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March 2009

March 2009
Kanga & Kitenge: Swahili Wit & Wisdom in East African Commercial Textiles

Regular Museum Hours
Erie Art Museum Main Gallery
www.erieartmuseum.org
814-459-5477
A survey of East African commercial textiles including the kanga (wrap with Swahili inscription).


Mar 1
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

7pm
Erie Art Museum Annex
814-459-5477
www.erieartmuseum.org
Free concert, donations of $10 appreciated. Part of the Erie Art Museum's contemporary music series

Mar 1- May 24
Ethnic Erie Project 2009 - The African American Experience

Wed-Sat 11am-4pm, Sun 1pm-4pm
Watson Curtze Mansion
www.eriecountyhistory.com
814-454-1813 x0
An exhibit and series of programs presenting the story of Erie's African American community.

Mar 1 - 21
Kids as Curators

Regular Museum Hours
Erie Art Museum - Annex Gallery
www.erieartmuseum.org
814-459-5477
An exhibit of kids collections by kids for kids.

Mar 1 - Apr 18
The Notebooks of Frank Novel

Regular Museum Hours
Erie Art Museum - Frame Shop Gallery
www.erieartmuseum.org
814-459-5477
Self-taught artist Frank Novel has been relentlesly filling notebooks with page after page of detailed rawings for more than two decades.

Mar 4
PI Little Naturalist - Fish in a Barrel

1pm-2pm
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
www.trecpi.org
814-833-7424
Explore the aquariums and discover the fabulous fish that live at Presque Isle. Ages 3-8 with an adult.

Mar 4
In Bruges

2:15pm & 8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
Guelcher Film Series. After a difficult job, two Irish hitmen begin to differ on their views of life and death as they become used to local customs while stuck in Bruges, Belgium.

Mar 5 - 8
The Graduate

Wed-Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm
Erie Playhouse
www.erieplayhouse.org
814-454-2852
The classic film comes alive on stage.

Mar 5
Erie Bayhawks vs. Tulsa

11am
Tullio Arena
www.eriebayhawks.com
814-790-5600
Erie's new NBA Development league team

Mar 6 - Apr 28
Glass Growers Gallery Show

10am-6pm
Glass Growers Gallery
www.glassgrowersgallery.com
814-453-3758
Oil paintings by Dr. Geoffrey Dunn

Mar 6, 8
Erie Bayhawks vs. Sioux Falls

7pm
Tullio Arena
www.eriebayhawks.com
814-790-5600
Erie's new NBA Development league team

Mar 6
Gallery Night

7pm-10pm
Erie Art Museum - Main Gallery
www.erieartmuseum.org
814-459-5477
Public opening reception for various exhibits

Mar 6
Free Consumer Fair

10am-3pm
Millcreek Mall (Macy's concourse)
www.attorneygeneral.gov
814-871-4371
Many agencies on hand to meet with and answer questions.

Mar 6
Karan Casey Band & Lunasa

8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
PAC Series. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with traditional Irish music

Mar 7
The Met: HD Live Madame Butterfly

1pm-4:30pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
A stunning new classic of the Met repertory.

Mar 7
Carmina Burana

8pm
Warner Theatre
www.eriephil.org
814-455-1375
Chad Hoopes, violin. Erie Philharmonic Chorus and Pittsburgh Opera Theatre Soloists& Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

Mar 7
Motley Crue Saints of Los Angeles Tour

6:30pm
Tullio Arena
www.erieevents.com
814-452-4857
Special guests, Hinder, Theory of a Deadman and The Last Vegas

March 11
Imagining Nature Workshop

6pm-9pm
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
www.trecpi.org
814-833-7424
A series of workshops on interpreting Presque Isle's natural world through painting and writing.

Mar 11
I've Loved You so Long

2:15pm & 8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
Guelcher Film Series. Family struggles and redemption follows a woman who returns to live with their younger sister after being imprisoned for 15 years.

Mar 13
Erie Bayhawks vs. Dakota

7pm
Tullio Arena
www.eriebayhawks.com
814-790-5600
Erie's new NBA Development league team

Mar 13
Igudesman & Joo

8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
What madcaps Penn & Teller are to magic, these two are to music. Highly trained classical musicians and crazily inspired entertainers.

