Contents: October 28, 2015 From The Editors

The local voice for news, Erie at Large 4 kay. Erie misses the boat on some things. But squeezing every last arts, and culture. Schools in Play: The Drama of Funding Education celebratory drop out of each season surely isn’t one of them. Editors-in-Chief: in Pennsylvania So to honor our homegrown Halloween hysteria, we invited Brian Graham & Adam Welsh O “Monster” Mark Kosobucki to run wild with this issue’s cover, harking Managing Editor: Katie Chriest back to old school pulp horror comics. And in his first feature for the Maybe it’s Time to Kickstart Erie 7 Contributing Editors: Reader, Matt Swanseger takes us on a whimsically historical journey Ben Speggen Erie isn’t afraid to invest in food and films – what through some of the lesser-known haunts of Erie County. Jim Wertz about government? Halloween’s roots, meanwhile, can be traced to the ancient Celtic festi- Contributors: val of Samhain. However, the modern interpretation — with its wearing Lisa Austin, Civitas Alex Bieler Harrisburg Happenings 7 of fishnets and mainlining of sugar — shares little with its ancestor. Nev- Mary Birdsong ertheless, traditional Samhain celebrations continue globally to honor Even after 120 days, an agreed-upon budget Rick Filippi the cycles of nature, the end of the harvest, and the transition of life into Frank Garland remains elusive. James R. LeCorchick death. John Lindvay Similarly, Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated Nov. 1 Bob Protzman Dan Schank Local Filmmaker John C. Lyons Readies the throughout Latin America and increasingly in the U.S. The holiday is an William G. Sesler Ground for Unearth 9 opportunity to honor loved ones who have died, and to recognize life’s Tommy Shannon Ryan Smith The already-funded film’s Kickstarter campaign fleeting nature. Matt Swanseger aims to “take it to the next level” through Nov. 5. Beyond Halloween’s gleefully gaudy ghoulishness is the season’s re- Sara Toth minder of our own connection to nature’s rhythms, and the simple ac- Bryan Toy knowledgement that — all trials and tribulations aside — we’re pretty Cover Illustration: News of the Weird 11 “Monster” Mark Kosobucki damned lucky to be here. No more “Tag” or “Rover Red Rover.” But Photographers: We had a lot of fun with this issue and hope you do, too, however you apparently you can still pray yourself out of a Ryan Smith choose to celebrate the season. Brad Triana crime. Publisher’s Assistant Emily Hanisek Harbor House 13 1001 State St. Suite 901 Just a Thought Erie, Pa., 16501 With three other successful locations throughout [email protected] Erie, the U Pick 6 family welcomes its newest Easing the exhaustion of becoming. member. The Erie Reader is the local voice for recently sat on a panel of com- happy in these fields if they’re well news, arts, and culture, and is Erie’s only munications and arts profes- prepared. And that — despite our independent, alternative newspaper. A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Levine 15 Founded in 2010, the Reader has quick- sionals for sophomores at Fort obsessive worship of celebrities in Pennsylvania’s physician general is scheduled to I ly become the region’s award-winning LeBoeuf High School. Our job was the arts — STEM fields are much speak at Erie’s Biennial Intersections of Equality source for arts coverage, a strong cul- to give students considering simi- more valuable to society. tural compass, and a dynamic resource Conference. for news and opinion. With a dedication lar careers some idea of what our But when we discourage so-in- to long-form journalism and a commit- typical days are like, how we got clined students from embracing ment to provoking thoughtful discus- Best of Erie Winners 17 where we are, and what obstacles the arts and humanities, we dis- sion, the Reader tells the stories of the people and places making and shaping From nominations to final votes, this contest is hindered our paths, especially ear- courage humanity itself. Erie, while highlighting the events and entirely driven by readers. Here’s your chosen few. ly on. I’m not implying that STEM issues influencing life in northwestern Of course, we can’t precisely fields are uncreative. Not in the Pennsylvania. The Erie Reader is pub- lished every other week and distributed know what will get us where we least. Even as we’re chanting Spotlight on Erie 20 at over 250 high foot-traffic locations in want to be — or whether we really “STEAM! STEAM!” to incorporate Pennsylvania from North East to Girard Here we are now. Entertain us. want to be there — until we arrive. the arts and design, we panelists to Edinboro. In addition to appearing in print, Erie Reader adds new content dai- As Holly Nowak of Erie Arts and get that. And it is wonderful that ly at ErieReader.com as well social media A Review of Count … The Legend of Dracula 25 Culture told the students, it’s more much-documented classroom dis- sites. All rights reserved. All content © about making one choice after an- crimination against girls in STEM Flagship Multimedia, Inc, 1001 State St., Lake Erie Ballet dances with darkness in this Suite 901, Erie, Pa, 16501. No part of this season’s production. other from your heart, from your subjects is abating. publication may be reproduced without own inner passion. But some of us — regardless permission. The opinions of our colum- Looking at that classroom full of of incentives or scholarships or nists and contributors are their own and do not always reflect that of the edito- A Conversation with Brian Regan 31 mid-teen faces, my heart just melt- special student Visas — can only rial board or organization. Direct inqui- The much-loved comedian will make his sixth Erie ed. It’s been two decades since I es- be content or useful in the arts. ries to 814.314.9364 or contact@ErieRead- appearance just in time. caped high school. I wish I’d gotten What message are we sending to er.com. to hear from a panel like ours back students if we invalidate their pas- then, not to eliminate impending sions before they even graduate? What’s Haunting Erie County? 34 obstacles but to put my younger And in a climate of such employ- A historical retrospectralcle self at ease. Even now, it was heart- ment fluctuation, can we really be ening to be surrounded by these sure one pursuit will be less lucra- Geeked Out 38 folks: people who embrace life’s tive than another? Star Wars: The Force Awakens nonlinear, multidimensional, mo- “We finally die from the exhaus- ment by moment inspiration with tion of becoming,” writes poet Jim excited curiosity. Harrison. ER Sports 42 Today schools sell themselves on We die even earlier from the ex- JRL is on a roll! their ability to deliver in the STEM haustion of becoming what we’re fields. The implication seems to be not. that all students can excel and be

October 28, 2015 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 3 NEWS & OPINION Erie at Large Schools in play: The drama of funding education in Pennsylvania

tion Law Center. This funding gap between what’s needed model distributed state appro- to “properly” educate each priations based on students’ child and what it can afford to needs as well as each school spend grows ever wider, while district’s geographic and de- nationally U.S. taxpayers con- mographic characteristics. Dis- tribute $13,000 more per pris- tricts with low tax bases and oner on incarceration than we larger populations received do per student on education. more money. So did districts The stark reality is that most with larger gaps in education- parents can’t choose a better al attainment or more at-risk zip code, so some kids will youth. Not surprisingly, the interact with digital smart districts that received the larg- boards, while others inhale est funding increase during chalk dust; and some kids will this time also experienced the go to the school psychologist greatest improvement in stu- because their parents took dent achievement. The funding matrix used by the Rendell administra- The city tax rolls are tion was so successful that it so poor that the Erie served as a model for the ma- School District received jority of U.S. states that have AJARI almost 70 percent of adopted what’s now known its operating budget as “sound education funding.” of five enters into rapid-fire verse economic and geograph- That formula accounts for the from the state, making By: Jim Wertz reminiscence about “my favor- ic backgrounds to compete in number of students in each concessions like closing ite teacher,” that person from an increasingly complex fiscal district, community poverty schools, laying off he budget fight in the high school whom everyone and intellectual marketplace. levels, and local taxes, with teachers, and increasing state legislature and its carries in spirit. Some still But the sad reality is that this additional consideration given class sizes to keep the Timpact on local govern- teaching, some retired, some year’s budget crisis isn’t just to districts with large popula- doors open. ment and education has be- let go because the budget de- about the $120 million being tions of people for whom En- come shrouded in drama. So manded action. left on the table for universal glish is a second language. For- School Play, the documentary The characters in the play Pre-K education, or the $400 ty-six states use at least one away their Xbox, while oth- theater production staged Oct. include former Pennsylvania million in Gov. Wolf’s budget variable other than base costs ers will seek security, clean 13 at Iroquois High School, felt Secretary of the Budget under for K-12 classrooms held hos- to distribute funds. Pennsylva- clothes, and meals from a troublingly real. Tom Corbett, Charles Zogby – tage by the General Assembly. nia, however, has abandoned counselor whose caseload is School Play is social com- the villain in this sordid tale, That $400 million, by the way, these principles. Now only larger than the graduating mentary on par with the great to the extent that one exists simply restores funding for nine states allocate less money class in a neighboring district. Works Progress Administra- outside the system itself. Even education to pre-Corbett lev- for public education. Passing the budget to restore tion plays of Clifford Odets Zogby eventually concedes els. Even if the budget passes Statewide, school districts educational funding is only and the lyrical construction that “when adult interests as proposed, we’re still rolling receive approximately 35 per- the first step. Repairing the of a Stephen Sondheim mu- come into conflict with kids’ in- back the clock on Pennsylva- cent of their funding from tragically flawed model used sical. But this production is terests, I don’t think kids win.” nia’s kids. The funding mod- Harrisburg, 10 percent from to distribute the money needs minimalist. No music. No sets. Other lines are drawn from el used to distribute general the federal government, and to be the end goal, whether or Simple staging. Six wooden students asking what they will education money to school the rest from local funding, not it’s politically expedient to school chairs and five actors, do on Monday, Wednesday, and districts is one of the worst mostly property taxes. In a do so. each wearing blue shirts and Friday, now that their school in the country because our city like Erie, with a dimin- grey pants, shifting seats and nurse has been cut to part- school funding is bound to an ished tax base, high poverty You can contact Gov. Wolf’s changing characters based on time, working just Tuesday undetermined annual budget rates, and a stagnant popula- office at 717.787.2500, Rep. Flo their lines and the tenor of the and Thursday; and the high process. tion, this is a problem. In fact, Fabrizio at 717.787.4358, Rep. scene. The result is 60 minutes school theater teacher with a It hasn’t always been that the city tax rolls are so poor Pat Harkins at 717.787.7406, of resonant first-person sto- PhD in educational creativity way. that the Erie School District Rep. Ryan Bizzarro at rytelling from voices familiar who works four jobs to sup- “Between 2003 and 2010, received almost 70 percent 717.772.2297, Rep. Curt Sonney and unique, elite and popular. port her teaching habit. Pennsylvania strategically in- of its operating budget from at 717.783.9087, and Sen. Sean School Play opens like every These stories represent the vested state education fund- the state, making concessions Wiley at 717.787.8927. Jim school day, with the Pledge decades-long challenge fac- ing in order to ensure students like closing schools, laying off Wertz can be reached via of Allegiance. The audience ing public education to create had necessary resources to teachers, and increasing class email at jWertz@ErieReader. is compelled to participate. an equitable system allowing meet state academic stan- sizes to keep the doors open. com, and you can follow him Following this ritual, the cast school-aged children from di- dards,” concludes the Educa- The end result is that Erie’s on Twitter @jim_wertz.

