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NEWS AND NOTES CULTURE Editors-in-Chief: Brian Graham & Adam Welsh 4 UPFRONT 9 EERIE HORROR FILM FEST Managing Editor: The Best Place To Be Born Erie's biggest film festival returns just in Ben Speggen 5 time for the Halloween season. Contributing Editor: STREET CORNER SOAPBOX 12 Cory Vaillancourt It's Time to Fire Chief Wahoo If We Were You... Copy Editor: Here’s what we would do Alex Bieler 6 THE WAY I SEE IT 14 Contributors: The Debt Limit Debacle TO-DO LIST Alex Bieler Will and the Won'ts, 24 Hour Comic Pen Ealain 6 TECH WATCH Book Day Matthew Flowers #AJO Dakota Hoffman 17 STREET FASHIONISTA Leslie McAllister 7 Q&A WITH KATHY Marilyn Goellner Rich McCarty DAHLKEMPER Ryan Smith 15 Art REVIEW Jay Stevens 20 Roy Glass Finds Hope in Rebecca Styn The NPAA Biennial Exhibit Bryan Toy Struggle Against ALS Designers: 18 Falling Hollywood Mark Kosobucki Burim Loshaj Band to Host CD Release Party Cover Design: Mark Kosobucki Photographer: Ryan Smith Jessica Yochim From the Editors Interns: Jessica Courter e here at the Erie Reader about to help right here in rural ol’ Erie. release, comprises of “the creation of an inven- Adam Unger are pro-Erie. Everyone On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Technology Council tory of the region’s entrepreneurial activity, sup- knows that,” writes Cory announced that the Pennsylvania Department port system, and deficiencies,” during which a 32 W. Eighth St. #302 Vaillancourt in this issue’s of Community & Economic Development “metrics-driven action plan” will be developed. Erie PA, 16501 Upfront. “But we aren’t pro-Erie because some (DCED) awarded it a $100,000 Discovered “This is a great day for NWPA,” said Candace [email protected] “Wof us were born here; we’re pro-Erie because in PA, Developed in PA grant. The Corbett Littell, chairwoman of the Board at the Tech we live here… and just like you, we want this administration initiated the program to “build Council in the press release announcing the The Erie Reader is Erie’s only free, independent city, this county, this region, and this country to capacity to better support Pennsylvania busi- grant. “This is the beginning of the hard work source for news, culture, and entertainment. prosper.” nesses and to spur creativity and innovation in that is required to ensure a bright future for our The Erie Reader is a forum for ideas and While the opinions of our columnists and the provision of economic development services, regional economy.” discussion, and seeks to drive two-way communication with its readers. At the Erie contributors are their own and do not always from business incubating to mentoring to mar- And we — champions of Erie’s bright future Reader, we endeavor to highlight the best reflect that of the editorial board or the orga- keting and beyond.” and vast possibilities — couldn’t agree more. Of- of Erie by providing in-depth, magazine-style nization as a whole, this one does. Because we And fostering and nurturing business devel- ten there’s a lot of talk, some meetings, a spool journalism that cuts to the heart of the believe in Erie’s bright future, we continually opment is good news to everyone’s ears — es- of bureaucratic red tape unfurling, and then issues that matter to Erie. The Erie Reader do our damnedest to bring you the good news pecially in a city where big corporations are on nothing. Now we have a something tangible: an is published every other week at The Corry of Erie and shine a light on the optimism all their way out and growth now hinges on smaller organization in the Tech Council that offers a Journal, 28 W. South St., Corry, Pa. 16407. The too often hiding in the darker corners of this companies planting their roots here. bevy of services geared to promote innovation, Erie Reader is distributed at over 250 high foot- city, while also remaining critical of the chal- “With the majority of new jobs coming from wealth, and job creation while also bolstering traffic locations in Pennsylvania from North lenges presented to this area both by misfortune startups and emerging small business,” said economic competitiveness with a $100,000 at East to Girard to Edinboro. The Erie Reader beyond our control as well as that by our own DCED Secretary C. Alan Walker in a press re- its disposal to promote success in our region. is also available by mail subscription; one year hands. lease, “developing new ways to support creative Now let’s ensure that Corbett and other rep- (26 issues) for $49.99. Send check or money Often at the end of some of our heavier criti- thinking and business know-how is critical.” resentatives see the potential in Erie as Phase I order payable to Flagship Multimedia, Inc., to the address below. In addition to appearing cism sits one man: Gov. Tom Corbett. These funds, which will be used for Phase I gives way to Phase II, the implementation of the in print, Erie Reader adds new content daily Over the course of his term as Pennsylvania’s activities related to the Innovation Collabora- activities prioritized in the action plan — per- at ErieReader.com as well social media sites. governor, he’s slashed education, cut from wel- tive — tasked with creating “a more thriving haps the even more daunting task at hand, since All rights reserved. All content © Flagship fare programs, and championed the conversion ‘entrepreneurial ecosystem,’” according to the follow through is something this city needs Multimedia, Inc, 32 W. Eighth St., Suite 302, Erie, of fresh water into a radioactive slurpee — all press release — will give people in our region now more than ever if we’re to capitalize on the Pa, 16501. No part of this publication may be making him an easy target for us. And just re- the chance to do just that: it’ll ensure entre- limited chances and resources at hand. After all, reproduced without permission. The opinions cently he likened gay marriage to incest. preneurs have access to better resources to take out of the entire planet, we choose to work, live, of our columnists and contributors are their But when credits and kudos are due, we’ll give an idea and make it a reality here in Erie. That and play here, and we’re bent on making this the own and do not always reflect that of the them. And in our eyes, Corbett’s earned some Innovation Collaboration has been at work for best damn place to live in, because just like you, editorial board or organization. Direct inquiries much needed praise because of a program he a year now dating back to October 2012, and we want Erie to prosper and can see that bright to 814.314.9364 or [email protected]. and his administration established and how it’s Phase I of the initiative, according to the press future that lies ahead. October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 3 UPFRONT News The Best Place To Be Born of the Weird By: Cory Vaillancourt able, flourishing Erie – is to call upon our leaders, each riter George Bernard Shaw said election season, and ask them By: Chuck Shepherd that patriotism – much like civic to explain exactly what they pride – is “a conviction that a have to offer. particular country is the best in That’s why we’re proud to the world because you were born in it.” announce that the 2013 “Erie Haute Couture WNow, we here at the Erie Reader are pro-Erie. Reader Downtown Debate Everyone knows that. But we aren’t pro-Erie be- Series” will culminate at the few still-primitive cultures inexplicably cel- cause some of us were born here; we’re pro-Erie, Jefferson Educational Society ebrate such female adornments as the stack- because we live here, we work here, we shop here, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22. ingA of metal neck rings and the inserting of sau- and we raise our children here, and – just like you Many – if not all – of the cer-size disks into pierced earlobes. For "civilized" – we want this city, this county, this region, and weeds growing in our collec- society, there is the annual Paris Fashion Week this country to prosper, so that all may prosper tive garden have their gnarly in September, when renowned designers outfit with it in an unending and decidedly un-vicious roots in the city; as the main brave, otherwise-gorgeous models in grotesque circle of success. economic engine of our little clothing. Among the ensembles witnessed by a But we’ve been rough on Erie at times, and region, Erie’s economy casts New York Times critic this year: a hat resembling with good reason. a long shadow, from State steroid-enhanced stalks of peas; a shoe appearing A month ago, I wrote about poverty in Erie – a Street to Saegertown, and to sprout twig-studs; "a flexible cage covered in creeping, pervasive spectre looming just outside from Cambridge Springs to doughnuts of black satin"; and a pillow clutch the doors of our friends, our neighbors, and our Corry – which is why we’re with (for some reason) its own porthole. [New families. Poverty, I postulated, is a result of un- focusing on the race for Erie York Times, 9-30-2013] employment, which breeds crime, which in turn City Council. scares off employers, which in turn begets further Five candidates seek four Recurring Themes unemployment, creating an unending and decid- seats; current City Control- edly vicious circle of suffering. ler Casimir J. Kwitowski is ews of the Weird first reported successful the only non-incumbent city "stool implants" among family members in councilman running; David N2007 (to cure infections such as C. difficile by Erie’s economy Brennan, Curtis Jones, Jr., introducing the donor's "good" microbes to over- James Winarski, and John come an imbalance of "bad" bacteria in a relative's Evans – the only Republican intestine). In 2012, however, two University of casts a long shadow, Joe Cottrell – all hope to retain their city Erie's often left to play the hand it's dealt. California, Davis, neurosurgeons boldly extended from State Street to council seats. the cutting-edge treatment for three patients with The current climate of city So it's time to choose the players we want a highly malignant brain tumor unresponsive to sitting at the table for the draw. Saegertown, and from politics is mild, but bluster is treatment. The doctors tried infusing bowel bac- on the immediate horizon; teria directly into the tumor, but the patients died, Cambridge Springs led by a mayor who’s greatest strength and weak- can be learned from who answers what, as well as nonetheless. Although the patients had given ful- ness is that he’s done nothing much of note, our who keeps quiet when. And if someone’s avoid- ly informed consent, the school in August 2013 to Corry – which is city faces a perfect storm in the coming years ing, obscuring, or otherwise obfuscating, Adams pressured Drs. J. Paul Muizelaar and Rudolph – including a stagnant tax base, a smorgasbord can press for a real answer. In short, past Reader Schrot to resign for having violated internal and why we’re focusing of social ills, and a flurry of dim-witted develop- debates were more like interrogations, but this FDA procedures. [Sacramento Bee, 7-22-2012] ment schemes. Adding an element of intrigue to one will be more like a conversation. [KOVR-TV (Sacramento), 8-25-2013] on the race for Erie the debate is the fact that Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott If you want to be part of that conversation, is termed-out; in four years, Erie will be looking share your questions and comments with us be- t is well known that hospitals charge for medi- City Council. for a new mayor, and Erie might need look no fore, during, and after the debate at Facebook. cal supplies far in excess of what the products further than the stage at this debate. com/ErieReader or on Twitter using the hashtag Iwould cost at drugstores, but an August New No, our next mayor will not be debate modera- #ERDebate; alternatively, drop me a line at the York Times investigation of "saline drips" vividly That story generated a lot of discussion, almost tor Lisa Adams, although she’d probably make a email address below. Then, make plans to join us demonstrated the disconnect. Though Medicare all of it positive; here in Erie, as I mentioned, good mayor; that’s why we’ve eschewed our tra- as we all play our small parts in making Erie the reimburses $1.07 for a 1-liter plastic bag of salt- we’re not so good at self-assessment, so even ditional multi-panelist format in favor of asking best place in the world to be born. water (supplied by a subsidiary of Morton Salt), bringing our problems to light is good medicine. Lisa – a highly-knowledgeable and experienced White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital charged patients' And while good medicine rarely goes down easy, television journalist over at Lilly Broadcasting – The Erie Reader 2013 Downtown Debate is free insurance companies like Aetna $91 per bag. it does begin the slow process of recovery. How- to helm