performing his month, Gannon University’s widespread critical acclaim, including a together their titular funk Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. Apr. 16 — 2 to 3 p.m. with rock and reggae in what’s miac.mercyhurst.edu. Lincoln Community Center TSchuster Theatre will be unveiling five star review from The Guardian pro- always a lively performance. Library, 1255 Manches- their latest show of the current season, claiming it “a triumph of visual and ver- Jazz Ensemble ter Rd. erielibrary.org. Kings Rook Club, 1921 Richard Bean’s One Man, Two Guvnors. bal comedy.” Schuster Theatre’s perfor- Peach St. facebook.com. Spring Concert Apr. 24 -- 8 to 9:30 p.m. 2018 Erie County Directed by Gannon alumna and the- mance will star students Luke Frawley, Blasco Concert Series: Penn State Behrend, 4701 Democratic Party Edinboro Chamber Players College Dr. behrend.psu.edu. Spring Dinner atre professor Alaina Manchester, this Petra Shearer, and Seamus Clerkin as Apr. 23 — 7 to 8 p.m. Apr. 19 — 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. English adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s lead Francis Henshall. — Aaron Mook Blasco Memorial Library, 160 FOOD & DRINK The Erie County Demo- beloved Italian comedy, The Servant E. 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26 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com April 11, 2018 CALENDAR Hurts So Good: Pains and Church Tongue at Basement Jim Avett: Same Space, New Stage in Downtown Transmissions Erie THURSDAY, APRIL 19 asement Transmissions is bringing the pain with one of the heaviest hardcore was one of the first peo- Bshows to come to Erie in months. ple I reached out to when Pains, on tour from Chicago, unleashes devastating fury on their five track EP, I knew we were getting Drown the Earth, one of the angriest releases I’ve heard in some time. Each track ready to open.” fades into the next, almost making the full EP feel as if it were just one long hardcore Situated along the State song. If it were, the song’s breakdown would be the track “The Mouth,” by far the Street corridor in a plum heaviest song on the album. location midway between Touring with Pains are Church Tongue, from Indianapolis. Church Tongue’s 2016 Jekyll and Hyde’s and The full-length album Heart Failure touches on many different subgenres of hardcore, Plymouth, speakeasy at times sounding melodic, other times sounding like mid-2000’s metalcore, with lounge Room 33 is the beatdown and mosh riffs sprinkled everywhere in between. perfect venue for Avett Local opening acts include Erie hardcore young bucks, Livid Life, Erie metalcore to make his return to the band, Of Shadows, and Narwhal Bloodbath. So come out to Basement Transmis- Erie area — after all, a sions to support the bands and mosh your socks off. — Tommy Shannon “generation” ago, Styn’s stylishly rendered space 7 p.m. // 145 W. 11th St. // $10 Advance, $13 Doors // facebook.com/basement.transmissions served as the Erie Ale House, and the FRIDAY, APR. 20 very spot where Avett made his first ap- usic, when it comes from the heart pearance in the Gem City. “All An Act Cast Reprise Roles for Comedic Sequel” Mand uplifts the soul, has a way of Now, this Navy veteran, farmer and being handed down from generation welder-by-trade, whose music career FRIDAY, APR. 20 with an ensemble cast allows the co- to generation like a prized family heir- blossomed late in life after the dual f you’re looking to escape to 1936 Paris medic elements to develop more organ- loom. Jim Avett’s own father, a preach- responsibilities of work and family no Iwhile still in Erie, look no further than ically and that audiences will be sure to er who filled his family’s life with song, longer confined music to a mere hob- All An Act’s production of Comedy of notice their rapport. All An Act is known bequeathed it upon his son; Jim, in his by, will return to the stage for what Styn Tenors. This play by Ken Ludwig, a two- for their attention to detail in set design, turn, passed it onto his sons, Scott and calls “an opportunity to experience mu- time Olivier Award-winning playwright, and this show is no exception. The set Seth, better known as The Avett Broth- sicians that [audiences] may not oth- is a show a year in the making for “A3.” has been developed by Mitchell, a man ers, as well as a daughter, Bonnie. erwise have access to.” Consider it a Director David Mitchell said that the who wears many hats during the pro- Erie might not have any blood ties to royal complement to the many talented Comedy of Tenors, a sequel to Lend Me cess of Comedy of Tenors. This comedy Avett, but that doesn’t make the gift of local acts in the area, from a father and A Tenor, contains the same gut-bust- is “PG-13” according to Mitchell, and will his music to the generations who come grandfather who looks forward to every ing comedy that will leave audiences in run until May 13. — Michael Haas to hear him at Room 33 any less inti- family dinner with the grandkids back stitches. “A3” produced the prequel to mate or profound. home in North Carolina. — Cara Suppa Comedy of Tenors during their last sea- 7:30 p.m. (see website for full schedule) “When I heard Jim Avett years ago, he son and the cast from that production // 652 W. 17th St. // $12 Adults; $10 brought the house down,” said Rebec- 8 p.m. // 1033 State Street // will be reprising their roles in this piece. Seniors and Students (cash-only ca Styn, proprietor at Room 33. “His General Admission $10 // facebook. Mitchell went on to say that working at the door) // allanact.net music is so engaging and uplifting…He com/room33speakeasy