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6 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 NEWS & OPINION Maybe it’s Time to Kickstart Erie Harrisburg Erie isn’t afraid to invest in food and films – what about government? Happenings

By: Ben Speggen Even after 120 days, an dds are that by now, a friend, agreed-upon budget a colleague, a friend of a col- remains elusive. Oleague, a colleague of a friend, or a complete stranger has asked you By: Senator Sean Wiley to contribute to an online crowd- funding project. Maybe you’ve even hirty days has September, April, launched your own. June, and November. All the Online crowdfunding platforms in Trest have thirty-one - except the the 21st century, in case names like Commonwealth budget … which has Kickstarter or Indiegogo aren’t yet 120 and counting.

in your lexicon, act as matchmakers METHODSHOP.COM As the House of Representatives re- between a person with a project and turned to voting session in early Octo- a brand campaign targeting Internet ber, House Majority Leader Dave Reed masses with capital. As Indiegogo Like Lyons’ Unearth, All Aboard Erie $10,000 toward new trash and recy- stuck to his pledge to run a floor vote puts it: “Whatever your dream, make left the funding timeline in place and cling bins, which were then designed on the Governor’s budget proposal. It it happen on Indiegogo.” So it’s like are still notching contributions. by local artists as part of a public art was a litmus test of sorts to determine eHarmony or Match.com – without In an interview with APM’s Mar- initiative. It was a good step on the the appetite for passing what has been the potential for awkward goodbyes. ketplace, Northwestern University road to financial recovery with in- billed by some as a “broad based tax in- Crowdfunded dreams looking to Professor Elizabeth Gerber, who’s vested citizens paving the way. crease.” What many don’t know is only become realities are as diverse as studied crowdfunding, identified This isn’t just a small-city’s game. one part of the Governor’s proposal their contributors – as are the means four primary reasons people give: a Philadelphia raised capital for a was given consideration: a further ef- and methods of contributing. But reward system (no surprise: we like youth garden program. Denver in- fort to label House Democrats as want- commonalities exist. getting things for doing things); a part crowdfunded a mile-long pro- ing to impose an increased burden on That is, pitches feature the dream- connection to someone seeking do- tected bike lane. The question “Can taxpayers. After eight-plus hours of er explaining the dream, giving vari- nations (no surprise: we like helping crowdfunding save local government pontificating from both sides of the ous reasons folks should invest in it. our friends and their ideas); being budgets” is even a topic of panel dis- aisle, the measure failed along most- These often includeincentives , like part of a group or movement (trends cussions at venues like SXSW. ly party lines, 73-127. In predicting the T-shirts, bumper stickers, or free stuff are, well, trendy); and (perhaps most And where there’s a will, there’s a final vote, Rep. Reed commented that galore. Those incentives create a rich- basic), “support[ing] efforts analo- business. Websites like Citizinvestor, the coming days would bring substan- er feeling of investment while also gous with [our] beliefs.” ioby, and Neighbor.ly have stepped tive work towards a final budget. benefiting the dreamer-made-actual- The risk in projects failing to meet in to provide ready-made platforms Many have prophesied tax increas- izer. A T-shirt becomes a walking bill- their goals can catalyze those al- for community-based crowdfunding es to fall “squarely on the backs of board. A free DVD means a screening ready invested and mobilize stron- endeavors, and civic crowdfunding is working Pennsylvanians.” Those same party. A meet-and-greet turns into a ger initiatives to ensure the project reaching critical buzzwordian mass. pundits fail to elucidate that by mov- networking opportunity. succeeds. That is, if you’re invested, “What’s interesting about crowd- ing away from relying on a regressive Online crowdfunding is working, you want to see the project happen. funding is that when you give mon- property tax structure, the Common- and Erie isn’t an exception. So you become an ambassador, cam- ey, you’re not just giving money and wealth steps toward a structure that Take Like My Thai, for example. paigning for its success, and canvas- the exchange is over, the relation- aligns more with one’s ability to pay. Once just a pop-up restaurant, Mike ing social media platforms with your ship lasts,” Gerber told Marketplace. Those same “tax and spend” critics also and Elisabeth Augustine’s business support so that you can don that “So the content creator will keep you neglect to share that perpetuating a achieved brick-and-mortar status af- walking billboard. engaged in a way that you wouldn’t business-as-usual approach to school ter a successful crowdfunding drive More importantly, transparency otherwise.” funding will force a school property tax in 2014. and communication together sim- The transparency, communication, increase in order to balance districts’ More recently, local award-winning plify the conversation and make and engagement of crowdfund- budgets. That mentality will cause our filmmaker John C. Lyons turned to crowdfunding work: Streamline the ing make it attractive. If the same children to fall farther behind as more Kickstarter to fund a horror film message (videos are often short and principles were applied to govern- cuts are made to already-strapped dis- project that examines the impact of to the point) and broadcast far and ment-funded initiatives – hell, even tricts like Erie’s Public Schools. hydraulic fracturing on communities wide (hello, social media and mass proposed budget increases – elected I’ve written repeatedly in this column and the environment. It both exceed- emails!). officials just might see people more that the Commonwealth is well past ed its goal and made it onto Indiew- So why not crowdfund local gov- thoughtfully engaged and invested the time to secure alternative forms ire’s “Project of the Week” ballot – ul- ernment? in any conversation surrounding of funding, and also that Pennsylvania timately coming just ten votes shy of If you think that’s crazy, consider taxes because those giving would be is the only gas-producing state that winning. how Central Falls, R.I. – which had better connected to those asking. doesn’t have a severance tax. I will con- And in case food and film aren’t to declare municipal bankruptcy – cede that the amount of revenue from your dream du jour, All Aboard Erie, launched a Kickstarter-esque cam- Ben Speggen can be contacted a severance tax is market driven, but a high-speed rail advocacy nonprof- paign to beautify its landmark park. at bSpeggen@ErieReader. the gas beneath our feet isn’t going to it, met its funding goal within three Through the typical channels – vid- com, and you can follow him dry up anytime soon and can be an on- hours of launching its campaign. eos, social media, emails – it raised on Twitter @BenSpeggen. going revenue driver.

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Inarguably, the Commonwealth faces Local Filmmaker John C. Lyons Readies an agreed-upon $1.3 billion structural deficit. And if there isn’t an honest ef- the Ground for Unearth fort to address the shortfall, the Gener- The already-funded film’s Kickstarter campaign aims al Assembly will be here again, or in a yet more desperate situation, when ne- to “take it to the next level” through Nov. 5. gotiating the 2016-2017 budget. Now on the negotiating table is the Left: John C. Lyons describes expansion of gambling offerings to in- his script as a “docudrama that eventually shifts into a crazy, clude internet-based options like daily gothic horror survival film,” fantasy sports games and online gam- inspired by the dangers of ing. There are conflicting reports about fracking. just how much revenue that would generate for the Commonwealth and ed a campaign with the help the regulations necessary to make it of Mercyhurst University’s happen. Quickstarter Program. Smack in the middle of the budget A very positive public re- impasse is the withholding of funding sponse meant the campaign for schools. Fueling that fire is the re- reached its goal in only 10 days. cent realization that charter schools It was named a “Staff Pick” by statewide have exploited a loophole Kickstarter and “Project of the Day” by independent movie news site Indiewire. In fact, If there isn’t an honest funding will still be accepted effort to address the until the campaign ends Nov. 5, which can help Lyons ramp shortfall, the General up efforts on Unearth. Assembly will be here “At this point, the higher we

again, or in a yet more MARK KOSOBUCKI go on Kickstarter, the better the movie is going to be, to be desperate situation, honest with you,” Lyons says. when negotiating the By: Alex Bieler up something down there that we “Our past films have been all volun- didn’t expect and how can that affect teer work, which is crazy. For this 2016-2017 budget. ind your metaphor, and you people?” third film, we really want to step up have a classic.” Unearth focuses on two neighbor- and hire people for their efforts.” allowing them to appeal non-payment “F That’s the message John ing farm families and the aftermath Now that the film has been funded, of funds from school districts. This C. Lyons received from Chuck when one family leases their land to Lyons has a lot of work ahead of him. technicality permits the state to find Palahniuk when the local filmmaker natural gas drillers. Lyons describes He already has locations picked out the money in any coffer necessary to reached out to the Fight Club author his script as a docudrama that even- in northwestern Pennsylvania and a pay the freight. Thus, payments of late about his idea for the film Unearth. tually shifts into a crazy, gothic small group of talented crew mem- have been pulled from gaming revenue Lyons came to know Palahniuk after horror survival film. Based on the bers, including special effects design designed to provide property tax relief the author became a fan of Schism, success of the film’s Kickstarter cam- guru “Monster Mark Kosobucki,” to homeowners. As charters bill them- Lyons’ directorial debut. Palahniuk’s paign, the premise intrigued plenty who just so happens to have creat- selves as “tuition-free, public schools,” response motivated Lyons to up the ed several cover art pieces for the it is quite obvious that the rules are ante on his third feature. “I felt that there was Reader (including this issue’s cover). different; and also that the Common- The metaphor Lyons found was Eventually, Lyons will hold auditions wealth’s charter law has long needed fracking, a drilling practice which definitely a void for for actors to join a cast that includes a complete overhaul to bring it in line has undergone much scrutiny, in- a narrative fictional Jennifer Hooper, who’s performed in with public education. cluding several critical pieces in the story to cover the angle both of Lyons’ past films, and Ruth As we knock on the door of November, Reader. Early in 2013, Lyons started Thoma Andrews, a stage veteran of what remains is quite simple: an agree- kicking around ideas for his third of how we really don’t over 50 plays. ment regarding the 2015-2016 Common- film, eventually taking note of frack- know what we’re doing Lyons found his metaphor back in wealth budget must be reached. In that ing through documentaries such as 2013. Now, Unearth is set to become process, legislators must provide the Gasland and Triple Divide. when we’re a mile something more than just a script, as Governor with a spending plan that “I felt that there was definitely a under the ground,” Lyons estimates a 2017 release. With will garner his signature. How to make void for a narrative fictional story the support of the Erie community that happen has remained elusive … 120 to cover the angle of how we really of potential viewers. and the frightening realities of frack- days of elusive. don’t know what we’re doing when After filming his first two features ing serving as inspiration, Lyons is we’re a mile under the ground,” Ly- Schism and There Are No Goodbyes ready to create a horrifyingly good Senator Sean D. Wiley can be ons tells me over the phone. “It’s with volunteer help, Lyons turned feature. contacted at SenatorWiley@ not like we have cameras or people to the crowdfunding site to help pasenate.com, and you can follow down there, and things can happen. him make Unearth. He set a goal of Alex Bieler can be reached at him on Twitter @SenatorWiley. Things can go wrong. What if we stir $15,000 early in October and start- [email protected]

