Ben Speggen

A man sits at table. He?s wearing a blindfold, squirming nervously. Two cops shift about the room, thickening the tension with every move they make. Welcome to "The Pillowman."

It began in 1968 when the visions of two people became one: host an alternative art and music event in Erie. Forty-four years ago, a few tables and a stage where a handful of local musicians performed adorned some green lawn space at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Fast-forward four decades later to when a three-day festival featuring a juried fine-art exhibit, multi-media workshops, a host of children?s programs, and three-days worth of art and musical performances unfurls at Liberty Park and Burger King Amphitheater on Erie?s Bayfront June 22 to 24.

U.S. Navy Band concert still a go!

The stirring tale of Katurian, a young writer, captured and interrogated by police officers in a totalitarian state for crimes he?s unaware of, ?The Pillowman? features an Orwellian-esque society spiced with bits of Kafka and Camus, yielding a Stygian story where audiences find themselves laughing at the absurd yet dry humor McDonagh?s known for.

The biggest party Erie has seen in at least 50 years is underway.

It isn't easy being green. Or maybe it is.

Erie Playhouse announces all Mainstage, Youtheatre, and Special Event productions for upcoming season.

When Buddy Guy played Erie a year ago, he invited guitar phenom Bryan Schwab, then 13, to the stage to jam with him.

Erie gets an education on social media as WQLN's Kim Young interviews Epic WebStudios' David Hunter on "Weekend All Things Erie."

Live Performance Preview: Shows March 23 and 24 at Erie Art Museum.

The Clarks Play P.I. Downs & Casino

Sports!

Humans doing good things! Read all about it!

Tonight: free film!

Fun event! Knowledge! Discussion! Free!