Mar 13 -14
Fish On! Steelhead Workshop

6pm-8pm Fri, 7am-12pm Sat
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
www.trecpi.org
814-217-9632
Two-day workshop to learn history, biology and other information about steelhead. Equipment provided, $20 fee.

Mar 13 - 15
Shenanigans

Fri 7pm, Sat 12pm, 6pm Sun 2:30pm
The Station Dinner Theatre
www.thestationdinnertheatre.com
866-848-2022
An all new Irish dancing musical and comedy. Everyone is Irish at Shenanigans.

Mar 14 - 15
Millcreek Mall Spring Bridal Show

11am-7pm, 11am-5pm
Millcreek Mall
www.millcreekmall.net
814-868-9000
Fashion shows are at 4pm Saturday and 2pm Sunday

Mar 17
St. Patrick's Day Celebration

4pm-9pm
Crowley's Restaurant
www.crowleysrestaurant.com
814-774-8450
Enjoy Irish food and the Zem Zem Pipes and Drums

Mar 18
Erie Bayhawks vs. Austin

7pm
Tullio Arena
www.eriebayhawks.com
814-790-5600
Erie's new NBA Development league team

Mar 18
Flow

2:15pm & 8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
Guelcher Film Series. Award-winning documentary investigates into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - the world water crisis.

Mar 20 - 22
Shenanigans

Fri 7pm, Sat 12pm, 6pm Sun 2:30pm
The Station Dinner Theatre
www.thestationdinnertheatre.com
866-848-2022
An all new Irish dancing musical and comedy. Everyone is Irish at Shenanigans.

Mar 20 - 22
PA Junior Wrestling State Championships

TBA
Tullio Arena
www.erieevents.com
814-452-4857

Mar 21
The Met: HD Live La Sonnambula

1pm-3:40pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
Experience La Sonnambula's dual elements of sleep and wakefulness in an intriguing staging set in the present.

Mar 21
Party Like a Rockstar

8pm-11pm
Boardwalk Entertainment Complex
www.erieartmuseum.org
814-459-5477
Studio 54 fundraiser for the Erie Art Museum

March 22
Live in Concert: New Kids on the Block

7pm
Tullio Arena
www.erieevents.com
814-452-4857
The reunion of all five members of the famed 90s group that sold millions of albums and ignited a worldwide phenomenon comes to Erie.

Mar 22
Pittsburgh Steelers B-Ball Game

2pm
Edinboro University McComb Field house
814-732-2177
www.edinborotickets.com
Steelers traveling basketball team to play a special basketball game for charity

Mar 24
Why Zionism has become a Dirty Word

8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
Live from the 92nd Street Y Series. Documentary filmmaker Oren Rudavsky and others discuss the hate directed towards Zionism

Mar 25
Slumdog Millionaire

2:15pm & 8pm
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
www.pac.mercyhurst.edu
814-824-3000
Guelcher Film Series. The story of an impoverished Indian teen who becomes a contestant on the Hindi version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Mar 26 - 29
The Spitfire Grill

Wed-Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm
Erie Playhouse
www.erieplayhouse.org
814-454-2852
A musical adaptation of the film, filled with homespun charm.

Mar 27
Erie Bayhawks vs. Colorado

7pm
Tullio Arena
www.eriebayhawks.com
814-790-5600
Erie's new NBA Development league team

Mar 28
Autism in Our Community

12-6pm
Penn State Behrend Junker Center
Services and goods available in our Erie community to children, families, adults on the autism spectrum.
814-824-4515
www.autimsinourcommunity.com
Contact Jennifer Do-jenniferdo06@yahoo.com

Mar 28
Swing City

8pm
Warner Theatre
www.eriephil.org
814-455-1375
Featuring vocal jazz group Monday Off

Mar 28 - 29
Asbury Woods Maple Festival

11am-4pm
Asbury Woods Nature Center
www.asburywoods.org
814-835-5356
Maple tour, maple production in the Sugar Shack, children's crafts, sample pancakes with real maple syrup.

Mar 29
Erie Bayhawks vs. Los Angeles

2pm
Tullio Arena
www.eriebayhawks.com
814-790-5600
Erie's new NBA Development league team

Mar 30 - 31
Family First Annual Home Show

call for times
Family First Sports Park
www.thesportspark.com
814-866-5425
annual home event with various vendors

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