Monster Trucks Invade LES On July 10 - 11

Lake Erie Speedway is proud to announce that Grave Digger will return on Friday, July 10th and Saturday, July 11th along with four other Monster Trucks.

Here’s a little about monster trucks:

Trucks: Usually 11 feet tall and about 12 feet wide, a monster truck must weigh a minimum of 9,000 pounds, with some monster trucks weighing as much as 12,000 pounds. The less the body weighs, the more strength and weight can be put into the frame and engine without sacrificing speed and maneuverability. Average cost: $150,000.

Engines: Custom-built, supercharged and methanol-injected, a monster truck engine burns up to 2.5 gallons of methanol per run (approximately 250 feet). The size of the motor is limited to 575 cubic feet, according to United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) regulations. The average monster truck team will go through five engines in one year. Average cost per engine: $35,000.

Body: Made of fiberglass, a monster truck body is custom designed. A fiberglass company generally owns the mold to the design. Average initial cost: $50,000. Average cost of remakes: $3,000.

Tires: Manufactured by Goodyear and Firestone, monster truck tires must be 66 inches high and 43 inches wide. The average monster truck team will go through eight tires in one year. Tires are customized and hand cut to accommodate track conditions. Cutting one tire takes approximately 50 hours. Average cost: $2,600 each.

Shocks: Most monster trucks run with nitrogen gas shocks. Some trucks run with one shock per tire, while others run with as many as two per tire. The complete shock package includes a coil-over-shock kit and spring. Average cost: $1,250 each.

Paint: A monster truck must be painted to cover the rough fiberglass body. Airbrushing logos and specialized artwork add to the cost. Average cost: $3,500.

Race Team Budget: A monster truck team incurs a number of expenses throughout the year from repairs and maintenance on a monster truck and the hauler to fuel, racing uniforms, lodging and food. Average cost per year: $250,000.

Crushed Cars: Steel body full-size cars are the vehicles typically crushed during a monster truck event. Cars, as well as vans, buses, motor homes, airplanes and ambulances, are attained from local junkyards and returned after each event. Average number of cars crushed per year: 3,000.

Tracks: A crew of eight works 18-20 hours for three days to construct a monster truck course. It is not uncommon for dump trucks to make more than 200 trips to deliver the dirt to each stadium. The USHRA owns dirt in almost every city it visits. Average amount of dirt used per track: 700 cubic yards for an arena, 3,500 cubic yards for a stadium. Each year 700,000 cubic yards of dirt are used to put on USHRA Monster Jam events.

Tickets: During the 2004 season, more than 3.5 million people attended USHRA monster truck events --. Average ticket price: $15.

For more information or to order tickets go to www.lakeeriespeedway.com

Warrant, Zoso to Perform at Erie's Rock ‘N’ Roar Concert

Organizers of the 2009 Roar on the Shore® bike rally, set for July 16-18, announced today that American rock-metal band Warrant will perform at Saturday night’s Rock ‘N’ Roar Concert at The Hub at Perry Square Main Stage in downtown Erie. The band, known for such hits as “Cherry Pie” and “Heaven,” will make their appearance following Led Zeppelin tribute band Zoso.

Concertgoers who want to get a closer view of the band can get a front stage pass for a $10 donation the night of the event or by purchasing wristbands online at www.roarontheshore.com. Proceeds benefit Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veterans and their families.

Warrant has been touring since the band was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1984. The group first came into the national spotlight with their debut album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich, when their hit single, “Heaven,” reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Warrant’s follow-up effort Cherry Pie, released in 1990, was an even bigger success, climbing into the Top 10 and featuring the high-charting singles “I Saw Red” and “Cherry Pie.”

“Thanks to Warrant and Zoso, we’re expecting this year’s Rock ‘N’ Roar concert to be bigger, badder and better than ever — all to help a very worthwhile charity,” said Manufacturer & Business Association Marketing Director Tammy Polanski.

For complete event details and updates, visit www.roarontheshore.com

Some Enchanted Evening Opening At The Station

“Some Enchanted Evening” A showcase of the music of Richard Rodgers and the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II will be running at The Station Dinner Theatre from July 14th – 29th.

Featuring the vocal talents of: John Burton, David Durst, Paul Urbanowicz, Rae Jean Urbanowicz, Katie States and Lisa Slezak

Featuring songs from “STATE FAIR”, CAROUSEL, OKLAHOMA, THE KING AND I, SOUTH PACIFIC, THE SOUND OF MUSIC and more.