121 W. 14th St. facebook.com. biggreenscreen.com. The Post PA 16444 brucegallery.info. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Apr. 24 through May 5 (Reception Apr. 24 — 7 to 8 p.m.) Apr. 18 — 5:30 p.m. St. erieartmuseum.org. Wine & Cheese Weekend Prehistoric Planet Patricia S. Yahn Doane Hall of Art at Allegheny Apr. 20 — 5 p.m. & Apr. 21, Ongoing — noon & 3 p.m. The Oscar-nominated film Student Art Show Jay & Mona Kang Art College, 520 N. Main St. Mead- 22 — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tom Ridge Environmental stars screen icons Meryl Ongoing through Apr. 27 Show and Sale ville, PA 16335 allegheny.edu. Various Locations, la- Center, 301 Peninsula Dr. Streep and Tom Hanks in a John M. Lilley Library at Penn Apr. 13 — 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. & keeriewinecountry.org. biggreenscreen.com. real-life story of the Wash- State Behrend, 4951 Behrend Apr. 14, 15 — noon to 3 p.m. ington Post’s involvement & Apr. 16 — 1 to 6 p.m. North East Food Tour College Dr. sites.psu.edu. THEATER Flight of the Butterflies with the Pentagon Papers. Barber National Insti- Apr. 22 — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ongoing — 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. Urban Chatter: Textile Art tute, 100 Barber Place Bourbon Barrel, 1213 State Til Beth Do Us Part The Bean Coffee Shop, 12 barberinstitute.org. Tom Ridge Environmental St. filmsocietynwpa.org. by Sharon Kerry-Harlan Apr. 11, 24, 25 — noon & Apr. S. Lake St, North East, PA Center, 301 Peninsula Dr. Ongoing through Apr. 29 Diane Grguras, “Mysterious 14, 21 — 5:30 p.m. & Apr. 15 — 16428 eriefoodtours.com. biggreenscreen.com. Reefer Madness (1936) 2:30 p.m. & Apr. 20 — 7 p.m. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Vapors” & Ryan Burke, Apr. 20 — 8 to 10 p.m. St. erieartmuseum.org. Station Dinner Theatre, 4940 Mind, Body, Beer Call Me By Your Name Jade Sculptures Erie Movie House, 3424 W. Peach St. canterburyfeast.com. Apr. 24 — 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Apr. 11 — 5:30 p.m. Lake Rd. facebook.com. Senior Art Thesis Apr. 13 through May 15 Erie Ale Works, 416 W. 12th Bourbon Barrel, 1213 State Exhibition (Reception Apr. 21 — 6 to 9 p.m.) Beauty and the Beast St. facebook.com. St. filmsocietynwpa.org. Ongoing through May 13 Glass Growers Gallery, 10 E. 5th Apr. 12, 13, 14 — 7 p.m. & St. glassgrowersgallery.com. Apr. 14, 15 — 2 p.m. Mercyhurst University Cum- Happy-Appy Food Tour 20000 Leagues Under VISUAL ARTS McDowell Intermediate mings Gallery, 501 E. 38th Apr. 25 — 5 to 7 p.m. the Sea (1916) 95th Annual Spring Show High School Little Theater, Annual Student Show, St. miac.mercyhurst.edu. Room 33, 1033 State St. Apr. 21 through Jul. 1 3320 Caughey Rd. mcd- Apr. 12 — 8 to 10 p.m. Juried by Susan Barnett eriefoodtours.com. Erie Movie House, 3424 W. Gary Spinosa: Erie Art Museum, 411 State performingarts.org. Ongoing through Apr. 15 Lake Rd. facebook.com. Divine Instinct St. erieartmuseum.org. Doane Hall of Art at Allegheny Mercyhurst Theatre MOVIES The Met: Live in College, 520 N. Main St. Mead- Ongoing through Jan. 6, 2019 Spring Show 2018: Program: Doña Rosita HD - Luisa Miller ville, PA 16335 allegheny.edu. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Public Opening the Spinster Aircraft Carrier St. erieartmuseum.org. Apr. 14 — 12:30 p.m. Teenage Kicks Apr. 22 — 1 to 3 p.m. Apr. 12, 13, 14 — 7:30 p.m. Ongoing — 11 a.m. & Erie Art Museum, 411 State & Apr. 15 — 2 p.m. Mary D’Angelo Performing Ongoing through Apr. 21 James McMurray: 2 p.m. & 5 p.m. Arts Center, 501 E. 38th St. St. erieartmuseum.org. Taylor Little Theatre, 501 E. Bruce Gallery in Doucette Hall, Faces and Paces Tom Ridge Environmental miac.mercyhurst.edu. 38th St. miac.mercyhurst.edu. Center, 301 Peninsula Dr. 215 Meadville St, Edinboro, Ongoing through June 10, 2019 Senior Projects
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 27 CALENDAR Aqueous Expects More Highs for the Rook on 4/20 Plus a Q&A with guitarist Mike Gantzer and bassist Evan McPhaden
friendly ears — and they’ve returned the hip-hop, particularly an artist out of Chi- favor in kind many times — making the cago called noname. There’s also a band Gem City a home-away-from-home for called Mild High Club that I’ve been dig- the Empire State born-and-bred quartet. ging on, and also some Bill Withers, CKY, They’ll be making their way back to Metallica, and The Strokes. It’s been an their local home-base, the King’s Rook eclectic month for my listening tastes! Club, for the first time in 2018 on Friday, RS: Word is no one should ever miss an April 20, so mark the date (just so you Erie show. Word? And elaborate, please. don’t, um, space on it) for what’s sure to EM: That’s a good piece of advice! Erie be one for the books. has become sort of second home for I caught up with half of Aqueous — gui- us. It’s probably the first area outside tarist/vocalist Mike Gantzer and bassist western New York where we saw people Evan McPhaden — on the fly recently come out to shows and show support. for a quick little question-and-answer We usually try to throw some surprises session, where they touched on stuff into those sets as well. But, overall, we like their new album in the works, their feel comfortable, which brings out great recent bid for a spot on National Public improv, vibes and energy. more recently, it seems, the flow of the Radio’s Tiny Desk Concert series, the RS: Anything else you’d like to add on FRIDAY, APR. 20 waters they’ve been running has really coming summer music festival season, any and all things Aqueous? By: Ryan Smith picked up with unrelenting speed and and what’s been on their personal play- EM: The future looks great right now! awesomeness. And now … well, now, lists. We’re entering festival season where n this bright, shining era — when live, Aqueous is on fire. Here’s what they had to say: we’re playing some awesome fests in- Ijam-based music has been made Great