this, our seventh debate. and open to the public. The Jefferson Educational Other hospitals decline to charge per-bag, listing ever, some commenters lamented that our writers The questions will be provided by the Erie Society is located at 3207 State St., where there may only "IV therapy" of, for example, $787 for hook- and editors are awfully good at dispensing pallia- Reader Editorial Board, composed of myself, Ed- or may not be cookies. The debate will also be broad- ing up the drip. [New York Times, 8-27-2013] tives, and offer little in the way of instant cures. itors-in-Chief Brian Graham and Adam Welsh, cast in HD on WICU-TV; as of press time, the date Listen, people, we know our roles here. We all and Managing Editor Ben Speggen. Adams will and time for the broadcasts were yet to be determined. rom the world's cosmetic-surgery capital play small parts. We’re not legislators, and neither direct a question to a specific candidate, who will (South Korea, where one woman in five has are (most of ) you. We talk about things we can’t have one minute to respond. Then, any other can- Cory Vaillancourt is a brilliant writer/complete Fhad at least one procedure) comes the "Smile change in hopes that the people who can, will. didate who wishes to also respond or rebut may hack and can be complimented/heckled at cVail- Lipt" offered by Aone Plastic Surgery in the We bring you the issues that matter, and drive raise their hand, be recognized, and have their 30 [email protected]. city of Yongin, designed to produce a permanent discussions so that you, loyal Reader readers, have seconds. Calling on her knowledge and experi- Find him on Twitter @ smile (associated with success). The Smile Lipt a platform for your musings available nowhere ence, Adams will have the ability to ask follow- VLNCRT. To follow this sto- turns downward-drooping lip corners upward, to else in the city. up questions of anyone, at any time. ry or comment, scan the QR allow a persistent smile resembling that of Bat- And we’ve always felt that the best way to give We feel this format allows greater flexibility for code or go to http://erirdr. man's nemesis, The Joker. [BusinessInsider.com. you that platform – in furtherance of a sustain- both the candidates and the moderator; much com/s5iq8 au, 8-17-2013] 4 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 mong the more repugnant paraphilias cov- ered in News of the Weird is toilet-peeping —A men who set up underneath the seats in pub- lic outhouses (sometimes wearing a raincoat) Street Corner Soapbox and wait for a user to answer nature's call. In August, Kenneth Enlow, 52, pleaded guilty after a woman found him the month before in a privy in White Water Park in Tulsa County, Okla., It's Time to Fire Chief Wahoo "standing with his head and shoulders out of the hole ... covered in feces," according to a deputy. Enlow's initial explanation was that his girl- By: Jay Stevens friend had knocked him unconscious with a tire headline, as usual, summed it up best: “Redskins' or worse. “We killed all Indians a while ago,” iron and dumped him there. [KOTV (Tulsa), ow that the Cleveland Indians are Name Only Offensive If You Think About What wrote an angry Indians' fan on Facebook to an 7-9-2013] safely out of the playoffs, it's time to it Means.” And that goes double for the grinning, article suggesting the team should lose the mas- bring it up again. It's time for Chief red-faced racist caricature the Cleveland Indians cot. “Who cares!” And in the wildcard game that nother Hard-Working Lawyer: The Day- Wahoo to go. use for their mascot. Chief Wahoo. ended this year's remarkable Indians' season also Aton Daily News reported in September In the news, it's been the Washington Redskins I wrote about this last year, and probably will ended with the unfortunate image of several that an audit of Dayton lawyer Ben Swift (the Nwho have been under attack for their racist nick- again next year – unless, of course, Cleveland Cleveland fans in “red face,” having painted their highest-paid court-appointed public defender in name, thanks to President Barack Obama pitch- ditches Wahoo. Which isn't likely, not soon. faces bright red with grotesque grinning white Ohio, at $142,900 in a recent year) revealed sev- ing in. “If I were owner of the team,” he said, “I'd In April, team president Mark Shapiro reiter- teeth over their lips, on national television. eral invoices demanding government payment think about changing it.” ated the team's commitment to Wahoo. Indians' “It's time to stop putting fans in a position for workdays of more than 20 hours, and in The backlash was as predictable as it was ap- owner, Larry Dolan, too, shows no sign of shame. where atrocious and insensitive remarks are one case, 29. Swift's attorney said his client was palling. “They just don't have a problem [with Chief Wa- used to represent the fan base as a whole,” guilty only of bad record-keeping. [Associated “Leave the Redskins name alone, Obama,” hoo],” said Dolan in a 2006 interview of asking wrote Andrew Schnitkey of the Cleveland Press via WBNS-TV (Columbus), 9-12-2013] tweeted one observer, “and actually go do presi- Native Americans about the issue, the real-life sports fan blog, Waiting for Next Year. “And dential things.” “Obama said if he had a name Indians he encounters during his travels to places it's time to stop using a symbol that offends atients with gargantuan tumors, but intimi- that offended many people, he'd change it,” like, you know, Indian casinos. some people. There's just no reason for it.” dated by the cost of treatment, create the tweeted another. “But HE DOES have a name The claim that the name “Indians” honors an So again: How much cooler would the Ppossibility that by the time they can afford an that offends us!” early Cleveland Native American ballplayer, “Cleveland Spiders” be? operation, the tumor itself will be heavier than Louis Sockalexis, is blatantly false. Fans con- the post-surgery patient. A 63-year-old man in stantly ragged Sockalexis, a player most famous Jay Stevens can be contacted at Jay@ErieRead- Bakersfield, Calif., finally had surgery in August, for jumping out of a second-story brothel win- er.com, and you can follow after 14 years' waiting during which his set of dow, and when it was discovered he was battling him on Twitter @Snevets_ tumors grew to 200 pounds. Bakersfield sur- alcoholism – which would eventually kill him at Yaj. To follow this story or geon Vip Dev noted that the sprawled tumors An Onion age 42 – the local papers said he suffered from comment, scan the QR code dragged the floor when the man sat and that the “the Indian weakness.” or go to http://erirdr.com/ surgery was complicated by the patient's shape, headline, as usual, Many Indians fans react with insensitivity – dql7j which could not be accommodated by the hos- pital's MRI and CT scan machines. [KGET-TV (Bakersfield), 8-27-2013] summed it up best: n 2010, Chinese agencies stepped up "birth “Redskins' Name tourism" packages for rich pregnant women Ito book vacations in America timed to their due dates — to exploit the U.S. Constitution's Only Offensive If guarantee of citizenship to anyone born here and thus giving the Chinese children future Her happiness competitive advantages against non-Americans You Think About who must apply for U.S. visas. A September USA Today report indicated that more Chinese What it Means.” mothers now prefer to land in the U.S. territory is in the bag. of Northern Mariana Islands (where birth also bestows citizenship), to the consternation of Islands officials, who would prefer traditional Redskins owner Dan Snyder cited poll num- Chinese tourists instead of the "birthers." (His- bers that claimed few people were offended by torians agree that the 14th Amendment birth the name, and ESPN's Rick Reilly took that right was aimed at assuring citizenship for freed idea a step further, saying his father-in-law, Bob slaves.) [USA Today, 9-10-2013] Burns – an elder in the Blackfeet nation – wasn't bothered by the team's use of “Redskins.” “It's an Updates issue that shouldn't be an issue,” Reilly claimed Burns said, “not with all the problems we've got t Hong Kong's traditional "Hungry Ghost" in this country.” festival in August, in which people burn “Too late,” responded Reilly, “White America fakeA money on top of ancestors' graves to sup- has spoken. You aren't offended, so we'll be of- the shops at the colony port their afterlife styles, a weaker economy and fended for you.” inflation seem to have upped the ante for the Only Reilly, um, misquoted his father-in-law. 2602 west 8th street gifts. An August Wall Street Journal dispatch “My son completely misunderstood the conver- (814) 833-5311 noted that the denominations of burnable "cur- sation we had,” wrote Burns in his own op-ed. rency" sold in stores have appreciated, including “That's not what I said....He failed to include my one "valued" at one trillion Hong Kong dollars comments that the term 'Redskins' demeans In- www.lescrago.com (US$130 billion). (Some festival-goers asked, dians, and historically is insulting and offensive, sensibly, about how the ancestor could expect and that I firmly believe the Washington Red- change from such a bill if he needed to make skins should change their name.” a small afterlife purchase.) [Wall Street Journal, Thanksgiving at the Reilly table should be in- 8-20-2013] teresting this year. Changing the name is a no-brainer. An Onion October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 5 fectively collapse; a bank run would soon follow, and hashtag. a massive recession would result. It’s something so Tech watch “It started with just a few messages a day,” THE WAY I SEE IT great it cannot be effectively comprehended. said Jason. “We would wake up in the morn- So, what Congress needs to do now is pass a bill #AJO ing and have around 50 messages on the The Debt Limit Debacle raising the statutory borrowing authority of Con- page and a couple hundred likes. At first we gress. This does not increase government spending; By: Dakota Hoffman, Epic WebStudios thought it was friends and family, but then By: Rebecca Styn rather, it allows for the Treasury to pay for expen- the next day we would wake up and it would ditures that Congress has already approved. Except f you have left your home or absorbed be 200 messages and thousands of new fans. ssuming you haven’t been living as a hermit Congress and the president won’t compromise. As a even an ounce of media in the last few It grew exponentially. over the last several weeks, you probably result, we can default. weeks, you have probably heard the sto- “It really has helped us cope with the loss,” know that the United States is slated to You’d think this was an easy solution. Just pass the Iry of Erie college student Alyssa Josephine Jason added. “When people lose a loved one, reachA the debt ceiling (also known as the debt limit) bill raising borrowing authority. But both parties are O’Neill. The 18 year-old woman was diag- they have a support network of friends and Thursday, Oct. 17 – a day after this issue is released. fighting over this. Why, you ask? Because President nosed with epilepsy three years ago but led family that love and care for them. With For those of you who may not know exactly what Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are a happy life despite coping with the disease everything that has happened it’s like that the debt limit is: before the debt limit ever existed, demanding that the debt limit is increased without each day as she began studying as a nursing support network has 3,700 people.” Congress had to approve every bond issuance the any cuts to Obamacare or other federal spending, major at Penn State Erie, The Behrend Col- The role social media plays in our society Treasury Department used to finance the national and Republicans are demanding the opposite – that lege. On Sept. 3, Alyssa told her mother that often gets a lot of negative attention. My debt. This made it difficult to raise money quickly – these cuts are made. So until one side gives in, the she had never tried a pumpkin spice latte, so last Tech Watch focused on how terrorists especially during emergencies – so over time, Con- debt limit stays where it is. the two made plans together to get one from in Kenya used it to spread propaganda as gress began giving more leeway to the Treasury. By And this is wherein the problem now lies. Starbucks the next day. But that coffee date they laid siege to a mall for four days. But 1939, the current debt limit system was essentially in The way I see it, it doesn’t matter what side of the never happened; the next day Alyssa unex- it’s stories like #AJO that show that social place – so that Congress establishes the total amount aisle you’re on. The fact that the parties can’t come pectedly died due to a seizure. media can be used for good as well. of debt