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Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Friends of the Erie County Library are this week's winner of Loving Giving Local
Each week, JET 24/FOX 66/ teams up with Superstore Joe and the Auto Express Resale Center to give back to one local nonprofit making a difference in the community. The Friends of the Erie County Library are this week's winner of $250, part of Loving Giving Local. Tune into JET 24 Action News at 5 p.m. to watch the Friends of the Erie County Library accept their check. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Be a Tourist: Events around town May 16-18
Comedian, actor, television writer, author and musician Paul Reiser is one of Hollywood's most prolific creatives. He will be performing at Kellar's on May 16th and 17th at 7:30 p.m. For more information, click here. For the first time ever in the region, the Erie Zoo is lighting up the night with Glow Wild: The Chinese Lantern Festival, produced by HanArt Culture! From April 17 to June 15, the zoo will transform into a dazzling world of larger-than-life, handcrafted lantern displays, breathtaking cultural performances and a magical evening experience like no other. For more information, click here. Norton Juster's beloved children's book, The Phantom Tollbooth Jr., is adapted for the stage in this modern tale of a boy who must save the princesses Rhyme and Reason and reunite the brother kings who rule over the cities of Dictionopolis and Digitopolis. For more information, click here. Ideas and inspiration are blooming at the Friends of the Erie County Library's 'Swing into Spring' Book Sale in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Library. The sale will feature gently used gardening books, craft books and cookbooks, along with a nice selection of fiction and non-fiction books, children's books, puzzles and some media. For more information, click here. Drift PAOHNY and Lake Erie Speedway Driven By Pro Waste present Spring MatsErie. Join Lake Erie Speedway for over 25 hours of action on the track! For more information, click here. Sinai Sports is thrilled to be hosting the Season 10 Midwest Regional Championship, starting May 16th! Competition ranges from kids as young as six to masters who are 40 and over. Spectator tickets for visitors, friends and relatives are available at the door for $5.00 per day per person. For more information, click here. This three-day event showcases grassroots art and music in the unique spirit of Appalachian culture and tradition. Over the course of the three-day festival, there will be live music around town, children's activities and workshops, dancing, art shows, music workshops, local artisan vendors, jam sessions, yoga, Pilates and much more! For more information, click here. WHOSE LIVE ANYWAY? is 90 minutes of hilarious improvised comedy and song, all based on audience suggestions. Cast members Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops, Jeff B. Davis and Joel Murray will leave you gasping with the very witty scenes they invent before your eyes. For more information, click here. Get ready for a night of rock 'n' roll mayhem as the legendary Alice Cooper hits the road on his Too Close for Comfort tour! Known for his electrifying stage presence, dark theatrics, and timeless anthems, Alice Cooper promises a show that pushes the limits of shock rock and musical mastery. Experience all the hits, from School's Out to Poison. For more information, click here. Enjoy samples from local breweries and ride the Beer Coaster at Waldameer Park as part of Erie's celebration of American Craft Beer Week. For more information, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
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Spring into Swing book sale begins at Blasco Library
The Friends of the Erie County Library are preparing for one of their most exciting sales of the year. The Swing into Spring book sale will take place in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Library on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Local students donate to newly opened McKean food pantry A wide variety of gently used books, CDs, puzzles and more are available featuring this year's theme, which is 'Gardening, Crafts and Cooking.' Additionally, the organization will be collecting donations of books, CDs, DVDs and puzzles. PA Game Commission reminds residents to leave young animals alone 'All the money raised here goes to support library programs so it's really important that we have support from the community and the community has been great and it all comes back to the community to the families and kids and adults as well,' said Kathleen Horan, coordinator for small sales for the Friends of the Erie County Library. Horan said they are expecting hundreds of people to attend. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
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Swing Into Spring book sale returning to Blasco Library this week
The Friends of the Erie County Library are preparing for one of their most exciting sales of the year. The Swing Into Spring book sale will take place in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Library on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Erie families plant their own veggies at new community garden A wide variety of gently used books, CDs, puzzles, and more are available featuring this year's theme, which is gardening, crafts and cooking. Additionally, the organization will be collecting donations of books, CDs, DVDs and puzzles. Breeze Airways flight to Tampa makes return three months earlier than 2024 'All the money raised here goes to support library programs so it's really important that we have support from the community and the community has been great and it all comes back to the community to the families and kids and adults as well,' said Kathleen Horan, coordinator for small sales for Friends of the Erie County Library. Horan said they are expecting hundreds of people to attend. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
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Get your gently used book at Blasco Library sale this weekend
Book lovers can head to the Blasco Library over the next few days for a good deal on books for an even better cause. The Friends of the Erie County Library are hosting a sale in the Admiral Room of the Blasco Library Thursday through Saturday. Gannon donating two cruisers to Erie Police Department Books are lightly used and are mostly collected in donation drives. The most a book will be sold for is $2 and what isn't sold will be put back up for sale at the Great American Book Sale in July. Fore! Barstool Open returning for another year 'Inflation has hit every segment of commerce and books are quite a bit more expensive,' said Kathleen Horan, coordinator of small book sales for Friends of the Library. 'Programs that the library offers to children and adults a variety of programs, the idea lab, books for kids, book in a bag, all of those things are paid for by friends of the library.' The sale continues Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 until 3 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
