(This section is updated
daily, please check back each day for additional listings)
I
would like to make a huge apology on behalf of the Great Lakes
Film Association and ERI Jams to those who have used our online
Event Submission Form and their information was not available in
our magazine.
Due
to individuals who found it necessary to abuse our form and submit
a large quantity of bogus events, we did not receive the important
ones as we should have in time.
Please
take note just because you do not submit your contact information
in the form, we are given your ISP and location information so we
can report you for abuse.
Thursday
Sloppy Duck - Open Island
Rock The Block - The
Romantic Era
Lakeside Tavern - Small
Town Rollers
Sherlock's - Chance of Reign
Downtown block party with Man's Room Band outside Scully's Pub, between Fourth and Fifth streets on State
Docksider - Rodger Montgomery and All Musicians Jam
Brewerie - Open mic night (7-10 p.m.)
Night Flights
- Eargazm (7 p.m.)
Colony Pub - Live Jazz Thursdays featuring Colony Club Band with Gene Leone (7:30 p.m.)
Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel
- Sam Hyman Band aboard barge (6-9 p.m.)
Presque Isle Downs & Casino
- Matt Gavula (8-11:30 p.m.)
Oasis - Himini (6-9 p.m.)
Denny's - James Small Ligons (6-9 p.m.)
Friday
Nelson's - Randy
Baumann & Friends
Sloppy Duck -
M80's
Edinboro Lake Resort - Rick &
Joe Acoustix
Bud Charles Church - Scars Of
Ruin, Waking Myth
Papa George's - Colonel Klink
Rum Runners - Main Street
Sherlock's - New Wave Nation
Scotty's - Gene Stovall & The
Audible
Docksider - Unkle John's Band
Sidelines - Money Shot
Sandbar - The Geek Army
Doc Holliday's - 60 Inch Slick
Cover Up at Oasis
Eargazm (5 p.m.) at the Cellblock
Eargazm (8 p.m.) at Cove
Cryptic Demise, Yawn Thieves, Placebus at Scully's Pub
60 Inch Slick at Doc Holliday's
Dollar Bill and Spare Change (9-12) at Brewerie
French Maide at Scooters
Purple Finger at Last Shot
James Small Ligons (6-9 p.m.) at Denny's
Jack Stevenson Acoustics (6-9 p.m.) at Oasis
Mike and Kathy (5-7 p.m.) at Dave's Corner Tavern in Venango
Frank Marzano (noon) at Creative Crust in Meadville
Docksider - Wednesdays-
Starts at 10:00 PM - With Doug Phillips
Docksider - Thursday
- All Musicians Jam hosted by Rodger Montgomery Blues
Band
The Coffee Station - Rt 20 in Fairview - Saturdays 6:00
p.m. - ?
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Needs You!!!!!
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...
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.
A story about truth and reconciliation, this Academy Award-winning film depicts how one generation must come to terms with the crimes of another when a man uncovers a deep secret about his lover.
July 22, 2009
I Served the King of England - 2:15 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Short in height, but high in ambition, a young provincial waiter
in Czechoslovakia wants nothing more than to become a millionaire.
August 12, 2009
Sugar - 2:15 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Sugar follows the story of Miguel Santos, a.k.a. Sugar, a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro De Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty.
August 19, 2009
Tyson - 2:15 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Tyson is acclaimed indie director James Toback's stylistically inventive portrait of a mesmerizing Mike Tyson.
The Met: HD Live Series
July 12, 2009
Eugene Onegin - 1 p.m.
Enjoy an encore presentation of Pushkin’s dark tale of mistimed
love and its tragic consequences inspired some of Tchaikovsky’s
most passionate and beautiful music.
July 26, 2009
Madama Butterfly - 1 p.m.
The magnetic Patricia Racette delivers a vocal tour-de-force as the young geisha Cio-Cio-San in this encore presentation.
Rain Location: Louis C. Cole Auditorium MapDirections
Please note that no food is allowed
inside of the historic theater.
July 10, 2009
Remember the Titans
Rated: PG Runtime: 113 min.