the government can accrue and leaves every- together on any level only tells me that everyone, Two days after Alyssa's funeral, her par- “This was never meant to take off, but thing else to the Treasury. including the president, is working only for self- ents – to honor their daughter’s memory – it has exploded,” said Jason. “We’re very interests. He demands that the debt limit is increased decided to buy 40 pumpkin spice latte's for pleased to see how many acts of kindness The fact that the parties can’t without any cuts to Obamacare or other spending. strangers in the Starbucks at the Millcreek are being performed around the world in Demanding sounds more like a dictatorship rather Mall Plaza. All that the O'Neils asked of our daughter’s name.” come together on any level than a democracy. Our polarization is the worst it’s the baristas was for them to write Alyssa's The O’Neill’s were active on social media only tells me that everyone, ever been in history. And just for the sake of argu- initials on the cups. The baristas did, and, to some degree before Sept 4. Then, it was ment, even if Obamacare is better for society as a moved by the act of kindness, the employees about fun, or bragging rights. including the president, is whole, the fact that it’s putting the rest of the system also donated another 50 lattes for patrons. “We used to compare how many likes an working only for self-interests. in ruins is only facilitating the continual demise of Fast-forward a month and a half to now Instagram photo would get, but today social our country. So, while the Democrats and Republi- and life is radically different for Alyssa’s par- media means so much more to us,” Jason And despite its name, the debt limit actually has cans are fighting over whether everyone should have ents Jason and Sarah. A memorial Facebook said. “It’s not a hobby anymore – it’s a way nothing to do with increasing the federal debt. Rais- access to health care, as a result of the debt limit, they page published by her parents shortly after to spread some good in the world.” ing the debt limit does not create new spending but may now have to decide whether to pay Social Secu- Alyssa’s death has just passed 38,000 likes. So as you go about your day and interact rather authorizes the Treasury Department to fund rity to seniors, pay benefits to our veterans, or make The Twitter page, also maintained by the with people around you, be aware that ev- previously agreed upon spending. payments to several jurisdictions and health care pro- O’Neills, has close to 10,000 tweets with al- eryone you encounter is facing some trouble If the debt ceiling is not raised, the debt doesn’t viders under Medicare and Medicaid. And on some most as many followers. The majority of the in their life, and that showing them a small decrease, it just stops being financed. Currently, our level, these choices affect each and every one of us. posts are retweets from supporters around act of kindness can go a long way to ease debt limit is close to $17 trillion. The federal debt This is old-fashioned political gridlock folks, and the world as the social media outreach has their pain. How will you pay it forward to- actually reached the debt limit back in May, but the Americans everywhere will suffer unless someone gone global. day? Treasury Department has been using accounting budges. Alyssa O’Neill’s final wish for a pumpkin tactics to keep borrowing until the debt limit is in- spice latte is spreading kindness throughout Dakota Hoffman can be contacted at Epic@ creased. Except these tactics will stop working come Love? Hate? Agree? Disagree? I the world, and thanks to social media, the ErieReader.com, and you can follow him on Oct. 17. want to hear from you. Email me #AJO hashtag has spread and has gone well Twitter @DakotaScot- Remember, that debt limit impasse we had back at [email protected], and beyond coffee. Now “#AJO” can be seen on tErie. To follow this story in 2011? It caused significant harm to our economy follow me on Twitter @rStyn. To everything from a layaway slip a stranger or comment, scan the QR then – all alongside a downgrade in our credit rating follow this story or comment, scan has paid off in full to tickets purchased by a code or go tohttp://erirdr. of the United States. And that’s nothing compared to the QR code or go to http://erirdr. fellow moviegoer. People as far away as Aus- com/q5fn7 what can happen now. Financial markets could ef- com/0m6r6 tralia have paid it forward with the #AJO

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6 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 same time, new business growth isn't booming. How do you plan to address that? KD: I believe it’s good that as a community we Q&A With Erie County Executive finally have decided that the number-one issue affecting us is poverty. That knowledge helps us search and find a solution. I keep going back to Candidate Kathy Dahlkemper jobs – but that, alongside education, is key. We need to encourage entrepreneurship. We need to look at the entire ecosystem and find the loop- holes that exist and address them, so when some- By: Rebecca Styn one wants to start a company or find ways to help life in the county. By this, I their company grow, they have the assistance they n Tuesday, Nov. 5, the constituents mean we need to make sure need. Right now, we’re not going to be bringing of Erie County will have a choice that we have a community in the bigger corporations. So we need to grow to make. One that will ultimately that is vibrant and attractive from within. Our smaller businesses need to determine the future state of affairs so that younger individuals grow, and we need to give them assistance to do throughout the region. Affairs that encompass want to stay here – or want this. Erie will become a stronger place – we just Othe decline in state and federal funding, the to come back. There’s a need to start from within. 911 center, and economic development. Ones foundation here for it, but RS: Erie's population hasn’t grown in quite some that address the pertinent issues of poverty and it needs to grow. It’s one time. Do you think this is because Erie's the per- education and the future development our com- of our major issues – larger fect size, or because there's nothing here forcing munity – ultimately in hopes of creating vibrancy companies like GE have people out or attracting them in? and opportunity for those that not only live here, trouble attracting the 20- KD: I think part of the reason is we haven’t but want to come home. 40 somethings from other grown is that we haven’t taken enough risks. I’m This choice is for Erie County Executive. cities because we don’t have not saying we need to do a 180, but we definitely While both candidates understand how com- the vibrancy or the neces- need to take greater risks than Erie has been com- plex and involved these issues are, only one will sary opportunity to educate fortable with in the past. We have to look to other move forward and have the opportunity to tackle their workers. communities and study how they’ve turned them- them. Democrat Kathy Dahlkemper believes she RS: In regards to the selves around. We may be the perfect size, but we is that candidate. Dahlkemper currently serves GAF property, what do you don’t have enough jobs here. I don’t think we are in as Partner/Human Resources Director and New think the best process for Contributed Photo a place where we should be comfortable. I believe Business Development Director for Dahlkem- development is, and, if you Erie County Executive candidate Kathy we will grow if we can address some of these issues. per Landscape Architects and Contractors. She had the absolute control to Dahlkemper defeated Democratic incumbent Barry RS: Why do you think Erie indicated it was time holds a bachelor’s degree from Edinboro Univer- determine it, what would Grossman and now faces Republican challenger for a change through the voting process? sity of Pennsylvania, and she previously served you build there? Don Tucci in the Nov. 5 general election. KD: I think Erie has been really looking for as U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 3rd KD: Our company, someone that will help lead them – someone with Congressional District from 2009 to 2011, until Dahlkemper Landscaping, vision. They haven’t found that in some of their Republican Mike Kelly defeated her as she made has been involved in the Bayfront development next. We have a community that is desperately elected officials. The message I brought forward a second bid for the same seat. for at least the last 20 years. We helped design poor and in need of opportunity – in our small was a different message. We’ve got to look forward In May’s primary election, she defeated incum- Liberty Park and were involved in the Sheraton communities and even in the city of Erie. and work together. I think the county executive bent Barry Grossman with and bike path and Inter- RS: The mayor is entering his final four-year continued to manage decline and didn’t lead. This 52 percent of the vote, and modal Center. The GAF term. What sort of relationship do you plan to role is the leader of the county – and should have in less than a month will I think part of the reason is one of those last pieces have and how can you ensure that? the vision and understanding to help create the face off with Republican that can majorly enhance KD: I’ve already met with Mayor [ Joe] Sin- future. nominee Don Tucci, who is we haven’t grown is that the Bayfront. Our com- nott. We’ve had a relationship since the begin- defeated Tom Luftus, to we haven’t taken enough pany already developed ning of his term back when I was running the An interview with Republican challenger Don earn the Republican nod. some sketches, and there’s Arboretum to the time I was in Congress and Tucci will be featured in the Oct. 30 issue of the Erie Rebecca Styn: The cur- risks. I’m not saying we been other plans – through worked with him on different issues. I plan on Reader. rent County Executive need to do a 180, but we the Port Authority and making sure that we talk about the big issues that has publicly stated he may other architects. What are affecting the county that are most tied to the Rebecca Styn can be contacted be willing to endorse a definitely need to take we really need though is city. The city is a key part of the county, andI at [email protected], candidate if either steps greater risks than Erie private development. It’s think we can assist the city making sure they are and you can follow her on forward favoring the es- not up to elected officials also strong and vibrant. Twitter @rStyn. To follow this tablishment of a commu- has been comfortable to decide what really goes RS: We're poor. A lot of us. Bigger businesses story or comment, scan the QR nity college, and to retain with in the past. there – as honestly, that’s are either leaving – GE – or aligning with out- code or go to http://erirdr.com/ some of his staff. Thoughts not our expertise. We need side corporations – UMPC Hamot – while at the y2o1d on this? someone who has done Kathy Dahlkemper: I have not ever publicly these projects and knows what works. That’s how tried to receive endorsements from public of- Baltimore became successful. It would be great ficials – rather focusing on the everyday voter. to have restaurants and shops in the vicinity – I don’t believe those endorsements are vital. I alongside public access to access to the water. It would rather just hear the message of the con- could involve residential, but it doesn’t have to be stituents. in competition with those other things. Often RS: Our readers tend to be a bit younger in the residential is higher up and the first floor is scope – 25 to 44 years old – with slightly more fe- for the public to use. male Reader readers than male. Give me one idea RS: Of the entire county, what areas do you you’d like to see happen or change in Erie county think need the most improvement? Why? that would positively affect this demographic. KD: I have been all over the county. There are KD: Many people tell me they want to stay needs in every part – just different. Overall, it’s in Erie, but we just don’t have the opportuni- jobs. One of the biggest issues in outer areas such ties available to them. I want to see this happen. as Union City and Corry – is the lack of trans- One of my top priorities is economic develop- portation. Because there are no jobs in those out- ment – we need to create the climate in order for lying areas, these areas suffer because there’s little job creation to happen. We also need to create public transportation to get workers elsewhere. 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8 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 The Eerie Horror Film Festival Returns Erie's biggest film festival returns just in time for the Halloween season.