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ed of aggravated assault in 2008 National Post, 9-30-2015]New! adelphia home in July and de- News of the Weird after he fired one "warning shot" Amazing! Awesome! manded drugs and cash from into a wall of his home during an the three women inside, threat- ow-benefit (but Inter- No more “Tag” or “Rover Red Rover.” But argument with his daughter's ening pistol-whippings. Accord- net-connected!) devices now boyfriend. Believing his shot L ing to a Philly.com report, a apparently you can still pray yourself on sale (from February MacLife defused a dangerous situation 55-year-old woman in the home magazine): HAPIfork (Blue- out of a crime. (the boyfriend had once angrily immediately burst into loud tooth-connected, alerts you if ripped sutures from Wollard's prayer, causing the gunmen to you're eating too fast); iKettle stomach), Wollard had declined flee empty-handed. (2) Police in By: Chuck Shepherd that his device was something (heat water at different tem- a plea offer of probation and Bellevue, Ohio, initially believed he "needed, personally" (though peratures for different drinks, gone to trial, where he lost and that texting behind the wheel he's aware that not all males controlled by phone); an LG "Tag" Banned; "Rover, Red faced a law written with a 20- was what caused Marilyn Per- experience the sensation). The washing machine that lets you Rover" in Jeopardy year minimum sentence. Flor- ry, 62, to crash and badly injure Shield is basically a cup at- start washing while away (pro- wo suburban Minneapolis ida has since amended the law another driver. However, in July, tached to the bowl by suction vided, of course, that you've al- elementary schools this fall to give judges discretion about she and her lawyer convinced T that allows movement via a ball- ready loaded the washer); Koli- hired a consulting firm to ad- the crime and the sentence, but a judge that she was "looking and-socket joint. [South Florida bree "smart toothbrush" (tracks vise officials on kids' recess, and Gov. Rick Scott and the state's down" as she drove only because Business Journal, 9-30-2015] and graphs "brushing habits"). the leading recommendations clemency board have refused to she was praying over "personal Also highlighted was the Satis (promoting "safety" and "inclu- help Wollard, who must serve 13 problems." [Philly.com, 7-12-2015] Latest Human Rights "smart toilet," which remotely siveness") were elimination of more years for a crime he per- [WJW-TV (Cleveland), 7-21-2015] flushes, raises and lowers the "contact" games in favor of, for entucky's government eth- haps would not even be charged seat, and engages the bidet -- example, hopscotch. Some par- Kics law bars gifts from lob- with today. [Miami Herald, 9-30- Perspective features MacLife touts mainly ents objected; recess, they said, byists to legislators, but state 2015] year-long investigation as good for "terrorizing guests." should be more freestyle, un- Sen. John Schickel filed a feder- by GlobalPost revealed [MacLife, February 2015] A structured. (More consultants' al lawsuit in September claim- Inexplicable in September that at least ing that he has a constitution- advice: De-emphasize refereed hristopher Hiscock, 33, got five U.S. or European Catho- al (First Amendment) right to "rules" games in favor of mon- only a year's probation after The Job of the Researcher lic priests disciplined for sex itors who simply praise effort.) receive them. (The laws were C abuse have surfaced in South his guilty plea for trespassing on cientists have somehow de- One Minnesota principal noted passed after the FBI found sev- America, ministering unstig- a ranch in Kamloops, British Co- termined that rats dream improvement -- fewer fights and eral Kentucky politicians selling S matized in impoverished lumbia, in September -- because about where they want to go in nurse visits now -- but as one their votes.) And in May, officials parishes. In Paraguay, Ecua- it was a trespass with panache. the future. Dr. Hugo Spiers of parent said, her child feels that of the American Gaming (gam- dor and Peru (all with softer Since no one had been home, University College London (and recess is no longer really "play- bling) Association and the Asso- law enforcement and media Hiscock fed the cats, prepared colleagues) inferred as much ing." [Star Tribune, 10-5-2015] ciation of Club Executives com- scrutiny than in the U.S., and a meal, shaved and showered, in a recent eLife article based [Mercer Island Reporter, 9-24- plained to the Pentagon that a where priests enjoy greater re- took meat out of the freezer to on how neurons in the rodent 2015] threatened prohibition of the spect), dioceses have accepted thaw, made some coffee, started brain's hippocampus fire up in use of government credit cards notorious priests from Scran- a fire in the fireplace, did some certain patterns. 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12 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 BUSINESS Harbor House With three other successful locations throughout Erie, the U Pick 6 family welcomes its newest member.

Left: After only about a month, Harbor House has already brightened the east side dining landscape. Below: A crowd, as usual, enjoys the pub’s “chilled-out elegance.”

tive to it.” And receptive Erie’s pub-going public has been: “I am liking it here!!!” one vis- itor recently posted on Harbor House’s Facebook feed. “Had a great Saturday lunch there,” said another. “My Turkey Avocado and Matt’s Pub Club were awesome … gotta love the homemade pepper chips … and, oh yeah, the BEER was good too!” “Only a week open and they got it together already,” said another. “It’s awesome!” .com

RYAN SMITH RYAN That kind of simple, honest ap- preciation from happy customers By: Ryan Smith Heading into this piece, I knew one sure sign that these folks seems to be exactly what Melo- business partners John Melody are doing some things very well: dy, Stachewicz, and company are ost any worth-a-damn and Russ Stachewicz, along with A pub chockfull of people, with aiming for in their quality-cen- cook or barkeep will their 140-plus employees, are very nary an empty table in sight. tric endeavors at Harbor House agree that when it busy people these days. So when “Business has been very good,” and the other U Pick 6 establish- M . vnetfiber comes to offering up truly delec- I touched base to set up a visit to Melody said as we found a couple ments. table cuisine and libations, it’s Harbor House, I said something of seats front-and-center to that After all, Melody said, “at the just like that Curnonsky dude like “no worries, John. Just do gorgeous brick oven. “There’s end of the day, it’s the people who said: “Simplicity is the sign of per- your thing while I’m there, and I’ll been a lot of anticipation for the make the pub.” www fection.” take it in as I see it.” place.” And the keepers of the U Pick 6 At Harbor House a few days So far, “the feedback has been Writer/photographer Ryan family of Erie pubs, restaurants, later, what I saw looked pretty just wonderful,” he said. “It’s re- Smith can be reached at and bottle shops know this, man. damned good: Tap after tap and freshing when you put a reason- [email protected], With three other establish- bottle after bottle of fine, fine ably substantial investment into and you can follow him on ested by taking the survey at: ments throughout the city — U beers: a revolving cast of quali- something and people are recep- Twitter @ryanmsmithplens.

Pick 6 Beer Store on Peach Street, ty, and barely a sin- ourGig facebook.com/ vnetfiber Tap House on State Street; and gle run-of-the-mill the Public House on West Ridge macrobrew among Road — the U Pick 6 crew has them. Plus serious- e inter carved out quite the niche in ly bangin’-looking Erie’s burgeoning gastropub pizzas fresh out of a

scene. Each location features vast beautiful wood-fired d. #GetY arrays of great craft brews and oven, along with oth- dishes cultivated to accompany er enticing-looking them. dishes being deliv- The scene got even more gastro- ered from kitchen to nomical earlier this month when tables. And, an atmo-

the freshest addition opened: sphere accentuated ll us that you’r the U Pick 6 Harbor House on all around by earthy Te Buffalo Road. For that, on behalf brick, soft lighting, ead the wor of all Gem City-area devotees to and dark hardwoods. the arts of good eating and good It’s the picture of drinking, we at the Reader tip our chilled-out elegance.

collective hat to you, folks. Beyond that, I saw SMITH RYAN Help spr

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14 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 FEATURE A Conversation with Dr. Rachel Levine Pennsylvania’s physician general is scheduled to speak at Erie’s Biennial Intersections of Equality Conference.

Left: Dr. Rachel Levine has served as a about prescriptions and opioids and mentor, role model, and advocate for to increase that level of education and the LGBT and transgender population. But it’s her admirable qualifications and expertise in those students. We’re also forward-thinking policies regarding public working very closely with the Depart- health crises like drug abuse that make her ment of Drug and Alcohol Programs appointment to Pennsylvania physician (DDAP) to prescribe guidelines for general truly encouraging. healthcare providers. There have been several guidelines already released and we are currently working on many oth- overdose. In fact, President Obama ers. This is quite an effort. spoke this week in West Virginia on We are partnering with the Pennsyl- that topic. We’ve had an explosion of vania Medical Society and other stake- prescription drug abuse in the past ten holders to provide continuing educa- years; and in the past five years, a sig- tion to current medical providers on all nificant increase in heroin use and way of these topics and this is a really great too many overdoses. In the coroner’s effort which includes Pennsylvania report released last spring there were Medical Society but also societies for over 2,400 overdoses in Pennsylvania, nurse practitioners, dentists, podia- and that’s an underestimate because trists, nurses, pharmacists, etc., so that of the way the report was construct- ed. But even at that number it means that seven Pennsylvanians a day die of drug overdoses. More people die from “The biggest drug overdoses in the United States public health issue than from car accidents. The Wolf ad- ministration is working in a very in- facing the state of terdepartmental way to put together a comprehensive plan to address this Pennsylvania, and CONTRIBUTED PHOTO problem. perhaps the country, JW: For the past forty years or so for Equality PA, a statewide advocacy there’s been a nationwide political is prescription By: Jim Wertz group, and on Nov. 7 she’s scheduled to movement to deal with drug abuse and be the keynote speaker at the Biennial drug related offenses as a criminal is- drug abuse with r. Rachel Levine was in the Intersections of Equality Conference sue as opposed to a health issue. Where opioid and heroin midst of a storied career when sponsored by the Greater Erie Alliance do you see the treatment for drug of- Dshe was asked to serve on for Equality (GEAE), at Penn State Beh- fenses fitting into that conversation? abuse and resulting then-Governor-elect Tom Wolf’s tran- rend’s Black Conference Center. RL: Both federally and in the Com- sition team. A graduate of Harvard Jim Wertz: It seems like many of your monwealth I think that there is con- overdose.” College and Tulane University School professional roles prior to moving into sensus that we’re not going to arrest of Medicine, she did her residency at this position align well with some of our way out of this problem. There are Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York the mental and physical health issues legal and law enforcement issues in they can receive continuing education City before coming to Pennsylvania as facing Pennsylvania. Can you elabo- terms of addressing the influx of her- on all of these topics and credit that we the Director of Ambulatory Pediatrics rate for me what you feel those top oin and heroin dealers, but in terms of all need for our licenses. We’re working and Adolescent Medicine at the Poly- issues are and how you characterize patients that are addicted to prescrip- closely with DDAP on expanding treat- clinic Medical Center in 1993. In 1996, the mental and physical health of the tion drugs and heroin, what they need ments, particularly medication assist- she joined the staff of the Penn State Commonwealth? is treatment, and that’s our focus at ed treatments for patients addicted to Hershey Medical Center where she Rachel Levine: The global interest the Department of Health. The feder- opioids, and finally emphasizing the founded a division of adolescent med- that I’ve always had is that intersec- al government has said the exact same use of Naloxone, which is an antidote icine and a program to treat children tion between medical issues and men- thing. Statements from the secretary to overdoses. I signed a standing order and adults struggling with eating dis- tal health issues. That’s my interest in of health and human services, from prescription for first responders to be orders. adolescent medicine and particularly the director of the CDC, from the sur- able to carry Naloxone. So you can see Now she’s Pennsylvania’s physician in eating disorders. So I certainly have geon general, and now the president the scope of our work. general, who happens to be an open- expanded that interest in my role with state exactly the same thing. In Penn- JW: I want to go back to your com- ly transgender woman, a point she the state. For example, the biggest sylvania, we’re working on many differ- ment on education for a moment be- works hard to downplay as a sidebar public health issue facing the state of ent prevention measures. We’re going cause as you look at the demographic to her prestigious resume. As an advo- Pennsylvania, and perhaps the coun- to have a meeting of the deans of the diversity of the state from community cate for the LGBT community, Levine try, is prescription drug abuse with medical schools in Pennsylvania to dis- to community, I imagine it’s difficult has served on the board of directors opioid and heroin abuse and resulting cuss the education of medical students to always commu- [Cont. on page 41]

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Oct. 29 Oct. 31 Nov. 1 venue is certain to be packed for this show, so get your tickets in advance A Legacy of Equality Halloween Extravaganza Blessthefall, Stick To before you’re forced to listen from the Featuring Falling Hollywood Your Guns, Emarosa Fill parking lot. — Tommy Shannon with VWLS and LEC Basement Transmissions 5 p.m. // Basement Transmissions, nless you caught them at this asement Transmissions is on a 145 W. 11th St. // $20 Advance, $24 day Usummer’s Great Blue Heron Mu- Broll, once again reeling in some of of show // brownpapertickets.com/ sic Festival or fall’s Night Lights Mu- the biggest names in the metalcore event/2144150 sic Festival, or elsewhere out on the scene for a stacked show at Erie’s un- road, you likely haven’t heard much derground music hub. Nov. 4 from Falling Hollywood lately. After Blessthefall, Stick To Your Guns, and FILM at EAM Presents Amy a blister bout of regional gigging in Emarosa is a tour package that my 2014 to support their sophomore ef- high school self and friends would fort, Heavy Weather, the Erie-based have gone crazy for, and it’s safe to say