July 17, 2009
The Client
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 120 min.
July 24, 2009
Earth
Rated: G Runtime: 99 min.
July 31, 2009
The Soloist
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 109 min.
PENN
STATE BEHREND
Young People's Chorus of Erie Hosts First Summer Choir Camp
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, from August 3-7.
Elementary-school singers ages 7 to 10 will be day campers and participate in choir activities from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day; singers ages 10 and older will live in a Penn State Behrend residence hall for the week.
GANNON
UNIVERSITY
Gannon Schuster Theatre
KING LEAR - July 9-11 at 7:00 p.m.
JULIUS CAESAR - July 16-18 at 7:00 p.m.
Did You Know...
...there is a legend that the
cast iron gates of Mercyhurst College were purchased from the
estate of a mass murderer? Mercyhurst will neither confirm nor
deny the legend.
We're Looking
For Writers
If you like the entertainment in Erie
and you like to write -- we are looking for you!
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.
Rob Taylor
Editor ERI Jams Online
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Happy Independence Day 2009
Local
Writer Becomes Nationally Published Author
by
Amanda Everett
If
you’ve ever read anything by Stephen King, which is hard not to
have, you’re going to love the newest novel available at the
Erie Book Store.Author
R.E. Taylor takes your mind on a mystical and exciting journey
through three magical time periods in his latest masterpiece, Eleana:
The Immortal Princess.
The
daughter of a Pharaoh of the 1st dynasty in Egypt,
Eleana is a refreshing character caught worshiping a single god, a
crime against the father in ancient times.Tried and accidentally executed, the death of Eleana is
counteracted by the use of assorted herbs to bring her back to
life but, in turn,the
herbs bring her into immortality.Living a life extending to 3,000 years, Eleana embarks on a
fantastical journey with Richard Handlin, a man with whom she
psychically connects.Consequently,
Richard is the sole person able to end Eleana’s immortal run.
Handlin
and the princess travel through modern day, the 1840’s, and
ancient Egypt, altering history in each time period.When Handlin finds himself in love, he remains in the
1840’s.This action
leads to a tragic and shocking ending which will render your heart
useless after mentally journeying with Handlin and Eleana through
a tumultuous time travel adventure only true love can survive.
R.E.
Taylor worked diligently and intensely to carefully create a
formula that challenges the typical literary formulas most avid
readers are familiar with.Influenced
heavily by Stephen King and Anne Rice, Taylor has an unparalleled
ability to intertwine fantasy and suspense with eloquence.
Taylor
began to read at the age of three and was writing by five.His first story as a child was about a lion cub, and I can
honestly tell you that figuratively, the original cub of
Taylor’s works has certainly evolved into a roaring adult with Eleana:
The Immortal Princess.
Born
in Akron and drawn to Erie in 1979, Taylor was immediately
entrenched in Erie’s rich arts community.“Erie is a little bohemian,” says Taylor of the Erie
Art scene,“It
envelops freedom, beauty, and love, and that’s hard to beat.”Much of Taylor’s genius comes from a deep passion for
writing. “I’ll wake up at 4am with an idea, sometimes I can
retain it until morning but with Eleana, I couldn’t
wait,” says Taylor of his epiphany for his latest work.
Taylor
is known in our beloved city for writing the hit tribute show
“Remembering Janis” which was directed by Steven Opsanic,
produced by The Great Lakes Film Association, and presented at
Theatre 145, the former Roadhouse Theatre.With twenty years ofmovie
and theatre review experience, Taylor is excited to embark upon
his literary pursuits which include a book of short stories that
pay special attention to the notorious ghosts of Erie county,
including the Ghost of Mercyhurst College known as the “chapel
spirit,” a nun who ended her existence by hanging herself from
the bell tower, and the haunting of Theatre 145 by two special
spirits, Tina and Edward.
Presented
by Publish America, R.E Taylor’s latest creation will shock and
allure you to a new realm of literature you will certainly want
more of. “I lived with Eleana for two and a half years, she was
like a child that finally went out on her own,” says Taylor of
publishing the work that hit the shelves June 20th.
