Perry 200 Parade

Mikal Cronin, Vampire Weekend, Deerhunter & Iron & Wine

While you may never look Don Draper dapper, you can achieve the debonair charm of the '60s, or the boisterous, neon color palette of the '80s in one place – without Banana Republic and Urban Outfitter's adding credit card debt to your student loans.

Hackers Attack

If we were you, here's what we would do - May 15 - 28

The Pre-Gathering at Chaffee's and Always... Patsy Cline

Whatever materializes we know this to be true: accessories and gadgets are our favorite gent's artillery to style and be styled.  We look to our handsome brood to show us the way to cutting edge coolness.  They read Wire and we read Vogue.  It makes sense.  Ladies, we're sitting this one out; we'll just try to keep up!

This week: Women at work and redistricting. 

Our Mystery Food Critic Visits the Smugglers' Wharf

Money does not win elections. Well, money helps. But elections are rigged like the games you find on the carnival midway, but it's not money that decides them. Instead, it's redistricting.

There exist both Zen and minimal elements. She uses everyday materials – cellophane, roofing felt, plastic Christmas tree needles – and yet what's so Zenfully twisted about it is that you begin to see the properties, the natural state of these things becoming magnificent.

You may not have heard, but, on a recent Saturday, there was a strange sighting at the Bayfront Convention Center.

On Monday, May 13, we held the third Erie Reader Downtown Debate Series at the Jefferson Educational Society. The debates focused on the race for the Erie County Executive, and were, as Erie Reader Editor-in-Chief Adam Welsh said in his opening remarks, "a big deal."

A Celebration 200 Years in the Making: The Perry 200 Grand Patriotic Parade

With articles about the Perry 200 Grand Patriotic Parade and Erie Reader Downtown Debate Series, this issue puts a spotlight on the role we all play in making Erie a better place to live.