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO alternative rockers dialed back their many others will be doing the same in number of live shows around Erie. BT’s mosh pit. Blessthefall and Stick To Your Guns ancing Wheels, the first physical- have, for the most part, stuck to their Dly integrated dance company in guns over the years, staying true to the nation, will bring its Lasting Leg- the classic metalcore formulas of acy concert to Edinboro University of heavy guitars, guttural verses, and Pennsylvania’s Louis C. Cole Auditori- clean choruses. STYG’s “This is more” um on Oct 29. was a hardcore anthem for many kids Legacy celebrates this renowned in the mid 2000’s. It pushed STYG into Cleveland-based dance troupe’s 35th the scene’s spotlight where they have anniversary and the 25th anniversa- since found a home. Emarosa howev- ry of the Americans with Disabilities er, have softened their sound, cutting CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Act (ADA). The show pays tribute to out the harsh vocals almost entirely, RAMA the ADA by examining the impact of But for good reason: They’ve been but still keeping the same energy. All its five core themes: employment, ed- working on new material. three bands’ distinct styles have land- ucation, transportation, communica- The band’s debut release, 2012’s Set ed them spots on the Billboard 200, eople remember things, like where tion, and public access. The Table, delivered experimental an astounding feat for any band, es- Pthey were when the Twin Towers The concert blends exuberance, folk-rock, drawing comparisons to pecially in this genre. fell. I remember that, to be sure, but comedy, and powerful representa- The Avett Brothers and Mumford & Supporting acts on the tour are I also remember where I was when I tions of what it’s been like to attain Sons. Two years later, Heavy Weather Oceans Ate Alaska and Cane Hill. The learned Amy Winehouse had died. full public access. According to Cleve- featured a more Black-Keys-meets- Obviously, one pales in comparison land.com, the performance is as much Arctic-Monkeys feel, but the newest to the other in nearly every sense. “an educational experience as an ar- stuff they’ve been testing out at fes- But checking my Twitter in the dog tistic one, delineating the issues faced tivals goes even harder and darker, food aisle of Wegmans, it was like the by Americans with disabilities as reminiscent of Queens of the Stone world had stopped for a moment. they fought over the decades to gain Age-esque desert rock. It’s their most This is not misplaced melodrama. something that many people take for mature and well-crafted work to date. Amy Winehouse and her music – old granted.” Rounding out the bill, local and new, primal and revelatory – had Dancing Wheels was founded by scene newcomers VWLS – catchy seen me through college and the tu- Mary Verdi-Fletcher, who still dances math-rock-psychedelic rockers – open multuous few years after. She sang with the troupe and was instrumen- the downstairs show, and hip-hop- me through heartbreak and dark tal in the passing of the landmark civ- rock stalwarts LEC get the party go- moments. Tears, I learned, do dry on il rights law. ing upstairs after Falling Hollywood’s their own. Go for the education, sure. But go set. New songs, fresh bands, bumping Amy Winehouse wasn’t a star on the more for the dance, the energy, and after party stretching well into the rise. She was already burning bright, the passion. — Mary Birdsong night – sounds like one hell of a great too bright with her talent and her way to spend Halloween. — Ben Speg- demons, and that burning consumed 7:30 p.m., doors open 7:00 p.m. // 205 gen her. Now, that brightness is the sub- Meadville St. // $10; $5 Edinboro faculty, ject of BAFTA award-winning direc- staff, and non-Edinboro students; Free to 9 p.m. // Kings Rook Club, 1921 Peach St. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO tor Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy, Edinboro students // 732.1242 // facebook.com/kingsrookclub playing as part of FILM at the Erie Art

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Museum. Nov. 6 Cash. He’s performed this year in The film includes extensive unseen graveyards, on trains, even on a roof- archive footage and previously un- Zack Orr at Jekyll & Hyde’s top in Venice Beach, Calif. You can see heard tracks, and in her own words, ack Orr has been a performing his performances by following him Amy Winehouse offers striking in- Zguitarist for 25 years. To celebrate, on Periscope (@spaceloungeprod). Or sights into her life and music, and in he made it his mission to live stream on YouTube, including collaborations turn, our world. Her music is timeless; a different song every day for a year. with Eric Brewer, Ben Henry, and through that and this documentary, Many have been his originals, but Orr’s college friend from Berklee Col- Amy lives on. — Sara Toth with 365 performances, he’s obvious- lege of Music, Nori Kikuta. ly done some covers as well. I got to If you’ve seen him play with a band, 7 p.m. // Erie Art Museum, 411 State watch him record “Folsom Prison you know that Orr’s got the chops to St. // 459.5477 // erieartmuseum. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Blues” next to the railroad tracks rock out with the best in Erie, but his org/events/film.html // Tickets $5 in downtown Erie, which of course solo work is what he’s known for. As got the same reaction. is the perfect place to sing Johnny a singer/songwriter, he makes music Nov. 5 Erie is lucky enough to be on Regan’s 2015 tour, which visits more than 80 Brian Regan – Live at cities throughout the country. Jerry the Warner Theatre Seinfeld calls Regan “one of my fa- vorite, favorite stand-up comedians.” ere’s how funny Brian Regan is: David Letterman said of him, “I’ll take HMy twins were the ones who in- all of that guy you got … Very funny troduced his comedy to me five years man,” and featured him on the show ago when they were 13. The bit they 27 times: more than any other come- showed me on YouTube was his clas- dian. Even edgy, topical comedy stars sic little league “Hey Batter Batter” like Chris Rock love this guy. He was baseball routine. All three of us were nominated for a 2014 American Com- rolling on the floor. So what? So, nei- edy Award for Best Concert Comic, so ther of my boys have played a day of you know he knows how to put on a baseball in their lives and they still show. — Bryan Toy thought it was hilarious. So, is Bri- an Regan just for kids? Last week, I 7:30 p.m. // Warner Theatre, 811 State shared that same bit with my mid- St. // Tickets: $39.50 // 452.4857 or dle-aged and jaded poker buddies and erieevents.com CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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that can be deep or silly, lulling or jolt- on the back as you note growing ac- ing. His finger work is often mesmer- ceptance of marriage equality, trans- izing. And on Nov. 6, you can be a part gender rights, visitation rights, and of one of his live streams at Jekyll & open service in the military. But we Hyde’s. — Bryan Toy shouldn’t overlook the decades of tireless activism that got us here. 9 p.m. to midnight // Jekyll & Hyde’s Countless wrongfully demonized Gastropub // 8 East 10th St. // 456.0072 people worked very hard to cultivate the still-not-completely-welcoming Nov. 7 world we inhabit. Peek’n Peak Invites You to Ryan Murphy’s 2014 filmThe Nor- the Wurst Party Ever mal Heart chronicles the confusion and horror that many felt during the eeling chilled by the recent drop in early days of the AIDS crisis. It shows Ftemperature? Becoming impatient how a determined group of victims, to start celebrating the holiday season partners, and advocates organized with friends and family? Or perhaps in response, while exposing the con- you are just craving some hearty food tempt and political indifference they and a stein full of flavorful, import- encountered as they fought for their ed German or locally-brewed Ger- rights. man-style bier? Murphy is best known for fun and On Saturday, Nov. 7, Peek’n Peak is outrageous TV shows like Glee, Nip/ Loft Style Living hosting “The Wurst Party Ever.” Fill Tuck, and American Horror Story. So up on bratwurst, Bavarian style pret- don’t expect an atmosphere of quiet zels, and sauerkraut while sipping on restraint here. On the other hand, he’s Located conveniently downtown! a frothy beverage handed to you by a translating Larry Kramer’s semi-auto- dirndl-wearing server. Once you get biographical play of the same name, your belly filled, enjoy dancing to au- which adds intimacy and realism to thentic German music by Buffalo’s Big Murphy’s bombastic style. $685 153 East 13th St., Suite 1200, Erie, PA 16503 German Band, all set at the base of the Kramer (fictionalized in the film by www.lovellplace.com - 814.217.9250 beautiful Peek’n Peak ski slopes. Mark Ruffalo) was one of the found- Tickets are on sale now for $45; or $55 ers of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis if purchased after Oct. 29.. Each ticket (GMHC), which began (in his living includes unlimited beer tastings, a bier room!) as a response to the CDC’s stein, and German food tastings. How- unwillingness to declare AIDS an **NO COVER EXCEPT ever, tickets are limited, so act fast! — epidemic during the homophobic SPECIAL EVENTS** Evan Thomas early 80s. GMHC provided medical information and counseling at a time ok 5-9 p.m. // Main Lodge, Peek’n Peak Resort, s Ro FRI 10/30 when our country was extremely re- King STRANGERS & LIARS 1405 Olde Rd., Clymer, NY // 716.355.4141 // luctant to do so. Later, Kramer helped Club + CLAIRE STUCZYNKI pknpk.com/activities/wurstparty form the AIDS Coalition to Unleash +THE REMNANTS Power (ACT UP) to create more polit- SA T [FREE] Nov. 8 SAT 10/31 ical solutions. Through The Normal NOV DOWNSTAIRS: HALLOWEEN The Normal Heart Heart, this often overlooked history 07 EXTRAVAGANZA finally takes its place in the spotlight. FALLING HOLLYWOOD Explores the Early Days — Dan Schank + VWLS + UPSTAIRS: THE LEC of HIV/AIDS Activism AQUEOUS 2 p.m. // Mercyhurst Institute for Arts DOWNSTAIRS CONCERT COMPLEX FRI 11/6 GBTQ rights have real momentum MO MOJO (ZYDECO) and Culture, 501 E. 38th St. // miac. TWO SETS AT 1OPM TO 2AM lately. If you’re a tolerant person, [FREE] L mercyhurst.edu/events/the-normal- SAT 11/7 you may be tempted to pat yourself heart/ SAT DOWNSTAIRS: AQUEOUS FRI 11/13 RODGER MONTGOMERY BLUES BAND NOV 21 [FREE] SAT 11/14 THE MALLETT BROTHERS BAND [FREE] FRI 11/20 1109 State Street + THE HORNITZ INTREPID TRAVELERS Erie, PA 16501 DOWNSTAIRS CONCERT COMPLEX [FREE] AFTER PARTIES IN UPSTAIRS SAT 11/21 Phone: 814.453.6454 LOUNGE W/ QWISTER DOWNSTAIRS: TROPIDELIC www.plymouthtavern.com MUSIC 10PM MA + HORNITZ TTY B’S + UPSTAIRS QWISTER FRI 11/27 EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT! VIBE & DIRECT [FREE] Grab your gear and get here! • 10pm SAT 11/28 Thank you Erie for your Support! AMERICAN SONG No Cover • Drink Specials • Open 8pm [FREE] The Plymouth Tavern: Voted Best of Erie 2015 Winner for MUSIC AT 10PM•NO COVER EXCEPT SPECIAL EVENTS ● Best College Bar ● Best Place to Be Seen on a FREE POOL, SHUFFLEBOARD & GAMES ALWAYS!!! Saturday Night ● Best Bar Food ● Best Bloody Mary 1921 Peach St. Erie Pa•Private Parties Available•MEMBERS & GUESTS Contact: [email protected] & find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/kingsrookclub ● Best Lunch Bargain ● Best Soft Pretzel

22 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 Disrupt Erie Awards Date: November 18th, 2015 Location: Presque Isle Downs and Casino Price: $75 Headliner Speaker: Thom Ruhe, CEO Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, Former VP of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation. In celebration of Erie’s risk takers, past, present, and future who make our region a more prosperous place to live. Online voting open until October 30th via www.innovationcollaborators.com/disrupt-erie-voting Learn more about the event and purchase tickets via www.innovationcollaborators.com/disrupterie Tickles Deli 17 West 4th Street Ph: 455-5718 Mon-Fri: 8:30 - 3:00PM

