Posts by Erie Culture Guru
Biennial 9
The Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association Exhibition An Art Review Curious to see what local artists are producing? Then visit “Biennial 9,” at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, featuring works from the Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association. Containing over 40 creations, the show offers visitors a wide variety of media – from fabric to ceramics to painting…
Read MoreBuon appetito!
Upon first entering DiMarco Bros. Deli, I felt transported to another world. Greeted with exotic smells
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Saegertown Dairy Inn a “Drive-In” Review Hooray! Summer’s here! Well, kinda. Okay, okay, not officially, but one of the first signs of summer is here: Drive-ins! The boarded up ice cream stands that have looked so forlorn as I passed them during the long winter that we’ve all had to suffer through have finally opened…
Read MorePizza Bomber Play
“Pizza,” With No Cheese_________________________________ “The Pizza Bomber Play”(A Devoted Surrender)atBasement TransmissionsA Theater Review Departing from his usual comic flair, an Erie-area playwright wrought forth a biodrama from a 2003 local crime that made international news. Best known for his dinner theater and annual Canterbury Feast productions, David Durst presents “The Pizza Bomber Play: (A Devoted…
Read MoreThe Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt:The Musical at the Erie Playhouse Bible history turned animated feature, turned live theatrical production, turns into wonderful entertainment at Erie Playhouse. “The Prince of Egypt: The Musical” recounts the Old Testament story of Moses and the Hebrew Exodus from ancient Egypt. Originally from the 1998 Dream Works animated movie,…
Read MoreWater 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…
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