Archive for April 2024
The Wright Sisters
“Decision Height” at Performing Artists Collective Alliance A Theater Review Telling the almost-forgotten history of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, “Decision Height” recounts not only female contributions to the war effort, but each character’s individual struggles. Currently playing at PACA, “Decision” relates the training of six recruits from across the country,…
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“All That Remains” at PennWest Edinboro An Art Review Usually art shows at universities feature fine art creations either from their enrolled students or traveling exhibits. However, PennWest Edinboro’s current display, “All That Remains,” showcases the work of noted forensic artists with imagery from several high-profile cases. What’s “forensics?” Google says forensics is “scientific…
Read MoreDeath and Life
A “Guru” Contributor Explores Life After (His Father’s) Death Okay, here’s the thing: You don’t have to read this long essay, but I have to write it—and get it out of my head. My father died March 18, 2024. It was unexpected. Yes, my father was 87 and slowing down. But who knew that after…
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Fiddler on the Roof A Theater Review “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker.” Though I never seen “Fiddler on the Roof” before its current incarnation at Meadville’s Academy Theatre, I was certainly aware of the hummable tunes this musical produced. Largely, in part because of WKHR, 91.5 Bainbridge, OH, a noncommercial…
Read MoreTotal Eclipse of My Heart
or, Here Comes the Moon (Sorry, Beatles!) Our Erie-Area Eclipse “Review” It was simply magical, wasn’t it? Erie weather did its best to hold out and provide us with a decent day to see the most recent solar eclipse since 2017. (But that one didn’t occur near Erie, so to me, it doesn’t count.) It…
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Inherit the Wind at the Erie Playhouse A Theater Review Relevant as it was when it was first debuted in 1955, “Inherit the Wind” offers up a battle between Man’s enlightened principles versus mob mores veiled in darkness. Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, “Inherit,” currently at Erie Playhouse, relates the struggles of…
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Downtown Mall Bistro A Restaurant Review A bistro in Meadville? Yep. My taste buds were intrigued, but my mind was puzzled. What exactly is a “bistro,” it asked? Too lazy and too pressed for deadline time to find a dictionary, I turned to Google. It describes a bistro as “a small informal restaurant or bar,…
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