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Erie's new art and cultural center: where creation meets curation
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Erie's new art and cultural center: where creation meets curation
Dinner and archivist report highlight influential Erie composer Harry T. Burleigh
Twelve rising artistes from across the Eastern Caribbean will show off their musical gifts on the Toughness Riddim as part of the Digicel Cypher. The cypher was created in an effort to give the artistes an opportunity to hone their craft
Learning more about Erie's Black history firsthand
The Quiet Force of Emma Lawrence The story of Erie's first Black female business owner by Erin Phillips Erin Phillips In the preface to Sarah Thompson's Journey from Jerusalem — one of the few books to be written about Black history in Erie — she begins: "The history of the City of Erie begins in 1795. The history of African Americans in Erie begins at the same time, but, in the unfortunate tradition of US history, standard accounts of the past two hundred years present a one-sided picture which does not adequat...