Thursday

• Lakeside Tavern - Small Town Rollers

• The Baybreeze - AUDIBLE

• Sherlock's - Cryptic Demise, Matty B and the Dirty Pickles, Roter Sturm

• Docksider - All Musicians Jam hosted by Rodger Montgomery Blues Band

• Oasis - Jack Stevenson

• Quality Inn (Former Best Western) - Happy Days

• Urraro Gallery - Steve Trohoske's "Hand's Of Thieves" trio

• Colony - Jazz featuring Colony Club House Band

• French Quarter - Acoustics with Rick and Joe

• Presque Isle Downs & Casino - Matt Gavula

• Brewerie at Union Station - Open Mic with Joe Nolan

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons 6-8PM

Friday

• Oasis - Vitamin D, Money Shot

• Docksider -  John Welton Music, Rick Phillips, Waterband

• Doc Holliday's - House of Cards

• The Beer Mug - Hello Kitty Death Squad, Yawn Thieves 

• Bootleggers - Karaoke Finals for the Wolf 93.9

• Scully's - M80, The Nods, The Romantic Era, Assmen

• The Villa - Shadow Force   9:30 to 1:30  

• Sherlock's - New Wave Nation

• Rainbow Gardens - The Heliotropes

• Craze - Tony Kellogg

• Smokey Bones Restaurant - Matty B and the Dirty Pickles, Tradesmen, Waiting for Never, Spike T Punch, Money Shot, Sound City Saints

• Scooters - Time Machine

• The Sandbar - Matt Gavula ’PIANO MAN’ 6-10PM

• Scotty's - Rodger Montgomery Blues Band

• Brewerie - Necessary Experience

• Last Shot - TBS

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons 6-8PM

• Uptown - Eargazm

• Sloppy Duck's - M-80s

• BW Saloon - 60 Inch Slick

• Rumrunners - Breeze Band

Saturday

• Forward Hall - Common Enemy, The Nods, With No Regrets, The Laundromat, Kill People, The Sound City Saints, Brain Dead Happy, Aggro Hippy

• Charlie's Pub - Salmon Frank

• Rum Runners - Open Island

• Oasis - Next of Kin

• Docksider - Papadosio

• Molly Brannigan's - Chance of Reign

• Beer Mug - Killdozer, DisgraceD, Anti-Atom 

• Bootleggers - Matt Gavula ’PIANO MAN’

• Sherlock's - Waiting for Never, Bridge Burner, Alexandrea, Silence the Sanity

• Doc Holliday's - House of Cards

• The Sandbar - Geek Army

• The Jammin Vine - Thirst N Howl

• Mound Grove - RIFT

• Brewerie - Shotgun Jubilee

• Mannechor Club - Matt Kramer G3

• Presque Isle Gallery - The Romantic Era 6-8PM

• Lakeside Tavern - Unhinged Mandible

• Nelsons/Skeeters - Dave Matthews Band Advance Listening Party

• Last Shot - Everchang

• Alto Cucina - Sturtevant and Amatangelo

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons 6-8PM

• Clancy's - Rodger Montgomery and Moondog

• Scotty's - Breeze Band

• Presque Isle Downs & Casino - Tennessee Backporch

• Speed-Eez - The Cover Up

• Springside Lounge - Tombstone

• Kim’s Townhouse - Dekan, Small Town Rollers

Sunday 

• Scotty’s - Hideous Primates  

• The Cove - Eargazm (3 p.m.) 

