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Halloween Extravaganza Featuring Falling Hollywood with VWLS and LEC

by Ben Speggen10/28/2015, 8:30 AM

Spend Halloween with Falling Hollywood, VWLS and LEC.

'PA public schools at Defcon-1' -- and are making national news

by Ben Speggen10/16/2015, 1:09 PM

The Atlantic weighs in on Erie schools' budget woes.

Erie Needs to Stop Kicking the Can

by Ben Speggen10/14/2015, 12:15 PM

County Executive's proposed budget should spur meaningful conversation about Erie's future.

Gary Clark, Jr. // The Story of Sonny Boy Slim

by Ben Speggen10/14/2015, 9:00 AM

Watching him evolve and test his limits gives the album a genuine feel.

Odyssean Times Call for an Odyssean Hero

by Ben Speggen9/30/2015, 1:30 PM

The emblematic relationship between EPS and the City of Erie.

Foals // What Went Down

by Ben Speggen9/16/2015, 11:45 AM

What Went Down builds on the U.K. quintet's already solid canon of trance-inducing math-rock and haze-thick guitar hooks.

Desperate Times Call for Creative Measures

by Ben Speggen9/16/2015, 8:45 AM

Addressing Erie's housing crisis strategically through smart development tax incentives

Experience Eye-opening Theater with "An Evening with the Creators of Invisible Thread"

by Ben Speggen9/2/2015, 3:00 PM

What weaves together spoken word, musical theater, and gospel into one performance?

MIAC 2015-2016 Preview

by Ben Speggen9/2/2015, 11:45 AM

Get your calendars out, Erie, because you have a lot of shows to see.

Tone Fach // Stepping Out of the Shadow

by Ben Speggen8/19/2015, 2:30 PM

Fach welcomes listeners into his world of adversity, without expecting pity.

Sitting Down with Mayor Sinnott

by Jim Wertz8/5/2015, 10:00 AM

Erie's Mayor speaks on the rise in crime and violence in the city.

onewayness + modulator_esp // Astral Bridges

by Ben Speggen7/8/2015, 4:49 PM

You'll be hard pressed to find a more meta recording than 2015's astounding Astral Bridges

Mumford and Sons // Wilder Mind

by Ben Speggen5/13/2015, 8:00 AM

With this album, Mumford and Sons steps away from their usual style to embrace a new approach.

LECOM Announces Expansion of Senior Services

by Ben Speggen4/21/2015, 9:41 AM

In the wake of unveiling its new, state-of-the-art Senior Living Center, nation's largest medical school purchases of three senior living communities.

Strangers to Ourselves // Modest Mouse

by Ben Speggen4/1/2015, 9:00 AM

Strangers is quintessential Modest Mouse: Inisghtful yet quirky, jerky yet smoot, and existential yet fun.

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