October Evenings at MCA

Scary Good “October Evenings” at Meadville Council of the Arts An Art Review         Presenting art from within a 250-mile radius, Meadville Council on the Arts offers its autumn show, “October Evenings.”         Approximately 40 artworks from a variety of mediums –pottery, painting, photography and sculpture – illustrate an abundance and variety of artists and…

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Allegheny College Sound Show

Hey, Listen, Here! “OPEN SOUND CONTROL” at Allegheny College An Art Review         Through different artists’ interpretations, a current show at Allegheny College challenges viewers to reexamine what sound is and how sound can control and be controlled.         OPEN SOUND CONTROL features artists representing three different schools: Allegheny College, Northwestern University and the University…

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“The ‘Horror’…the ‘Horror’”

 The Rocky Horror Show at  The Academy Theatre It was a dark and stormy night.   Two innocents arrive at a foreboding castle with foreboding people present on a very special night. Add a lusty transvestite with a Dr. Frankenstein complex who’s hatched a perverse plan for his own pleasures and throw in some interplanetary hi-jinx. …

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Where Everybody Knows Your Name

(If You’re a Regular, That Is…) 6 Pack House of Beers A Restaurant Review Talk about a rebound. I was in Erie to cover an art exhibit. But it turns out I had the wrong information, since the gallery I visited didn’t currently have a show up (Thanks, GURU!). So I asked myself what else…

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