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February 2, 2012 | Volume 8 Issue 6

This Weekend’s Hot Spot - Bobby’s Place
By Terry Pentelli

This Saturday February 4th Bobby’s Place located at 1202 West 18th Street, Erie will host the Erie Animal Network Benefit.

The Erie Animal Network was created in 2011 and is an organization designed to raise awareness for abandoned and stray animals in need.

Connecting stray and unwanted dogs and cats with new loving homes is one of the primary goals of the Erie Animal Network. Through grass roots networking, the Erie Animal Network seeks to secure temporary help for lost and abandoned animals until a more permanent and loving home can be found...Read More

Edinboro Film Series Unveils Ambitious Spring 2012 Schedule
Begins this week with ‘Drive’

The Edinboro Film Series has unveiled its ambitious spring 2012 schedule that features film and spotlight event programs.

The series returns on Thursday, February 2, with the 2011 hit movie “Drive,” staring Ryan Gosling and Carrey Mulligan.

The Edinboro Film Series strives to entertain as well as educate through broadening viewers’ film vocabulary, according to Film Series Director John C. Lyons. Each event is hosted by a filmmaker, director, or another involved in the film industry, allowing students to ask questions and discuss the featured films in depth, Lyons said...Read More

Rhythm’s Rebirth
By Jenna Croyle

Most cover bands that you have heard all have the same basic thing in common, regardless of how talented they may be, they are still a cover band.

Occasionally, a cover band comes along that produces something so amazing and are so unique that the music of others that have come before them no longer can contain their collective talents.

This week’s featured band, Chasing Moira is not only brimming with talent, but also electrified with the passion that has transformed them into one of the most popular and sought after original bands in Erie today...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

Unsolved Mystery

Juan comes up to the Mexican border on his bicycle.
He's got two large bags over his shoulders.
The guard stops him and says, "What's in the bags?"

"Sand," answers Juan.

The guard says, "We'll just see about that ~ get off the bike."
The guard takes the bags and rips them apart; he empties them out and finds nothing in them but sand.
He detains Juan overnight and has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is nothing in the bags.

The guard releases Juan, puts the sand into new bags, hefts them onto the man's shoulders, and lets him cross the border.

A week later, the same thing happens.
The guard asks, "What have you got?"

"Sand," says Juan.

The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags
contain nothing but sand.
He gives the sand back to Juan, who crosses the border on his bicycle.

This sequence of events is repeated every week for three years.
Finally, Juan doesn't show up one day and the guard meets him in a cantina in Mexico.

"Hey, Buddy," says the guard, "I know you are smuggling something.
It's driving me crazy.
It's all I think about.
I can't sleep.
Just between you and me, what are you smuggling?"

Juan sips his beer and says, "Bicycles."

Potpourri

Historical Place

Quote of the Week

Ruter House

Meadville PA

“The ballet makes us look at those bodies, it makes us listen to that music, it makes us wonder at the geometry, of the way they come together. The way that extraordinary space is controlled and given such emotional force.” ~ John Guare

Did You Know...

The expression to 'knuckle down' originated from playing marbles (players used to put their knuckles to the ground for their best shots)