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If it weren't for one special man, Erie may never have seen a Ben Speggen or Alex Bieler byline in this fine collection of pressed ink and wood flakes we call the Erie Reader. Meet Frank Garland.

The songwriter speaks about his upcoming duo tour, Twitter, and the petition to name him U.S. Poet Laureate 

The primary elections wrapped up this past Tuesday, May 21, and I'm here to tell you all about them – well, some of them. Seeing as many of my columns have focused on the Millcreek School Board, I thought it might be fitting to inform you of your newly elected officers – as well as a handful that are still in waiting – for the General Election.

We are at a crossroads. Massive algae blooms are cropping up. Invasive species threaten the habitat of native fish. A survey recently found the highest concentrations of waterborne microplastics recorded in the world in Lake Erie. And climate change promises to severely alter our region's weather, transforming the lake in ways we can't imagine. This is our lake.

The concern that religious condemnations of homosexuality might be designated as "hate speech" has been a recent point of national debate.

With the entree of Black Flag at the crooked i June 11, I thought it best to look back on thrasher / skateboard style. 

If We Were You - May 29 - June 11

Black Flag comes to the crooked i, Erie's Wild Rib Cook-off and Music Festival

You have to be a senior citizen in Erie to know the name of Leon Dryfoos, one of the city's great characters in its long history. Born in 1892, Dryfoos grew up in Erie in the colorful turn-of-the-century era when the city was still a major port and a growing industrial center, and was just beginning to formalize the cultural institutions which have continued to this day.

House Republicans are at it again, desperately searching for something – anything – to stick to the president and his administration.

Erie knows how to come together to celebrate its past -- something in which this community takes great pride. After all, the fleet that Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led was built right here in our bay. So post-War of 1812 America unfolded the way it did largely because of Erie's role in the U.S.'s victory in the Battle of Lake Erie, a lake after which we draw our city and county's namesake.

Dahlkemper defeats Grossman; County Council incumbants out

Google Glass – What's it going to be like?

Head to Basement Transmissions Tuesday, May 21 to catch this D.C. indie band on the rise.

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."