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons (6-8 PM)  

• Paderewski Park - Eerie Records Family Picnic 

• Camp Eriez - Black Diamond  (8:30-11:30 PM) in Lake City

Monday

• Presque Isle Gallery -  Paul Eisert 2-4PM

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons (6-8 PM)  - Sleep Serapis Sleep, Precint Aflame, A Constant Reminder, History’s End (6PM)

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons (6-8 PM) 

Tuesday 

• Clancy’s Pub and Pizza -  Musicians Jam Night 

• Oscar’s Pub - Bobby Remp 

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons (6-8 PM)  

Wednesday

• Docksider - Open Mic With Doug Phillips

• Wild Rib Cook Off and Music Festival in Perry Square - Key West Express (8 PM), Flow Band (5 PM) 

• Denny’s - James Small Ligons (6-8 PM)

• Baybreeze Lounge - All Musicians Jam, hosted by Breeze Band (8 PM)

• Alto Cucina - Sam Hyman

• The Sunflower Club -  Acoustics with Rick and Joe (7:30-10:30 PM)

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This message mainly concerns the bands and musicians. We are looking to collect CD's from all the local bands, so that we may send them to our troops. No matter how you feel about the war the fact is that we have good people over there who need to be reminded of home. So if you would like to help us out on this just come in and drop off your CD's, or mail them to...                             
 

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Erie, PA 16501

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ATTENTION MUSICIANS OF ALL KIND!!!:

Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse

Interested in playing here??? Check out Open Mic Night or demo for us. We will book you, promote you through flyers and give you a free meal of your choice. This is a great opportunity to get your name out there as a local artist! Also artists who would like to see their artwork here...Call 814-790-5615 for an appointment.

Did You Know...

The rock band KISS was banned from performing in Erie County after their pyrotechnics blew a hole in the roof of the Erie County Fieldhouse although they were allowed to play in the city.

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ERI Jams is looking for motivated people who want to let our readers know what is going on around town.

If you are interested in contributing to our magazine drop me a line at trobi1021@gmail.com and let me know.

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ERI Jams Editor Rob Taylor Becomes Nationally Published Novelist

Frederick, MD May 20, 2009 -- PublishAmerica is proud to present Eleana: The Immortal Princess by R.E. Taylor of Erie, Pennsylvania.

Eleana is a young girl, daughter of an Egyptian pharaoh, found worshipping a single god in a  world ruled by many. She is tried and executed by mistake. Revived by a mystical mixture of herbs, she becomes immortal. For the next 3,000 years she searches for someone, anyone, to end her life. Finally in the 1950s and again in the '90s she does find the man, Richard Handlin, who can do what she desires. Their reunion leaves them psychically connected and decides the fates of not only them but everyone they meet. In a story that traverses time they develop loves and lives until the moment when it comes to his final decision, a decision that would change the history of Ancient Egypt.

Author R. E. Taylor was born and raised in Akron, Ohio, where he developed a love for reading at the age of three, and writing a few years later. When writing he loves taking the normal and just letting it go just over the edge to make the possible a reality. 

PublishAmerica is the home of 35,000 talented authors. PublishAmerica is a traditional publishing company whose primary goal is to encourage and promote the works of new, previously undiscovered writers. Like more mainstream publishers, PublishAmerica pays its authors advances and royalties, makes its books available in both the United States and Europe through all bookstores, and never charges any fees for its services. PublishAmerica offers a distinctly personal, supportive alternative to vanity presses and less accessible publishers.

Soon you will be able to purchase R.E.Taylor's "Eleana" in a book store near you. In the meantime you can purchase it at Amazon.

Doo Wop Lives Again At The Station

by Rob Taylor

Collecting Beach Glass On The Erie Shores

By Rob Taylor

ERI Jams is proud of its tradition of covering some of the off the wall things to do in the Erie area. However, this article is not about a new club, a band or a play or even a new strip joint...sorry guys. It is about a relaxing, and potentially profitable, hobby that more and more people are getting into and that is collecting beach glass.

