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Erie PA News and Events for Friday July 14, 2006
Posted by Dennis on July 14, 2006
Erie native Pat Monahan and Train perform live on ABC’s “Good Morning Amercia” this morning.
Please note that you aren’t allowed to jump in the water fountains at Perry Square, take your pants off and run around the park - even if you’re an attractive girl. Personally, I’m all for it.
The Dogs, the popular Erie bar band of the ’80s and ’90s, are coming out of semi-retirement to perform at the Dave and Ginger Richards birthday party on Saturday, July 29. Invitation-only kids.
Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West opened yesterday at the Big Green Screen Theater at the Tom Ridge Enviromental Center. National Geographic’s large-format film is excellent. Lewis and Clark plays at noon, 2, 4, 6 and 8 pm while The Living Sea is shown at 11 am, 1, 3, 5 and 7 pm.
The Erie SeaWolves beat Altoona 5-2. The two teams continue their series tonight. The SeaWolves next home game is Monday.
Gates open at 5:30 pm for the Firday night racing program at Lake Erie Speedway.
Justin Wilcox (1-0) of Erie has a bout scheduled on Saturday July 15 in the Ultimate Fighting Extreme Challenge at the LCO Casino in Hayward, Wis.
Virginia Tech head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser announced Thursday that Nathan Yetzer will serve as a volunteer assistant coach for the Hokies’ program. Yetzer follows new Tech associate head coach Tony Robie to Blacksburg from New York, where he was an assistant coach at Binghamton last year. Yetzer is a 2005 graduate of Edinboro University, where he served as captain for the nationally ranked Fighting Scots.
The 61st annual North East Fireman’s Cherry Festival continues today and runs through Saturday in North East PA..
The Director’s Circle Theater located in the Renaissance Center at 10th and State Streets in Erie presents “Hush Up Sweet Charlotte.” Directed by Michael Weiss. Show times are Thursday-Saturday at 8 pm through August 5. For more details call 814-451-1153.
The Jazz Erie 2006 Jazz and Blues Walk will be held on July 15th. This years festival of jazz music will feature twelve bands playing at downtown venues. Price of admission is a $10 button which are availableat the participating bars.
The Gem City Rock and Mineral Society will host the 37th Annual Gem and Mineral Show July 15-16 at Perry Hi-way Hose Company, 8270 Peach Street in Erie. Saturday hours are 10 am-6 pm. Sunday hours are 10 am-5 pm. Free parking is available.
The Erie Art Museum, 411 State Street in Erie PA, will celebrate the opening of three exhibits Friday, July 14 from 8 pm to 10 pm with a free public reception. The exhibits include a 19th Century French Art exhibit titled “Charting a Century of Change” in the Main Floor Gallery, “David Hayes: Small Sculptures and Studies” in the Frame Shop Gallery and “Carol Cornelison: A Return to Nature” in the Annex Gallery. The Friday reception is free and open to the public. For more information on these exhibits contact the Erie Art Museum at (814) 459-5477.
The Sprague Farm and Brew Works will hold a grand opening on Friday July 14. Jake Banta of Jakes Blues will be performing and they’ll be giving out samples. The former dairy farm has a lodge, the Sleeping Leaf Farm Lodge, with the microbrewery housedin the barn. It is located at 22019 US Hwy 6 and 19, in Venango, PA, between Meadville and Cambridge Springs.
The next 3 Erie Downtown Friday night classic and antique car cruise-in’s called Buggin’ State Street will be held from 6-10 pm on July 14, August 11 and September 15.
The Roadhouse Theatre is presenting a very special program this summer featuring our very own Queen of Jazz Mary Alice Brown. Mary Alice Brown stars in “Class is in Session” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, July 14th – August 26th. (Sat July 15th is sold out.) The show will focus on Mary’s life’s work in four sections (with wardrobe changes!) The evening will begin with Mary at a fire-engine red grand piano playing le Clair de Lune. We will traverse through stylings of jazz, blues, calypso and finish with the very best of Mary Alice Brown. Reservations can be made by phone at (814) 456-5656 or in person at the Theatre Box Office, 145 West 11th Street in Erie. Box Office hours are 2-6 PM Tuesday - Saturday. The theater accepts cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard and Discover.
The 2006 Erie Airshow will be on Saturday and Sunday, July 15-16, 2006. The Air Show will be held at Erie International Airport, Tom Ridge Field. The schedule of performances and static display aircraft present will be the same each day, so you can attend either day and see the same great show. Gates will open each day at 10 am with the flying portion of the airshow will begin at noon each day.
The 2006 Presque Isle Half Marathon will be held Sunday, July 16, 2006 at 7:30 am.
The 3rd annual Key West Fest will be held July 21-22 at Liberty Park. The great Jimmy Buffet tribute band Key West Express and Peter Mayer Group will perform.
Allegheny College will hold a soccer camp, July 23-27 in Meadville Pa for kids ages 10-18. Overnight $330, commuter $250. Team and sibling discounts are available. Call 814-332-4782 or 814-332-5208 or download an application.
Gannon University will co-host a summer camp for youth who enjoy nature and outdoor activities.The Junior Naturalist Outdoor Adventure Camp (JNOAC) also will be hosted by Presque Isle State Park and Family First Sports Park. The adventure camp is designed for children ages 8-12 and will run Monday-Friday, July 24-28. The camp will be held at Presque Isle State Park and will allow participants to explore the outdoors, learn team building skills, and challenge themselves by engaging in fun adventures and activities. The camp is presented by the Gannon University Continuing Education and Computer Training Center. Registration is accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and is encouraged by Friday, July 14. A $30 per child grant is available; contact doug@americanadventuresports.com. The grants are provided by the Pioneer Project. For more information, call 814-871-5885.
The summer sky will be the topic of the next Summer Open House Night in Astronomy at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Roger Knacke, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the college’s School of Science, will present “Summer Stars and the Milky Way” at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, in 101 Otto Behrend Science Building. This Summer Open House Night in Astronomy is free and open to the public. It is a non-technical presentation for ages 6 and older. For more information, call the School of Science at 814-898-6105.
Here’s some info on a great new Erie area event. The Guelcher Film Series at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park, aka Movies in the Park - The Biggest Stars Under The Stars. Movies will begin at 9 pm. Here is a tentative list of films.
July 28, 2006 The Black Stallion (1979)
August 4, 2006 Stormy Weather (1943)
August 11, 2006 Waking Ned Devine (1998)
August 18, 2006 CelebrateErie Week, That Thing You Do (1996)
August 25, 2006 Triplets of Belleville (2003)
September 1, 2006 Half Way to Saint Patrick’s Day,
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
Posted by Dennis at July 14, 2006 7:02 AM
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