Don’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…

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The 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…

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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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Plein & Simple

Sunset painting with trees and water.

Dan Dahlkemper at Glass Growers Gallery An Art Review It’s safe to call Dan Dahlkemper a “plein-air” artist.  And that’s certainly a compliment. After all, how better to capture tree lines, groves, sunsets and streams upon canvas than by experiencing them out in nature? As such, every one of his approximately 25 acrylic paintings currently…

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Just Call Me “Mr. Brown-Thumb”

Green grassy yard with bird bath and gnome.

A “Fool-osophy” of Life Essay Over the August 3-4 weekend, I brought my lawnmower into my vegetable garden and cut it down. What there was of it. I had deliberated about doing such all week, but after a slow mournful walk through my 15’ x 15’ garden plot, I knew what I had to do,…

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Sculptor Aaron Kramer at Erie Art Museum

Wall of drawings with a wooden sculpture.

Reuse, Recycle and Repurpose (For Art’s Sake) “Sense of Wonder: Aaron Kramer”At Erie Art Museum An Art Review A sense of wonderment and joy is immediately bestowed on visitors upon seeing Erie Art Museum’s latest exhibit: “Sense of Wonder:  Aaron Kramer.”  Kramer, a tinkerer, imagineer and crafter all rolled into one, offers up approximately 40 creations…

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“Newsies: The Musical” at the Erie Playhouse A Theater Review

Whatever’s “Oldsies” is “Newsies” Again Disney’s Newsies: The Musical at Erie Playhouse A Review         Extra! Extra! Read all about it: “Newsies: The Musical” is at Erie Playhouse!         Only at ErieCulture.Guru! Remember, ETN’s Showcase doesn’t do reviews anymore…         Slam!         Yeah, Thea tells it like it is!         But first, seriously, you gotta…

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“Jersey” Comes to Meadville

Jersey Boys poster, July 12th - August 4th.

Jersey Boys at  The Academy Theatre Most musical’s songs are created to express and move along action within a show. However, “Jersey Boys” presents something unique: The songs in this 2004 “jukebox musical” were originally performed by The Four Seasons during the 1960’s—and assists in telling their story today. Currently at Meadville’s Academy Theatre, “Jersey…

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