Beach glass, according to Wikipedia, is glass from bottles, jars, windows, glasses, art or any other glass that somehow found its way into the lake anywhere from a few years to a hundred or more years ago. While underwater it is tossed by the water’s action and smoothed by sand until it gains a frosted, velvety appearance.
The beach glass comes in colors which range through the entire length of the spectrum. The colors of Kelly green, brown and clear are the most common since they have been used by pop, juice and beer bottlers for decades. Rarer colors include jade, amber, golden amber, lime and forest green and soft blues. These you have about a 1 in 75 chance of finding any of the rarer colors. Among the rarest colors are black, pink, teal, turquoise, yellow, cobalt blue and red which are found in 1 in 5,000 pieces collected. The rarest of all is orange with odds of finding a piece set at 1 in 10,000.

However, there are even rarer pieces of beach glass out there and those are where the original item, such a bottle, is still intact after years of pounding beneath the waves. They have the same smooth, frosted appearance as beach glass but they were never broken. Collectors value these pieces more than any other pieces they find.

Authentic beach glass has become much less common due to littering laws enacted in the lest few decades. This has caused the value of authentic beach glass to increase of the last couple of years. One piece of red beach glass which measured 5/8 inch recently sold of Ebay for $9.00. The average price, per piece is hovering around $3.00 for other colors. Jewelry made from beach glass has internet prices that range from $5.99 for a necklace to more than $35.00 for a set of matching earrings but that is just chump change compared to some prices.

There are several art galleries in the Erie area which display and sell beach glass jewelry including Relish Inc. Jewelers Studio & Gallery at 3835 West 12th St.

Relish Inc salesperson Rickie Reed says that all of their jewelry is made in their studio/gallery. “The beach glass we use in our jewelry is not cut, polished, tumbled or manipulated in any other way,” she said. “Although we do get beach glass from all over the world the vast majority of what we use in our jewelry is found locally.”

“Right now we have an abundance of green, the color of a 7up bottle, clear and brown. We will still take those colors but only in a size that is smaller than a pea,” she said. “However, we are still looking for the rarer colors.”

Relish Inc does not buy single pieces. They only buy in bulk which they say is “hundreds of pieces” at a time. “Although we do buy some large pieces we like mostly smaller pieces with soft edges, unique shapes and nice colors,” Reed added.

For people looking to sell beach glass Relish Inc. has a few rules

1) Glass has to be clean and not chalky
2) Glass has to be dry
3) Glass should be separated by color
4) Glass must not have sharp edges

The store features hundreds of items made of beach glass including a necklace, with a value of $816.00, as well as a section with necklace/earring combination sets. “Every piece is hand crafted by Relish’s team of artisans,” Reed said.

Beach glass may be found on any shore line along the great lakes or any ocean but in Erie there is one spot for collecting beach glass that always provides a more than ample supply and that is the boat landing at the foot of East Ave. It is easy to find 75 to 100 pieces inside a period of just 15 to 20 minutes and that is just the pieces lying on the top of the beach. The best time to go searching is early morning after high tide recedes.

So, on a nice sunny summer day…get up in the morning and head down to the beach. You may just be the lucky one to find the one piece that, although maybe not allow you to retire, will allow you to go out and have a good dinner and maybe a couple drinks courtesy of good ol’ Lake Erie.

For more information about Relish Inc. or beach glass jewelry check out www.relishinc.com.

Star Trek Easter Egg Offers A Unique Prize

By T.R. Septaric

Over the last couple of weeks one of the hottest movies in the United States is the new Star Trek film, which is currently showing at Tinseltown and this version of Star Trek has a little something special…a major Easter egg

Director of the film J. J. Abrams has done something that has never been done before…and that is to combine Star Trek with George Lucas’ Star Wars. It has been reported that Abrams took the robot R2-D2 and inserted him into a cameo somewhere in the movie.

Paramount has taken advantage of this and created a new contest where the winner can win an authentic prop from the Star Trek universe. They aren’t saying what the prize is exactly except to say that it was a prop used in the new Star Trek movie with a suggested value of $100.00. However, Paramount said that the actual value may be higher or lower than the estimate. And, guess what, all you have to do is find R2-D2 and drop Paramount an email and tell them where you found him for a chance to win.