By: Alex Bieler

he past decade hasn’t been the eas- iest time for people starting a new business. In fact, it can be down- right scary, with more than half of all companies closing by their fifth year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. However, frightening prospects can sound enticingT to a person who wants to start an an- nual event dedicated to celebrating a love of hor- ror and independent cinema. So in October of 2004, the Eerie Horror Film Festival and Expo debuted in The Flagship City, where it remains to this day and kicks off this year on Friday, Oct. 18. “The fifth anniversary I was ecstatic about; the 10th anniversary is like a dream come true,” Ee- rie Horror Fest President Greg Ropp says, his excitement for the upcoming milestone burst- ing through my phone speakers. “I used to run a family business, and one of the things you always hear when you start a small business is that if you make it three years, you’re doing good, because most businesses fold in the first couple of years they exist. That’s definitely true of festivals and any kind of event. You’ll see something pop up in Erie and the region and it’s gone the next year or it goes two years and disappears and then people forget about them.” There are many words you could use to describe the Eerie Horror Fest, but forgettable is not one of them. Since it started out at The Roadhouse Theater back in 2004, the three-day celebration has brought a wide array of films and icons ap- pealing to both the self-diagnosed film nerds of the world as well as those interested in seeing something a little, well, different than what your average annual event can provide. Of course, in October, the unusual seems rather appropriate with Halloween lurking around the corner, and the Horror Fest provides plenty of spooky intrigue as well as insight for film fanat- ics. There are seminars with ghost hunters, film shorts about a cannibal trying to quit “cold tur- key,” and a feature that was designed to be the

“Star Wars” of horror movies. Fans have been Erica Ropp able to meet celebrities like “The Boondocks Saints” stars Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick The Eerie Horror Film Festival and Expo returns to The Warner Theater Oct. 18-20 for its 10th year. Flanery, as well as “Clerks” favorites Jason Mewes and Brian O’Halloran, all in the historic Warner Theater, a location quite fitting for the Fest. go to another theater, a bigger venue, and prove at another local venue, much smaller, and I told calls a 2,250 seat historic theater with gorgeous “From day one, I said that it looked like a place to me that you can sell out a few shows. Prove him that we’d love to work with him to get the interiors its home, one that famous guests from where a horror event should take place,” Ropp to me that you can do this.’ I really took that to show into the Warner,” Wells says of his inter- Los Angeles and New York City stare at in awe says.“The Phantom of the Opera should be pop- heart. I think he remembers that conversation, est in the growing event. “I felt that the show when they walk through the front doors for the ping out from around the corner of a chandelier.” but not as well as I do. For me, as a kid who really had a greater opportunity to grow if it were in first time. Ropp wasn’t alone in his thinking, as the Hor- loved the Warner – I’m a movie guy, so that’s the our venue. He was very excited, of course Greg’s Still, keeping the event alive wasn’t always easy ror Fest had caught the eye of Erie County Con- crown jewel of Erie for me – I took it to heart.” very passionate, and he made the leap, and we’re with budgets being tightened. Sometimes he vention Center Authority Executive Director In 2006, the Horror Fest moved to the Erie thrilled to have him.” would run into problems with the guests, includ- Casey Wells back when it was still held at The Playhouse. Two years later, a contract showed Much like the upcoming 10-year anniversary of ing one notorious year when Corey Feldman was Roadhouse Theater. Wells saw an opportunity to up in Ropp’s mailbox and the event moved to its the Horror Fest, the move was a dream come true paid to appear and never showed up, much to the add what was quickly becoming an Erie tradition present-day home in the Warner Theater starting for Ropp and his trusty crew of regular workers chagrin of excited fans. Ropp says that the last- to the Warner’s events. in 2008. and volunteers. While many festivals are held in minute cancellations used to bother him back “Casey said to me something pretty cool. ‘Greg, “He had been producing the Eerie Horror Fest Holiday Inns and other hotels, the Horror Fest in the Roadhouse years, but he’s come to accept October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 9 If you’re ready to get ahead Adult Student in your career and your life, Information Session think about going back. Tuesday, Oct. 29 • 5:30-7 p.m. There’s no better time than Old Main now to earn a degree that will help you reach your goals, whether it’s to find a career you love or

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GoAskAlice08 10 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 etic, a pair of Edinboro University graduates that Horror Fest is no exception. Ropp and his loyal Ropp says “grew up on the Horror Fest.” Soon crew have nurtured the event from its Road- he hopes to go into film production and to help house infancy and have seen it develop into a set up distribution channels. growing destination for locals and out-of-town- “I’m trying to do something really good for the ers. It hasn’t always been easy – or cheap – but community and be a small the Eerie Horror Fest is part of that whole experi- an institution that we ence that Erie will have “I’m trying to do something can embrace for all of its to embrace,” Ropp says weirdness, for as long as it of the Horror Fest. “We really good for the stays in operation. had a joke that I’m going community and be a small “I’m going to look for- to get a T-shirt that says ward to our 25th anniver- ‘We’re bringing culture part of that whole experience sary, which means I’ll be to Erie even if you don’t that Erie will have to using my walker and my want it.’ Every time I say embrace. We had a joke that cane and my Depends, that, people laugh.” but I hope we make it.” Yes, the Horror Fest I’m going to get a T-shirt The Horror Fest has may not be as high-class that says ‘We’re bringing already beat frightening as seeing the Erie Phil- odds to grow into one harmonic, but it’s not of- culture to Erie even if you of Erie’s beloved annual ten that you can meet ce- don’t want it.’ Every time events, so a few more lebrities, see independent years shouldn’t be all too films, and attend educa- I say that, people laugh.” hard of a challenge. tional seminars all in one beautiful historic location. The Eerie Horror Fest Whether you’re an admit- starts its three-day run ted nerd or an intrigued individual looking for a Friday, Oct. 18 and willrun through the weekend, wonderfully weird event, the Horror Fest might closing Sunday, Oct. 20. All-access passes can be be the event for you. purchased at eeriehorrorfest.com. And it’s only getting better. “It’s my baby, it’s my kid, and my kid is becom- Alex Bieler can be contact aB- ing a teenager now. Eventually, you groom this [email protected], and thing, you nurse this thing, you’ve made mistakes you can follow him on Twit- with this thing, and hopefully the Horror Fest ter @Catch20Q. To follow will become a gangly teenager that will take on a this story or comment, scan life of its own and probably be really rebellious.” the QR code or go tohttp:// It can be expensive raising a family, and the erirdr.com/v6qy8

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Laid-back folk trio Scarlet When: 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. is sponsoring this installment of the ever-popular Ledbetter returns to The Brewerie armed with The Calamity Cubes! w/ Where: 1013 State St. film series at everyone’s favorite museum. songs from their solid self-titled 2013 release Potwhole and Joey Henry’s Contact: facebook.com/thecrookedierie When: 7 p.m. and ready to pluck some strings, tell some tales, Dirty Sunshine Club Where: 20 East Fifth St. and make it a memorable evening for everyone Don’t let the last few hours of weekend free- FRIDAY 10.25 Contact: facebook.com/FILMErieArtMuseum involved. dom go to waste when you can spend it with When: 9 p.m. to midnight a band with roots in their veins and a fire in Conehead Buddha THURSDAY 10.17 Where: 123 W. 14th St. their fingers. Kansas thrashicana (yes, you After half a year away from Erie, genre-blending Contact: 454.2200 read that right) band The Calamity Cubes! 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October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 13 To-do List By: Alex Bieler Will and the Won’ts

hether you love it or hate it, a hometown makes a big impact UPCOMING EVENTS onW a person. The proverbial apple can fall where it wants, but the experiences a person has in their youth can plant a seed that helps grow into anything from a fond memory to a passion that can SIRSY even spawn a career. For Will Risbourg of folk-rock

OCTOBER 18 // FRIDAY @ 10:00 band Will and the Won’ts, Santa Julia Jack Photography Fe, N.M. helped push him into Will and the Won'ts are set to a songwriting, guitar-strumming play two shows in Erie. adult. “I’ve always been influenced by roots music, folk, side. If only there was a day devoted to such an country, and rock ‘n’ roll,” Risbourg said. “In Santa activity. AQUEOUS Fe, there’s a big alt-country scene and a lot of folk Oh wait, there is, and it’s, as the cool kids would music. My dad is kind of an amateur folk music say, pretty neat-o. It’s called 24 Hour Comics Day, OCTOBER 19 // SATURDAY @ 10:00 scholar, so through that knowledge I learned a a free annual event that challenges people to create lot about how music evolved and where it came a 24-page comic book over the course of 24 hours. from.” Of course, it helps if a local group were to host Now Risbourg channels the lessons of his such a test of will and creativity, so The GeekE- THE CALAMITY CUBES hometown and his father for Will and the Won’ts. RIE decided to help Erieites out by inviting them ! The four-person band will play two shows in The to participate from 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 to 11 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS POTWHOLE AND Flagship City as part of their current tour, one a.m. the next day at Box of Light Studio. JOEY HENRY’S DIRTY SUNSHINE CLUB Wednesday, Oct. 23 at PACA and the other Sat- “I wanted to do this because I did it when I lived urday, Oct. 26 at the Erie Ale House, and Ris- in Austin, [Texas] and I finished 11 pages in the OCTOBER 20 // SUNDAY @ 10:00 bourg hopes to bring a Santa Fe feel to the venues. 24-hour period, which, considering I’m way be- “There’s a lot of natural spectacles, and grow- hind on my drawing skills, isn’t that bad, but I got ing up around that seeps into you,” Risbourg said. a good story out of it,” GeekERIE founder Sean “You come to appreciate that. If anything, it’s just McGrath explained. After his experience with 24 SPETHZ (EP RELEASE) a less artificial atmosphere. I try to keep that as a Hour Comics Day, McGrath wanted to bring that WITH SPECIAL GUESTS GNOSIS theme in our music.” event, as well as other fun geek and nerd-friendly Even better, Will and the Won’ts will be cel- events to Erie, so The GeekERIE was created, OCTOBER 24 // THURSDAY @ 10:00 ebrating a bit of a homecoming in Erie, as drum- with Comics Day acting as a proper kickoff for mer Andrew Bilotti was raised in The Gem City their events. before heading to Los Angeles for music school, Now you may be worried about taking on a 24- where he met Risbourg and eventually joined the hour challenge all by yourself. Yes, in the strictest folky foursome. sense, participants are supposed to complete the Soon the Won’ts will bring the sounds of two whole comic book alone, but the point is to have CONEHEAD BUDDHA hometowns to two venues, providing you with fun. multiple opportunities to not only welcome some- “A lot of people do variations on it,” McGrath OCTOBER 25 // FRIDAY @ 10:00 one back home, but to hear the inspirations of said. “We had a husband-and-wife team come another out west. last year, and that was pretty cool. Everyone else worked individually. We had a mother bring 24 Hour Comics Day two of her kids, and they just hung around for a couple of hours and drew and talked to the ometimes it feels good to get down and guys. As long as someone produces something, GELATIN SKELETON nerdy. I want them to see it published.” While nerds and geeks used to be slotted Oh yeah, that’s another bonus; your work will near the bottom of the social totem pole, the cul- be published and presented to those who do- OCTOBER 26 // SATURDAY @ 10:00 S ture has experienced a big turnaround in public nated through the event’s Kickstarter. It’s just image over the past decade, with self-proclaimed another perk for hopping on the geekmobile. nerds and geeks running companies and set- So, are you geek enough to take on the ting trends. Even professional athletes have been challenge? If you are, shoot an email to stse- embracing the culture, attempting (not always [email protected] and reserve a spot to successfully) to dress the part in post-game inter- show just how down and nerdy you can get. views with fake glasses and bow ties in an attempt to seem more academic. Alex Bieler can be contacted at aBieler@ In a day and age where there are popular pod- ErieReader.com, and you casts like “The Nerdist,” as well as the fact that can follow him on Twitter podcasts, like our very own The Erie Listener, are @Catch20Q. To follow this deemed as cool, it’s okay to give in to your inner story or comment, scan the