They’re a huge part — a feather in the Ryan Smith: So, tell me just a bit about cluding Electric Forest, SummerCamp, Again — I’m excited all the time. Excited hat, let’s say, or an arrow in the quiver the Tiny Desk. Peach Fest, Cobblestone Live and Night for all the shows I get to make it to. Excit- — of a vibrant, ever-changing, healthy, Evan McPhaden: The Tiny Desk (sub- Lights. We’re also gonna be putting out ed for all the shows I get to write about. friendly live music culture that’s been mission) video was another idea we’ve a new album this fall with a big tour be- Excited, even, for all the ones I don’t. born both regionally and nationally in always wanted to do. We shortened our hind it. This album had a different ap- But I’ve come to realize that few bands recent years. That’s thanks in large part song “Underlyer” a bit, and kinda just proach for us, which was fun. Generally, get me in full-on groove mode more to a whole bunch of different, amazing went for it. We love slimming down our we wrote tunes, played and tested them consistently and more genuinely (just, and amazingly different bands, and to all approach to our tunes, in terms of less live, then recorded it, but for this album, more) these days than Aqueous. the different and amazing people who pedals and making them bare bones, we wrote songs thinking in a studio set- And man, I’m not alone swimming in come out to support them and feel the which you can see in that video or our ting. There’s a bunch of new tunes that those waters. grooves they’re gifting. Paste Magazine session. have never been played live yet that we Now, don’t get me wrong: Wherever It’s a give-and-take that, once you’ve RS: What’s some of the stuff you’re lis- can’t wait to dig into! they’ve gone, the Buffalo-based prog- experienced it, you just get it. And with tening to most these days? jam powerhouse has been non-stop Aqueous, you get it quick. Mike Gantzer: Recently, I’ve really been 10 p.m. // 1921 Peach Street // 21+ melting the minds right outta showgo- Almost from their start, Erie’s gotten in love with Fleet Foxes! I’ve also been // facebook.com/kingsrookclub ers for a good handful of years now. But Aqueous, and has given them plenty of listening to some cool jazz-influenced
Rent Apr. 19, 20, 21 — 8 p.m. Various Locations, ohio- UPMC Park, 110 E. 10th St. lifeworkserie.org. My One Little Cloud Schuster Theatre, 620 basketball.com. St. milb.com. Apr. 12 — 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Adult Art Classes Apr. 12, 16, 19 — 9 to 10 a.m. Sassafras St. gannon.edu. A student cast brings alive the Erie SeaWolves vs Great Lakes Bodybuilding Apr. 11, 19 — 1 to 3 p.m. Asbury Woods Nature Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. iconic musical about young A Comedy of Tenors Altoona Curve Competition Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier asburywoods.org. bohemian artists in NYC at Apr. 20, 21 — 7:30 to 10 p.m. Apr. 13 — 6:05 p.m. & Apr. 21 — 1 p.m. Park, 1501 W. 6th St. leaferie.org. the dawn of the AIDS crisis. & Apr. 22 — 3 to 5:30 p.m. Apr. 14, 15 — 1:35 p.m. Celebrate Spring Bag Sale Bayfront Convention Read to a Therapy Dog Penn State Behrend, 4701 All An Act Theatre, 652 W. UPMC Park, 110 E. 10th Center, 1 Sassafras Pier Apr. 12, 13 — 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. College Dr. behrend.psu.edu. 17th St. allanact.net. St. milb.com. naturalmuscle.com. Apr. 11 — 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. & Apr. 23 — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Mercy Center for Women, Detroit The Fantasticks NPC Great Lakes Edinboro Branch Library, 1039 E. 27th St. mcwerie.org. Apr. 12, 13, 14 — 8 p.m. & Apr. 21 — 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Championships & Dave 413 W. Plum St, Edinboro, Family Storytime Apr. 15 — 2:30 p.m. COMMUNITY PA 16412 erielibrary.org. The world’s longest-run- Chaffee Arms Classic Apr. 12, 19 — 10 to 10:45 a.m. Allegheny College, 520 ning musical finds a home Apr. 14 — 8 a.m. Great Lakes Shipwreck Milton Hershey School Lincoln Community Center N. Main St, Meadville, PA Exhibition Library, 1255 Manches- 16335 allegheny.edu. at Edinboro, as students Bookended by bodybuilding Informational bring the traditionally competitions, palms lock and Ongoing through Apr. 13 Apr. 11 — 6 p.m. ter Rd. erielibrary.org. The Clean House streamlined hit alive. battles of the biceps ensue Tom Ridge Environmental Cen- Golden Corral, 7500 Preschool Nature ter, 301 Peninsula Dr. trecpi.org. Apr. 13, 20 — 8 p.m. Edinboro University’s Diebold in the Dave Chaffee Arm Peach St. mhskids.org. Discovery Class: Tall Tall Dramashop, 1001 State St. Center for the Performing Arts, Wrestling tournaments. Family Storytime Grass, Small Small Pond Suite 210, dramashop.org. 217 Meadville St, Edinboro, PA Presque Isle State Park Presque Isle Downs and Apr. 11, 18, 25 — 10 to 10:45 a.m Apr. 12, 16, 19 — 10:30 16444 events.edinboro.edu. Casino, 8199 Perry Hwy. After Dark: Long Pond Trail Clybourne Park Millcreek Branch Library, 2088 to 11:30 a.m. presqueisledowns.com. Apr. 11 — 7:30 to 9 p.m. Interchange Rd. erielibrary.org. Asbury Woods Nature Apr. 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 25 — 7:30 East Pier Parking Lot in p.m. & Apr. 22 — 2 p.m. Center, 4105 Asbury Rd. Erie SeaWolves vs Presque Isle State Park, 1 SPORTS The Birds Have Returned asburywoods.org. Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10th Trenton Thunder Peninsula Dr. trecpi.org. St. erieplayhouse.org. Apr. 11 — 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Erie Tip-Off Classic Apr. 16, 17, 18 — 6:05 p.m. American Short Stories LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Tots in Nature Class: One Man, Two Guvnors Apr. 13, 14, 15 & Apr. 19 — 12:05 p.m. Apr. 12, 19 — 4 to 6 p.m.