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October 28, 2015 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 23 24 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 CALENDAR A Review of Count … The Legend of Dracula Lake Erie Ballet dances with darkness in this season’s production. CHRISTINE ERIN PHOTOGRAPHY CHRISTINE

By: Gregory Greenleaf-Knepp letting than the Victorian archetype of Everything from the performance’s varied soundtrack to its creative imagery mirrors the 1897 novel — apparently so popu- the splendor and sturm of characters’ ove, obsession, darkness, and lar it’s never gone out of print — nary emotions. death. a drop of blood is spilled; instead, the L If there were ever a proper sea- production focuses on a verboten love the lovebirds. son to mount a ballet production with and creating an ominous, dream-like A background screen flashing light- these themes, Lake Erie Ballet (LEB) mood. ning, Mina’s locket photograph, and has accomplished it with Count … The As audience members watch, they’re other imagery assist in explaining and Legend of Dracula. bound to feel more empathy than en- propelling the story forward in ways Based loosely on Bram Stoker’s clas- mity for Soares’ Transylvania count. that couldn’t be related through dance. sic horror novel, local choreographer In this version, years ago (or is it Meanwhile, the production’s Bobby Wesner’s version keeps the main centuries?), having killed a gypsy to soundtrack ranges from classical com- characters alive, retelling the story of a protect himself and his beloved, Drac- positions, to medieval chants, to Tom dark attraction while jettisoning much ula, the man, was accursed to become Waits, to the angst of contemporary of the latter search-and-destroy aspect “industrial” music that mirrors the of the tale. (Sorry, Van Helsing fans.) splendor and sturm of characters’ emo- Rather, this version focuses on the The production focuses tions. love triangle between the betrothed Count is being performed at 1020 Hol- couple Jonathan Harker (Francisco on a verboten love and land Street, soon to be the new location Aguilar) and Mina (Izabelly Possato) creating an ominous, for Lake Erie Ballet. and its shadowy, stygian interloper dream-like mood. “That’s the plan,” said Rick Di- Dracula (Jose Soares) in a dangerous Bello, LEB’s executive director, via pas de trois. email. “[The] first floor will have studios A collaboration between LEB and a member of the undead. “Living” for- and offices … The second floor has a 30- Wesner’s Neos Dance Theatre, a troupe ever, he thirsts for the blood of others foot ceiling and will be a performance based in northern Ohio, Count fea- while eschewing daylight in his eternal space with a stage, recording gear, pro- tures two of Neos’ performers, Juliana Cimmerian existence. jectors, etc.” Freude and Ethan Lee, in the second- The dance drama truly begins when Indeed, Lake Erie Ballet appears to be ary roles of Mina’s friend Lucy and Harker, a British estate agent, shows on a roll: what with a ballet company her fiancé Arthur. On a tertiary level, up in Dracula’s “neck” of the woods moving and, with Count … The Legend approximately 16 members of the LEB (yes, pun intended). Dracula espies of Dracula, a moving ballet. Youth and Junior Youth companies Harker’s locket containing a photo of serve the production’s background as Mina — a “doppelganger,” if you will, of Doors open 7:15 p.m., performance tiny dancers in various scenes. the count’s long-deceased love — and 8 p.m. // Nov. 5, 6, 7 // 1020 Holland More romantic and even less blood- therein supernatural peril ensues for St. // 871.4356 or lakeerieballet.org

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& The Remnants To Those Left com/Arundel-Cellars. Nov. 9 -- 6 to 8 p.m. St. erieartmuseum.org. MUSIC Oct. 30 -- 9 p.m. Behind Tour Lavery Brewing Co., 128 W. Saturday Night Latin 12th St. laverybrewing.com. Cyclical Beauty & Dave VanAmburg Kings Rook Club, 1921 Nov. 1 -- 5 p.m. Recent Sculpture Peach St. facebook. Nov. 7 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 29 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Basement Transmissions, FILM com/kingsrookclub. 145 West 11th St. Oasis Pub, 3122 West Ongoing through Nov. 17 Bel Aire Marriott Hotel, facebook.com/basement. Lake Rd. jazzerie.com. Living in the Age Glass Growers 2800 W. 8th St. jazzerie.com. I-90’s Erie’s Ultimate transmissions. of Airplanes Gallery, 10 East 5th St. Tribute to the 90’s The Romance glassgrowersgallery.com. Rankin & Schell Rock Erie Music of Schumann Oct. 28, 29, 30 -- 2 & 5 p.m. Oct. 30 -- 9 p.m. Tom Ridge Environmental Land, Sea and Sky: Oct. 29 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Awards Nov. 7 -- 8 p.m. Sherlocks Erie PA, 508 Center, 301 Peninsula Details from Nature Sprague Farm & Brew State St. facebook.com/ Nov. 1 -- 7 p.m. Warner Theatre, 811 Drive. trecpi.org. Works, 22043 US Hwy. 6 & sherlocksparkplace. State St. eriephil.org. Ongoing through Jan. 8 19 sleepingchainsaw.com. Bayfront Convention Center, 1 Sassafras Deepsea Challenge Erie Art Museum, 411 State Hired Hit Men Pier erieevents.com. Aqueous St. erieartmuseum.org. Colony House Band Ongoing through Dec. Oct. 30 -- 9 p.m. Nov. 7 -- 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Oct. 29 -- 6:30 to 9 p.m. Yuth Forever, 31 -- noon & 4 p.m. Ian Brill: Storm Presque Isle Downs & Kings Rook Club, 1921 Tom Ridge Environmental Colony Pub & Grille, 2670 Casino, 8199 Perry Hwy. 2x4, Left Behind, Peach St. facebook. Ongoing through Jan. 10 W. 8th St. jazzerie.com. Center, 301 Peninsula presqueisledowns.com. Varials & More com/kingsrookclub. Drive. trecpi.org. Erie Art Museum, 411 State Firefall Nov. 5 -- 4 p.m. St. erieartmuseum.org. Cosmic Rhythm Basement Transmissions, Faculty Recital Tiny Giants Oct. 29 -- 7 p.m. Series: Alessio Art of the Oct. 30 -- 9:30 p.m. 145 West 11th St. Ongoing through Feb. 26 Hamburg Palace Theatre, facebook.com/ Olivieri & Elisa Comic Book to 12:30 a.m. -- 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. 31 Buffalo St. beardedbabyproductions. Ramon Ongoing through Feb. 7 erieevents.com. Erie Ale House, 1033 Tom Ridge Environmental State St. facebook. Nov. 10 -- 7 p.m. Center, 301 Peninsula Erie Art Museum, 411 State com/ErieAleHouse. Passion “Even BT Halloween Show So Come” Tour Dr. William P. Alexander Drive. trecpi.org. St. erieartmuseum.org Music Center, 110 Kiltie Oct. 30 -- 5:30 p.m. Saturday Night Blues Nov. 5 -- 7 p.m. Rd. events.edinboro.edu. Mulholland Dr. The Visionary Basement Transmissions, Oct. 31 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Erie First Assembly of God, Oct. 28 -- 7 p.m. Paintings of William 145 West 11th St. 8150 Oliver Rd. wctl.org. DANCE Thomas Thompson facebook.com/basement. Oasis Pub, 3122 West Erie Art Museum, 411 State Lake Rd. jazzerie.com. transmissions. Live from Studio Q - Dancing Wheels St. erieartmuseum.org. Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 Andrew von Oeyen Oct. 29 -- 7:30 p.m. Bruce Gallery, Doucette Dave Callaghan Psycho with Amy Hall 215 Meadville St. Orchestra Nov. 6 -- noon Louis C. Cole Auditorium, brucegallery.info. Quartet 205 Meadville St. events. Nov. 4 -- 7 p.m. WQLN, 8425 Peach Oct. 30 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31 -- 8 p.m. edinboro.edu. Erie Art Museum, 411 State St. eriephil.org. 41st Annual Wegman’s Cafeteria, 6143 Warner Theatre, 811 St. erieartmuseum.org. State St. gannon.edu. Count...The Legend October Evenings Peach St. jazzerie.com. First Friday Concert of Dracula Tangerine Juried Exhibit Halloween Nov. 6 -- 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Friday Night Jazz Nov. 5, 6, 7 -- 8 p.m. Nov. 5 -- 8:30 p.m. Oct. 28, 29. 30, 31 Extravaganza with Dr. William P. Alexander Oct. 30 & Nov. 6 Edinboro Film Series, 405 Heeschen Gallery, Music Center, 110 Kiltie Lake Erie Ballet, Falling Hollywood Scotland Rd. facebook. 910 Market St. -- 6 to 9 p.m. Rd. events.edinboro.edu. 1020 Holland St. & VWLS lakeerieballet.org com/edinborofilmseries. artsmeadville.org. Oasis Pub, 3122 West Oct. 31 -- 9 p.m. Lake Rd. jazzerie.com. Mo Mojo On the Surface Kings Rook Club, 1921 Dance 1-2-3 The Normal Heart Nov. 6 -- 9 p.m. Works by Jamie S & S Acoustics Peach St. facebook. Nov. 6 -- 4:30 p.m. & Nov. 8 -- 2 p.m. com/kingsrookclub. Kings Rook Club, 1921 Borowicz Nov. 7 -- 2:30 & 7 p.m. Taylor Little Theatre, 501 E. Oct. 30 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Peach St. facebook. 38th St. mercyhurst.edu. Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 & Sprague Farm & Brew com/kingsrookclub. & Nov. 8 -- 2 p.m. Kiss This Nov. 1 -- 9 a.m. Works, 22043 US Hwy. 6 & Halloween Bash Mary D’Angelo Performing 19 sleepingchainsaw.com. Erie Ale House Arts Center, 501 E. 38th Me and Earl and Cummings Gallery, 501 E. Oct. 31 -- 9 p.m. Acoustics St. mercyhurst.edu. the Dying Girl 38th St. mercyhurst.edu. Chris Young Sherlocks Erie PA, 508 Nov. 11 -- 7 p.m. State St. facebook.com/ Nov. 6 -- 9 p.m. to midnight FOOD & DRINK Color & Form with Eric Paslay Erie Art Museum, 411 State sherlocksparkplace. Erie Ale House, 1033 & Clare Dunn St. erieartmuseum.org. Oct. 28, 29, 30 -- State St. facebook. Halloween Beats Oct. 30 -- 7:30 p.m. com/ErieAleHouse. at the Brix noon to 5 p.m. Malpractice VISUAL ARTS Erie Insurance Arena, 809 Urraro Gallery, 135 Oct. 31 -- 9 p.m. Oct. 31 -- 7 to 9 p.m. French St. erieevents.com. Sam Hyman Minyao W. 14th St. facebook. Presque Isle Downs & 21 Brix WInery, 6654 W. com/urrarogallery. Nov. 7 -- 2 to 5 p.m. Main Rd. 21brix.com. Strangers & Liars, Casino, 8199 Perry Hwy. Ongoing through Nov. 15 presqueisledowns.com. Arundel Cellars, 11727 Erie Art Museum, 411 State Water Water Claire Stuczynksi E Main Rd. facebook. Bricks & Beer