geek and your nerd doppelganger. Now all you QR code or go tohttp://er- need is an outlet to help you explore your creative irdr.com/r5xsc 14 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 This picture was going to playful collages and bright landscapes still tell get my vote for my favorite stories like her illustrations, but in a more com- You don’t need to leave in the show until I changed plex and subtle way. Debbie Sementelli’s “Ethnic my mind as soon as dark- Threads of Erie” uses photo transfers to take the ness fell. tradition of a collaborative quilt to a new level. town to see great art. What happened when But the most surprising and delightful surprise the sun went down was that in the whole show was from the most consistent The NPAA Biennial Exhibition Reviewed Thomas Ferarro’s mural- and long-standing artist in Erie: The Grand Old sized canvas, "New Devel- Man of Painting, Vitus Kaiser. Vitus has done opment" transformed into a spectacularly lit landscapes with studied and By: Pen Ealain monumental canvases, mak- second painting. I had liked realistic detail for decades; the watercolor paint- ing this the perfect place to the composition of it, with ing he has in this show is not dissimilar to his ou don’t need to leave town to see show the disparate variety its huge sky and distant, previous work if you use that description alone. great art. Yes, really. of work that a divergent western landscape perspec- But oh my, is it ever different in other ways. It I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: group like the NPAA inevi- tive when I had studied it glows in places the sun would never think to If you want to look at great art, no city tably provides. earlier, but had wondered make it glow. Trees seem to disengage from the in America beats Erie, Pennsylvania. Kris Risto spent untold at the weird placement of earth. An unidentifiable creation that resembles Y“No city, Pen? Really?” you query. Yes, really. No hours bolting up panels, the canvas over a brightly a disinterred root ball floats above a purple and city beats us: Toronto, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, making sure there was lit window. Tom loves to orange… swamp? field? ocean? New York… proper lighting both when play with transparency in Why did Vitus decide to go surreal? My theo- “Surely Pen, you don’t mean THE New York, as the daylight illuminated his paintings, but this one ry is that he is starting to feel his mortality. He in the City That Never Sleeps, Cultural Capital of the walls and after the sun didn’t seem to need the has slowed way down the last few years, working Pen Ealain the World” doubters ask incredulously. Yes, I do. sets, grouping paintings by backlighting. When I came very hard, but creating just a few paintings each You can’t find better painters, sculptors, or pho- subject, or tone, or theme. The NPAA Biennial back around the gallery a year. He has pictures inside his mind that need tographers in any of those places than you can He had help from several Exhibition runs couple hours later it was to be expressed before he can’t paint anymore. find right here. And I have proof: drool-inducing, people who could probably apparent what he had done: Vitus will leave it to the up-and-coming realists jaw-dropping, eye-boggling proof. hang a professional show through Oct. 25. His sky in the painting had to paint the world around them. He’s going to That proof is at Lovell Place right now. The in their sleep: Tom Ferraro, been designed specifically spend the next years giving us spectacular vi- Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association Michael Tkach, Rob Weber, and Vance Lupher for the window upon which it was placed. The sions that we would never see otherwise. Let’s is hosting its Biennial exhibition for the next two (who hangs shows for the Erie Art Museum) to glowing summer gold of the firmament above his all hope we get to experience many more of weeks and any doubters need to get downtown name a few. town had turned into an ominous black tempest these visions, because this one is wondrous. to see it. What do you get when world-class artists pro- worthy of its own weather channel special. On the way out of this perfect gallery space, Enter Lovell Place from the eastside door off vide art for a perfect exhibition space? You get The impressively theatrical lighting change on don’t forget to check out the missed pieces on 13th Street and make your way up the stairs. what the Spring Show could have been. This is Tom’s canvas never diminished the quality of the the way in. The show is so vast that something Travel down a short cramped hallway and eleva- the show of the year. It is always worth waiting rest of the show. There is a wall filled with the had to have been skipped over. And if a small tor bay on the second floor. Cross the threshold two years for NPAA’s Biennial, but this one really most beautiful painterly landscapes and florals part of this show is missed, something worthy into the gallery area – there is a low overhang- showcases the members’ craftsmanship and cre- by mature masters of their craft. Landscapes by of one of the greatest art towns in America is ing ceiling where several small, subtle paintings ativity. And there is art in the show that everyone Wilda Sundberg, Mary Miller, Mary Kay Geary, missed. And if you have the money and the wall and sculptures await you; don’t forget them, as will enjoy. Mary Hamilton, and Toni Kelly always fill me space, buy something, because the one thing you will want to come back to them later. But Since Kris spent so much energy putting this with wonder. The way they handle paint and pas- we don’t have in Erie that they do have in New for now, look left. Here, the room opens up into a show on, it’s only fitting that his is one of the tels is so practiced and precise, they make it look York, is patrons. Without someone supporting grand lofty industrial space with bare steel beams larger and predominant pieces that you notice easy. Of course, when I try to get the same effects these artists, they won’t be able to stay here. rimmed by strip windows, which add changing when you first enter the hall. The imposing can- in my own studio frustration ultimately results. And then you will have to go elsewhere to find light to walls throughout the day. vas pulls you into the deep space within from And they just keep getting better. Vicki Norvasia, great art. Two months ago, this space was a lonely and outside the painting itself, since the bottom of in particular, seems to be coming into her own. empty warehouse. It has been transformed into the canvas literally spills out into a sculptural The use of color in her watercolor, “First Day” Lovell Place is located at 153 E. 13th St. The NPAA perhaps the best gallery space Erie has ever seen: spiral of flat stones on the floor which ends in could make the decor of any room. Biennial Show’s hours are: Thursday though Sat- Thousands of square feet of wonders for you to vortex that breaks that plane and provides the il- When great artists grow and try new things, the urday noon to 5 p.m., and the exhibition’s last day explore. lusion of pulling you down . results are always rewarding and often surprising. is Oct. 25 Even with more than 100 mostly large pieces From there you can see a fascinating triptych It is risky to try new things when you are a profes- hung throughout the room, none of the art is by David Pratte full of intense patterns that are sional who is known for a certain style or subject Pen Ealain can be contacted crowded. There is room for the art to breathe. arranged in a seemingly non-objective arrange- matter, but the results of these experiments here at PenEalain@ErieReader. Each individual painting, drawing or sculpture is ment. I’m not going to give it away, but the are nothing but dazzling. Bob Hagle, known for com. To follow this story far enough away from its neighbors that it can composition will resolve itself into a surprising his commercial camera work, does some things or comment, scan the QR be enjoyed without distractions. Small works picture if you spend enough time with it (or to the lighting on local barns that will make you code or go to http://erirdr. do not get overwhelmed by some of the more someone gives you a hint, like they did for me). rethink the word “atmospheric.” Tina Faulkner’s com/63bl9

October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 15 MUSIC REVIEWS Yuck Cage The Elephant Haim Glow & Behold Sleigh Bells Melophobia Days Are Gone Fat Possum Bitter Rivals RCA Columbia Mom & Pop When Daniel Blumberg left After the critical acclaim Although “Days Are Gone” Yuck after the band’s excel- Now on their third album of of both 2009’s self-titled is Haim’s first album as a lent self-titled debut album, thundering power chords debut album and 2010’s band, it’s not even close fans of the indie rockers be- and sugary-sweet vocals, “Thank You Happy Birth- to the California rock trio’s came nervous. Then “Middle Sleigh Bells might be suffer- day” follow-up, Cage The first foray into the business. Sea” was released early, fea- ing from the law of dimin- Elephant waited three Sisters Este, Danielle, and turing four minutes of the ishing returns. “Treats,” the years before releasing “Me- Alana Haim have been ac- same sort of fuzzy guitar hooks that enchant- band’s first album, was a loud and impressive lophobia,” leaving some fans to fear that a third tively performing and recording for nearly a ed listeners back in 2011, helping to ease their debut, but the band’s jersey-wearing jock jams album would fail to match the brooding inten- decade, with the eldest two performing as Valli fears that without Blumberg, the band couldn't for the indie crowd are starting to grow old on sity of the first two. Fear not, Cage fans; instead, Girls back in their teens. The experience shows continue on as usual. However, it’s the best “Bitter Rivals.” The title track starts the album delight in the return of one of indie rock’s more on “Days Are Gone,” an impressively polished Yuck has to offer on “Glow & Behold,” as the rest off on iffy footing, as singer Alexis Krauss awk- distinctive troupes. Tracks like “Teeth” and lead set of 11 tracks. Drawing from ‘80s soft rock of the album underwhelms. The band seems wardly quotes “A Tale of Two Cities” while gui- single “Come a Little Closer” retain the gritty and catchy pop-rock, the Haim sisters stuff like it’s in no hurry, and the results are rather tarist Derek Miller attacks his fret board. From guitar work and warbling vocals found on past each track with enough charisma to keep the bland. After seeming like a solid replacement there, the album seems patched together or hits like “Aberdeen” and “Shake Me Down.” But listener glued to the speakers. Standout track for Blumberg’s youthful yelps on “Middle Sea,” forced on tracks like “Minnie” and “Sing Like a album stand-out “Telescope” reveals a mellow- “The Wire” shows just how well the sisters play Max Bloom’s vocal takes sound dull on other Wire.” The album’s high point actually comes er side of Cage, starting off as a Band Of Hors- off of each other, with Este and Alana support- tracks, making songs like “Rebirth” sound, in from the least Sleigh Bells-like song on the al- es-esque slow burner that builds to a Modest ing Danielle’s lead vocals, each line perfectly all honesty, boring. There are some solid mo- bum. A gentle, unrushed track, “To Hell With Mouse-esque drum thumper. An honest album in place. The performance would almost feel ments that prove that this was once the band You” shows that there is some brain behind all both embracing the past and welcoming the robotic if it weren’t for the energy the sisters that put out one of the best albums of 2011, of the band’s brawn. Unfortunately for “Bitter new, “Melophobia” should leave listeners hop- provide, making sure that there’s some fun in but “Glow & Behold” sorely misses the youthful Rivals,” most of the muscle is more show than ing they won’t have to wait another three years the family business. - Alex Bieler exuberance of “Yuck.” - Alex Bieler substance. - Alex Bieler for new Cage material. - Ben Speggen Fall 2013 Program Intersections of Equality WEDNESDAY NIGHTS An Educational Symposium DOORS @ 6:00pm FILMS @ 7:00pm $5 Admission Purchase tickets online at FilmSocietyNWPA.org or at the door. Saturday, November 2 Penn State-Behrend SESSIONS Black Conference Center Lives of LGBT People in PA Oct 16 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Panel Presentation In A World… (2013) Bullying and Anti-Bullying Sponsored by Erie Reader. Dr. Charisse Nixon & An underachieving vocal coach Erie Crime Victim Center is motivated by her father, the Intersections of Race, king of movie-trailer voiceovers, Gender, and Sexuality to pursue her aspirations of REGISTER ONLINE Dr. Theresa Vescio becoming a voiceover star. greatereriealliance.com Early Bird — $20/person Equality Legislation in PA After October 18 — The Honorable Brian Sims, $25/person PA House of Representatives Oct 23 Zero Dark Thirty (2013) Gripping, suspenseful, and brilliantly Continuing Education/ crafted, Zero Dark Thirty dramatizes Act 48 credits available the hunt for Osama bin Laden with intelligence and an eye for detail. W MEN IN FILM Special Thanks To Our Sponsors FILM at the Erie Art Museum is sponsored by: Penn State-Behrend College QUESTIONS? Diversity & Inclusion Dept. at Erie Insurance [email protected] Greater Erie Alliance for Equality

