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On BookTV
End: 9:00 pm
Start: Mar 31 2007 - 4:00pm
End: Apr 1 2007 - 9:00pm

Check these listings against the CSPAN2 website http://www.booktv.org/schedule/
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On Saturday, March 31 at 4:00 pm

Gay Marriage Debate with David Blankenhorn, author of "The Future of
Marriage" and Evan Wolfson, author of "Why Marriage Matters"

Description: Pace Law School hosts a debate on gay marriage with David
Blankenhorn, author of "The Future of Marriage," and Evan Wolfson, author of
"Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry."

Author Bio: David Blankenhorn is founder and president of the Institute for

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Empty Bowl Meal
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm

Empty Bowl Meal
Sunday April 1, 2007
from Mercyhurst website:
Get a beautiful piece of art and help fill Empty Bowls
For a $15 donation, you will get a simple meal of soup, along with bread and beverage, and then have the pleasure of selecting a bowl from hundreds of one-of-a-kind, hand crafted bowls donated by student artists from Mercyhurst College, Mercyhurst Prep, and Edinboro University.

04 / 2
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Poet Lucille Clifton
Start: 12:00 am
Start: Apr 2 2007 - 12:00am
End: Apr 3 2007 - 12:00am

Poet Lucille Clifton at SUNY Fredonia April 2 & 3
8 p.m. Rosch Recital Hall
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia NY

From SUNY Fredonia website:
Lucille Clifton, whose powerful explorations of race, womanhood, spirituality and morality have made her one of America’s most admired poets, will return to the SUNY Fredonia campus as a Williams Distinguished Visiting Professor for a two-day celebration of her poetry on April 2 and 3.

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Roundtable on Energy
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 5:30 pm

6th Annual Executive Roundtable to Take Place at Allegheny

Allegheny College's 6th Annual Executive Roundtable will take place on Monday, April 2, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Henderson Auditorium in Quigley Hall. The event is hosted by the college’s Department of Economics and is entitled “Energy Crisis Redux: Implications for American Business.”

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LEAD monthly meeting
Start: 7:00 pm

LEAD monthly meeting 7:00PM.
For information call (814) 899-8920

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Indigo Girls in Cleveland
Start: 8:00 pm

Indigo Girls
Tower City Amphitheater - Cleveland, Ohio
April 2, 2007
http://www.indigogirls.com/
04 / 3
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Poet Lucille Clifton
End: 12:00 am
Start: Apr 2 2007 - 12:00am
End: Apr 3 2007 - 12:00am

Poet Lucille Clifton at SUNY Fredonia April 2 & 3
8 p.m. Rosch Recital Hall
SUNY Fredonia
Fredonia NY

From SUNY Fredonia website:
Lucille Clifton, whose powerful explorations of race, womanhood, spirituality and morality have made her one of America’s most admired poets, will return to the SUNY Fredonia campus as a Williams Distinguished Visiting Professor for a two-day celebration of her poetry on April 2 and 3.
04 / 4
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SUNY: "Why We Fight"
Start: 8:00 pm

The Political Science Association of SUNY Fredonia will sponsor a screening of "Why We Fight," a film about the US military-industrial complex on Wednesday April 4 at 8:00 pm. The location is SUNY Fredonia, Williams Center - Multipurpose Room. There is no charge. The public is welcome.
(Information from Dunkirk-Fredonia Center for Peace & Justice)

Official website:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/
Salon.com review:
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2006/01/19/btm/

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Past, Present, Future of Great Lakes
Start: 8:30 pm

Lecture: Past, Present & Future of the Great Lakes
April 9, 2007, 7:00 pm
Place: Tom Ridge Environmental Center
Contact: Helen Hovey
Phone: 814-866-0581

PA DEP scientist, Lori Boughton will discuss the past, present and future of the Great Lakes in the Cole Family Conference Room and the TREC. This program is FREE and sponsored by the Erie Branch of the American Assoc. of University Women. it will cover topics such as beach closings on Presque Isle, water quality testing and reporting, runoffs from creeks and watersheds, dead spots and invasive species.
04 / 5
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GSFP Camp Casey - update
Start: 12:00 am

Cindy Sheehan and the Gold Star Families for Peace invited others to join them at Camp Casey over Easter 2007. This update
from Gold star families for Peace website:

