The Derrick covers the purchase and proposed revamping of Oil City's
old Latonia Theater building at the corner of East First Street and Central Avenue. The new owners envision an upscale ballroom (is there such a thing as a low-rent ballroom?) and performance area. I'm glad to see something being done with it - the last time I was there as about two years ago and it was
absolutely filthy and vermin infested.
The
Erie Times News is sponsoring the
Erie Music awards.
The
Downtown Edinboro Art & Music Festival(May 17-19) has announced
their lineup.
Performers include
Big Leg Emma ,
Tiger Maple String Band, the Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys,
Gypsy Dave and the Stump Jumpers, Slab Town Boys, and The
Woodticks. The event also features free workshops and an art show. Check
the website for a complete lineup and schedule.
If you don't have the good sense and self-assurance to make your mother a card for Mom's Day, then at least by
a unique card made by a real, live artists.
The
NYTimes profiles
Symphony Space -- a performance space open from rental that hosts everything from NPR shows, to
Bloomsday readings, to chamber orchestras.
Deadstring Brothers will be at the Club Cafe this
Friday at 10:30 pm $12.
Download their song "Sacred Heart".
As cool as the
NYTimes's literary map of NYC is, I think the
Pitt Post Gazette's map of
August Wilson's Pittsburgh is even better.
The Post Gazette also
profiles the Kean theatre run by the St Barnabas
charities and its upcoming season includes one of my wife's favorites,
Wait Until Dark
.
Avenue Q,
The Drowsy Chaperone, and sigh,
The Wedding Singer are
coming to Pittsburgh.
Digital Rodeo is a native Pittsburgh country music fan's answer to
MySpace (had that question even been asked?).
After 47
th season, the oldest real barn theatre in the region, Red Barn in Hampton,
has to close.
The fantastic (and bio
deisel powered...their bus, I mean) band
Rising Applachia is looking for a third member:
we would prefer a HAND percussionist ( tablas, djembe, dumbek, jugs, washboards, etc) but are equally as mezmorized by stand up bass and cello.we like working with musicians who have some experience with being on the road. the obvious: a badass. This meaning a open minded music lover and creator who will take on this project like it was their own. we can offer the following:~ tours in both the United States and Europe (although mainly in Europe) that would make Hemingway jealous~ an open minded and fresh approach to the music industry~ of course, financial compensationDownload their song "Scale Down".
Threadless has reprinted the
"Haikus are easy..." shirt and it's now available as a
hoody. Nice.
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