Community

?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.

Even if you don?t eat meat, you can still have a good time at the Rib Cook Off.

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

Pedaling an average of 80 miles a day, six days a week, for more than two months. She?ll cross at least three mountain ranges -- the Cascades, Rockies, and Appalachians -- climbing 8,000 feet on one particularly difficult leg in Wyoming.

Music festivals are the musical Mecca for concertgoers. People travel far and wide to attend any of the hundreds of music festivals in the world for a chance to see a collection of bands play in a single locale. From Glastonbury, which draws 175,000 people a day, to Water Hill, where anyone can play on a nearby porch, music festivals are as diverse as they are abundant.

On Thursday, May 17, an official opening ceremony will reintroduce ?The Feather,? now reconstructed and here to stay.

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.

In the softly-lit studio of Art of Yoga, people are filing in with their mats. It's dark out by now and it's a chilly night, but inside the lamps and plants and wood floors create a cozy, safe atmosphere. This isn't just any yoga class - this is Yoga of 12-Step Recovery, or Y12SR.

With a few fun facts to consider when placing your bets.

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

Erie?s favorite ship returns for the summer

In the face of war, Rotary International promotes peace

How Gov. Corbett's budget cuts are leaving our children behind