Nominated for two Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical.

Includes such hits as If I Loved You from "Carousel", Some Enchanted Eveningfrom "South Pacific", Something Wonderful from "The King And I", and Honey Bun from "South Pacific" and Many More!

Musical Accompaniment Carrie Smith, Tim Wickham, Gary Christianson

Call 814-864-2022 for more info or to order tickets or check out www.canterburyfeast.com.

Blasco Library Offers Late Summer Program Schedule

Hirt Auditorium Performers

Rachel Sumner (singer -songwriter)
Monday, July 27 6:30 PM

Tom Sieling (singer- songwriter)
Monday, August 10 6:30 PM

Family Storytime

Blasco Storytime Room

Wednesday, June 17 10 AM
Wednesday, July 15 10 AM
Wednesday, August 5 10 AM

Drop-In Crafts

Blasco Library Storytime Room
Wednesdays 2-3:30 PM
July 15, July 22, July 29

Pick up your punch card at Blasco Memorial Library, the branches or the Bookmobile. Have your card stamped each time you visit the library and receive a prize.

Suggested for ages 2-11

Prizes:
1st prize plastic book bag and bookmark
2nd prize Wendy's coupon
3rd prize Claytopia coupon
4th prize "Create your own design" beach ball and colorful marker

Look for special McDonald's coupons and drawings for T-shirts throughout the summer.

The teen program is for teens ages 12-18. Visit Blasco Memorial Library, the branches or the Bookmobile to get a plastic "Express Yourself" book bag and a bingo card. Each time you complete a book bingo card, you get a chance to win one of the weekly prizes and the grand prize! The grand prize will be awarded in August! A photography contest for teens begins in June!!!

Sponsors: Friends of the Library, Wendy’s Restaurants, Claytopia, McDonald’s Restaurants, SeaWolves Baseball

Check out http://www.erielibrary.org/ for more information

LES Continues Annual Tradition: The Lake Erie 150

Lake Erie Speedway has tried hard the past few seasons to make the Late Models well known in Northwest Pennsylvania. In July of 2006 Lake Erie Speedway had a 125 lap Late Model event that brought over 40 cars to the 3/8 mile oval.

Thirty-one Late Models made the starting field that included three NASCAR Sprint Cup Stars. Glenn Gault Jr., Hubbard, OH went on to win the 125 lap event even though Mark Bliss led the most laps (62).

In 2007 Lake Erie Speedway decided to step it up and have a 200 lap Late Model event in July. This 200 lap event had pit crews in the infield ready to take on a long race. This race brought 42 Late Models to Northwest Pennsylvania and 36 were on the starting grid. This event starting caution free but that would not last. The race had 17 cautions and a few red flags and a competition yellow to allow drivers to refuel. This race would not go to one of our local drivers, instead Brian Campbell, Wyoming, MI lead 158 laps to take home the checkers.

In 2008, 29 Late Model competitors battled 150 laps that had eight lead changes. George Skora III went on to victory after passes Will Thomas III high for the lead.

In 2009, Lake Erie Speedway will keep the big July race alive by having a 150 lap Late Model event on July 18, 2009. This race will give out one of the biggest purses in the nation and hopefully attract 40 plus Late Model drivers as it has done in the previous years. Check out www.lakeeriespeedway.com

Blues & Jazz Festival Volunteers Needed

Spend a portion of your weekend with us on Saturday, Aug. 1 & Sunday, Aug. 2 volunteering for the Erie Art Museum’s 17th annual Blues & Jazz Festival at Frontier Park. Volunteers are scheduled in 2-3 hour increments and are needed to assist the Museum backstage, in the information and t-shirt tents, the bike corral and the bucket brigade. It takes over 100 volunteers to produce the Festival. To learn more about the Festival, visit online at erieartmuseum.org. To volunteer, call the Museum at (814) 459-5477 and ask for Sam Ansbro.

Come do your best dance routine and show Erie that you are the greatest dancer in the WORLD!!

The contest is at the Millcreek Mall on Friday, July 10, 2009 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Contestants need to be 18+.
The Top 10 finalists will be posted on YourErie.com and open for voting until July 24th.
The winner will be announced during the finale of So You Think You Can Dance.
The winner will receive a Shopping Spree at the Millcreek Mall, an IPod Touch, 4 Months of Free Classes at Lake Erie Ballet, Tickets to the Nutcracker, and $250 worth of Prizes from Rock Bottom Entertainment!