Available
in paperback or hardcover at the Erie Book Store, amazon.com
and barnesandnoble.com
for $24.95, Eleana: The Immortal Princess is a must read
novel sure to ignite the senses and take your mind on a
supernatural journey, the likes of which you have never known.Get your copy today and check out future issues of ERI Jams
for information on a book signing and meet & greet with R.E.
Taylor!
Erie’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition
Project Done On July 3rd
By Rob Taylor
Everyone knows about it but, for those of you who don’t, there IS
something going on at 650 East 21st near Reed St. that has got to be the
BIGGEST ticket in town…and that is the TV show Extreme Makeover Home
Edition is completely rebuilding the home of a local Erie resident.
The event started the event on Thursday when Ty Pennington and his crew,
along with singer Mary J. Bligh showed up with the famous black and
silver bus to start the project. The first major step was to demolish
the house which was accomplished on June 27th when two demolition crews
tore the house down in less then one hour. The entire project is
scheduled to take just 106 hours to complete.
The Extreme Makeover Home Edition construction site has drawn crowds of
hundreds, if not thousands, of people to the block. The one thing that a
large number of people are saying is that they are amazed by how close
they are allowed to get to the show. For the most part they are allowed
to stand right across the street watching every move Pennington and his
crew make. It has gotten so popular, and so many people want to watch,
that a shuttle service has been set up by the EMTA to bring people to
watch the event.
Despite a delay from a truck accident involving some construction
materials the project is expected to be completed on July 3rd and,
anyone who knows the show already knows this, they are looking for a
huge crowd to show up when the home owner returns and Pennington leads
the crowd in a chorus of, “MOVE THAT BUS!”
They
will be revealing the home Thursday June 2, between 1 -
3PM.
A spokesman for the show said that anyone wanting to be there for the
“reveal” should get their early because they do expect a large crowd and
they ask that everyone bring a donation of a can of food.
Extreme Makeover Home Edition can be seen on Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m.
on Channel 24. The episode currently being shot in Erie is scheduled to
be aired in about two months.
Exclusive
Photo of the Finished Home
The Flagship Niagara Needs YOUR
Help!
The Flagship Niagara's very existence is
in danger as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Historical and Museum
Commission considers cutting funding for the sailing program, which will
seriously jeopardize the affordability of the maintenance and upkeep of
the vessel.
During this time of economic crisis, government funding will be diverted
to what the public consider as the most important needs. It is not more
government money we are seeking, it is local philanthropic support that
the ship needs.
The ship has been in successful operation for 16 years. In 2005, the
ship became inspected by the US Coast Guard as a Sailing School Vessel,
a designation which allows the ship to earn revenue through an
adventurous sail-training program.
Join the cause to keep history alive through preservation of Erie's most
important icon and historic symbol- The Flagship Niagara!
The Flagship Niagara League is the 501 c3 non-profit organization that
is chartered to support the ship. The FNL has established a "Don't Give
Up the Ship" fund-raising campaign, which is the beneficiary of this
cause. The PA Historical and Museum Commission has agreed to allow the
ship to keep sailing if the FNL can generate substantial financial
support for the ship and the ship's sailing program.
You can provide support by becoming a member of the Flagship Niagara
League for a minimum contribution of $25. Go to
www.brigniagara.org . On the new website,
www.flagshipniagara.org , scheduled to launch by April 12,
2009, you can join online.
If you love the Flagship Niagara, if you love the ship's connection to
Erie and want to see the ship continue to survive and succeed in
representing Erie to hundreds of thousands of people, this is you one
chance to truly be heard!
If this campaign is unsuccessful, PHMC WILL SHUT DOWN THE NIAGARA
SAILING PROGRAM! We do not want another rotting static display like the
old ship we remember up on stilts at the foot of State Street in Erie in
the eighties.