For those of you who don’t know…authentic Star Trek props are nearly impossible to get since they are all locked up at the end of production. According to Paramount if there are ST props out there they are most likely stolen. This is the first time a prop has been willing released by the studio.

There isn’t much more to tell you except how to enter the contest. First, go see the movie. If and when you see R2-D2 write down where you saw him and drop an email to facebook@paramount.com with the subject of “Star Trek Easter Egg Sweepstakes” telling where you saw the little fellow. The deadline for entries is May 25th at 12:01 p.m.

Now, as a Klingon Vice Admiral in the Klingon Armada International (Yes, I am a Trekker) I personally would love to win the prop but my bigger concern is wondering what Abrams has in store for his second Star Trek film? Maybe he’ll kill off Jar Jar Binks in the next film…one can only hope!

The contest is being sponsored by Paramount Pictures Corporation, 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, California 90038.
 

A Profile Of Erie Poet Cee Williams

by Chuck Joy

Cee Williams prepares in his lair, somewhere near the heart of Erie. Choosing his poems to take to the stage, maybe to The Erie Book Store.

Cee Williams is a strong poet. So strong, I see him as a prizefighter, wearing boxing gloves, a towel around his neck. Cee's a poet truly old school, the oral tradition, his page really a vehicle for his voice, toward the performance. He had a book bound with spiral, spiral-bound, to facilitate reading the book as a script. I think that book is Mother Don't Crush Us. Another book is perfect-bound, Cockroaches and Love Poems. That's all will be left, good people, cockroaches and love poems.

The Erie Book Store is a small stage. Especially when you've read at the Bowery Poetry Club and in Atlanta, both. They would have been happy for you to stay!

Cee Williams grunts, then hits a button on his laptop keyboard. Somewhere deeper in the lair a printer hums and then a woman comes, bringing the single sheet of paper. "Your lines, man."

Williams nods, accepts the words, stuffs them into a backpack he shoulders, turns toward the door, the rest of us, and grins.

Cee Williams appears regularly at Poetry Scene, almost every Friday, maybe this Friday, 6:30, at The Erie Book Store, 137 E 13.

Editor's note: To listen to Cee Williams is to truly listen to one of the great speakers in Erie. His voice and emotions when he reads a poem makes you think back to the speeches of Rev. Martin Luther King. I, for one out of many, say that he sounds just like Rev. King did.

Pagans Offer Classes On Making Mead

On May 30-31 the United Neo Pagan Council of Lake Erie Mead Making Workshop Weekend -Registration $10. This will be held on Sampson Road in Green Township (Rich and Diana's place) Rain or shine! Mead kits are $30. Includes all you'll need to make a gallon of mead at the workshop. There will be basic mead making workshops at 1 PM and 5 PM. There will also be an advanced workshop at 3 PM.

You can register online.

 
Kubb tournament all day ($10 registration per team), as well as other activities and games. Bring mead that you have brewed before for a mead sampling discussion and round table. Join us for a potluck bonfire at dusk. Extremely primitive camping available. There will also be an ancestor mask making workshop, as well as a presentation on mead and herbs. Herbs are available for $5 per bag. Come for learning, talking, sampling, judging, boasting, toasting all about mead.... and a whole mess of other pagan stuff.

The event is limited to those who are 21 and over. No food is available on site.
The address is 10580 Sampson Rd, Waterford PA 16441. For more info, email mead@u-n-c-l-e.org

Glass Growers Gallery
Presenting Fine Art & American Crafts For 34 Years

Announcing the Spring Show at Glass Growers Gallery 10 East Fifth Street Erie, PA:

The Intimacies of Time by artist Jan Lutz showing May 1 to June 5, 2009. The artist's reception is Friday May 1 7 to 9 pm. The public is invited to attend.

