Rebecca Styn

These are the hands of an artist.

Now up for discussion: Affordable care, that guy on county council, and voter ID.

Music belongs to everyone. This philosophy continues to inspire Gabrielle Dietrich, the new artistic director of the Young People?s Chorus (YPC) of Erie, to continue her work in enriching others through musical performance and education.

Now up for discussion: Voter ID, city budget, and no new McDowell

Mercyhurst College was founded by the Sisters of Mercy of the Erie Catholic Diocese in 1926. In only the past two decades, the school has become one of the top comprehensive colleges in the North and the second largest Mercy college in America. And in the last eight months alone, many of you may have noticed the school has also undergone some great changes.

We are all affected. According to the World Health Organization, one in three people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. The other two will know someone who is diagnosed.

Even if he were to just pack it up, call it a day, and be done with his altruistic efforts, he has already surpassed what many others have done charitably over the course of their entire lives.

?When you change a child?s life, you change a family?s, which can change a community, and ultimately the world.? This is the belief of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Erie. And if we all bought into that trickle-up effect, we as adults may once again start to see through a different set of eyes and help us to not only understand, but possibly rejuvenate our own outlook on life.

From what I knew before and what I recently came to know, I felt Albert Glinsky was someone Erie needed to know better. My editor agreed.

The past, present, and future of Erie's summer Tuesday nights.

This wouldn?t be complete without a charitable event attached to a great cause. And this event is a regular Thursday night occurrence: the Erie Downtown Block Parties?a summer staple provided by the Erie Downtown Partnership. U Pick 6 is hosting one and the group has personally chosen the Erie chapter of the Red Cross as the official recipient of all funds they receive through their donation drive efforts that night.

"To be human is to be bonded together, each with our own weaknesses and strengths, because we need each other.?

There is a little-known, but instrumental program in Erie known as the Maria House Project, which helps men recover from the effects of drug and alcohol abuse, imprisonment, homelessness, and/or mental illness.

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Heralded as a "rare mix of tremendous talent and humble spirit," Paolo Schianchi will bring his talents to Asbury Woods April 26.