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Petal Yourself to the Port Farms Flower Festival
According to flower folklore, if someone gives you a dwarf sunflower, they probably adore you. If they give you zinnias (brightly colored, daisy-like sunflower cousins), they probably miss you. And if they give you a tall sunflower, they're probably really proud of themselves — so if you thank them, you're just playing into their ego. Of course, you could avoid awkward conversations about stem size and intentions and invite your special someone to the Port Farms Flower Festival instead.
"2018 Year in Review"
Articles in this Issue Jen Sorenson Cartoons: Dec. 19, 2018 by Jen Sorensen12/19/2018, 2:15 PM Tips for Holiday Cheer Just Toyin' Witcha: Dec. 19, 2018 by B. Toy12/19/2018, 2:00 PM Great thinking... Erie Ale Works to Hold Annual Festivus by Tracy Geibel12/19/2018, 1:30 PM Come celebrate with the rest of us at Erie Ale Works. Tommy In Toon: Dec.
It’s a Trap!: Jigsaw is Just as Gruesome and Incomprehensible as Always
There was a time long ago, around the mid to late 2000s, when Halloween was celebrated with the annual arrival of a new entry in the popular Saw franchise: the series that ushered in the horror sub-genre known as “torture porn.” Now with the new film Jigsaw, that tradition lives again.
Thunderstruck!: Thor: Ragnarok is a Standard Story with an Amazing Middle
For nearly ten years now, the Marvel movies have been hitting theaters at least twice a year with their tales of superheroes teaming up to defeat some villain or monster who wants to destroy the world. It’s a very successful formula, but audiences have been complaining lately about too much of the same thing; the so-called “superhero fatigue” we’ve been told about.
Harrisburg Happenings: March 1, 2017
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Gov. Tom Wolf gave his budget address before a joint session of the General Assembly to provide a broad overview of his proposed $32.3 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2017-18, which begins on July 1. Overall, the governor’s proposal represents a $571.5 million (1.8 percent) increase in spending, including $200 million more for pre-K through grade 12 education statewide.
Local Writer Holds Book-signing Event
On Tuesday, March 14, Erie native Shawntá Pulliam will hold a book-signing event at Barnes and Noble for her book, Hell Bent, Heaven Bound. In the book, Pulliam explains how she was able to overcome hardship and challenges in her life by trusting in God. Through her journey of faith, she moved “from the drug house to the King’s house,” as the book’s cover reads. “[The book] was a calling, a purpose for all that I’ve endured in life,” Pulliam said.
From the Editors: March 1, 2017
This year, we’re quickly learning to expect the unexpected. All bets are off. It was 77 degrees in February. In Erie. If you think something is going to be a certain way, chances are it won’t. Life presents new changes around the corner every day. Some of these things are fun and interesting, and are received by us with open arms, a welcome reprieve to everyday stresses. Some are the opposite. New changes come, too often, in the form of tragedy. Lives are cut short, forever altering those around them.
Discover PI … on the Snowy Side of the Year.
You have no excuse to stay inside on Feb. 18. Snow Day, organized by the Presque Isle Partnership as a winter complement to the summery Discover Presque Isle, features 18 ways to enjoy a (mostly free) day at the park, both indoors and out. It even includes visits from Smokey Bear, the goodwill fire safety ambassador of the U.S. Forest Service.
Book Reviews: Station Eleven
Station Eleven had me at sentence one: “The king stood in a pool of blue light, unmoored.” The sound and rhythm alone made me a believer: Those four “oo” syllables, the soothing “l” sounds, the confident cadence, the way “unmoored” darkens the tone, lullaby suddenly portent – and what a portent! On a typical winter night in Toronto, a small company stages King Lear. It’s Act 4, “the mad scene,” everything solid and certain gone for good.
Imagination Expotarium Drives Kids Into Their Minds
Are your stir-crazy kids conjuring up visions of the nearest orphanage or adoption agency? Before you entertain this fantasy, allow them to entertain their own at the Bayfront Convention Center’s Imagination Expotarium. With interactive activities spread across eight “Imagination Islands,” they may discover their calling. And you may think better of marooning them before the vernal equinox.
LGBT Rights at Risk
On June 26, 2015 LGBT communities throughout the world cheered the Supreme Court’s ruling on the right to same-sex marriage. What a leap into mainstream culture! Having advocated for such rights, I was overjoyed, knowing that if my partner were living today, we could marry, and I would not be socked a 15 percent inheritance tax on half our joint assets, as I was 12 years ago. Today, I would be free from such discrimination.
A better, brighter, bolder future
I have had the pleasure of leading the Erie Playhouse, our award-winning community theatre, through major transitions these past 10-plus years, with a dedicated staff and board. It’s been an enormous privilege to steer one of our city’s largest and most respected arts organizations through its 100th season and into its second century. When I announced my intention to run for mayor, I surprised a few people. After all, I have never run for office.
Andrea Arnold’s Films Show Us Teens with Nothing to Lose
The last few years have given us a series of films about young people grabbing the American Dream by the throat and shaking it until it gives them everything they want. Films like Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring – and now Andrea Arnold’s American Honey – depict rebellious teens seeking out what they desire in any way possible.
Hear the Erie Philharmonic “Play it” Live to Casablanca
What better place in Erie could there be to watch Casablanca than where it originally played back in the 1940s? On Feb. 4 at the Warner Theatre, this timeless, romantic classic will be screened with a live performance by the Erie Philharmonic. This “fun, nostalgic project” was put together to “recreate the perfect environment for this film in this beautiful space,” according to Erie Phil Executive Director Steve Weiser and Director of Community Impact Lisa Herring.
‘Rust Belt’s New Americans’ Showcases Erie’s Refugee Population
Erie’s population of new Americans is growing. As you walk down Parade Street, enter a hospital, or drive past a school, you will witness many cultures represented in Erie. From Halal Meat Market on 26th and Parade to the Islamic Mosque on 25th and Holland, this city’s diversity is on the rise and truly worth appreciating. Erie is home to thousands of new Americans who operate businesses and contribute to the local economy on a regular basis.
The Dirt on Jessica Harrington at Signature Landscapes
Some of us dig our jobs. Some feel like the work is nothing more than shoveling fertilizer all day long. Some feel like a lone woman toiling in a man’s world. Jessica Harrington’s workplace is all of the above. Harrington is the owner of Signature Landscapes, which she runs out of her home near Penn State Behrend. She’s among the less than 2 percent of women who own landscaping businesses in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Erie Philharmonic Coming Out of Its Shell
Ludwig van Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, a solemn mass in D major, is remarkable for its immensity, grandiosity, and ever-shifting dynamics. Even more remarkable was the fact that its composer scored the 80-minute behemoth for variously pitched strings, brass, woodwinds, and chorus without the benefit of hearing a single note. Here was a guy that had gone so deaf that by the time it was first performed (1824), he scarcely noticed the applause.
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