The Flagship Niagara's volunteer crewmembers donate more than $100,000
worth of volunteer maintenance services to the ship each year. They are
credited $17 for every hour of maintenance they donate, which is accrued
in a tuition account, that is managed by the Flagship Niagara League,
Inc. As their tuition account grows, they earn enough credit to sail on
the ship as a student in the ship's education programs during the
summer.
If the ship stops sailing, the volunteers will stop volunteering. It's
as simple as that. The ship has represented Pennsylvania and Erie and
interpreted the ship's famous history for more than 650,000 people since
she first sailed out of Erie in 1992. Her sailing program has grown at a
very successful rate of 25% per year since the ship became inspected as
a Sailing School Vessel in 2005.
The program is now almost completely self-sufficient. If the PHMC will
agree to maintain the ship as they were mandated to do, the FNL can
maintain the sailing program through earned income alone.
This drive for FNL support will insure the survival of the ship for
generations to come.
For more information on the ship & ship's sailing programs check out
www.brigniagara.org
~Gannon University's Schuster Theatre Presents~
William Shakespeare's
King Lear
The Gannon University Alumni Association invites you to attend an alumni picnic and Gannon Schuster Theatre production of King Lear , a tragedy by William Shakespeare, on
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009
6:00 - 6:45 p.m. PICNIC
Join us for a picnic buffet and fellowship with fellow Gannon alumni before the show.
NEW Location : Courtyard Cafe, ground floor of the Morosky Academic Center
COST : $6 per person (children 12 and under are FREE)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. King Lear performance
Shakespeare's tale of a once-mighty king's fall from greatness comes to life. The kingdom is a circus, and Lear is the ringmaster! Directed by Zach Flock '05; featuring Fr. Shawn Clerkin '86, Chris Sanner '87, Almi Clerkin '85, Alaina Manchester '07, and Chris Watson '08.
NEW Location : Courtyard of the Morosky Academic Center
COST : FREE
Bring your lawn chair or blanket!
Reservations and picnic payments must be received by THURSDAY, JULY 9.
To make reservations online, click the Registration Button on this page.
By phone, please call Tracy Stolz in the Office of Alumni Services at
814-871-7473.
Contact Information Primary Contact
Tracy Stolz
Alumni Services
109 University Square
Erie, PA 16541
814-871-7473
fax: 814-871-5825 stolz005@gannon.edu
The 8th Annual Editor's Prize Best Poem Contest
Postmark Deadline: August 31st, 2009
Grand Prize: $1,000 for Best Poem & Publication in MARGIE
ALL POEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION
Judge: ROBERT NAZARENE, Editor-&-Chief of MARGIE / IntuiT House Poetry
Series
A portion of each entry fee will be donated to a charity organization
POSTAL SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Submit 3 unpublished poems & a $15 entry fee payable to MARGIE, Inc. (60
line limit per poem.) $5 each per additional poem.
Enclose a single cover sheet with your name, address & phone. No names
should appear on poems.
Simultaneous submissions accepted. Only submit copies as poems will not
be returned. Include a S.A.S.E. to receive contest results.
Mail poems & entry fee POSTMARKED no later than August 31st, 2009
Representatives
of arts, culture and heritage organizations, cultural businesses
(galleries, workshops, dance studios, etc.) and community-based
organizations that provide cultural programming are invited to an
open meeting to discuss cultural issues as part of the year-long,
county-wide cultural planning process.Help the community define its cultural future.Bring your experience, imagination and concrete ideas!
At
the meeting we’ll ask you questions like:
Who
are you? Who
are the constituents of Erie County’s Creative Community?Help us to identify the members and
inter-relationships.
What
do you need?What
do arts, cultural and heritage organizations in Erie County
need to fulfill their potential?We are going to ask you to prioritize.
What
do you give?What are the contributions of arts, cultural and
heritage organizations to Erie’s sense of place, quality of
life, vitality and economy?
What
could really happen?What is an achievable vision, in terms of specific
recommendations for future cultural development?
What
else should we be asking you?
To
RSVP to this meeting call ArtsErie at 452-3427 by July 6th.
Please
help to get the word out about this important forum by sending
this
invitation out to your colleagues and asking them
to
send it along to their contacts and networks. Thanks!
