Featured Stories

January 26, 2012 | Volume 8 Issue 5

This Weekend’s Hot Spot - Docksider’s CHAKA Show
By Terry Pentelli

On a cold mid January Thursday night, January 26th, the perfect thing to take us all back to the crazy, lazy days of summer might just be the hot and sticky sounds of the Caribbean.

Docksider Tavern located at 1015 State Street has just the right Jamaican jam to set your soul on fire and your toes to tapping as Erie’s favorite Reggae band, Chaka takes the stage...Read More

Shakespeare in Erie
By Dan and Alison Tingley

All An Act Theatre Productions is running William Shakespeare’s A Winter’s Tale, adapted and abridged by Nicholas A. Emmanuele and directed by Nicholas R. Kikola. A Winter’s Tale probably opened sometime in 1611 directed by and starring some long-dead actors. The story is that of Leontes, King of Sicilia, who has a precocious son, Mamillius, and a pregnant wife, Hermione...Read More

The Vanguard of Erie's Musical Movement
By Jenna Croyle

The Punk Rock genre first developed in the mid 70’s with bands such as the Ramones, in New York City, and the Sex Pistols and The Clash, in London, were recognized as the leaders of a new musical movement.

Much like the pioneers of the genre, this week’s featured band, Susan, Be Anthony seems to have come out of nowhere and taken the lead in forging a new and edgy brand of music that has taken the local Punk Rock genre to new heights that seems to be boundless...Read More

Who Is Gigging Where?

Find Out Where Your Favorite Band Is Playing This Weekend.

Who is where every weekend. Keep up to date with each bar and club and your favorite bands with each weekend's Bands listing...Read More

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Joke Of The Week

Two bowling teams charter a double-decker bus; they're going to Atlantic City for the weekend. One team is in the bottom of the bus, and the other team is in the top of the bus. The team down below is whooping it up when one of them realizes he doesn't hear anything from the top. He walks up the stairs, and here are all the guys from the second team clutching the seats in front of them with white knuckles, scared to death.

He says, "What the heck's goin' on? We're down here havin' a grand old time."

One of the guys from the second team says, "Yeah, but you guys've got a driver."

Potpourri

Historical Place

Quote of the Week

Pierre S. V. Hamot House

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. ~ Harriet Tubman


So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
And we never even know we have the key. ~ Lyrics from Already Gone, performed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album

Did You Know...

The world’s oldest surviving boat is a simple 10 feet (3 metre) long dugout (logboat) dated to 7400 BC. It was discovered in Pesse, Holland in the Netherlands. In 2002, an almost similarly aged 6.5 ft (2 m) dugout was also unearthed at the Kuahuqiao ruins in Xiaoshan City, Zhejiang Province, China.