Friends,

The weather in Texas this past week has been severe. Camp Casey right now is under water. Some weather forecasts are predicting more severe weather through next Tuesday. Best that we can determine it seems unlikely that Camp Casey will dry out enough to hold our Easter event this year.


www.gsfp.org/
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Gaming Revenues hearing
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Public Hearing on Gaming Funds
April 5, 2007
6:30 PM
Blasco Memorial Library
160 East Front Street
Erie PA 16507

Erie County Council holds first of four hearings to receive input on use of revenues from gaming.
Public event.
04 / 6
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Good Friday Pilgramage for Peace
Start: 10:30 am

27th Annual Good Friday Pilgrimage for Peace
The pilgrimage, sponsored by Benedictines for Peace, will take place on April 6 at 10:30 a.m.

“Christ is crucified today whenever and wherever hatred, violence and injustice prevail. We will walk the Way of the Cross through Erie, mindful of those who suffer—especially the children—and those who serve as messengers of hope to us in the midst of this suffering.”

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One World Tribe at Docksiders
Start: 10:30 am

Friday, April 6th, 2007 10:30 PM EDT
Docksider's
10th and State
Erie, PA
OWT chillin' in Erie for the night
www.oneworldtribe.com

04 / 7
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[R]Women in Black weekly vigil
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Crawford County Women in Black group that holds a silent vigil every Saturday to bear witness against the war in Iraq.  They also make flags to honor Pennsylvanians who have died in Iraq.   If you know anyone who would like to join them, I am sure they would appreciate the support.  Men and women are both welcome, just wear black.  The vigil is in Meadville's Diamond Park every Saturday from 12:00 Noon to 1:00pm.

04 / 8
04 / 9
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e-Waste Recycling: Erie
Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

Recycle your e-Waste. Event schedule released.
The Erie County Recycling Program, under the direction of Erie County Executive Mark A. DiVecchio, today officially announces the 2007 spring/summer e-Waste Recycling Event schedule:

Saturday, April 28—North East Township Building, North East
Saturday, May 19—JoAnna Connell Elementary School, Erie
Saturday, June 9—Iroquois High School, Erie
Saturday, June 23—General McLane High School, Edinboro
04 / 10
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Preschool Nature Days
Start: 10:00 am

ASBURY WOODS
Preschool Nature Discovery Day starts April 10 at Asbury Woods Nature Center, 10 – 11:30am. Cost $40 for members $50 for nonmembers. Preschoolers bring an adult along for classes. Every session includes a nature lesson, story or craft, game, snack and visit with one of the animals at the Nature Center. All classes end with a short hike outdoors (weather permitting) so wear appropriate clothing.
Call 835-5356.
http://www.asburywoods.org/Spring2007_programs_3_5.pdf

LIST OF KIDS' EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH (as of 4/6/07):

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Erie Peace Initiative mtg.
Start: 7:00 pm

Erie Peace Initiative meeting
218 E. 11th (across from school)
Erie PA 16503
Contact:
Matt 450-8912
eriepeaceinitiative@yahoo.com
Web Site: www.geocities.com/eriepeaceinitiative/

NOTE NEW LOCATION!

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"Food Politics"
Start: 7:00 pm

Environmental Author to Speak on “Food Politics” at Allegheny

Meadville, Pa. – Nationally known speaker and author Anna Lappé will give a lecture titled “Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, and Farmers' Markets: The Politics of Your Plate” on Tuesday, April 10 at 7 p.m. in Ford Chapel at Allegheny College.

Following the lecture Lappé will sign books in the Tippie Alumni Center at Cochran Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.
04 / 11
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Climate Project at Blasco
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Climate Project
Blasco Memorial Library
Hirt Auditorium
Erie PA
April 11 7 - 9:00 PM
Contact: Lance Simmens, Presenter, (717) 557-4874, lsimmens@comcast.net

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Global Warming Presentation
Start: 7:00 pm

Erie County Executive Mark DiVecchio will host an educational town meeting on the critical issue of global warming and climate change. He has asked Lance immens, currently Special Assistant to Governor Ed Rendell, who has spent the past three decades in public policy positions, including the White House, to bring that message to Erie on April 11. The slide show presentation is an adaptation of the documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth.
[for complete article click on "Read More"]


www.theclimateproject.org
04 / 12
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C.A.L.L./Curfew Coalition
Start: 5:30 pm