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Everywhere: Paean Oct. 31 & Nov. 7 -- 5:30 Glass Mosaics with Campground & Recreation Single Friends St. dafmark.org. to a Vanishing p.m. & Nov. 1, 8 -- 2:30 Joy Luebbert Center, 11103 Rte 19 N. sparrowpond.com. Nov. 4 -- 5:30 to 7 p.m. p.m. & Nov. 6 -- 7 p.m. Fall Open House Resource Oct. 28 & Nov. 4 -- LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Nov. 3 through Nov. 24 The Station Dinner 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Gigacities: How St. lifeworkserie.org. Nov. 7 -- 1 to 3 p.m. Theatre, 4940 Peach St. (Opening Reception North East Arts Council, 25 Broadband is Frank G. Pogue Student canterburyfeast.com. Center, 405 Scotland Rd. Nov. 3 -- 7 to 9 p.m.) Vine St. northeastarts.org. Reshaping the World Our Declaration: A Reading of the events.edinboro.edu. Allegheny College Art Don’t Blame it Oct. 30 -- 7:30 to 9 p.m. Gallery, 520 N. Main ZooBoo! Declaration of on the Movies Jefferson Educational Erie Otters vs. St. allegheny.edu. Oct. 28, 29, 30 -- 6 to 9 p.m. Independence in Nov. 3, 4, 10, 11 -- noon Society, 3207 State Windsor Erie Zoo, 423 W. 38th St. jeserie.org. Defense of Equality The Station Dinner Nov. 7 -- 7 p.m. Water: Elemental, St. eriezoo.org. Theatre, 4940 Peach St. Nov. 4 -- 7:30 to 9 p.m. Mutable, Essential 31st Annual Erie Insurance Arena, 809 canterburyfeast.com. Jefferson Educational French St. erieevents.com. Nov. 3 through Nov. 24 Talk, Chanting Lakeshore Marching Society, 3207 State and Meditation St. jeserie.org. (Opening Reception Waiting for Godot Band Association Go! Lego Go! Creative Nov. 3 -- 7 to 9 p.m.) with Kedarji Championships Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, Brian Regan Builders Club Allegheny College Art Oct. 28 & Nov. 11 21 -- 8 p.m. Oct. 31 -- 2 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 8 -- 2 p.m. Gallery, 520 N. Main -- 7 to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 5 -- 7:30 p.m. St. allegheny.edu. Renaissance Centre, Veterans Memorial North East Arts Council, 2nd Fl. 1001 State St. The Bhakta School of Stadium, 2600 State Warner Theatre, 811 State St. erieevents.com. 25 Vine St. facebook. dramashop.org. Transformation, 1421 W St. lmba.us. com/NorthEastArts. Assembly Required 41st St. bhaktaschool.org. Painting with Nov. 5 through Dec. 4 Things My Mother Erie Otters vs. Sarnia Vibrant Life Series Bruce Gallery, Doucette Taught Me Creativity Matters Dawn Ziegler Oct. 31 -- 7 p.m. Nov. 9 -- 10:30 to 11:30 p.m. Hall 215 Meadville St. Oct. 28 & Nov. 4, 11 -- 5:30 Nov. 6, 13 -- 6 p.m. brucegallery.info. Nov. 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 28, 29 Erie Insurance Arena, 809 LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach to 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 29 -- 4 -- 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. & Nov. French St. erieevents.com. North East Arts Council, 25 St. lifeworkserie.org. Second Sundays 8, 15, 22, 29 -- 3 to 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. & 6:30 to 8 p.m. Vine St. northeastarts.org LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Haunted Erie Otters vs. Nov. 8 -- 2 to 4 p.m. All An Act Theatre, 652 Erie Otters vs. W. 17th St. allanact.net. St. lifeworkserie.org. Halloween Party Mississauga Erie Art Museum, 411 State Oct. 31 -- 7 to 11 p.m. Peterborough St. erieartmuseum.org. Haunted History Nov. 10 -- 7 p.m. The Producers Masonic Temple, 32 W. 8th Nov. 6 -- 7 p.m. Tours Erie Insurance Arena, 809 Stitches: Nov. 11 -- 7:30 p.m. St. hauntedhalloweenparty. Erie Insurance Arena, 809 French St. erieevents.com. weebly.com. French St. erieevents.com. Contemporary Warner Theatre, 811 State Oct. 28, 29 -- 7:30 p.m. & Oct. St. erieevents.com. 30 & Nov. 6 -- 7 & 9:30 p.m. Veterans Fiber Art Show Halloween Bash 2015 The Future of The Brewerie At Union Appreciation Day Nov. 9 through COMMUNITY/VARIETY Station, 123 W. 14th Oct. 31 --10 p.m. Osteopathic Jan. 3 -- 9 a.m. St. brewerie.com. Medicine and Nov. 11 -- 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Connect: Grassroots Docksider, 1015 State Cummings Gallery, 501 E. St. facebook.com/ Osteopathy: A Presque Isle State 38th St. mercyhurst.edu. Efforts to Reshape Medication DocksiderErie. Global Perspective Park, 1 Peninsula Dr. Our Community Consultations events.dcnr.pa.gov. THEATER Nov. 6 -- 7:30 to 9 p.m. Ongoing through Jan. 10 with Rebecca Governor Wolf: Bayfront Convention Veterans Day Wise, PharmD Priorities for The Game’s Afoot Erie Art Museum, 411 State Center, 1 Sassafras Observance St. erieartsandculture.org. Oct. 29 -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pennsylvania Pier jeserie.org. Oct. 28, 29, 30, 31 -- 7:30 Nov. 11 -- 11 a.m. & Nov. 1 -- 2 p.m. LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Nov. 1 -- 7:30 to 9 p.m. Holocaust Exhibit St. lifeworkserie.org. Harvest Celebration Reeder Hall, 219 Meadville Erie Playhouse, 13 W. 10 Northwest Pennsylvania St. events.edinboro.edu. St. erieplayhouse.org. Oct. 28 -- 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Collegiate Academy, 2825 Nov. 6, 13 -- noon to 5 Sissons’ Pumpkin State St. jeserie.org. Gannon University, 619 p.m. & Nov. 7, 8, 14, 15 Vets and Pets Medieval Fest Sassafras St. gannon.edu. Patch -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. US Foreign Policy Nov. 11 -- 11 a.m. at Riverside Oct. 29, 30, 31 -- 10 Lake Erie Wine Country, and Our Role Frank G. Pogue Student Port Farms a.m. to 6 p.m. lakeeriewinecountry.org. Oct. 30, 31 & Nov. 6, 7, Harvest Festival in the World Center, 405 Scotland Rd. 13, 14, 20, 21 -- 7 p.m. & Sissons’ Pumpkin Patch, events.edinboro.edu. Oct. 28 -- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. & 11244 Springfield Rd. Nov. 2 -- 7:30 to 9 p.m. Lunch with Nov. 1, 8, 15 -- 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 30 -- 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. sissonspumpkinpatch.com. Jefferson Educational the Captain Riverside Inn at Cambridge Jackass Superstar & Oct. 31 -- 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Society, 3207 State Nov. 7 --11 a.m. Preston Lacy Springs, One Fountain St. jeserie.org. Port Farms, 2055 Stone Monster Mash Ave. theriversideinn.com. Erie Maritime Museum, Nov. 11 -- 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Quarry Rd. portfarms.com. for Diabetes 150 E. Front St. An Evening with Sherlocks Erie PA, 508 Rocky Horror Oct. 30 -- 6 to 11 p.m. flagshipniagara.org. Growing Human Author, Columnist State St. facebook.com/ Oct. 30 -- 8 p.m. & Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel & sherlocksparkplace. Tissues: Can We Print Conference Center, 2800 W. & Television Lou Tullio: A Oct. 31 -- midnight Commentator: Organs Instead of 8th St. diabeteserie.org. Real Erie Guy Stress-Related PACA, 1505 State St. Cokie Roberts Transplanting Them? Nov. 7 -- 2 p.m. Brain Dysfunction: paca1505.com. Ghosts Stories Oct. 28 -- 11:30 a.m. Nov. 3 -- 7:30 to 9 p.m. Blasco Library, 160 E. Implications in the and Legends of Stage Fright: Play to 1:30 p.m. Cathedral Prep Auditorium, Front St. erielibrary.org. Legal System Erie County 225 W. 9th St. jeserie.org. Festival of Fear Jefferson Educational Nov. 11 -- 7 p.m. Society, 3207 State Oct. 30 -- 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wurst Party Ever Oct. 30 -- 8 & 10 p.m. Ridge Library Great St. jeserie.org. LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Let’s Make A & midnight & Oct. Nov. 7 -- 5 to 7 p.m. Room, 16 W. Divsion St. lifeworkserie.org. Deal Live 31 -- 8 & 10 p.m. Peek’n Peak Resort, 1405 St. mercyhurst.edu. In the Kitchen with Nov. 4 -- 7:30 p.m. Olde Rd. pknpk.com. Schuster Theatre, 109 Chef Scott Schillinger Haunted Hayride & Erie Insurance Arena, 809 University Square Non-Scary Hayride gannon.edu. Oct. 28 -- 2 to 4 p.m. French St. erieevents.com. Dafmark Turns 25 LifeWorks Erie, 406 Peach Oct. 30 -- 7 to 10 p.m. Nov. 7 --7 p.m. Supper with A Canterbury Feast St. lifeworkserie.org. Sparrow Pond Family Dafmark, 1033 State

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30 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 CALENDAR A Conversation with Brian Regan The much-loved comedian will make his sixth Erie appearance just in time.

Left: Brian Regan displaying a By: Matt Swanseger few selections from his arsenal of scenario. The difference is he facial expressions, enough to “rival doesn’t fear discussing those eteran stand-up co- all the gargoyles in Gotham City (our) flaws on stage in front of median Brian Regan put together.” thousands of people, regard- Vreturns to the Warner less of demographics. Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 5 “[Whether] I play in New York after a one-and-a-half year ab- Brian Regan: Well, it’s [Hil- City or Erie, it’s still a group of sence … and the timing couldn’t lary] Clinton in the lead then people who know about Mc- be more perfect. [Bernie] Sanders is barking at Donald’s and Starbucks and “If you come back in a year her heels. I don’t if that’s sex- airplane seats and kind of instead of a year-and-a-half, ist to say that “her heels.” Her laugh at the same things.” it’s like ‘Wasn’t he just here?’” shoes? The things you’ll be laugh- Regan explains. “If you wait Matt Swanseger: Her “gen- ing at on November 5th may two years, it’s like ‘I don’t know der-neutral footwear.” be different from what you’ve who this guy is. It’s gone from BR: [laughs] You’ve got Hil- seen before – in fact, up to 75 my consciousness.’” lary Clinton and then you’ve percent of the stuff he’s doing According to the notes he got Bernie Sanders barking now wasn’t in his latest Com- brings to our interview, this at this broad’s high-heeled edy Central special, Live From will be his sixth appearance in pumps — no, that’s going in Radio City Music Hall, broad- Erie. “I have an assistant who the wrong direction. That’s cast Sept. 26. Rest assured, writes these things out so I even more sexist! though, that if you hear it,