JAZZERIE 2009 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:

JAZZ WALK
JazzErie’s Summer Calender will include the following events:

Sat., July 11, 7 PM until… Jazz Walk, local bands at an array of downtown venues. A Jazz Walk button, purchased for $10, provides free admission to all venues.

Details in PDF form

JAZZ WALK SCHEDULE

7 – 8 PM
Reception, Erie Art Museum Annex, 20 East 5th St. (or Art Museum Lobby, 411 State St.) Jim & Jackson Froman Duo.

8 – 11 PM
Pufferbelly Restaurant, 414 French St. Charles Ventrello Quintet with Lydia Marks.
Scully’s Pub, 408 State St.. Cats A Bear
The Bay Breeze, 24 North Park Row. Dave Callaghan Trio
Scotty’s, 3rd St. & German The Heliotropes
Avalon Courtyard, 16 West 10th St. Blue Meets Green

8:30 – 11:30 PM
Nelson’s Tavern, 1033 State St. Ron Yarosz & the Vehicle

9 – 12 PM
East Erie Turners, 829 Parade St. Dave Stevens Big Band
Plymouth Tavern, 1109 State St. Duke Sherman’s Blues Band
BrewErie, 123 West 14th St. Rodger Montgomery Blues Band

10 PM – 1 AM
Docksider, 1015 State St. Steve Trohoske, Ahimsa Beat

A $10 Jazz & Blues Walk button admits you to all J&B Walk events. Buttons can be purchased at the Art Museum on the day of the event, or in advance at any of the following locations: Erie Art Museum, Romolo Chocolates, Glass Growers Gallery, Erie Book Store or World of Music.

101 Ways To Annoy People

1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen.
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub".
10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog "Dog." 15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace".
19. Forget the punch line to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with the prophesy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your remote control.
28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
34. Drum on every available surface.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips into people's backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backwards.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
51. Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!"
52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
53. only type in lowercase.
54. dont use any punctuation either
55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
59. Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/ O.J Simpson conspiracy theories.
61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, its gone now."
62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.
63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained.
68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
73. Drive half a block.
74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
75. Ask people what gender they are.
76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back.
77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.
78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes".
79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers brains, such as "Feliz Navidad", the Archies "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head. like a parakeet.
81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
83. Change your name to "AaJohn Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a."
84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
86. Wear a LOT of cologne.
87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
88. Sing along at the opera.
89. Mow your lawn with scissors.
90. At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!"
91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."
92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something
about "psychological profiles."
94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture."
95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
96. Never make eye contact.
97. Never break eye contact.
98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.
101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.

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Galleries

Erie Art Museum - 411 State St., Erie - (814) 459-5477

Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed on Mondays

Admission is $4 for adults,
Seniors Citizens and Students is $3
Children under 12 are $2

Admission is free to Erie Art Museum members
Free Admission to all on Wednesdays.

July's Calendar

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.

Gallery Hours: Monday ~ Friday 10-6/Saturday 10-5

Theatres

Station Dinner Theatre - 4940 Peach St., Erie - www.canterburyfeast.com

Some Enchanted Evening - July 14 - 30

The Riverside Inn - 1 Fountain Ave., Cambridge Springs - www.theriversideinn.com

Where The Girls Are - July 7 - 29

Jr's Last Laugh Comedy Club - 1402 State St., Erie (814) 461-0911

Aaron Ward - July 9-11

Movies

Millcreek Mall Cinema 6

5800 Peach St. Erie

Land of the Lost (PG-13)
12:20 2:40 5:00 7:40 10:00

Dance Flick (PG-13)
12:10 2:30 4:35 7:10 9:30

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (PG)
11:50am 2:15 4:50 7:30 9:55

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (PG-13)
12:30 2:50 5:10 7:50 10:10

Obsessed (PG-13)
9:50

Hannah Montana: The Movie (G)
12:00 2:20 4:40 7:00

Monsters vs. Aliens (PG)
12:15 2:35 4:55 7:20 9:40

Cinemark Tinseltown 17

1910 Rotunda Rd, Erie

Bruno new! (R)
11:15am 1:25 3:35 5:45 7:55 10:10

I Love You, Beth Cooper new! (PG-13)
11:05am 1:35 4:10 7:20 9:50

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs new! (PG)
11:25am 12:00 1:10 1:45 2:20 3:30 4:05 4:40 5:55 6:25 7:00 8:45 9:20