Curfew Coalition

Are you concerned about how the Erie City curfew will affect your children or grandchildren? Come express your concerns and take part in developing strategy around the curfew issue!
WHEN: April 12, 2007
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: Immaculate Conception Church - 233 East 16th Street, Erie PA.
Chair, Pearl Jeffries, President, Greater Calvary Full Gospel Baptist Church
http://www.eriecall.org/BULLETIN.html

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Peter Coyote
Start: 7:00 pm

Peter Coyote kicks off 2007 Literary Festival
April 12
7:00 PM
Mercyhurst College
Erie PA

from Mercyhurst website:
Author and actor Peter Coyote will kick off the 2007 Literary Festival at Mercyhurst College with an appearance on Thursday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the college’s Taylor Little Theatre.

The festival, with a theme of “The Arts and the Counter-Culture: Then and Now,” continues April 19 with a visit by novelist Francine Prose and culminates April 25 with an event celebrating student creativity.
04 / 13
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PUSH statewide mtg. (Pgh)
Start: 12:00 pm

PUSH (PA United for Single Payer Healthcare) Welcomes Statewide Meeting of Healthcare Advocates

Event Date:
4/13/2007 12:00 PM

Health Care reform advocates from around the state have formed the HELP fund, Health Education and Legislative progress. Today they hold their
monthly state wide meeting in Pittsburgh. Come hear the latest in Healthcare reform efforts and find out how you can become more involved.

More info: www.helpfundpa.org

Location:
Kearns Spirituality Center, 9000 Babcock Blvd, Allison Park

Contact:

04 / 14
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National Day of Climate Action
Start: 12:00 am

This April 14th, tens of thousands of Americans will gather all across the country at meaningful, iconic places to call for action on climate change. We will hike, bike, climb, walk, swim, kayak, canoe, or simply sit or stand with banners of our call to action:
"Step it up Congress! Cut carbon 80% by 2050!"

http://stepitup2007.org/

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House Of Healing Benefit Sale 4/14-15
Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

Gigantic Warehouse Sale To Benefit Gigantic Warehouse Sale To Benefit House Of Healing
Saturday, April 14, 9am – 3pm
And Sunday, April 15, 11am – 3pm
Indoors at the Connecto Electric Warehouse
3716 McClelland
Erie PA

A sale so big that we need a warehouse. Something for everyone!
Furniture, Household And Baby Items, Toys Jewelry And More!

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[R]Women in Black weekly vigil
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Crawford County Women in Black group that holds a silent vigil every Saturday to bear witness against the war in Iraq.  They also make flags to honor Pennsylvanians who have died in Iraq.   If you know anyone who would like to join them, I am sure they would appreciate the support.  Men and women are both welcome, just wear black.  The vigil is in Meadville's Diamond Park every Saturday from 12:00 Noon to 1:00pm.
814-573-2666

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Poetry Slam at Sojourners
Start: 8:00 pm

SoJourner Expressions
1505 State
Erie PA
Info: 452-6273

$3 compete
$5 audience
04 / 15
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Holocaust Remembrance Day area events
Start: 12:00 am

April 11
"Through a Child's Eye: Poetry and Images by Children of the Holocaust" 7 p.m. Mercyhurst College, Mercy Heritage
Hall. Free and open to public.

Holocaust Remembrance Event "Swing Tanzen Verboten!: Swing Music and Nazi-Propaganda Swing During World War II," Edinboro University, 1:00 p.m.R. Benjamin Wiley Arts & Sciences Center, room 107. Presented by Dr. Daniel Burdick, Music Department. Selections from four-CD set.
http://www.edinboro.edu/cwis/marketing/activities.html#April07
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April 15
“The Paper Clip Project”
Holocaust Memorial Service 11 a.m.

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"Paper Clip Project" speaker at Brith Shalom
Start: 10:30 am

April 15
“The Paper Clip Project”
Yom HaShoah Holocaust Community Program
Congregation Brith Shalom
3207 State Street
Erie PA.
Free. Reservations required, call 455-4474.
Sponsored by Jewish Community Council of Erie and Wiiliam M. and Frances Schuster Fund
http://uscj.org/glr/erie/
http://www.marionschools.org/holocaust/

10:30-11:30 a.m. Exhibition of holocaust posters, from Simon Weisenthal Center
11-11:30 a.m. Candle-lighting ceremony by Holocaust survivors.

