Category Archives: Arts & Entertainment
Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra ends season with city-wide activities
Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra (ECO) has an amazing week planned to help close out a very successful 2012-2013 season. From May 31st through June 7th, ECO has activities planned across the city. Friday, May 31st, members of ECO will
“Totem” literary magazine wins prize in national competition
Gannon University’s Totem is the winner of the 2013 Program Directors’ Prize for Undergraduate Literary Magazines in the design category. The Association of Writers & Writing Programs will award a cash honorarium and recognize Totem in the Writer’s Chronicle and other media.
90.5 WERG wins Gold Microphone Award
In its 40-year history, Gannon University’s student-operated radio station, 90.5 WERG, has launched the careers of dozens of prominent professional broadcasters and has achieved milestones disproportionate to the size of its signal (Remember the ice storm of 1990 when WERG
Dramashop: Theater in process
This excerpt was from an article by former Edge contributor Alex Bieler, ’11, originally published in the Erie Reader on Apr. 1, 2013. It’s a chilly Tuesday night, one of those unsurprising Erie evenings when the weather doesn’t seem to want to cooperate
Photo of the week: Who wants coffee?
“The trouble with the world today it’s plain to see, is everything is hurry up!” So goes one of the lines from “Coffee in a Cardboard Cup,” the song being rehearsed in this photo from “The World Goes Round,” the
You ought to know: Sarah Purvis
“My body became my art form – my expression.” Something broke in Sarah that first time she leapt through that proverbial barrier of ballet; it then consumed her. “I was engrossed with the attention to detail and the exacting of
This museum has been Scalisized
Walking in to the Erie Art Museum is always an exercise in unifying contrast. Tucked away in one of the oldest-looking parts of the city, the new entrance to the old museum at 10 E. Fifth St. is imposing and
Photo of the Week: Having a blast and winning an iPad mini
The Activities Programming Board at Gannon holds many events throughout the year both to entertain and educate Gannon students. This weekend is one for entertainment. A laser tag tournament will be held in the Carneval Athletic Pavilion, with the winning
To Do List: “Chasing Ice”
While many of us grumble and moan about winter’s extended stay into what – according to the calendar – should be the spring season, there are others that aren’t quite so eager to see everything melt away. In fact, when
Timberlake’s ’20/20′ might grasp perfection
It’s the year to bring back all of the artists on hiatus. First Paramore, then Fall Out Boy and now Justin Timberlake is back. Timberlake’s new album was one of the most anticipated albums this year, reaching out to different