28 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com April 11, 2018 CALENDAR Hoodie Allen: Living Up to The Hype
board charts for both Top R&B/Hip- Hop Albums and Top Rap Albums. In 2016, his sophomore album, the aforementioned Happy Camper ARE Y OU A TECH S AVVY G IRL? reached number one on the Rap You will be after a day of hands-on fun with science, technology, charts. engineering, and mathematics! Despite his techy pedigree, Al- len’s work doesn’t fall in the “nerd- ARE YOU READY? core” camp. With uptempo beats Who: Girls in grades 6-9 that mix together an ultimately joy- Where: Edinboro University ous, easygoing R&B feel, his albums have struck a chord with many fans. Date: Saturday, May 5, 2018 REGISTRATION IS TO REGISTER: The overall tone is lighthearted, Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm OPEN NOW! AAUWERIE.ORG with an honest touch. Throughout Cost: $10 per girl, $15 with adult his catalog, the listener discovers that Allen isn’t trying to be some- one that he’s not, and his genuine SATURDAY, APR. 21 love for making music shines through, fans forming a veritable friendship with teven Adam Markowitz, better the charismatic entertainer. In 2014 he Sknown to the world as Hoodie Allen, gained an even larger following thanks CONGRESSIONAL has a bit of an unconventional story. to a team-up with Ed Sheeran for the After graduating from the Ivy League single and accompanying video for “All University of Pennsylvania, the Long About It,” which features the two in Island native started working at Google spacesuits and superhero costumes. in their AdWords department in Califor- On Saturday, April 21, he’ll be perform- DEBATE nia. During that same time, his hip-hop ing at Penn State Behrend’s Junker Cen- Erie’s Downtown Debate Series career was gaining traction. Between ter for the school’s spring concert. Stu- 16 DIST. PA FREE EVENT making music and working a full-time dents — and well, anyone who needs job at the Googleplex, his fan base con- it — can take a welcome respite from tinued to grow and grow. In 2011, he left classes, catching an artist that promis- DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES the company to focus on his hip-hop es to deliver just the kind of atmosphere work full time, and suffice it to say, he’s they need to relax and have a little fun. been one Happy Camper. — Nick Warren The next year, he released his first EP, All American, which debuted at number 8 p.m. // Penn State Behrend Junker one on the iTunes top albums chart. Center, 5103 Station Rd. // $10 for the His 2014 debut full length, People Keep public, $5 for Penn State Behrend Talking reached number two on the Bill- Students // behrend.psu.edu/concert
Jefferson Educational Society, and Its Erie Connection 1405 Olde Rd. Clymer, NY Chris Rieger, Ronald DiNicola & Robert Multari 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Apr. 12 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. 14724 pknpk.com. Understanding Jefferson Educational Society, Erie County Master Jefferson Educational Society, 3207 State St. Alzheimer’s Disease 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Gardener Spring Seminar April 26 / 7 to 8:30 p.m. or Other Dementias Qigong Classes Apr. 14 — 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Apr. 12 — 6 to 8 p.m. Apr. 13, 20 — 10 to 11 a.m. Reed Union Auditorium at Home Instead Senior Care Iroquois Avenue Branch Penn State Behrend, 4701 Office, 3816 W. Lake Rd. Library, 4212 Iroquois College Dr. extension.psu.edu. PRESENTED BY homeinstead.com. Ave. erielibrary.org. Little Leaves Memories of WWI Cathedral: The Flight Apr. 14 — 10 to 10:45 a.m. Apr. 12 — 7 p.m. to Save the Ancient Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Erie Maennerchor Club, Hemlocks of Cooks Forest Park, 1501 W. 6th St. leaferie.org. 1607 State St. gcsoe.org. Apr. 13 — 7 to 8 p.m. Writing & Self-Publishing Tom Ridge Environmental Cen- Chris Bliss Apr. 14 — 10 a.m. to noon ter, 301 Peninsula Dr. trecpi.org. Apr. 12 — 7 p.m. & Apr. 13, Iroquois Avenue Branch 14 — 6:45 & 9:30 p.m. First Day of Trout Library, 4212 Iroquois Ave. erielibrary.org. Delivering intelligent satire, Apr. 14 — 8 a.m. to noon the comedian is a proponent of East Waterworks Pond in Coloring for Grown-Ups the Bill of Rights and juggling. Presque Isle State Park, 1 Apr. 14, 21 — 10 a.m. to noon Jr’s Last Laugh, 1402 State Peninsula Dr. trecpi.org. Iroquois Avenue Branch St. jrslastlaugh.com. Peek’n Peak Spring Job Fair Library, 4212 Iroquois Public Policy Fund Ave. erielibrary.org. The Life and Times of a Apr. 14 — 9 a.m. to noon Western PA Militia Musket Peek’n Peak Resort, Home Buying/Selling REGISTER TODAY: JESErie.org/events
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 29 Open the door to your future
Spring Open House See how our proud past is shaping our future
Saturday, April 14, 2018 9 a.m. to Noon • Tour the Campus • Visit with Faculty • Meet with Admissions • Talk to Residence Life • Get Advice on Financial Aid