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 3D new! (PG) RealD 3D Showtimes 12:35 2:55 5:15 7:35 9:55

Public Enemies new! (R)
11:40am 1:55 3:00 5:05 6:15 7:15 8:20 9:35 10:25

My Sister's Keeper (PG-13)
11:35am 2:10 4:55 7:30 10:05

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PG-13)
11:00am 11:50am 12:40 2:25 3:10 4:00 5:50 6:30 7:20 8:25 9:10 9:50 10:35

The Proposal (PG-13)
11:10am 12:10 1:50 2:45 4:25 5:20 7:05 8:00 9:45

Year One (PG-13)
10:30

The Hangover (R)
11:20am 2:05 4:35 7:25 10:00

Up (PG)
11:30am 2:00 4:30 7:10 9:40

VIRTUAL NEW YORK

by Chuck Joy

Rick stood to the back
which was the front
at Club Poetry, nothing but
smoked glass between him
and Seventh Avenue South

Rick stood with Karl,
another of the poets,
also a musician, in fact
Karl and Hipster, Wordsmith,
as a duo, were appearing
at Club Poetry next Saturday

She’s good, Karl whispered
indicating Larese, Larese Davis
on stage, at that moment
animating an intoxicated
female, at her worst addled

She’s real good, Rick agreed
think Beyonce Knowles
playing Etta James
as a poet, uh huh

Rick and Karl nodded
then kept nodding,
the two of them
a regular Beavis and Butthead

AREA EVENTS

(Click Links for More Information)

Thursday, 09 July, 2009

07:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Smith Carillon Concert Series at Penn State Behrend

All Day Event

Presque Isle Pontoon Rides

Friday, 10 July, 2009

02:30 PM - 11:00 PM

21st Annual Panegyri Greek Festival

05:00 PM

Lake Erie Speedway Racing

07:05 PM

Erie Seawolves AA Baseball

08:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Ghosts & Legends Walking Tours (Friday Nights)

All Day Event

Presque Isle Pontoon Rides

Saturday, 11 July, 2009

11:00 AM - 11:00 PM

21st Annual Panegyri Greek Festival

12:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Art, Jazz & Wine Fest

05:00 PM

Lake Erie Speedway Racing

06:30 PM

Comedian Aaron Ward

07:00 PM - 11:00 PM

JazzErie's Annual Jazz & Blues Walk

07:05 PM

Erie Seawolves AA Baseball

All Day Event

Presque Isle Pontoon Rides

Sunday, 12 July, 2009

12:00 PM - 09:00 PM

21st Annual Panegyri Greek Festival

07:05 PM

Erie Seawolves AA Baseball

All Day Event

Presque Isle Pontoon Rides

July

6, 13, 20, 27 – Cruise the Bay/ Car Classics
16 - 18 – Roar on the Shore
25 – Beer on the Bay

August

3, 10, 17, 24, 31 – Cruise the Bay/ Car Classics
7,8 – Key West Phest / The Presque Isle Parrothead Club
23 – Gospel Extravaganza

September

12 – Erie County Historical Society Presents Erie’s Heritage Festival
19 – American Heart Association Walk
14, 21, 28 – Cruise the Bay/ Car Classics

This is the official announcement and invitation to the next open circle event hosted by the Covenant of Brighid's Haven. Our next event is our Open Circle for Lammas, Wednesday, August 5th, 2009, at the Erie UU Church, doors opening at 7pm, rite beginning between 7:30 and 8:00, potluck feast to follow the rite.

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the harvest season and the coming of the corn! The ever-popular potluck feast will follow the rite, so please bring a dish to pass.

What: Open Circle for Lammas
When: Wednesday, 08/05/09
What time: Doors open at 7pm, rite begins between 7:30 -8, feast follows
Where: Erie UU Church, 7180 Perry Highway
What to bring: dish for the potluck feast
What to wear: Please wear bright colors

Please note that a $3.00 donation is requested to help defray the cost of renting the space.

Hope to see you there!

Blessings,

Brighidshaven

For those who like to plan ahead, our next three events, following this event, will be as follows:
Open Circle for Mabon: 09/23/09
Open Circle for Samhain: 10/28/09
Open Circle for Yule: 12/23/09