Posts by Erie Culture Guru
Water Ways
A Photographic Arts Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania Exhibit at Glass Growers Gallery With water at its theme, a photographer can have a lot of choices when capturing images with their cameras. Yet members of the Photographic Arts Society of Northwestern Pennsylvania are up to the task. Currently at Glass Growers Gallery, over 30 images…
Read MoreBatboy Theater Review
Bat Boy: The Musical at Performing Artists Collective Alliance Combine a spurious story about a freak of nature from a weekly tabloid, set it to music and you have a freakishly-good theatrical production in Erie. Written by Keythe Farley and Brian Flemming with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe, “Bat Boy: the Musical,” is currently…
Read MoreHatch Hollow and Seated Flight
Miniature Motifs IIII at Hatch Hollow Size matters? It certainly does. Especially at Hatch Hollow, Meadville’s “open-space co- working, art supplies and contemporary art gallery” at its new address 945 Market Street. Now in its fourth year, “Miniature” contains over 30 artworks in a variety of media. And all less than eight inches in size.…
Read More“Into the Woods” at the Academy Theatre, Meadville A Press Release
A twisting tree trunk winds out of the Academy Theatre stage, swallowing a mossy tower. Mushrooms erupt from the walls. Vines choke the lights. A forest buries the stage as volunteers prepare to welcome audiences Into the Woods, opening at the Academy Theatre this Friday, February 7 and running through February 23, Fridays and Saturdays…
Read More“God of Carnage” at Performing Artist Collective Alliance
A Theater Review I appreciate the Performing Artists Collective Alliance and the theatrical productions it offers. I really do. Rather than most Erie theaters that seem to only offer Hollywood movies-turned-plays or sure bets like Guys and Dolls, PACA instead finds shows that are different and unique, something you wouldn’t see at an established…
Read MoreThe Erie Playhouse kicks off the 2025 Season
ERIE, PA (January 1, 2025) The Erie Playhouse kicks off the 2025 Season of Soaring Tales and Epic Adventures with the hit Broadway musical, WAITRESS, featuring memorable music and lyrics by GRAMMY Award winner Sara Bareilles. Jenna, played by Rebecca Keim in her Playhouse debut, a waitress and expert pie-maker, dreams of a way out…
Read MoreSchiook Didn’t “Took “
Italiano Joe A Restaurant Review A few weeks ago, I dined at Schiook, a new place for eats in Meadville. Featuring an Asian-style menu, you could get a variety of vegetables and toppings atop a bed of different type of rices in a single bowl. Yay! Something different. I enjoyed the meal and about a…
Read MoreDon’t Exchange This Gift
Holiday Show 2024 at Glass Growers Gallery Was it intentional or mere happenstance? The “Holiday Show 2024” currently at Glass Growers Gallery contains three different artists whose individual aesthetic visions solely portray nature. Somehow I was expecting a “holiday show” to offer imagery of Kris Kringle, elves or families gathered ‘round the Thanksgiving dinner. But…
Read MoreThe Cider House Rules
Luminary Distilling, Fuhrman’s Cider & Eatery It all started when I heard about a forgotten apple orchard that a coworker had told me about behind his second workplace. Curious, and loving cider and in the neighborhood one day, I found the spot, picked some apples, then Googled “cider mill Erie.” That’s when I first heard…
Read MoreOctober 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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