Register today at www.Edinboro.edu/visit CALENDAR Innovative Sounds: Tomeka Reid Quartet to Perform at PACA Earth Day in the Time of Trump mas Fujiwara. As an educator, Climate, conservation and citizen activism topic of lecture Reid has led string improvisa- tion workshops in Italy and the Carter delivered an Emergency Decla- U.S. ration, which moved 900 families from Halvorson has visited Erie a this hazardous area, a victory for the few times in recent years and grassroots environmental movement. returns this time as the recent Once families were relocated from winner of four categories of the Love Canal, Lois’s life was changed Open the Downbeat Critics Poll, includ- forever. She founded the non-profit ing world’s best jazz guitarist. Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste in NPR’s Lars Gotrich has stated 1981, renamed the Center for Health, she is “the most forward-think- Environment, and Justice (CHEJ), to ing guitarist working right help train and support local activists door to now,” which will make for quite the with their environmental work. Today SATURDAY, APRIL 21 show when combined with the talents she continues to help communities like hicago-based cellist, composer, of the rest of the quartet. Flint, Michigan, battle environmental Cand educator Tomeka Reid will lead The Tomeka Reid Quartet will treat threats to their health and well-being. your future an impressive collection of musicians crowds to their avant-jazz stylings that “One place I always tell people to get in The Tomeka Reid Quartet as part of show equal parts experimentation and involved is locally,” she told an audience Performing Artists Collective Alliance improvisation with an overall love for last fall in Medford, Massachusetts. “We (PACA) Jazz Night on Saturday, April 21. groove. You won’t want to miss what is are not big enough to deal with climate Reid, who has been described as “a sure to be night of purely magical jazz change on a grand scale, but if every- MONDAY, APR. 23 remarkably versatile player” by Howard chemistry as these talented and cele- body worked from where they are” they Reich of the Chicago Tribune, will be brated musicians take the stage. — Ro- cott Pruitt’s efforts to dismantle the would “create a beautiful, green, clean playing alongside several other impres- man Sabella SEnvironmental Protection Agency, community,” a place that is “eco-friend- Spring sive artists, including world-renowned the agency he was tabbed by Trump to ly and where people want to live.” jazz guitarist Mary Halvorson, double 8 p.m. // 1505 State St. // lead, have not yet eliminated Earth Day, A 2017 HBO documentary, Atomic bassist Jason Roebke and drummer To- $15 // paca1505.com but once he finds out the day was des- Homefront, follows the unfolding crisis ignated in 1970 to celebrate clean air, in St. Louis, Missouri, a major metropol- Open House land, and water, it, too, could disappear itan area that lies dangerously close to Workshop Library, 1255 Manches- Oliver Norton along with regulations designed to pro- a large landfill containing radioactive Apr. 14 — 1 to 3 p.m. ter Rd. erielibrary.org. Apr. 18 — 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tect the planet. uranium waste and an escalating un- See how our proud past Lowe’s, 1930 Keystone Dr. Family Storytime Jefferson Educational Society, howardhanna.com. Apr. 17, 24 — 10 to 10:45 a.m. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. All the more reason to attend the derground fire. Gibbs is working with is shaping our future Veterans Miracle Center Iroquois Avenue Branch Therapy Dogs United timely Climate Reality March in Perry a group of moms-turned-advocates as Erie Live Auction Library, 4212 Iroquois Apr. 18 — 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Square this Earth Day, Sunday, April 22, they confront the EPA and local and Ave. erielibrary.org. Apr. 14 — 3 to 7 p.m. Edinboro Branch Library, from 4 to 5 p.m., and the latest Charlene state officials and fight for testing and Lake Erie Church, 1565 W. Great Books 413 W. Plum St, Edinboro, M. Tanner Series lecture at Mercyhurst remediation. 38th St. vmcerie.org. Apr. 17, 24 — 4 to 5:30 p.m. PA 16412 erielibrary.org. Saturday, April 14, 2018 University, Monday, April 23, at 7 p.m. Lois has appeared on 60 Minutes, Ladies Night Make N Take Jefferson Educational Society, Lifeworks Erie Open House 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Apr. 14 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Apr. 18 — 4 to 6 p.m. Lois Gibbs, a pioneering advocate for 20/20, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning 9 a.m. to Noon LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Presque Isle Wine Cellars, The World at Night environmental health and justice, will America, The Morning Show and The 9440 W. Main Rd, North St. lifeworkserie.org. Apr. 17 — 6 p.m. issue a call to action at both events Today Show. CBS produced a two-hour, • Tour the Campus East, PA 16428 piwine.com. Planetarium director Dr. David Silent Peace Walk as she shares her personal story, from prime-time movie about Lois’s life en- Raptor Experience Apr. 18 — 7 to 7:30 p.m. • Visit with Faculty Hurd guides stargazers for an Love Canal to the present. titled Lois Gibbs: The Love Canal Story Apr. 15 — noon to 3 p.m. illuminating view of the night Lake Erie Arboretum at starring Marsha Mason. The 2012 doc- • Meet with Admissions Tom Ridge Environmen- sky from an animal’s eyes. Frontier Park, 1501 W. 6th If anyone can bring hope for change St. eriebenedictines.org. tal Center, 301 Penin- Edinboro University Planetari- in challenging times, it is Gibbs. Forty umentary A Fierce Green Fire toured na- sula Dr. trecpi.org. • Talk to Residence Life um, 230 Scotland Rd. Edinboro, Halfway to Halloween years ago, the then-27-year-old house- tionwide after it premiered at the Sun- PA 16412 edinboro.edu. Harborcreek Youth Haunted History Tours wife discovered that her child was dance Film Festival. • Get Advice on Financial Aid Services Designer Adult Beginner Mountain Apr. 18, 25 — 7:30 p.m. & attending an elementary school built Gibbs Erie lecture is part of the Char- Purse Bingo Dulcimer Class April 20, 27 — 7 & 9:30 p.m. Apr. 15 — noon to 5 p.m. Apr. 17 — 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Halfway to Halloween, hops on top of a 20,000 ton, toxic-chemi- lene M. Tanner Speaker Series endowed Register today at Our Lady of Mercy Church, Lakewood United Meth- and barley combine with cal dump in Niagara Falls, New York. by Doris