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good red wine, a camel hair trench back – pencil skirts and feminine blouses and coat (Kim Kardashian hasn’t been cardigans. My closet is primarily black, white, able to take hers off as of late), spa- and grey, but I will add trends that catch my eye. ghetti and meatballs, a crisp white I know what works for me and what doesn’t. button-down – all classics. Even the word classic Your favorite fashion icon? Seriously, I have describesA a perfect example of a particular style; never thought about it. I just browse through that of lasting worth or timeless quality. magazines and window shop. I take notice of Here is the fun thing about these basics: mixing what others are wearing. My daughter lives in them. Stay with me for a minute – take the basic Miami, and the fashion style there is extremely white button-down, now add a neutral pattern, different from Erie. like a metallic, then take trouser pants and add Favorite accessory? A Pandora charm brace- clean lines and a funky print. Put those two to- let from my daughter with charms that have a gether with a black pump and a black blazer, and special meaning to both of us. Coming in second you have just taken crisp and clean to a whole would be my dog, Cooper. new level. What excites you about fashion? I used to be a It really is easy to do. Stick with easy silhouettes, big “Project Runway” fan in the early seasons be- like a blazer, slim pants, button-down shirts, or cause I was fascinated by the creativity and talent. even cashmere sweaters and pencil skirts, then My guilty pleasure is the award show red carpets! put a twist on them. Maybe the pencil skirt is Who can resist critiquing the gowns, shoes, hair, leopard and the cashmere sweater is black and and jewelry from the comfort of home, lounging white striped now throw on that black blazer in yoga pants. and voila! This is called pattern play and it can be In reference to the movie “The Bling Ring,” if done on numerous levels. you could take an item from the closet of Paris

Guys, you can do this too. Instead of a basic Hilton, what would it be and why? Haha! I Leslie McAllister black blazer, make it satin, silk, or velvet. Instead would never take anything like those spoiled little of a white T-shirt, try a heather grey v-neck and criminals, but I would, however, love to have her cinch it up with a pair of tapered black pants or actual closet. It was amazing! winters. brary. It is a fantastic program that helps to im- denim jeans. Now add unanticipated elements, Favorite fall dish to prepare? Spicy vegetarian Tell us about your involvement in the Erie prove literacy for children in Erie County. like an out-there pair of shades and an ethnic chili community. I’ve worked at Edinboro University scarf. Before you know it you have an instanta- You are packing for a weekend getaway to the for 20 years, and I have had the opportunity to Find me out on the town and challenge yourself to neous, dressed to impress look. Poconos – what do you bring? I actually will be meet so many amazing individuals. I feel fortu- get noticed by the Erie Reader!Leslie McAllister This is all you have to take away from today’s packing for a weekend to the Gateway Lodge in nate to work with great colleagues and Edinboro can be contacted at LMcAl- lesson: classic pieces + unexpected elements = Cooks Forest soon! It is relaxed and serene with students. My job is truly rewarding – raising [email protected], and Kate Moss... (Or just a really cool, effortlessly amazing food. I will pack jeans, turtlenecks, a funds for much needed scholarships. I am also on you can follow her on Twitter chic and unforgettable outfit that will have peo- down vest, and plenty of scarves and hats. I admit the board of the Film Society of Northwestern @ShopJuJu. To follow this ple chasing you down the street to get your style to being a little obsessed with winter hats and Pennsylvania, and recently trained as a volunteer story or comment, scan the advice.) scarves because they can be inexpensive acces- for ‘Reading Buddies’ as part of the United Way QR code or go tohttp://erirdr. Who? Marilyn Goellner sories to change up your look over the long Erie of Erie County’s Dolly Parton Imagination Li- com/5hbs9 Where? Film Society of Northwestern PA’s season opener “The Bling Ring” at the Erie Art Museum Why Marilyn? Here’s the fun tidbit – the Mercyhurst University Fashion Department got in on the fun and chose best dressed female of the night, and Marilyn won! And I myself couldn’t have picked a better dresser. Marilyn was not only kind with a ready smile – which we all know is my favorite accessory – but she had the look to go with it all. Sophisticated and playful. I love the statement necklace that compliments the silver polka dots on the breezy button-down. Her slim-fitting pants have a classic pattern that ties in with the enviable black trench coat. The t-strap on her black pumps is a breath of fresh air. Like the cherry on top, Marilyn carries her pop of color, a red leather handbag. Bellissima! What We Want to Know: Describe your style. I don’t know if I have a style! But if I had to describe what I like, my style is classic and relaxed. New trends really have to appeal to me, and quite honestly, they have to be age-appropriate. Work trends have really changed over the years from matching suits to sporty pieces that can be mixed and matched, which can be much more interesting. I like the looks that the TV show “Mad Men” brought October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 17 Falling Hollywood Set to Release Highly Anticipated Follow-up Album Band to Host Halloween CD Release Party at the Historic Watson-Curtze Mansion

By: Cory Vaillancourt they’ve played nearly every major gig available in n Saturday, Nov. 2, Falling and around Erie, including Celebrate Erie, the Hollywood will release their Downtown Partnership’s Block Parties, Romolo highly-anticipated second Chocolates Music Series, The Great Blue Heron album in “spooktacular” fash- Music Festival, and The Gathering at Chaffee’s, ion – at a costume party in a while simultaneously becoming regulars at places creepy ol’ mansion. like Basement Transmissions, the crooked i, It’s a fitting venue – the historic Watson- Sandbar, and Sherlock’s. They also became Dr. Curtze mansion on West Sixth Street – and a Rock’s darlings, frequented Fazed Cookies, and fitting theme for a band that skyrocketed to lo- appeared on the Reader’s Aug. 22, 2012 cover. Ocal stardom last summer on the strength of their Lately, they’ve been playing a greater amount freshman effort, “Set the Table,” which earned a of their gigs on the road at well-known venues place as the only local album on “Dr. Rock’s Top like the Hard Rock Café in Pittsburgh, Sullivan Albums of 2012” in the Erie Times News, and Hall in Greenwich Village, and the Grog Shop in MPS oPen houSe also earned the Erie Reader’s Local Album of the Cleveland; and their recent Kickstarter campaign Year award. to fund this new album exceeded its $3,000 goal Even more fitting, that musical costume Falling by 50 percent in just under 30 days. Sunday, nov. 3, 12-3 PM Hollywood’s been wearing for almost two years All based on that one folky, poppy album. now is about to hit the floor like last night’s un- “This album definitely has a harder sound,” said derpants. Flowers of the as-yet unreleased, unordered, un- Their punk roots are readily apparent in every named album as he fiddled with a half-empty track on “Set the Table” – but to call the band’s beer can. “It’s kinda weird, but I think this album debut record a “punk” album is folly; it’s folky, has this – even though it’s rougher – there’s this acoustic flavor is occasionally self-indulgent, strange, sexy, loving, melancholy, energetic feel. which would certainly garner them some face- It’s one of those albums where you listen to it punchery – or worse – from the likes of GG Al- and you feel high afterwards.” lin and Sid Vicious. The story goes that guitarist/ That these guys have grown as a band isap- vocalist Matt Flowers, bassist Bill Frackowiak, parent to anyone who’s seen them play over the guitarist/vocalist Nick Taylor, and drummer course of the last year or so; the uptick in gigs has Brad Triana were invited to an open mic at the certainly made an already-tight outfit even tight- crooked i by Matt “Broke” Boland, and didn’t er – not to mention the hours spent on stage. “As want to carry all their electric gear around. They we became tighter as a band, and we all got better also didn’t want to blast patrons out of the room, at our respective instruments,” Flowers said. so they stripped down and found a sound that Flowers would know – he had a lot to do with was much more acoustic, mellow, and folky than that. As I listened to the album, the thing that they’d ever intended. immediately jumped out at me was how much “People liked it immediately,” said Taylor, as I both Flowers and Taylor had matured in their General SeSSionS 1& 2 PM Northwest sat around my dining room table with all four playing; at times, Taylor lays down some searing PA’s ONLY • Outstanding Faith Life, Academics, Sports and Arts members of Falling Hollywood on a recent foggy leads in places Falling Hollywood would nor- International Sunday. “I think we just hit that scene in stride. mally spotlight acoustic strumming, and Flow- • Cutting Edge Technology Baccalaureate Right when the more raw, real emotional sound ers’ dependable, workman-like axemanship has • All 6-8th graders can register to win $300 and World School was gaining popularity elsewhere, we happened only gotten more reliable over time. Frackowiak $100 Millcreek Mall shopping sprees to be right in the thick of it. And it also allowed – who’s rapidly become one of the best bassists in • 8th graders are eligible to win one of us to reboot as a band, which allowed us to cap- Erie – and Triana’s already-solid rhythmic rela- 5 - $1,000 tuition drawings by submitting ture a new audience. ‘Set the Table’ felt like a tionship takes a deeper turn as well. their MPS application at Open House. reboot, like a core.” Triana, however, looks at the band’s growth a Audiences responded well to their gritty- little differently, as is his custom; he cited their (Certain restrictions apply, details posted at MPS) yet-fresh sound, and over the past two years, organization and confidence as evidence of 18 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 Leah Taylor Leah Clockwise from head resting on table, Brad Triana, Nick Taylor, Matt Flowers, and Bill Frackowiak of Falling Hollywood release their sophomore effort Nov. 2 their progress as a group, but all four of them in this album, and the encouragement and monies are stronger, he said, because of all the I’m luckier than most – I’ve already listened are quick to give credit to Band Manager Emily warmth we received while recording this album time they spent on it. “Nick spends a lot of time to the album a few times and have to agree with Smicker. She not only books shows, they say, she was good for us.” working on the harmonies, and I learned from Taylor. I think there are definitely glimpses of “Set also delegates responsibilities to members of the You can feel that warmth on every track of the him.” the Table” in the new album, but I also agree with band like a taskmaster, freeing the musicians up new album, especially – and thankfully – in the As with ‘Set the Table,’ the lyrics weren’t an Flowers that it spotlights Falling Hollywood’s to do what they do better than anyone else in area that first set them apart as a band – the bril- afterthought on the new album. Part of the folky edgier, heavier side. I don’t want to give too much town right now – make music that people enjoy away – so look for our official album review in hearing. the Oct. 30 issue – but if you’re a die-hard Hol- That organization and confidence manifested lywoodhead, put on your goofiest/sexiest costume itself during the production of their new album; and make sure you’re at that creepy ol’ mansion on they once again reach out to the capable hands That these guys have grown as West Sixth Street on Nov. 2 to see and hear the of Senior Audio Engineer Larry Luther at Mr. band’s new musical costume; it looks a lot like the Small’s in Pittsburgh for recording and produc- a band is apparent to anyone old one, but recent adornments may have changed tion. the face of Falling Hollywood forever. “The first album was getting to know Larry Luther,” Taylor said. “He didn’t know us, and who’s seen them play over the For more information about Falling Hollywood we didn’t know him… so with this, it felt like and the creepy ol’ mansion party, go to Falling- old friends. “ course of the last year or so. Hollywood.com. “During ‘Set the Table,’ as ready as we were to do that, we ran into a few snags, and working liant vocal harmonies of Flowers and Taylor. residue that remains in this band is the stories Cory Vaillancourt can be contacted at cVaillan- through those was pretty simple,” Frackowiak “If you had to say it in terms of percentage of they tell with their music, providing a connec- [email protected], said. “With the feeling that this album was go- time [in the studio], we spent most of our time tion back to the album that made them popular and you can follow him on ing to be better in general, we thought it would on the vocals,” Taylor said. “We re-took and re- in the first place – a connection Taylor thinks Twitter @VLNCRT. To be a good idea [to return to Mr. Small’s] because took to make sure they were perfect.” fans will appreciate. follow this story or com- of how smoothly the first one went.” Flowers agreed with his cousin, and elaborated “People that have our last album will find ment, scan the QR code Flowers concurred. “There was a comfort level on his earlier comments about the bands growth. something new and refreshing in this one, and or go to http://erirdr.com/ there,” he said. “Larry Luther heard something “I learned how to sing on this album.” The har- also some old familiar sounds,” he said. koyjj October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 19 Respected Long-time Local Businessman Roy Glass Finds Hope in Struggle Against ALS Silkscreen Unlimited owner battles disease and raises awareness in Erie area.