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Sunday Down South
Start: 1:30 pm

Sunday Down South
Sojourner Expressions
1505 State Street
Erie PA
Local poets Jack and Marjorie Wonner join Bettye Walker. Soul food dinner, fashion show, poetry reading. $10. 452-6273.
Part of National Poetry Month events.

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"Jesus Camp"
Start: 7:00 pm

“Jesus Camp”
April 15
Allegheny College
Shafer Auditorium

The week will begin on Sunday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium with a showing of the documentary “Jesus Camp,” which details the influence of evangelical Christians in politics, profiling a Pentecostal summer camp for kids. (Ted Haggard can be seen condemning homosexuality in this one, filmed before his fall in a sex and drugs scandal). .A discussion will follow in room 206 of the Campus Center.
04 / 16
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Tim Potts
Start: 7:30 pm

Tim Potts from Democracy Rising.
On Monday, April 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grounds for Change coffeehouse, Tim Potts from Democracy Rising PA will speak about the crisis facing Pennsylvania's judicial system and describe opportunities for citizens to become involved in addressing the issues. Students will also travel to Harrisburg on this day to learn about state government and career opportunities. Part of Allegheny College’s “Beyond the Vote: Political Action Week,” April 15-20. More events here:

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"Living History" 4/16-17
Start: 8:00 pm

"Living History: If Pictures Could Speak"
April 16 8 PM, Dayenu Center, 251 E. 21st St., Erie.
April 17 8 PM at Abundant Life International and Community Center 806 Parade St., Erie.
Presented by Salt & Pepper Mime Theatre.
Free and open to public.
Gwendolyn Cooley
Scottie Davis as Sojourner Truth
John "Chilly J" Norton as narrator
Charles Kennedy Jr. as Hamilton Waters and Harry Burleigh.

04 / 17
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Hunger Banquet
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 6:03 pm

Hunger Banquet at Mercyhurst College.
Tuesday, April 17, 4 to 6 p.m.
Mercy Heritage Room

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Earth Fest evening for Earth Force
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Fundraising event for Earth Force.
Beautiful music, appetizers, wine and beer.
Art and gift auction, most items environmentally-oriented.
$20 single/$40 couple. Reservations preferred; for reservations call 460-2540.


www.earthforce.org/section/offices/lea/
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C.A.L.L. Banquet
Start: 6:30 pm

C.A.L.L. Banquet
April 17
6:30 PM
Avalon Hotel
16 W. 10th Street
Erie PA

Fundraiser for Congregational Action to Lift Lives, a faith-based social action organization, affiliated with Gamaliel Foundation. C.A.L.L. is celebrating its 10th year-- "CALLing for Healthy Homes."
For tickets or additional information please call the CALL office at 456-6189. Cost is $25.
http://www.eriecall.org/BULLETIN.html

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Reparations lecture
Start: 7:00 pm

Lecture to Focus on Discourse of Reparations at Allegheny College

MEADVILLE, Pa. – Angelique Davis, civil rights lawyer and visiting assistant professor of political science at Seattle University, will lecture on “It Wasn’t Me: Reparations Discourse in the 21st Century” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17 in Quigley Auditorium at Allegheny College.

As a lawyer and a scholar, Davis works on the Reparations Movement, a long-standing, broad-based initiative to study and recommend reparations for slavery and institutional segregation in the U.S.
04 / 18
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Frederick Douglass IV
Start: 8:00 am

On Wednesday, April 18, Meadville native Frederick Douglass IV will take the stage of Walker Recital Hall at Mercyhurst College at 8 p.m. to speak about the life of his great-great grandfather, famed 19th century orator and abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Free and open to the public.

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Three noted historians on tap for spring lecture series

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WNY Peace Ctr - Latin American Dinner
Start: 6:00 pm

WNY Peace Center's Annual Latin American Dinner, April 18

The Western New York Peace Center announces is 26th Annual Fr. A. Joseph Bissonette Latin American Dinner to raise funds for humanitarian aid to Latin American. The event will take place Wednesday April 18 at 6:00 pm, at Canisius High School, 1180 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. The speaker this year is Fr. John Dear, SJ, former director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and author of more than 20 books on nonviolence, theology and spirituality.