Cipolla and co-sponsored by 837 Bartlett Rd, Harborcreek, odist Church, 3856 W. the building’s spirits for a Out of desperation, she organized her the Mercyhurst University Sustainabil- PA 16421 facebook.com. 10th St. facebook.com. real spectre-tour sport. www.Edinboro.edu/visit neighbors into the Love Canal Home- ity Office and the Evelyn Lincoln Insti- Tree Observation Hike From Hated to Greatest: The Brewerie at Union Station, 123 W. 14th St. brewerie.com. owners Association and struggled for tute for Ethics and Society. Apr. 15 — 2 to 4 p.m. The Life of Muhammad Ali Erie Bluffs State Park, Apr. 17 — 7 to 8:30 p.m. Gannon Writing Awards more than two years for its relocation. If I were Scott Pruitt, faced with citi- 10990 W. Lake Rd, Lake Jefferson Educational Society, featuring Professor Opposing the group’s efforts were the zen activists mobilized by Gibbs, I’d be City, PA 16423 trecpi.org. 3207 State St. jeserie.org. Berwyn Moore chemical manufacturer, Occidental shaking in my boots. Family Storytime Apr. 18 — 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. April Work Day for Petroleum, and local, state, and federal — Lisa Gensheimer Apr. 16, 23 — 10 to 10:45 a.m. Operation Christmas Child Gannon University’s Yehl Alumni Room, 109 Univer- government officials who insisted that Edinboro Branch Library, Apr. 18 — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 413 W. Plum St, Edinboro, sity Sq. gannon.edu. Grace Church, 7300 Grubb the leaking toxic chemicals were not 7 p.m. // Taylor Little Theatre, PA 16412 erielibrary.org. Rd. samaritanspurse.org. Read to a Therapy Dog the cause of high rates of birth defects, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th STREAM Studio Apr. 19 — 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Taps: 24 Notes of History miscarriages, cancers, and other health Street // free and open to the public Apr. 16 — 4 to 4:45 p.m. Millcreek Branch Li- and Erie County’s problems. Finally President Jimmy // [email protected] for info Lincoln Community Center brary, 2088 Interchange
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 31 CALENDAR An Accordion of Comedy: A Brian Regan Q & A Checking in with the venerable stand-up about the craft of comedy
will look at the same exact I messed up a line in the special to be in this TV series and the thing and say ‘I just thought of and then we used it as an out- next thing I knew, I was in it! It’s five minutes of jokes.’ That’s take. I fumbled [saying] ‘I don’t a rare experience for someone what’s fun about the world of know what it is’ and said ‘well in show business, where some- comedy. Sometimes you’ll hear that’ll be a good title,’ because body has said something and another comedian do some- it also is what life is all about. followed up with it. [laughs] So, thing and you’ll think to your- And then they said I Don’t Know it’s kind of a departure for me. self ‘how did I not think that?’ What It Is is too long, so we It’s me acting, and it’s me in a You’ll tip your hat to these peo- changed it to I Don’t Know, and role that isn’t necessarily clean. ple because they found some- then I thought I don’t want to The whole show is kind of gritty, FRIEDMAN BERGMAN thing there that I didn’t. So the undercut myself as a comedi- and my character is kind of grit- By: Nick Warren topics themselves to me are an. The role of a comedian is to ty. I’m proud of it. And if people of comedy. I enjoy coming up almost incidental. If you can see things and point them out, want to see clean stuff, maybe rian Regan is a master with an idea, and I enjoy trying make someone laugh about an so if the title Is I Don’t Know, they shouldn’t watch, but if comedian. Whether by to figure out the best words awning on a building, that’s just then I’m not serving myself as a they’re into good solid comedy, Bpersonal observations or and the best beats to convey as cool as making someone comedian. So I decided I didn’t I recommend they check it out. dog barks, he’s able to cull au- that as clearly as possible. It’s a laugh about politics. want that to be the title, and NW: Yea, you’re somewhat thentic laughs from audiences constant quest, because if you NW: In the new special, then they were like ‘the show’s of an anomaly. If you look at all over the country. His upcom- get it too lean and mean then you have bits where you use going to go streaming in three your IMDB credits, it’s all ‘Bri- ing appearance at the Warner you take the heart out of it, so phrases like ‘biddledee bum minutes’ [laughs]. I’m exagger- an Regan as himself.’ And then Theatre on Thursday, Apr. 26 you do have to have enough in bumbawaybay.’ Now — I tried ating, but I was on the clock. So in Loudermilk you’re playing will mark his seventh time in there to give it reality. It’s always to phonetically spell this out I thought, ‘what pops out here?’ ‘Mugsy.’ Erie. We checked in with him to a tightrope, you’re always trying — but aside from ‘schtee pee- and I jotted down a number of BR: What’s weird is that you get some personal views on his to find how much brevity to peedeedee peedeedee,’ why punchlines, and I thought nun- have a lot of comedians who craft and see what he’s got in have involved, how much expo- did you name your newest chucks and flamethrowers are can be really down and dirty in the works. sition. I consider it like playing special Nunchucks and Flame- weapons, and so you could — their act, and then they do a voi- Nick Warren: It seems like an accordion, sometimes you throwers? metaphorically and hopefully ceover in a wholesome Disney you’ve gotten approval from ‘alt’ feel like stretching your act out BR: That’s a hard tee shirt for — add that as a connotation, movie, while I do the opposite guys and ‘road dogs’ alike. They to get as much