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Announcement from MARAC: The Erie Local Arrangements and Program Committees invite you to join us in “ERIE-sistable” Erie, Pennsylvania on April 25-27, 2013 for Charting the Waters: The Future and Priorities of Archives. The twenty-first century has brought archivists challenges … Continue reading →

Consider joining ECHS for one of their new monthly lectures in 2013. Special thanks to their longtime member, Sally Carlow Kohler ,who underwrote the series. Thanks to her generosity, they are able to bring in out-of-town speakers. All lectures will … Continue reading →

The Erie Playhouse has been given the extreme honor of producing the 2013 Perry 200 Commemorative Pageant June 25 through 30. Alongside the Perry 200 Grand Parade and the Flagship Niagara League Tall Ships Festival II, it is a signature … Continue reading →

March 15-17, the Maple Festival features live musical entertainment, arts and crafts, a 2-mile Pancake Run, and the greatest pancake breakfast! The festival kicks off Friday night with a concert by the Gem City Concert Band 7:30 pm at Cole … Continue reading →

March 1st, 10:30-11:30 am Outside the Window: Presque Isle Lighthouse Kids ages 3-5 will learn why a lighthouse flashes and experience a morning at the Presque Isle Lighthouse. Learn the tasks that keep the light burning. $3 per child, registration … Continue reading →

The Concord Grape Belt Heritage Association announced February 9th that Mackenzie Cady has assumed the role of manager of the Grape Discovery Center in Westfield, NY. Cady is a recent graduate of SUNY Fredonia, a native of Westfield, and familiar … Continue reading →

Seaway Trail is in the midst of their War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration project, and they’ve just completed two more Great Lakes Seaway Trail Outdoor Storyteller Signs which will soon be installed along the bayfront in Erie, PA. These are … Continue reading →

For more than twenty years, PHC’s Commonwealth Speakers program has featured experts from a variety of backgrounds – history scholars, art and museum educators, artists and musicians who offer presentations on a wide range of popular subjects. While Speaker presentations … Continue reading →

The Erie Maritime Museum invites the public to attend the opening reception for a new exhibit, The Erie-Extension Canal:  Gateway to the Great Lakes, on Sunday, January 27, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. in the Museum West Wing … Continue reading →

On July 2, 2012,  Pennsylvania became the 30th state in the country to offer a state historic tax credit when Governor Tom Corbett signed HB 761 (an amendment to the Tax Reform Code) and enacted Act 85  (See page 103) … Continue reading →