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"Countdown to War with Iran"
Start: 7:00 pm

"Countdown to War in Iran: What Does History Teach Us?," discussion to be held April 18.

Professor James E. Miller, an adjunct history faculty member at Jamestown Community College, will deliver a talk and lead a discussion on the topic “Countdown to War in Iran: What Does History Teach Us?” on Wednesday April 18 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm in Room 202 on the third floor of McEwen Hall, SUNY Fredonia. All are welcome.
04 / 19
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Toddler Thursday: Earth Day
Start: 10:00 am

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ERIE CHILDRENS MUSEUM
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Toddler Thursday Story Time- 10:00 am. Children and parents are invited for an informal story and hands-on craft.
Story time is free with Museum admission of $4.50 per person, free to members and children under 2.
http://www.eriechildrensmuseum.org/upcoming_events.html

LIST OF KIDS' EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES THIS MONTH (as of 4/6/07). NOTE: Events in this list are included because they may be of interest to people reading the LEAD calendar. Inclusion does not indicate affiliation with the LEAD organization:

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Prayer vigil: Death penalty
Start: 4:30 pm

Prayer Vigil
April 19, 2007, 4:30 pm
Place: A.J.'s Way between 7th and 8th Streets, between Peach and Sassafras Streets
Contact: Ed Helenski or Lacey Johnson
Phone: (814) 871-7720

A prayer vigil reflect on those affected by capital punishment. Part of the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project the service is open to the public.

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Francine Prose
Start: 7:30 pm

Francine Prose
Mercyhurst College
Walker Recital Hall
Erie PA

Kirkus Review describes Francine Prose as “one of America's sharpest cultural satirists.” Her most recent novel, "A Changed Man," is the story of Vincent Nolan, a 32-year-old, former neo-Nazi skinhead who becomes a media celebrity after publicly renouncing racism. Her "Blue Angel," a satire about sexual harassment on college campuses, was a finalist for the 2000 National Book Award.

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Electronic Intifada co-founder lecture
Start: 7:30 pm

Lecture regarding Israeli-Palestinian relations, April 19 in Buffalo

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"Dead Man Walking" opens at Gannon
Start: 8:00 pm

Thursday-Sunday, April 19-22; Thursday-Saturday, April 26-28 – Gannon University’s Schuster Theatre: “Dead Man Walking,” by Tim Robbins. Adapted from the book Dead Man Walking, by Sr. Helen Prejean. Directed by Ed Helenski, technical director, Gannon theatre program, and lecturer, communication arts program. The 2006-07 Schuster Theatre season will conclude with thought-provoking performances that explore the controversy surrounding the death penalty.

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Stand Up Against Hunger
Start: 8:30 pm

STAND UP AGAINST HUNGER
JRS LAST LAUGH
April 19, 2006
6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

Need a good laugh? Stand Up Against Hunger comedy night to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank will be held Thursday, April 19th at JR’s Last Laugh Comedy Club.
04 / 20
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20./20 Earth day special
Start: 12:00 am

From: TakeAction@environmentaldefense.org
Subject: Watch Dr. Bill on ABC's 20/20

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SPECIAL PROGRAMMING UPDATE
Our Chief Scientist Dr. Bill Chameides Will Appear on ABC's
20/20 Earth Day Special
Friday, April 20 - Check local listings
Online Preview:
http://action.environmentaldefense.org/ct/6pqDsc71dzEH/
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Get the popcorn and gather the kids. Or, set the TIVO.

This Friday night, April 20, our Chief Scientist Dr. Bill

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Women's Health & the Environment (Pgh)
Start: 8:00 am
End: 4:30 pm

Women's Health & the Environment conference
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2007
Pittsburgh, PA
David L. Lawrence Convention Center

A Free Conference Sponsored by
• Teresa Heinz
• The Heinz Endowments and
• Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC

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Rachel Carson Legacy Celebration (Pgh)
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Rachel Carson Legacy Celebration
April 20 at the Senator John Heinz History Center – Join the Rachel Carson Homestead Association for a special evening after the Women’s Health and the Environment: New Science, New Solutions conference.

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Make Hip Hop Not War Tour (Pgh)
Start: 7:00 pm

MAKE HIP HOP NOT WAR TOUR
comes to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 20, 2007
7:00pm - 10:00pm, Doors @ 6:00pm
Monumental Baptist Church (2240 Wylie Ave.)