funny in there as me to sell [laughs]. I don’t even like I’m doing comedy as weap- [laughs]. My act is completely seem to appreciate the crafts- possible, and sometimes you’re know how to spell out what my ons. It’s a very tenuous reason clean, and then I was in Chris manship of the jokes you do. Do squeezing it together and get- dad said growing up. Biddle ee- [laughs], but it’s something Rock’s movie [Top 5], and now you think you’re able to tap into ting rid of all the fat. baum bumba waybay. hopefully people would remem- Loudermilk, and both of those the fundamentals of humor? NW: Working clean and work- NW: [laughs] There’s just a ber. are on the dirtier side of the Not to get too abstract imme- ing with general observations, it certain ring to it. NW: Anything else coming up track. So I guess I do everything diately. seems like you can make come- BR: Yea. Bick bick bickadee on the horizon? opposite of everybody else. Brian Regan: That’s what’s al- dy out of virtually anything. Do bang. These are things my dad BR: I’m doing The Tonight ways intriguing about comedy, you find that true? actually used to say, so I have Show next week [scheduled to 7:30 p.m. // 811 State St. there’s the funny side of it, and BR: I think there’s humor in ev- them clearly in my head. I don’t air Friday, Apr. 13]. I’m also on a // Tickets are $38.50 each there’s the math and science erything. Not every comedian expect other people to say TV series called Loudermilk. It’s and can be purchased side of it, which I do love talking is going to find it in everything. them as clearly as mine. not my comedic vision, Peter at the Erie Insurance about, but it feels weird talking I might look at something and I was grappling with the title. Farrelly and Bobby Mort are the Arena box office, online at about something that makes say ‘I don’t see anything there’ The title for a while was I Don’t creators. He [Farrelly] saw me eriewarnertheatre.com, or people laugh. I enjoy the craft and then the next comedian Know What It Is. That was when do stand up, asked if I wanted by calling (814) 452-4857.
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Speechless: A Quiet Place is a Familiar Story Told in a Clever New Way
don’t think I’m bragging when I say I’m some- Ithing of a horror movie connoisseur. I’ve seen so many horror flicks that it takes quite a bit to genuinely surprise me and with that being said, I can happily say that John Krasinski’s film A Quiet Place was a pleasant little surprise. The film follows the day-to-day lives of a family trying to survive after the world has been rav- PICTURES PARAMOUNT aged by sightless creatures who hunt by sound. Due to the creatures’ super sensitive hearing, the family is forced to live in near complete silence. They can only communi- cate via sign language and must be extra cautious of where they walk and what they do because the slightest loud noise could mean their doom. It goes without saying that the real star of this film is the incredible sound mixing. Often filled with long stretches of silence, the slightest ambient noise is enough to create a world of suspense for the audience. I would go so far as to say that the first 30 to 40 minutes of the film is a near perfect example of tension building. Krasinski has a lot of fun scaring the audience with what we hear and what we don’t hear. Sad- ly when the creatures actually show up in the later half, it turns into a more cliched (though well-made) monster movie fare, trying to scare through special effects set pieces rather than good old creeping tension. That being said, A Quiet Place has enough nerve-wracking sequences to leave any horror fan speechless. — Forest Tay- lor
Directed by: John Krasinski // Written by: Krasinski, Bryan Wood and Scott Beck // Starring: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe // 90 minutes Hey, Remember the ‘80s?: Ready Player One is a Smart, Fun Nostalgia Overload
teven Spielberg became a house- Shold name by producing and di- recting films whose imagery became iconic for entire generations of view- ers. So it’s natural that he directed Ready Player One; a movie that enthu- siastically celebrates those same pop cultural artifacts. Set in the year 2045, the film gives us a world ravaged by overpopulation WARNER BROS. PICTURES BROS. WARNER and poverty. However, the people es- cape their dreary existence by immersing themselves in the Oasis, a virtual reality world where people can be or do anything they want. And apparently most people want to be popular fictional characters from the ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. But when the creator of the Oasis dies, a contest is created for a chance to win ownership of his creation and everyone jumps at that opportunity. As I said before, the film celebrates nostalgia but it also smartly undercuts that celebration by showing the stultifying effects of living one’s life devoted to pop cul- ture. These characters live fantastic lives in the Oasis but their real lives are spent in isolation with huge corporations taking more and more of their freedoms away. It was a welcome decision for the movie to focus the climax less on the competition and more on a kind of citizens’ uprising against the forces of greed and corruption. Sure it’s all an escapist fantasy, but in this age when the Internet (our own Oasis) is at risk of falling into the hands of the corporate elite, watching the little guys fight back against oppression is the kind of escapism I think we all need right now. — Forest Taylor
Directed by: Steven Spielberg // Written by: Zak Penn and Ernest Cline (based on the novel by Cline) // Starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T. J. Miller, Philip Zhao, Win Morisaki, Simon Pegg and Mark Rylance // 140 min.