Jan Lutz's artwork is technically fascinating, emotive, and tender. Her subjects are plant and human forms that share delicate gestures, armatures that link us with a shared portion of DNA. Jan paints in veiled forms overlapping transparent colors, creating an eloquent vocabulary to her narrative portrayals. The assignment of light is subtle and judicial as it is shared by the entire picture. The tone is softened with the understated color palette. The delicate quality of her brushstrokes conveys an overall reverence for her subject matter, whether it is a human figure or a budding lotus blossom.

Her personal statement reads as follows: "I am continually fascinated with the beauty and intelligence of the natural world, of which we are an integral part.  The limitless combinations of colors, forms, patterns and textures in nature compel me to re-create my impressions, to preserve the timelessness of a person or place.  A recurrent theme in my work is the universality and interconnectivity of life in all its forms.  The experience of seeing inspires the discipline of doing---with all of its surprises, diversions and challenges.  It is the process, the act of losing oneself to the state of sartori where seemingly effortless creation occurs, more than the finished work that teaches and feeds me."

For more information, contact Deb Vahanian at 814.453.3758 or email her

Gallery Hours: Mon to Fri 10 to 6 and Sat 10 to 5.

19th Annual Erie’s Wild Rib Cook Off and Music Festival 

For the past 19 years, “Erie’s Wild Rib Cook Off and Music Festival” has been the premier “kick-off” event of Erie’s Summer Festival Season. On May 27th - 30th, the landscape of Perry Square and its surroundings will once again transform into a colorful, exciting, and fun-filled community festival. Eight Professional National Award Winning Rib Cooking Teams will converge in downtown Erie to offer the finest in BBQ cuisine. To compliment the Ribbers and their fall-off-the-bone ribs, a selection of delicious festival foods, arts and crafts, merchandise vendors, and informational booths will be present. Both regional and local bands will liven up the crowd with country music, rock n’ roll, classic rock, original music and more.

The RIB Kid Zone, an area hosting fun activities for children of all ages, will showcase the new 27ft. high Shark Slide, a gigantic obstacle course, new games and several combos and bounces. This fun area will also include a big red trackless train. Mom, dad and the kids can take a Rib Fest trip with Mr. Brad, the train conductor. For the very best value, scheduled times slots will be offered for a RIDE-A-RIBBA-RAMMA featuring hours of fun-filled entertainment on Wednesday or Thursday from 5:00 PM till 9:00 PM for one $10.00 price. Mom and dad can relax to the music while the little ones have a blast.

The BIG Kid Zone is host to the Mechanical Bull and the Cliff Hanger Slide. The 27 ft. high slide will be featured for the first time ever at the Rib Fest. See what all of the excitement is about! Test your skills on the bull, challenge your courage on the Cliff Hanger slide. Contests are being planned.

Each year a panel of invited guests participate in the Rib Judging Contest for the “Best Ribs” and “Best Sauce” Contest. The Judging takes place on Friday, May 29 in the VIP tent. A new feature this year is the Guest Judge Contest hosted by Connoisseur Media. Listen to your radio for all of the details. Sign up for a chance to win a position at in the Rib Judging Contest.

Again this year is the People’s Choice booth for all visitors to cast their vote for the professional rib cooking team they deem as the BEST. Be sure to stop by the PEOPLE’S CHOICE tent where you can cast your vote for your favorite Rib Team.

By 7:00PM on Saturday the votes will be counted and the presentation is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 30th, at 8:30PM on the main stage.

Schedule

JR's Comedy Club

May 21-23: TAMMY PESCATELLI

Comedienne/Actress Tammy Pescatelli is a three-time Addie Award winner and two-time Cleo nominee. She’s performed in comedy clubs all over the USA and is arguably one of the hardest working women in comedy today. Tammy has appeared as featured comic on television shows like “Evening At The Improv” and “Court Of Common Sense,” and was recently named winner of the “Bud Light Ladies Of Laughter” competition.