MAKE HIP HOP NOT WAR TOUR


www.hiphopcaucus.org/tour.php
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People of Color conf 4/20-21
Start: 9:00 pm

People of Color Concerns Conference
April 20-21
SUNY Fredonia
“The World, the Society, and My Reflection … the Person in the Mirror” will theme the 2007 People of Color Concerns Conference, sponsored by the SUNY Fredonia Black Student Union, Latinos Unidos, and the Alumni Office.
http://www.fredonia.edu/news/News/Archives/tabid/1101/ctl/ArticleView/mi...

04 / 21
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Earth Day events
Start: 9:00 am

ERIE TIMES-NEWS EARTH DAY EVENTS
From April 19 issue, "Family" section:
Link to the article:
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007704190305

EARTH DAY EVENTS AROUND PA
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=42...

PRESQUE ISLE
51st Annual Spring Clean-Up
Presque Isle
Saturday, April 21, 2007 At 09:00 AM
Duration: 4 Hours
From Discover Presque Isle website:

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Jamnesty - concert for Darfur
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Jamnesty
Concert for Darfur
Mercyhurst College
Erie, Pennsylvania

Benefit concert for Darfur

When: April 21, 2007 Noon-8pm
Where: Mercyhurst College, 501 East 38th Street, Erie PA 16546
Erie, Pennsylvania 16546
Contact: pevano22@mercyhurst.edu
Performers and other details to come.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/youth/nwsa/display.php?id=53
http://www.savedarfur.org/page/event/detail/globaldaysfordarfur/4jvt8

from Dave Richards' Music Muse in this week's Showcase:

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Asian Festival - Monsoon Villages
Start: 12:00 pm

Asian Festival - Monsoon Villages
April 21, 2007
12:00 pm
Mercyhurst Athletic Center
Erie PA

Monsoon Villages will feature display booths from eight countries- China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Philippines and Singapore.There will be ethnic food, demonstrations, children's activities, music and dance. The main theme of the Festival, “Monsoon and the Global Well” is designed to promote environmental awareness of the importance of water in all communities.

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Lewis Black at PSU-erie
Start: 8:00 pm

Lewis Black at Penn State Erie
April 21
Junker center
http://www.lewisblack.net/

Tickets on Sale March 9, 2007

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Spoken Word at Sojourners
Start: 8:00 pm

Spoken Word Gathering at Sojourner Expressions
April 21
8:00 PM
1505 State Street
Erie PA
Readings by local poets. Admission by donation.
Information: 452-6273.

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Dead Man Walking audience talkback
Start: 9:45 pm

Audience talkback discussion of Dead Man Walking
April 21, 2007, 9:45 pm
Place: Schuster Theatre, 620 Sassafras St.
Contact: Ed Helenski or Lacey Johnson
Phone: 814-871-7720

A discussion of the death penalty following a performance of Tim Robbin's Dead Man Walking at the Schuster Theatre. Respondants will include attorney Sarah Andrews, clerk for PA Supreme Court Justice Ralph J. Cappy and Assistant United States Attorney Christine Sanner.
04 / 22
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Earth Day events
Start: 12:00 am

Earth day area events for April 22. Updated 4/21/07

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT ERIE ZOO
Party for the Planet from 10am to 2pm.
http://www.aza.org/Promotions/P4P_PA/
http://www.eriezoo.org/

EARTHFEST 2007 (CLEVELAND)

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Prayer service for VA tech students
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm

annemccosb@yahoo.com

Prayer service for the students killed at Virginia Tech.
It will be this Sunday, April 22 between 1:00 and 3:00 pm at the Cruise Ship Terminal Building behind the Blasco Library.
04 / 23
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Cover the Uninsured Week 4/23-29
Start: 12:00 am

Cover the Uninsured Week April 23-29
http://covertheuninsured.org/

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Citizens Against Racism in Erie
Start: 7:00 pm

Citizens Against Racism in Erie (CARE) meets the fourth Monday of every month at 7PM at the Cascade United Methodist Church, 1001 W 21st Street Erie PA.