April 11, 2018 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 33 MUSIC REVIEWS
The Republic of Wolves Unknown Mortal Orchestra Kraus Kacey Musgraves Shrine Sex & Food Path Golden Hour Self-Released Jagjaguwar Terrible Records Mercury Records
hen talking nknown Mor- raus is the t’s easy to write Wabout Utal Orches- Klatest in a Ioff a pop-coun- the Long Is- tra leading man line of nearly try record. Gold- land quintet, Ruban Nielson inescapable en Hour though, The Republic of taps into listen- Bandcamp rec- is a masterpiece Wolves, there’s ers’ primal plea- ommendations, — being exactly an elephant in sure centers with and for good rea- what it seeks out the room. That elephant 1) is an iconic Sex & Food, the experimental pop band’s son. Path is an otherworldly shoegaze to be. The emotional purity on display in emo band hailing from the same loca- fourth album. Much like contemporaries experience that can be both relentlessly this record is elemental, containing de- tion noted to have a similar sound, and Tame Impala, UMO draws heavily from the aggressive and exceedingly calm, like ceptively simple building blocks of suc- 2) was recently outed for almost a de- psychedelic rock and pop music of the Sigur Ros playing through a whole lot of cessful songwriting. For her third album cade of abusive behavior. Yes, there is 1960s and 1970s, in terms of production, distortion pedals. The album’s opening proper, she’s somehow able to outdo no tangible connection between Brand instrumentation, and sound. The album’s and closing tracks (“Figure” and “Most- herself again — even after two crossover New and The Republic of Wolves, but best asset might be in its dynamics; the ly,” respectively) almost mirror each successes with indie critics and country following years of influence and sonic ebbs and flows in mood and intensity, like other with a Kid A-level of ambience, fans across America. Golden Hour push- comparison, it’s hard not to hear just a those primitive urges after which it is ti- but it’s what’s packed in between that es the boundaries of what can really be little bit of the former in everything the tled. Take for instance the record’s open- has more in common with various Def- considered country. The 29-year-old’s latter creates. And that’s okay. For all ing sequence: “Major League Chemicals” tones projects than, say, “Motion Picture Texas twang is omnipresent, as is her intents and purposes, Shrine picks up gets things off to a rollicking start, with a Soundtrack.” Second track “Bum” is a Western lyrical motifs at play in songs where Brand New’s disgraced legacy left swell of high gain guitars, vintage electric melodic thrasher that takes noise-rock like “Space Cowboy,” “Velvet Elvis,” and off, delivering a career’s worth of menac- piano, and an acrobatic bassline. Nielson to stratospheric highs as vocalist (and “High Horse.” The timbre and instrumen- ing post-hardcore riffage and religious proceeds to slow things down with the project mastermind) Will Kraus lends tation of the record is almost completely symbolism in just 48 minutes.”It’s hard, haunting “Ministry of Alienation,” before a breathy pseudo-whisper above the in the indie pop vein, with reverberating hard work having a soul,” vocalist Ma- starting to build things back up with grainy track. It’s a high point in energy guitar, spacious keyboard tones, and se- son Maggio sings on opening track “The “Hunnybee,” sporting a sunny mid-tempo that Path never truly loses — one that quenced drum parts. Tonally, the record Canyon” just moments before second groove that will leave you with the warm only simmers and fizzles along the way. fits better with the underrated women track “Bask” opens up with the life-af- fuzzies. Lest you be lulled into compla- Though Path may be an acquired taste of mid-90s pop — The Cardigans, Lisa firming gang vocal, “So let’s get to work!” cency with that and the counterintuitive- for some, it is liable to bend the minds Loeb, Sixpence None the Richer, or Na- A well-worn genre for some, Shrine fails ly soothing “Chronos Feasts On His Chil- of lo-fi musicians everywhere as every talie Imbruglia. Perhaps the best exam- to push many new boundaries, but will dren,” the fierce and gritty proto-metal of soaring piece and deafening detail was ple of the album might be around the scratch an itch for many fans of Thrice “American Guilt” comes along to tip you recorded in Kraus’ bedroom. If Kraus midpoint, with “Happy & Sad,” an emo and Manchester Orchestra and, most out of your rocking chair. Sex & Food si- truly has become inescapable, it’s likely pop ballad. It’s lighthearted enough to importantly, fill the void that one of the multaneously satisfies and unsettles, but because this incredible and unexpect- not be truly depressing, a sugar-coated most significant acts in emo history left is welcoming enough to invite you back ed recording demands to not be over- treat that still isn’t afraid to hide its bit- late last year. — Aaron Mook for seconds. — Matt Swanseger looked. — Aaron Mook terness. — Nick Warren
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34 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com April 11, 2018 CROSSWORD
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