Featuring: Darrin Meyer

May 29-31: SINBAD

A hardworking funnyman whose clean, family friendly persona and animated antics have endeared him into the hearts of dedicated fans worldwide, Sinbad has worked tirelessly to rise to the top of the standup circuit, finding success in both television and film in addition to his popular stage act.

SUNDAY SHOWS at 3:30pm & 6:30pm

Featuring: Mark Fradl

Come Out and Support Shriner's Children Hospital

Smokey Bones Restaurant 
Interchange Road by Millcreek Mall 
Saturday May 31

6 Local Bands will be playing, 
-Matty B and the Dirty Pickles 
- Tradesmen
-Waiting for Never
-Spike T Punch
-Money Shot
-Sound City Saints

Come out and Support Shriners Hospital of Erie and eat good food, ribs, drinks and music!

During the weekend of Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, Borders Books is having a fund-raiser for the hospital. The coupon will entitle you to 10% off your entire purchase at Borders. In return, Borders will be donating 10% of each total sale back to the Erie Shriners Hospital.

You MUST present the 10% coupon at the time of your purchase in order to get the discount. Please feel free to forward this coupon on to all of your friends and family members. Remember, the coupon is only good on May 30 and 31 and only at the Borders store located outside the Millcreek Mall (next to Old Navy).

Also on Saturday, May 30th from 11am - 2pm
Borders will host a special Children's Event, complete with stories & crafts, to encourage families to show their support for Shriner's Hospital for Children.

Contact them at Phone: 814-440-6119 or email to receive your 10% off coupon

The Annual Shriners Hospital for Children —
Erie' “Hospital Day”


Where: Shriners Hospital of Erie
1645 West 8th St
Erie, PA 16505

When: Sunday, May 31, 2009

Time: 9:30 am until 2:00 pm

The antique car show is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. in the hospital parking lot and musical entertainment is scheduled from 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m.

I Am The Next Mark Twain

Are you the next Mark Twain?  Prove it.

To coincide with the publication of Who Is Mark Twain? HarperStudio is sponsoring a writing contest to find the next Mark Twain.

One of Twain’s pieces being published in the book, which goes on sale April 21st, was left unfinished by the great American writer, so we want to see who has what it takes to finish the story.

You can read the piece, entitled “Conversations with Satan,” in the book or online, and then submit your ending through the online form. Each entry will be judged by a panel that includes Robert Hirst, editor of the Mark Twain Papers project, Dave Taffner, member of the Borders Fiction buying team, and Julia Cheiffetz, senior editor at HarperStudio.

The grand prize winner will receive a free copy of Who Is Mark Twain?, have their piece published on Borders.com, and will give a reading of their work at their local Borders store. The winner will be able to invite friends and family to hear him/her read the winning piece and another selection from the book. The winner will also be video taped and interviewed for a segment to air on Borders.com and theharperstudio.com. Ten Honorable Mentions will also be chosen, and they will receive a copy of Who Is Mark Twain? and a free audio download, read by John Lithgow.

The contest ends May 31st, so get writing!

For more details about the contest, read the rules page and check out the judges panel.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: '09 Open Juried Exhibition

DEADLINE APPROACHING!

Open to artists internationally working in any photographic media. There is no restriction on subject matter. Accepted works will be exhibited at Bruce Gallery in Edinboro, Pennsylvania during September 2009 and select works will be available to view online. Photomedia Center will select one work as its Purchase Award to add to its permanent print collection. One artist will be selected for a solo featured exhibit during the 2010 season. Accepted works may be offered for sale during the show.

Artists may submit up to 10 pieces for consideration. Entries must be postmarked by June 13, 2009. For submission guidelines, visit here. To download the prospectus and application form, click here.

About the juror: LaToya Ruby Frazier is a photographer and faculty member of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where she is Associate Curator for the
Civic Square Art Gallery. In 2009, Frazier's work will be exhibited at the Bronx Museum (Bronx, NY) and in the New Museum's "Generational: Younger than Jesus."