By: Matthew Flowers

he sound of ventilated oxygen makes a low whistle in the living room. Feed lines from the iron casks stretch across the living room floor like a wrinkled crease in a sheet of crisp paper, snaking up to aT flat plastic reservoir the size of a sand dollar, which breaks the path of tubing in two, after one last zag, they’re secured in both nostrils, breath- ing life into a man’s struggling set of lungs. His house is warm from decades of love, insu- lated by serene Sunday mornings, long talks of so little and so much, and holiday celebration, but a chill resides in the air. In the way you can feel winter in a fall day’s breeze, the cold, clini- cal hardware, be it the plastic oxygen lines that stream from room to room, the wheelchair acces- sories, or the heavy metal track running up the staircase, there is sterility in the air like a waiting room. Roy Glass is 67 years old, transplanted in Erie at the early age of 5. He is a successful small business owner. For nearly 40 years Roy has been the workaholic behind the Silkscreen Unlimited doors, a storefront almost all of Erie recognizes as the corner shop on Eighth Street and Lincoln (Above) A spry Roy horsing around Avenue. That blue awning with a tall-hat-don- with the family dog. (Below) A recent ning caterpillar is an Erie landmark. picture of Roy with wife Cindy and Roy is also a family man; he is the husband to daughters Courtney and Lindsey. Cindy Glass and a father to his two daughters, Courtney and Lindsey. He is also somewhat of a philanthropist, driving Erie forward by donat- doesn’t stop taking. ing and supporting a list of organizations as long Roy’s voice is diminished severely. He works as the interstate. If you don’t know Roy, you’ve tirelessly to communicate; inevitably, the words passed his store or you’ve seen his T-shirts, and seem to come out in chunks. “The thing that was if you do know him, you recall the tall, healthy, most shocking about [ALS] was my dad’s speech. heavyset man, equipped with a jovial smile with My dad has the most beautiful voice. It’s like a that small gap between his teeth and voice that radio voice. Just calm, sweet, and soothing.” His held the room. daughter Lindsey notes about Roy’s voice and But you also might know the battle he is fight- the progression of the disease. Where the con- ing. sonants and vowels cave in – with a voice like a Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is an unweather- crumpled letter, read only from the exposed edges able storm, and Roy is in the heart of it all. But of the stationary – his eyes seem to help convey this story is neither a eulogy nor is it breaking that missing message in the words. It looks like news; it’s about a man in this war of body and it hurts to speak, but he wants to, he needs to. mind, and those who are meeting him at the epi- Roy lives through his speech, the way an artist center. splashes color on to canvas to find order in the world. “I don’t want him to disappear. He is too LS is a thieving disease, indiscriminate, vibrant a man,” Lindsey says in a kind of mourn- and merciless. The disease progresses fully determined voice, like a scientist on the cusp quickly, its debilitating effects are notice- of an answer only more time would provoke. ableA by day, like watching a poisonous weed grow But Roy won’t disappear without leaving his overnight from a pestilential little sprout to a mark. thorned, savage stock. “We go to our representative, and we ask for Also commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s dis- funding from the state to help us support our ease, ALS starts with weakness in the body, families,” says Marie Folino, Care Services Di- muscles slowly shutting down like a dimming rector of the ALS Association’s Western Penn- light. Roy’s arms are skinny now, the skin loose sylvania Chapter. like a deflated balloon. While muscles weaken, The Association leads the way in research, care body-wide tremors introduce themselves into the services, public education, and public policy — devices and even emotional support. But he also funding from the state – 100 percent of which fusion of symptoms, a feeling Roy describes as, giving help and hope to those facing the disease. helped them. goes directly to helping families affected by this “an electric current.” But amid the bodies with- Roy received substantial aide from the ALS As- Advocacy is also a crucial component of The disease – someone had to speak with State Sena- ering and the voltaic fasciculations, this disease sociation, from wheelchairs and ramps to talking ALS Association’s mission. Because they receive tor Sean Wiley to ensure funds would be set aside 20 | Erie Reader | eriereader.com October 16, 2013 to support victims of ALS. And who was that after the treatments he received caused his condi- only shy by a couple of knots to push the overcast someone? Roy Glass. tion to worsen, he and his family sought treat- aside. The pigment of the present turns dark and Roy met with Wiley before the 2013 budget ment at the Cleveland Clinical. Here, Roy was ashen like black and white photographs, bleach- was passed to discuss the importance of the ALS taken off the ventilator Hamot had concluded ing and shading in the colors of life’s simple free- Association and how powerful their inclusion was the only option if he were to live. doms: trivial conversation, your favorite meal, a into Pennsylvania’s allowance would be. Despite all this, Roy still sits tall in his chair. Sunday drive. But in opposition to the rain that While Roy and his family have accepted help His strength is evident; while he may be frail, his must eventually fall from these clouds for every- – with great thanks – from the ALS Association, legs frozen, arms lean, face slender, his presence one, love from a caring family, help from close they have been scrupulous in their therapeutic still demands the attention of the room, and the friends, a hope, like a fire steadily burning at the support. There are groups in and around Erie sinew still adhered to his bones is an artifact of heart of a home, will stay lit until every ignitable that lend this kind of comfort and solace from vitality. Over the time of this disease Roy’s physi- wood sliver turns to dust. a disease that is vicious and vile, but it wasn’t the cal strength has turned to fortitude. He no longer right fit for the Glass family. demonstrates his disposition through long hours Matthew Flowers can be “We’ve been selective in our support – to keep it at Silkscreen Unlimited, but through quiet acts contacted at mFlowers@ all positive. We know where this will go,” Court- of courage, like each exhausting excursion to the ErieReader.com, and you ney explains about the terrifying yet evident end hospital for emergencies, to the doctor for more can follow him on Twitter stages of her father’s life. “But we’re making an tests, to physical therapy to maintain muscle, @MFlowersER. To follow active choice not to physically see it. At least until weathering each challenge so he can be here and this story or comment, scan we have to.” his family can be whole. the QR code or go to http:// Today, Rilutek is the Roy does not deny the erirdr.com/2c0tj only current treatment heartache and hardship approved by the FDA of these trials or that the for ALS. This centime- “The thing that was most sorrowful knowledge of ter-long, chalky white his end is a tough pill to pill is expensive, cost- shocking about [ALS] swallow. ing upwards of $800 a “Knowing death month. Not only is it was my dad’s speech. is coming my way is costly, but this medica- scary,” Roy says slowly, tion provides minimal My dad has the most his eyes big and sad benefits: a two-to- beautiful voice. It’s like above the plastic pipes three-month delay to- leading to his nose. “I wards intubation and a radio voice. Just calm, will be hiding in my ventilation, which is mind… This disease then used to assist pa- sweet, and soothing.” His destroys your body, but tients in spontaneous it does nothing to your breathing. Roy has tried daughter Lindsey notes brain.” Rilutek, but side effects, Roy’s past year and like asthenia, nausea, about Roy’s voice and the half has been a somber dizziness, decreased progression of the disease. time, and yet he can still lung function and diar- crack a whole hearted rhea seemed to only add smile when the time is to the wretchedness of right. “I recently was the disease. So he opted baptized,” Roy says to battle out ALS without the help of that tiny gently nodding his head as if to affirm his recent white capsule, forgoing the expense and the bad decision. “I am totally at peace,” he adds with his reactions and forge ahead. chest sinking as the air leaves his mouth, and Moreover, the effects of the medications are smiles wide enough to show that small gap be- rather inconclusive as the prognosis of the disease tween his teeth, showing a piece of himself that is a short two to five years. If you ask Roy what will never change. his treatment is currently, he’ll tell you with con- viction, “Hope.” But it’s nothing he takes alone. here is no circumventing inevitability. It’s audible in Lindsey’s voice when she talks And reality can be unforgiving. They roll about her father, it’s in Courtney’s touch when on to the horizon like a sweeping storm; she holds his arm when he speaks, and it’s pro- aT canvas of black and grey across the cold sky. foundly visible on his wife’s face when she looks Sadness can chill bones, the longing for a reply in his brown eyes. There is density in this word; from beyond the blanket of blanched sky can be this hope has become something almost tangible, as strong as the seasons driving winds, seemingly as if Roy is holding it in his withered hands. It compels him to live and endure the waves of medical complications as they continue to crash in. In combination with ALS, Roy also suffers from diabetes, has recently gone through cataract surgery, survived pneumonia – twice as of this ar- ticle being written – and blood clots in his lungs. Amidst that tide of medical complications, doctors were continuously misdiagnosing the ALS, inadvertently wasting precious months of an already shortened stay. According to the ALS Association, the incidence rate of this disease is two per 100,000 people. Seeing as the population of Erie is barely hitting six figures, the chances of our hospitals treating this illness with any kind of efficiency is slight. Roy happened to be one of those two in 100,000 people and originally was seeking treatment at UPMC Hamot. However, October 16, 2013 eriereader.com | Erie Reader | 21 and friendly staff make Vegetarian this new pizzeria a popu- lar choice for pizza, subs, Whole Foods Café Offer- and salads. Try the Oliver ing a wide variety of vegetar- Perry's Hazard if you're feel- ian staples, including wraps, ing adventurous. sandwiches, soups, pizza, and seasonal specialties. 4115 W. 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The crepes for takeout since food is hand-wrapped enchiladas Buffalo Wild Wings daily specials. to, “Revitalize Downtown and award-winning wine prepared fresh per order. and burritos, and a whole beer meets great food at the you are in for a big surprise. corner of Fourth and State Fourteen original sauces and Every Thursday, Friday, and Erie One Pint at a Time.” selection are more than lot more. The Super Crab 2605 Washington Ave. // enough to encourage a trip 1518 Walnut St. // 455.0041 Quesadilla is a must-try that streets. From gourmet flat- loads of televisions make Saturday night, this daytime 452.2500 123 W. 14th St. // 454.2200 breads to pizza muffins, BWW a great place to meet diner changes over to a to France via downtown won’t break the bank but Jo’s Brooklyn Bagels Japanese there’s plenty of great grub friends for the big game. fine dining establishment. A Erie. will definitely stretch your walk through the door says Carribean to pair with the endless flow Full bar menu available. Check back often since ushi and sian uisine belt. it all. Well, at least it’s speak- 18 N. Park Row // 871.6477 S A C of over 20 microbrews on ineapple ddie Interchange Road the menu changes weekly. P E South- Fresh sushi and sashimi 2709 W. 12th St. // 835.2290 tap. And with helpful serv- BYOB ing to your noise. Inhale (Across from Milcreek Mall) deeply and breathe in those ern regional cuisine served Gastropubs steal the spotlight of this and 4236 Peach St. // ers who know their beer, up with a bit of caribbean 868.9464 1662 W. 8th St. // 456.3096 aromas. Fresh bagels and show but their support- 860.8187 and 4459 Buffalo this is a great place to come flair. Featuring savory dish- Jeckyl & Hydes - Just like ing cast shouldn’t go unno- Rd. // 898.1531 Odis 12 Award-winning Summer House Café With coffee. What’s not to love to try the beers you’ve never about that combination? A es like Creole shrimp and the title characters—wait, ticed. The Kim Chi is a Moe’s With friendly staff had but have always want- wings and affordable sit- an ever-changing menu and andouille sausage over grits, character—this gastropub great place to start and any down dining. Odis 12 lots of fresh baked good- little piece of Brooklyn right serving up fresh, made-to- ed