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At one point or another, a good chunk of society has dreamed about starting a band. Like the dreams of being an astronaut or a professional baseball player, the allure of becoming a musician beckons at us, whispering promises of greatness in our hopeful ears.

I had an ex-boyfriend who once said, ?When are you going to start dressing with more sophistication?? And I suppose it was then that I wondered that as well. There must be a balance between dressing up and down; effortless chic as I?ve heard it called.

Buckinghams not your bag? Not feeling Frehley? Like many, we?ve openly criticized this festival in the past; however, we would be remiss to ignore the fact that there are a lot of live, loud, and local musicians playing in the festival.

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.

Erie Problems, a changing of the guard, a new column, and more. Welcome to the first August issue of the Erie Reader.

Curious about the acts taking the stage at this year's Blues and Jazz Festival? Luckily Cory Vaillancourt offers some insight to each group in preparation for Erie's big weekend.

Adam Welsh, Cory Vaillancourt, Ben Speggen, Brian Graham and Michael Haas all went to the Jefferson Educational Society on Thursday, August 2nd to present on "New Media and the Future of News in Erie, PA".

As you walk down the street, sit in a restaurant, enjoy your time at 8 Great Tuesdays, you're surrounded by strangers. Surrounded by the people of Erie. This blog explores the personalities that Erie houses and the opinions they have to offer.

For those about to rock...

Erie's favorite rascal is back at it.

Once again, Erie Art Museum director John Vanco has cobbled together a strong lineup culled from several genres and sub-genres of Blues and Jazz. I recently sat with him to discuss the lineup for this, the 20th Annual Erie Art Museum Blues and Jazz Festival.

channel Orange, Swing Lo Magellan, Hypnotic Nights, and Uncaged -- all reviewed for your listening pleasure.

Three hours and 31 brewers -- Erie, enjoy your craft beer on the bay.

I don?t speak Albanian. Ferki Ferati does, though. Born in the small village of Bare, Kosovo in 1983, it?s his native language.

Despite how many people use Facebook, it turns out that most of the users are not actually satisfied with the social media giant ? most people are actually much more pleased with Facebook?s laughable competitor Google+.