look smart.” JEREMY HALL MS: — as she’s strutting Regan has laughed at it first. Regan is remarkably hum- down Fifth Avenue with her That’s all that matters. ble and gracious for such an liked making people laugh, warped facial expressions to poodles and miniskirt. “I don’t think my job is to accomplished man. After 35 particularly his father. rival all the gargoyles in Go- BR: How are we gonna have get on stage and figure out years in the business, he’s one “It was joy making my dad tham City put together – the a woman president when all what audiences are looking of the most respected in his laugh. He’s a very funny guy. subject matter is often no more they want to do is shop all for. My job is to get on stage field, with the likes of Jerry To put together some crafty bizarre than reality itself. Like day!? and show audiences what I’m Seinfeld, Patton Oswalt, and little thing and say it [in such all worthwhile observation- MS: She’s gonna shop us interested in … I always say to David Letterman singing his a way that] he would … double al comics, Regan is adept at straight to China. This country myself, ‘Don’t try to make the praises. Last year, he per- over laughing was one of the identifying the strangeness in is going to hell in a handbag. audience laugh, try to make formed in front of his largest most pleasurable experiences familiarity, at sifting through BR: [laughs] What’s gonna me laugh.’ That’s what my goal audiences ever (selling out the I ever had.” the mundane for humanity’s happen when she chips a nail? is, to be true to myself … I’m 12,500-seat EnergySolutions However, he didn’t even con- essential truths. He is espe- MS: Who steps in as Vice trying to come up with things Arena in Salt Lake City on con- sider comedy as a profession cially keen on the superfluous President? that I think are funny, not that secutive nights), appeared in until his days at Heidelberg (why do we need detailed in- While nothing from the the guy out there with the silly his first motion picture (Top College in Tiffin, Ohio. “I had structions on how to toast a above exchange is likely to hat is gonna think is funny.” 5 with Chris Rock), and made no notion of being a standup Pop Tart? What use is a refrig- make it into one of his rou- I ask if he gets a lot of people a record 26th appearance on comedian; I just wanted to get erator salesmen when all re- tines (noted for their acces- with silly hats at his shows. The Late Show with David Let- away from my comfort zone frigerators serve the same ba- sibility and inoffensiveness), “That’s my favorite kind of terman. Altogether, he puts on … I started to figure out what sic purpose?), the pretentious it demonstrates his ability to audience. Silly hat audiences … about 100 shows a year, aver- worked for me as a human (the one-upmanship of din- momentarily displace himself When I’m backstage, that’s one aging 1,500 attendees at each. being, and I enjoyed making ner party conversation, first from subjective experience of the first things I’ll ask my Obviously, he’s smarter than people laugh. I think maybe class fliers sneering at the un- and survey the bigger picture. tour manager. ‘How many sil- he lets on – because he’s been being in a different environ- washed masses in coach), and Both the convenience and the ly hats are out there?’ He says doing something right for a ment helped me get on this the imbalanced (Flipper the danger of clichés (e.g.,“bark- ‘quite a bit,’ I start to feel good long time. path. One way I’m able to make dolphin was exclusively good, ing at her heels”) is in their about myself. He says ‘not that The smartest thing he has friends is by being funny … I so he should have a counter- thoughtlessness – but where- many,’ it’s a little hurtful.” done over the years is trust remember one guy – a fellow part that is exclusively evil). as most people see only the So make sure you visit your his instincts. Regan’s child- student – just laughing like Regan’s greatest asset as a co- convenience (within the con- favorite avant-garde haber- hood home just outside of Mi- crazy and saying ‘Man, you are median, however, is his hones- text of their conversation), Re- dasher before the show, Erie. ami was the incubator for not so bizarre.’ That made me feel ty. He is hilariously self-aware, gan sees the potential danger We mustn’t disappoint. one, but two, comedians (older so good [laughs]. Maybe some- even within the course of our (within the contexts of gender brother Dennis). He grew up body else would take that as interview. During a pause in equality/political correctness) Matt Swanseger can be surrounded by funny people an insult, but I took it as a com- the interrogation, he announc- and is honest enough to call reached at mswanseger@ – both his parents and all sev- pliment.” es Joe Biden has dropped out himself out for it. He’s as fun- eriereader.com. You can en of his siblings possess “tre- While the physical compo- of the running for the Demo- damentally flawed as any of follow him on Twitter @ mendous senses of humor.” nent of Regan’s standup is cer- cratic bid for President. I ask us; he doesn’t always say or SwazzySwagga or read his Regan knew early on that he tainly bizarre – he has enough him who that leaves: do the right thing in a given blog at squanderoza.com.

October 28, 2015 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 31 MUSIC REVIEWS

Protomartyr Deerhunter Sarsen Eagles of Death Metal The Agent Intellect Fading Frontier Sarsen Zipper Down Hardly Art 4AD Independent T-Boy/UME

f you told the mem- fter a foray into grit- arsen has been mak- f the title of the album Ibers of Detroit’s Pro- Atier sonic territory Sing the rounds in Idoesn’t clue you in to the tomartyr that the world on 2013’s Monomania, Erie’s metal scene since maturity level of Eagles of sucks, they seem like Bradford Cox and Deer- 2008, but now it has its Death Metal, perhaps this the types to agree. The hunter find themselves own full-length release to quote from Jesse Hughes group has thrived on in a more relaxed state help local headbangers will help: “The new al- creating post-punk with bleak overtones, on their new album Fading Frontier. Even rock out. “Forest of the Facade” kicks the bum, Zipper Down, really represents to me an but Protomartyr strikes an impressive though it doesn’t contain quite the bom- band’s self-titled debut album off on an attitude and philosophy of life. One should not balance of humor and, well, fun for a bast of Deerhunter’s last outing, Fading impressive note. Actually, an impressive zipper up, they should zipper down and let it all band that can’t help but sound moody. Frontier still manages to hit hard through sequence of notes is more like it, as the hang out.” Pretty standard stuff for this song- There’s a lot of darkness in vocalist Joe some of its lyrics, whether it’s a track song’s intro is comprised of an intriguing writing team. The band’s other permanent mem- Casey’s lyrics, but it never becomes over- about mortality on “Take Care” or when riff drenched in reverb before heading into ber is Josh Homme, lead singer and creative bearing, either because of a well-placed Cox sings “jackknifed on the side street some muscular NWOBHM (New Wave force behind Queens of the Stone Age. Maybe guitar bridge that brightens up a song crossing/ I’m alive and that’s something” of British Heavy Metal) territory. From my funny bone is broken, but I have difficulty -fig like “Cowards Starve” or the occasional on “Breaker,” a short line that carries ex- there, Sarsen fills the album with plenty uring out what part of their adolescent humor is song that just can’t help but sound up- tra weight after the singer was hit by a of squealing guitars, thundering bass and tongue-in-cheek and what part is tongue-hang- beat, such as the hooky “I Forgive You.” car last year. It’s a jarring moment in a drums, and growling vocals. Sarsen is a ing-out, and that’s confounding to someone Then there’s “Ellen,” a truly sweet love song that’s so dreamy, it could give Beach solid album throughout, with some rather who loves straight-ahead, stripped-down rock song Casey wrote from the perspective House a run for its money, but one that intriguing moments, from the aforemen- and roll. Still, nobody strips it down like EODM. of his late father to his mother. It’s a sur- keeps you riveted on Cox’s every word. It’s tioned intro to the blistering solo just Their fuzzed-out version of Duran Duran’s “Save prisingly tender moment near the end of just an added bonus that Fading Frontier over three minutes into “Soul Hacker.” Al- a Prayer” is even sexier than the original. “Skin an album filled with reminders of loneli- happens to be chock full of lovely compo- bum highlight “Curse of Man” gives fans Tight Boogie” is a funky, glam-tastic party tune. ness and evil, one that makes quite an sitions as well, pumping out nine breezy a nine-minute taste of the quartet’s skills, Ready to embrace your inner ninth-grader and impact in an already impressive release. tracks that tackle hard subjects. – Alex shifting between guttural rampages and have some crude, raucous, dumbed-down fun? – Alex Bieler Bieler slow burns in one take. – Alex Bieler Then this is the album for you. – Bryan Toy

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October 28, 2015 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 33 FEATURE What’s Haunting Erie County? A historical retrospectralcle

By: Matt Swanseger

have long had my suspicions with superstition. Not that I was nev- Ier young and gullible, but thir- teen blessed years in the Erie Public School System steered me towards a policy of healthy skepticism and ra- tional inquiry. For example, if my pro- jected path and that of a black cat’s do not intersect at a perpendicular, is the hex still valid (and if so, what is the effective range)? Have you ever seen Bigfoot in 1080p? Because, so far, high resolution and image stabiliza- tion seem to be foreign concepts to the amateur Sasquatch photographer (I had to qualify that because I’m sure there’s a professional Sasquatch pho- tographer out there whose compre- hensive portfolio of Bigfoot senior pictures, Bigfoot family photos, and Bigfoot wedding shoots is just wait- ing to knock my galoshes off). Given my dubious attitude toward the strange and supernatural, I was taken aback when a routine Ouija board consultation (I think I asked it what I should cook for dinner that night) turned into a 1,800-word inves- tigative report on “What’s Haunting Erie County.” It didn’t make much sense at the time, but hey, who am I to question the Dark Lord? (Please be aware that all clunky phrasing, cringe-worthy puns, and general tastelessness henceforth is the devil’s work and not my own).

Eerie Beginnings At 99,542 strong (per the most re- cent census), Pennsylvania’s fourth most-populous city does not readily fit the profile of a “ghost town.” The Reverend Robin S. Swope, author of Eerie Erie: Tales of the Unexplained from Northwest Pennsylvania, sug- BRAD TRIANA gests otherwise. Turns out there was Pull my finger, if you dare! Most early Erie cemeteries were not around long enough to a whole lot of living and dying going the Erielhonan (Seneca for “long tail”), enjoy the legacy of THE Erie Cemetery. Pictured here is “The Vampire Crypt,” the fabled on around here even before European who were often lumped in with the domain of a bloodsucking menace. Legend has it that a local boy once infiltrated the crypt, settlers swept in and began living and Iroquois due to their similar language pulled the ring from the enclosed corpse’s finger, and woke up with his own ring finger dying in their place (which was as and culture. horrifically torn from his hand. much their signature move as “Stone The Eries (as they became known to Cold” Steve Austin’s is the Stone Cold lazy Europeans who couldn’t be both- Stunner or Dwayne “The Rock” John- ered to spell out the whole word. Kids the corrupted souls of “tyrants and Nonetheless, they coexisted (albeit son’s is the People’s Elbow). Prior to those days.) adopted the panther as unfaithful queens.” Panthers aplen- uneasily) until – ironically enough – the settlers’ arrival, the shores of Lake their tribal mascot, a creature regard- ty prowled Pennsylvania back then, the Seneca were betrayed by an Erie Erie were home to the six nations of ed warily by the Seneca due to the so you can imagine that the Seneca tribal leader in 1634. All hell broke the Iroquois Confederacy, along with belief that they were infused with were a little on edge about the Eries. loose – whereas the Seneca could

34 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 28, 2015 FEATURE deal before, now they could not even. matter of hotel or parking garage (or By 1653, the Eries were all but extin- really, really ridiculously good-looking guished, as their large feline counter- Sheetz), they were often a matter of parts would be two centuries later. life or death. Specifically, whose inter- As for the Iroquois Confederacy, they ests do you favor? Prior to the estab- packed it up after reaching a settlement lishment of Erie Cemetery in 1851 for with the state and federal government Protestants and Trinity Cemetery on for $3,200, and voila! Erie, Pennsylvania West Lake Road in 1869 for Catholics, was officially a thing. However, they churches generally maintained their forgot to take their bones with them own graveyards. That was all fine and … oops! Massive burial mounds were good at first, but with a burgeoning once pervasive within what would be- population and the need to promote come our city limits. The Warner and development of homes and businesses, Beers Company mentions in its History it became impractical to have so many of Erie County the area near the pres- graveyards scattered about. ent-day intersection of East Bayfront In the game of musical caskets, you’re Parkway/East Bayfront Drive/Port Ac- either dead or you’re dead somewhere cess Road and the former Warfel Farm else. Bodies were shuffled between (which encompassed East 18th-28th sites (sometimes more than once) un- Streets between East Avenue and Elm til the cemetery associations got the Street) as sites where the mounds were kinks worked out around the time of most abundant. America’s Civil War. However, as re- Although socioeconomic and political cently as 1977, Erie has been forced to factors certainly figure into Erie’s re- raise the dead. Many of the area’s poor cent spell of misfortune, I’m pretty sure and disenfranchised – often children “built on ancient Indian burial ground” and infants - were buried at the former trumps them all. It’s become my go-to Erie Alms House Cemetery (near West scapegoat when things aren’t going my 23rd and Pittsburgh Avenue). While way and now it can be yours, too … all many of the remains were relocated (to for the low, low price of $3,200.