to. here in Erie. seared catfish served with seems bent on being two of the noodle choices make order southwest fare, Moe’s features over 100 differ- ies, this local favorite serves rice and beans and fresh things at once—and that’s for good choices to contin- 333 State St. // 520.5419 ent flavors, including the breakfast and lunch daily is a great place for quality, 833 W. 38th St. // 520.6246 sauteed vegetables, and a good thing. While the ue on. With veggie-friendly Six Pack House of Beer crowd-favorite “ugly cous- and stays open for dinner on-the-go Mexican food. Peggy’s Restaurant A grilled Angus Rib Eye steak. seating area is small, which options and a staff happy to With an ever-changing line- in.” Thursday, Friday, and Satur- Deserts include grilled makes for a cozy experience, serve you, Sushi and Asian 2052 Edinboro Rd. landmark in the Liberty (Outside Millcreek Mall) up of brews on tap and cool- 664 W. 26th St. // 452.6347 day. BYOB Plaza for a few decades now, pound cake served w/fresh the tastes are big and bold. Cuisine is a must. er wall of six-packs to go, 459.2121 Greengarden Tavern Peggy’s serves up quick, glazed pineapple, ice cream Six Pack also serves up some 2605 Washington Ave. // 8 E. 10th St. // 456.0072 1014 State St. //455.0596 Classic corner bar atmo- 452.2500 affordable meals and plen- and rum sauce, and luscious cheap eats to boot. Aoyama Think it’s hard Middle Eastern sphere, great prices, excel- 1201 Kitchen Featuring ty of room for conversa- lime layer cake. BYOB. Indian to find a daily sushi bar 847 Pitt. Ave. // 454.1989 lent wings. Honey-hot Latin/Asian-inspired food, tion. You can sit at the long 1402 W. 10th St. // 454.0700 Casablanca From tradi- in Erie? Find your way to U Pick 6 Beer Store Off barbecue and cranch are this hip downtown spot counter than spans nearly Raj Mahal – Offering tional to modern reci- the entire restaurant, grab a Aoyama for the hibachi pes, from strictly vegetari- the downtown beaten path, standouts. Go Browns! is full of great art, and the Chinese a wide variety of Indian experience combined with marble bar is a perfect place booth upfront, or get a table an meals to meals centered U Pick 6 takes pride in its 1543 W. 8th St. // 454.3367 cuisine, both vegetarian and an extensive sashimi and revolving draft beer line- to try their fresh sushi. With in the back. Golden Wok Quality carnivore friendly, with an around a choice selection Park Tavern – Known for a menu that changes every ingredients, affordable pric- sushi menu. You’ll have the of fresh meat, Casablan- up. With some quick eats 3512 Liberty St. // 866.3216 ever-popular lunch buffet. choice between hibachi- and sandwiches sliced up its wings, the Park Tavern four to six weeks, be sure to es, and consistent service BYOB ca Grille looks to provide boasts a family-friendly check in often. The Breakfast Place Low make this Chinese restau- style seating and the tradi- something for everyone right in front of you, U prices and big portions— tional sit-down dining expe- smoke-free environment. rant stand out among the 5618 Peach St. // 838.1055 looking for a good Moroc- Pick 6 draws you in for the Try some Herbies or crispy 1201 State St. // 464.8989 just the way Erie likes it! The rience, so your mood can do rest. can meal—and the diversi- beer and keeps you for the Cajuns. Buffalo Cajun is Under the Clock - Locat- Cajun eggs are a must-try. Irish the choosing for you. Reser- ty’s a good thing too since conversation. 3202 Pitt. Ave. // 836.9657 vations are highly suggested. also recommended. ed in the historic Boston 2340 E. 38th St. // 825.2727 when it comes to Middle 7520 Peach St. // 866.2337 Store, Under the Clock Molly Brannigans - Got East Mediterranean cuisine, 4205 E. Lake Road // Panos Open late night with 970 Millcreek Mall // is reviving the old phrase Delicatessens a hankering for bangers and 868.7999 Casablanca is it. Reserva- 899.8661 an attentive wait staff who mash? Have no idea what Steakhouse “Let’s meet under the Teresa’s Italian Deli Hibachi From flinging tions are recommended. clock.” With a “sophisticat- will never let your coffee the heck bangers and mash Sweet Treats mug go empty. Try the is? Head to this authentic shrimp to slinging steak, 2174 W. 8th St. // 452.4544 Sensory 3 Next time you’re ed casual”-style restaurant Teresa’s Deli has been a Hibachi combines dinner at Presque Isle Downs & experience, Under the Clock famous Greek omelet. staple in Erie for over 60 Irish gastropub where you Palm Market and Deli Mighty Fine Donuts If with the show without Casino, take a break from you love donuts and are offers lunch and dinner 1504 W. 38th St. // 866.0517 years, and it’s no secret why. can get your fill of Irish- This authentic Arabic fare and Irish drinks. From service charges or ticket fees. the table games and check looking for something menus with something for Now in its third generation, If you’re fine with sitting market and eatery offers out this bar and grille If everyone. The steak salad Sidewalk Cafe Tucked the Theresa’s staff still makes Jameson to Guinness, from delicious, freshly prepared off the well-worn path to Shepherd’s Pie to Purcell’s beside your date instead of you’re cashing in your chips Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy is a must-try for any self- away on historic North the food fresh every day, across from him or her, opt food and baked goods for for fine dining, we bet on respecting carnivore. Look- Park Row, you’ll find one of following the same scratch Fish and Chips, Molly a very reasonable price. The Kreme, this local gem is Brannigans brings the Irish for this straight-off the grill being satisfied by a fine your destination spot. ing for something lighter? downtown’s popular break- recipes used since 1949. without time-to-chill dinner market offers a wide variety steak since Sensory 3 serves Try their seared ahi tuna. fast and lunch places. pub to downtown Erie. of exotic food and merchan- Heralded by locals as the 3201 Greengarden Blvd. // experience. up some of the best cuts in best donuts ever 101 Boston Store Place // 864.5322 and 810 E. 38th St. 506 State St. // 453.7800 dise. the area. 26 N. Park Row // 455.0002 3000 W. 12th St. // 838.2495 2612 Parade St. // 455.6408 454.4700 // 459.1145 McGarrey’s Oakwood 2702 Parade St. George’s With retro decor 8199 Perry Hwy // 866.8359 Picasso’s With signature Café Known for the award- Mediterranean Romolo Chocolates American trimmed in red and black, panini-style sandwiches like winning Reuben, McGar- Colony Pub & Grille – Tony Stefanelli apprenticed George’s is known just as Pizza Multiple fireplaces and three the Lee Roslyn (Twinkie, rey’s believes in big portions Petra Open since 2004, with his family in the choc- Plymouth Tavern An Erie much for looking like a ham, and cheese) and the of comfort food served up Petra serves as Erie’s window Papa Joe’s With special- intimate dining rooms make olate business for nearly 20 institution with great food retro diner as it is for the DaVinci (sausage, ravioli, hot and fresh. Although to the Eastern Mediterra- ty pizzas ranging from the Colony a popular spot years. Where’d that get him? and drink specials every friendly safe and great grub. and provolone), Picasso’s is Irish in name, McGarrey’s nean. The folks at Petra want “Vegan Demise” to “Chick- for a romantic dinner. He’s one of only 26 master night of the week. They’re famous for their a must-try. Great vegetarian also dishes out American you to have “a unique culi- en Gorgonzola” and subs confectioners and he’s right mashed potatoes, but don’t 2670 W. 8 St. // 838.2162 1109 State St. // 453.6454 options available. and Italian cuisine so that nary experience.” And with that go by the names of here in Erie. So for hand- get stuck on only that. Try “Enchanted Eggplant” and Ricardo’s Opened in 1943 made pieces of chocolate, be Pufferbelly you’re bound to find some- Mediterranean-inspired Set in a the soups and sandwiches 2060 Interchange Rd. “Chuck Norris,” Papa Joe’s by two brothers, Ricardo’s sure to stop by Romolo’s— decommissioned firehouse, (Outside Millcreek Mall) thing satisfying. items on the menu you’re on for size too. unlikely to find anywhere brings more to the table serves up some of Erie’s then boast to your out-of- the Pufferbelly is full of arti- 866.1183 1624 W. 38th St. // 866.0552 finest steaks. Chef Peter facts from Erie’s fire fight- 2614 Glenwood Park Avenue else, this is a one of a kind than any commercial pizza town friends about having a // 455.0860 Tickle’s Deli – This popu- dining experience. joint. And to boot, they West and Cathy Merk- master confectioner in your ing past. Italian si run one of Erie’s choice Dominick’s Famous among lar deli features good pric- serve up a mean falafel city. 414 French St. // 454.1557 es and big, tasty sandwiches 3602 W. Lake Road // sandwich—something that’s restaurants that’s known Erie’s late-night bar patrons Alto Cucina Chef Pat 838.7197 1525 W. 8th St. // 452.1933 Calamari’s Extra-long bar, including the famous “Big a must. for its hand-cut, grain-fed who swear by this place as a Rodgers mixes the old- Pulakos with a large outdoor patio Freddy.” Call ahead if you western beef and delicious, George P. Pula- sure-fire hangover cure. world with the exotic. Beau- Mexican 3826 W. Ridge Rd. // mouth-watering ribs cooked kos opened his first choco- for those warm summer can because this downtown tiful décor, with an outdoor 835.3360 123 E. 12th St. // 456.6891 outside year-round. Hearty late shop at 926 State St. in nights. hotspot gets busy at lunch- l oro oco deck for the summer E T L With a full Valerio’s More than just 1903. Over a hundred years Hyatt’s - Serving up break- time. months. bar and the best margaritas Italian fare with casual feel 1317 State St. // 459.4276 Pizza, Wings, and Subs! of fine dining make Ricar- later, the fourth-generation- fast and lunch standards for 17 W. 4th St. // 455.5718 in town, there is something years and is a staple in the 3531 W. Lake Road // Local Italian Restaurant & do’s a must. run chocolate shop is still one Barbecue Gerry’s 8th Street Deli 835.3900 for everyone. Enjoy a little Pizzeria that has been serv- of Erie’s favorite places for a West Erie Plaza. taste of Mexico right here in 2112 E. Lake Rd // 455.4947 From the world-class deli Colao’s Authentic Italian, ing Erie County for over wide selection of all things Three-B Saloon Beer, 928 W. Erie Plaza // 456.0102 to the homemade soups, downtown Erie. 17 years. Offering a vari- Victor’s –Located inside chocolate—and other deli- Bacon & Barbeque—the fresh seafood, and a cozy, Gerry’s offers everything intimate setting. 333 State St. // 454.5626 ety of Homemade Italian the Bel-Aire hotel, Victor’s cious snacks too. name says it all. Featur- Flip Cafe Tired of the Dinners, Seafood, Daily offers fine steak and seafood you’d expect from a deli. Latino’s With fresh ingre- ing slow-cooked brisket, chain restaurant dishing out But with sandwich names 2826 Plum St. // 866.9621 Lunch Specials, and Cater- with drink specials every 2530 Parade St. ribs, and other down-home breakfast by the numbers? dients and a commitment Donut Connection - Just like “Cluckmeister,” “Chive Mi Scuzi Southern Italian to serving up the authentic ing Services. Check out night of the week. favorites. If you behave Then try this sweet little Turkey,” “Tongue Fu,” and cuisine with fresh, home- our menus online at www. off the corner of Peach and yourself, you may get a free spot tucked away in Edin- Mexican-cuisine experience, 2800 W. 8 St. // 833.1116 Liberty streets sits a family- “Breast of Times” just to made pasta. Latinos is the place to go for valeriospizzeria.com. With slice of bacon with your boro. Flip Cafe serves break- name a few, you’re going to 3 convenient locations to owned donut shop that’s cele- beer. fast and lunch from morn- 2641 Myrtle St. // 454.4533 more than just the average Thai brating its Golden Anniver- want to keep going back to Tex-Mex experience. The serve you, we’ll have you ing ‘til afternoon, so stop in Amici Ristorante With singing...Manga Italiano! sary this year. With the “best 732 W. 4th St. // 451.0007 check out all of these one- place isn’t flashy, but with Khao Thai The only full- and try any one of the favor- of-a-kind sandwiches. Deli dinner hours from 5 to 9 coffee” in town and a wide ites, including “Flip Bread.” food this good, it doesn’t 2179 W. 32nd St. // 833- time Thai restaurant in Erie. hours run Monday through p.m. Fridays and Saturdays Luckily, it’s fantastic! Try the selection of delicious hand- Breakfast You won’t pay much and and a takeout menu avail- have to be. 2979 and 1803 E. 38th St. cut donuts, this is a great you’ll go home happy think- Saturday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 825-2693 and 724 Powell drunken noodles for a spicy Summer House Cafe Open able Monday through Satur- 1315 Parade St. // 452.1966 833-8884 // Catering Office// place for a for a sweet treat. ing about coming back 2620 W. 8th St. // 836.8702 delight. Vegetarian friend- from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. day, Amici Ristorante dishes El Canelo With three 866-3193 ly. 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