For more information call 452-3364
Location

Cascade United Methodist Church
1001 W 21st Street
Erie, PA

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Sandra Steingraber
Start: 8:00 pm

Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., an internationally recognized expert on the environmental links to cancer and reproductive health, headlines the Mercyhurst College observance of Earth Week 2007, which runs April 16-23 under the theme “World-Water-Women.”
04 / 24
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W PA Coalition for Single Payer Health (Pgh)
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Title:
General Meeting for Western PA Coalition for Single-Payer Health Care

Event Date:
4/24/2007 7:00 PM

End Date:
4/24/2007 8:30 PM

Description:

Location:
Sixth Presbyterian Church, corner of Forbes and Murray Aves, Squirrel Hill

Directions:
http://www.sixthchurch.org/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&...

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C.A.L.L. Candidates' Forum
Start: 7:00 pm

Candidates Forum
WHEN: April 24, 2007
TIME: 7:00 p. m.
WHERE: East High School, 1001 Atkins Street, Erie, PA 16503

Sponsored by CALL in collaboration with the League of Women Voters and the Erie Branch of the NAACP

Co-Chairs, Bren Lindell and Candace Battles, LSW

League of Women Voters - Lorna Slater

Erie Branch of the NAACP - Dorothy Smith-Frazier

For further information including candidate participation or media approval, please contact Candace Battles at CandyBattles@aol.com or 814-459-3549.

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"Nova: Saved by the Sun"
Start: 8:00 pm

Nova: Saved by the Sun
Tuesday, April 24, 8:00pm
On PBS

The promise of solar energy is examined. Included: the world's largest solar-thermal plant, at Kramer Junction in the Mojave Desert; solar-powered homes; and comments from Sarah Kurtz, who helped design the solar cell that's powering the Mars rovers.

Website includes:
New Ways to Catch Rays
Take a look at six of the hottest new solar technologies.

Ask the Expert
Steven Strong, a "green" architect and engineer, answers questions about solar energy.

This Solar House


www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/solar/
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Frontline: "Hot Politics"
Start: 10:00 pm

Frontline
Tuesday, April 24, 10:00pm
On WQLN CHANNEL 54 (other PBS locales, check local listings)

An examination of the politics behind the federal government's actions on global warming; and the stances of state and local governments on the issue.

from program press release:
04 / 25
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Film: "Tying the Knot"
Start: 7:00 pm

Film: “Tying the Knot”
Allegheny College, Carnegie 212
Meadville, PA
April 25
7 PM.
Film on equal marriage rights presented by NW PA chapter of NOW. Contact: Susan Woodland. Email: nwpanow@surferie.net. Browse to http://www.edinboro.com/nwpanow
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Neighborhood Art House poetry night.
Start: 7:00 pm

Poetry at Neighborhood Art House
April 25, 7:00 PM
201 East Tenth Street
Erie, Pennsylvania
16503
(814)455-5508
www.eriebenedictines.org/arthouse

Students in Poetry on Stage presented “I’m Going to Visit Langston’s House,” a performance of 15 memorized poems by Langston Hughes, an African American poet, on February 27 at the Neighborhood Art House. “Ilike the poem “Motto”

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"Bill Moyers: Buying the War"
Start: 10:00 pm

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL: Buying the War
On WQLN at 10 pm, other affiliates check ocal listings

Special premiere airdate: Wednesday, April 25 on PBS. (90 minutes)
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/index-premiere.html
Airs weekly: Fridays, beginning April 27 at 9 P.M. on PBS. (60 minutes)

(check local listings)

From program website:


http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/index-premiere.html
04 / 26
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Erie Peace Initiative
Start: 7:00 pm

Erie Peace Initiative meeting
218 E. 11th (across from school)
Erie PA 16503
Contact:
Matt 450-8912
eriepeaceinitiative@yahoo.com
Web Site: www.geocities.com/eriepeaceinitiative/

NOTE NEW LOCATION!
04 / 27
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National Arbor Day
Start: 12:00 am
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Diane Fox: UnNatural History
Start: 10:00 am

Diane Fox: UnNatural History
April 27, 2007 through July 15, 2007
Erie Art Museum
In the Annex
Fox’s photographs of dioramas in natural history museums raises an important question: Does taming the natural environment through artistic methods raise or dull our awareness of the environment and our understanding of how we might work to save it?
http://www.erieartmuseum.org/calendar/calendar.html

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UU Movie: "Paper Clips"
Start: 7:00 pm