The Erielhonan should have adopted a less Losing Our De-Composure controversial tribal mascot – an ethnic Before Erie’s zoning issues were a caricature of a French fur-trapper, perhaps?

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October 28, 2015 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 35 FEATURE AARON CANON AARON

Most extant Sasquatch footage is on par including Erie’s most beloved beach with this 1981 file photo of Donkey Kong. bum, Joe Root. He referred to them as “Perry’s Will O’ Wisps,” because those “bathrobes” were actually early 1800’s the Dobler Farm off Blair Road in Fair- naval uniforms. view Township), 247 of the 690 persons See, way back in the winter of 1813, our are still there, trapped beneath utility boy Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry lines, businesses, and roadways. and his gang found themselves in a bit Just in case any of you west-siders of a pickle. The temperature plunged were feeling left out so far. and with it the collective morale of the U.S. Brig Niagara, then harbored Presque Reality or Presque Isle- in Presque Isle’s Little Bay (now Misery usion? Bay). Smallpox was spreading rapidly While municipal records and the through the ship’s cabin and showed journal entries of bygone agricultur- no signs of abating. After attempts to ists make for intriguing source materi- quarantine the infection failed, some al, the fantastical tales spun by drunk- say officers ordered the diseased to be en sailors and hysterical teenagers are euthanized (or massacred, if you were that much more fascinating. And there to ask the ghosts, who are still pissed is no shortage of these pertaining to about it). The dying were disposed of the undisputed gems of the Gem City: following the same procedure as the Lake Erie and Presque Isle. Among the dead – wrapped in canvas and sunk nuggets added to our folkloric treasure with a cannonball through a hole in chest over the years are: ghost ships, the ice of the neighboring lagoons. UFOs, and my personal favorite, the There is no written record of this ever “Storm Hag.” Let’s explore: happening, but the legend of Grave- yard Pond endures just the same. So re- Cannonball! member, parents - vaccinate your chil- Despite the admonitions of their el- dren. And children, keep your pants on. ders, young couples have been sneak- ing into Presque Isle after dusk to Home Is Where the Hag Is canoodle - or worse yet, get “freek-naz- Long before Whitney Houston or Sa- zty” - for generations. For those who die Hawkins took the initiative to ask have chosen to do so in the vicinity boys to dance, Jenny Greenteeth was of Graveyard Pond (near Beach 11), turning traditional gender roles up- things have occasionally gotten a little side-down amidst the waves of Lake “freek-nazztier.” Apparitions dressed in Erie … and many a boat along with old, tattered “bathrobes” have appeared them, according to sailor lore. to numerous witnesses over the years, Yes, when [Cont. on page 31w]

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he final Star Wars trailer is out. pened,” he responds, “It’s all true, all of story of Anakin Skywalker, he took us tragic hero he is. It also boringly delved Time to get hyped and then im- it.” Solo looks like a man who has seen to a world where Jedi were everywhere! deeply into politics. Damn you Jar Jar Tmediately temper our expecta- some things. Jedi weren’t novel or urban legends; for getting played and giving Palpatine tions. We’ve been hurt before, but let’s Look, in the first film, he doesn’t even they were a giant peacekeeping force. (The Emperor for those uninitiated) not dwell on that just yet. First let’s believe in the force, chalking it up The world was shiny and technology power, resulting in the genocide of the talk about how awesome it is that Star essentially to sleight of hand. In the Jedi. You wonder why everyone hates Wars is getting a new film. And so far, second film, he watches Darth Vad- you. it’s looking like everything we want it er effortlessly block his blaster shots, But let us not forget So we’ve been hurt before. The hype to be. torture him using the Force, and then the great betrayal of for Episode 1 was high. And the result The tone in the latest trailer is perfect freeze him in carbonite. Then in Return was the beginning of a series of major for those who love the original trilogy. of the Jedi, Luke singlehandedly saves Episodes 1-3. When bummers. Each film muddied the wa- What made Star Wars so special was him from Jaba the Hutt with just a la- George Lucas returned ters of what has become the cathedral the concept of the “old new.” Yes it was ser sword. Now, we see an aged Hans of nerds and geeks around the world. the future, but it wasn’t flashy; it was Solo looking at the camera, hauntingly to the trilogy to give Can JJ Abrams raise the series back dirty. Things broke. Technology wasn’t confirming the existence of the great- us the story of Anakin up to its former glory? I sure hope so. magic. That’s not to say the Force didn’t est urban legend of all time. A farm boy Skywalker, he took us to And I swear, if that misty-eyed Harri- exist, but it existed to the common from Tatoonie destroyed two Death son Ford performance turns out to be alien much like Harry Potter exists to Stars and saved the galaxy from the a world where Jedi were wasted, then no sin can be forgiven. us. Just stories. Dark Side of the Force. Can’t think of a everywhere! I’ve watched the trailer countless times This is perfectly captured by Han Solo better way to set the tone of what hap- and I always get chills. throughout the three original films. It’s pened since Return of the Jedi. why Harrison Ford’s performance in But let us not forget the great betray- John Lindvay can be contacted at the trailer is so powerful. When asked al of Episodes 1-3. When George Lucas was magic. Anakin was completely [email protected], and you can about the “stories of what really hap- returned to the trilogy to give us the unlikeable and failed to portray the follow him on Twitter @Fightstrife.

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"Oh, bugger. I just hate it when they leave [Cont. from page 15] nicate what is time you work hard to make sure the political pamphlet out on the cold cobblestones in the morning." being done and what needs to be done that your personal narrative does to affect change statewide. Pardon not interfere with the work you’re the analogy, but thinking about the trying to do. Are you forced to recon- Commonwealth as a patient, I imag- cile those interests at all, particular- phantom ships in the shape of the ine your pediatric background gives ly since you’re working in a political Erie appeared to onlookers on shore, you a framework for dealing with the context? first near Cleveland (after a severe health of the Commonwealth in the RL: I’ve mentioned before that I’m thunderstorm – some contend the sense that it’s difficult to communi- very pleased to serve as a mentor, a Hag strikes just as things begin to cate some of these problems, and also role model, an advocate for the LGBT simmer down), then near Erie (be- that the patient doesn’t always know and the transgender population and fore a severe thunderstorm). Those how to express what those problems to help in any way I can. The Gover- acquainted with the Hag advised are. nor is a strong supporter of non-dis- against rescue attempts, warning RL: I think that’s true, but I’ve spent crimination efforts and has always that these holograms were only an my life and career seeing pediatric been very supportive of that and invitation to their own demise. and adolescent patients and young non-discrimination legislation. But -- Winter 1942 – The tugboat Admi- adult patients and their families. So I do like to emphasize that I wasn’t ral was accompanying the oil tank- I have a lot of experience in trying to nominated for this position because er Clevco eastbound toward Cleve- communicate things to patients and I’m an openly transgender woman. I land, when early one December their families, and thus the public, was nominated because of my med- morning, the Admiral disappeared. about all of these issues. We go on ical and professional qualifications The towline it was attached to was many speaking engagements and do and confirmed based on those quali- angled into the waves, as if it had THOMAS ROWLANDSON THOMAS many interviews to get the word out fications. I am aware of the interests been yanked downward. The Coast about the scope of the opioid crisis in terms of my being an openly trans- Guard was radioed and by the time and all the different measures the gender woman in a position such as it arrived, both ships were M.I.A. administration is doing to address it. physician general, but my private life [Cont. from page 36] you’re a The Civil Air Patrol joined the hunt JW: How important is it for you is private and really is not relevant to ghastly she-demon with yellow feline the following morning and spotted as physician general to remind leg- the public health issues of the state. eyes, pale green skin, and green shark- the Clevco. The pilot’s radio prompt- islators and the general public that JW: Does your personal experi- like teeth, you’re sometimes forced to ly went dead and the Clevco was en- living well and being of sound mind ence as a transgender woman factor resort to desperate measures to get gulfed in a sudden snowstorm. A cut- and body are important parts of the into your vision for the future of the attention you crave. Even (gasp!) ter ship sighted it later, but surprise! sociopolitical welfare of the state as medical treatment and policy in the poetry: The tanker dissolved into another well? Commonwealth? And from a policy Come into the water, love, spontaneously-appearing blizzard (at RL: I have a great relationship with standpoint on LGBT equality in med- Dance beneath the waves, press time, the Storm Hag might be the legislature. Secretary of Health ical treatment and health care cover- Where dwell the bones of sailor lads the most legitimate attempt to ratio- (Karen) Murphy and I speak with age, where is the Commonwealth and Inside my saffron caves. nalize Erie weather I have yet encoun- the legislature all the time about where should we be going? Upon hearing her doggerel, her pro- tered). The Clevco eventually reestab- health-related issues. I had the op- RL: There are lots of internal discus- spective partner would almost invari- lished radio with the Coast Guard, but portunity to meet all 50 state sena- sions about LGBT issues, particular- ably reply “thanks but no thanks,” and only for about an hour. Communica- tors during the confirmation process ly emphasizing non-discrimination Greenteeth would almost invariably tions went silent and it was neither and to talk about opioids and other legislation. I think that my knowl- proceed to throw a “tempest” tantrum seen nor heard from again. significant public health problems edge of the LGBT community as a and sink the ship. Hence her more Wow, look at this bloated article. and I was very pleased to be con- transgender woman as well as my popular alias, The Lake Erie Storm That’s the thing with these urban leg- firmed unanimously by the state sen- experience at Equality PA and also Hag. ends; they suck you in like the spindly ate in June. my knowledge of transgender medi- Swope admits the whole Storm Hag limbs of the Storm Hag. If you would JW: Your unanimous confirmation, cal care informs my perspective and story seems a little farfetched, but like to get sucked in further, check out I think most people would agree, is my ability to consult with Secretary does not discount it entirely, referenc- Eerie Erie, available on Amazon for impressive, especially given the po- Murphy and the Governor on all of ing examples of ships that have van- $14.99. litical climate and the challenge that these issues. Everything I’ve learned ished without a trace on Lake Erie: Welp, time to ask the Ouija board if Gov. Wolf received on other nomina- during my many years of profession- -- Fall 1782 – After withstanding a there’s anything I need at the store. tions. Does that unanimous confir- al practice informs how I consult on violent storm, it seemed to be clear mation provide you a mandate or in- these medical issues and all issues in sailing for an owler (a ship smuggling Local author Robin S. Swope will ertia for policy initiatives that you’d terms of public health. wool) on its way to Presque Isle. Less talk about his book Eerie Erie: Tales like to see at the state level? than a mile from shore under the light of the Unexplained from Northwest RL: I wouldn’t say that I have a man- (Read the full interview at of a full moon, the water bubbled, the Pennsylvania from 1-2 p.m. on Oct. 31, date, but I and the Department of ErieReader.com) For more Storm Hag popped out, poisoned the at the Millcreek Branch of Erie Public Health as a whole have a great rela- information on GEAE’s Intersections crew with her untrimmed talons, and Library. For more info: 451.7084. tionship with the legislature, and we of Equality Conference and dragged the boat down, the screams consult with each other all the time. conference registration visit of sailors echoing in the night. What Matt Swanseger can be reached JW: From what I’ve read, it seems greatereriealliance.com. Jim a diva! at [email protected]. that you’ve embraced your role as a Wertz can be reached at jWertz@ -- Summer 1841 – The steamship Erie You can follow him on Twitter mentor and a popular figure in the ErieReader.com, and you can follow exploded 33 miles from Buffalo, killing @SwazzySwagga or read his LGBT community, and at the same him on Twitter @jim_wertz. 250 people. Twice thereafter, burning blog at squanderoza.com.

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