If
you’d like more information or would like to join a CultureSpark
task force contact:
Char
Mashyna, Executive Director, ArtsErie or Allison Counasse, Program
Associate - Marketing at 452-3427
JazzErie Offers Educational Opportunities To Young And Old Alike
Discussion Group
On the third Thursday of every month , at 7:30PM, a group of jazz
enthusiasts gathers at the Erie Art Museum Annex, to listen to and
discuss jazz styles. Each individual comes with a CD and a cut from it
they want to share and discuss with the group. Styles will range from
dixieland, to big band, to contemporary.
Charles Ventrello is the convener of the group. Very knowledgeable about
jazz and himself a jazz performer (saxophone), Charles engages the
participants in conversations about the music.
Dr. Allen Zurcher, JazzErie Program Chair, and Dr. Scott Meier, Director
of Jazz Education at Mercyhurst College, have initiated a program to
introduce jazz music to Erie area elementary and middle school children.
The program had its successful debut at Jefferson elementary school and
Wilson Mills middle school in Erie earlier this year. Meier and Zurcher
used a video, performance and participatory activities to introduce jazz
and improvisation to the students. Sessions run from 30 – 40 minutes
for elementary students, and somewhat longer for middle school,
according to school scheduling. The project is funded by JazzErie.
Interested in having this program in your school? Contact Dr. Zurcher at
twofiveone@hotmail.com, or call him at 814/864-4640.
The End of All Dreams, paintings by Kris
Risto - Now through July 11, 2009
Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser
A Weiser retrospective, from his early sculptural
abstractions to more recent work featuring fine china
painting on porcelain. Weiser explores themes of nature
and human desire, combining images of lush flora and
fauna with smoothly expressionistic figures.
Now through September 13, 2009
Frame Shop Gallery and
Annex Gallery: 423 State Street
Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on Sundays and Mondays
Takezasa-Do
In the Annex Gallery
Woodblock prints in the 1,200-year-old Kyoto tradition
by master printer Kenji Takenaka, his apprentice Yuko
Harada, Finnish book artist Tuula Moilanen, and American
printmaker William Mathie.
July 10, 2009 –
September 26, 2009
Glass
Growers Gallery
10
East 5th St., Erie
(814)
453-3758
William
Roschy driftwood collages and Brian Pardini sculptures
through July 22.
Land of the Lost
(PG-13) 12:20
2:40 5:00 7:20 9:50
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13) 12:30 2:50 5:10 7:30 10:00
Obsessed (PG-13) 11:50am 2:20 4:55 7:25 9:55
17 Again (PG-13) 12:40 5:25 10:10
Hannah Montana: The Movie (G)
12:10 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:40
Fast & Furious (PG-13) 3:00 7:45
Monsters vs. Aliens (PG) 12:00 2:15 4:30 7:00 9:30
VIRTUAL NEW YORK
by Chuck Joy
Larese Davis
look at her
that sweatshirt, those jeans
I hear she’s from Brooklyn
the way she reads
all swoops and curves
and that rhythm,
I can almost hear the music
playing in her head
the words
what she says,
I’m a guy, right?
when she, her, Larese Davis
addresses relationships
that female perspective
makes my heart race
especially about sex,
let’s listen
Jul
3 (Fri) - G2H2 - Erie Gay Business Alliance social get
together (Joe Roots Grill, 2826 W 8th St, Erie PA 16505) 6
PM - 8 PM. Gay Guy/Girl Happy Hour (G2H2) is a monthly get
together for GLBT professionals and their colleagues and
friends meet for networking. You can also sign up for the
Erie Gay Business Alliance email
list.
If
you’ve ever read anything by Stephen King, which is hard not to
have, you’re going to love the newest novel available at the
Erie Book Store.
During this time of economic crisis, government funding will be diverted
to what the public consider as the most important needs. It is not more
government money we are seeking, it is local philanthropic support that
the ship needs. 
Gannon Schuster Theatre production of King Lear , a tragedy by William Shakespeare, on
SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2009