April 27
Movies That Matter: “Paper Clips: The Making of a Children’s Holocaust Memorial” 7 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie, 7180 New Perry Hwy, Erie PA. (814)864-9300. http://www.uuerie.org/2007-April.pdf

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Earth Day Shabbat
Start: 7:30 pm

Earth Day Shabbat Service
Temple Anshe Hesed
7:30PM
10th & Liberty
Erie PA

Jim Graziom, Water Pollution Biologist
Great Lakes Office
Department of Environmental Protection
"To Eat or Not To Eat?"
Safety concerns in consuming more fish
04 / 28
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e-Waste Recycling: North East
Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

Recycle your e-Waste. Event schedule released.
The Erie County Recycling Program, under the direction of Erie County Executive Mark A. DiVecchio, today officially announces the 2007 spring/summer e-Waste Recycling Event schedule:

Saturday, April 28—North East Township Building, North East
Saturday, May 19—JoAnna Connell Elementary School, Erie
Saturday, June 9—Iroquois High School, Erie
Saturday, June 23—General McLane High School, Edinboro

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Worker's Memorial Day
Start: 12:00 pm

Decades of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in significant improvements in working conditions. But the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains enormous. Each year, thousands of workers are killed and millions more are injured or diseased because of their jobs. The unions of the AFL-CIO remember these workers on April 28, Workers Memorial Day.

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MidAtlantic March/Rally for Darfur
Start: 2:00 pm

Responsibility to Protect: Midatlantic States March
and Rally to Stop Genocide in Darfur
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 2pm
March starts at Freedom Corner and ends at Market Square with Rally at 3pm part of a coordinated Weekend of Action for Darfur, April 28-29

http://www.pittsburghdarfur.org/

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Darfur Weekend (Pgh)
Start: 2:00 pm
Start: Apr 28 2007 - 2:00pm
End: Apr 29 2007 - 2:00pm

Responsibility to Protect: Midatlantic States March
and Rally to Stop Genocide in Darfur
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 2pm
March starts at Freedom Corner and ends at Market Square with Rally at 3pm
part of a coordinated Weekend of Action for Darfur, April 28-29
Contact; info@pittsburghdarfur.org (412) 371-9447
http://www.pittsburghdarfur.org/

From Thomas Merton Center listing:
Title: March and Rally - Weekend of Action for Darfur, 4/28-4/29
Event Date: 4/28/2007 2:00 PM
End Date: 4/28/2007 5:00 PM

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Lizzard Ball (Buff.)
Start: 7:00 pm

A Party with a Purpose.
$10 at the door.
http://www.myspace.com/LizzardBall

from Lizzard Ball:
Y'see. Way back in the year 1977 there was this HUGE Blizzard here in Buffalo. They even made a board game out of it. It was on the news a lot. But the people in Buffalo wanted to show the world that they were undaunted. So they decided to have a big party to celebrate the Blizzard. It was called the Blizzard Ball and it was a big deal galla event with men in black ties and tuxedos and all of that crappity crap. And it cost a LOT of money to go to it.
04 / 29
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Darfur Weekend (Pgh)
End: 2:00 pm
Start: Apr 28 2007 - 2:00pm
End: Apr 29 2007 - 2:00pm

Responsibility to Protect: Midatlantic States March
and Rally to Stop Genocide in Darfur
Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 2pm
March starts at Freedom Corner and ends at Market Square with Rally at 3pm
part of a coordinated Weekend of Action for Darfur, April 28-29
Contact; info@pittsburghdarfur.org (412) 371-9447
http://www.pittsburghdarfur.org/

From Thomas Merton Center listing:
Title: March and Rally - Weekend of Action for Darfur, 4/28-4/29
Event Date: 4/28/2007 2:00 PM
End Date: 4/28/2007 5:00 PM

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Book TV: Universal Health Care Debate
Start: 8:00 pm

On CSpan2's BookTV:

On Sunday, April 29 at 8:00 am and Monday, April 30 at 4:00 am
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Debate on Universal Health Care with Jonathan Cohn, "Sick" & Michael Cannon, "Healthy Competition"
04 / 30
05 / 1
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"No Place for Hate Day" in PA
Start: 12:57 am
Description:

MAY 1 “NO PLACE FOR HATE” DAY

The Pennsylvania General Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution designating May 1, 2007 as “No Place for Hate” day. This is from the PA House website:

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