July 2025: 40 Under 40

Erie Reader: Volume 15, Issue 7

July 3rd, 2025 — August 8th, 2025

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Tommy in Toon: July 2025

by Tommy Link7/25/2025, 4:00 PM

Album Review // Garbage // Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

by Larry Wheaton7/24/2025, 2:00 PM

Rank and Cinephile

by Brad Pattullo7/23/2025, 4:00 PM

Find Your Groove at the Erie Blues & Jazz Fest in Frontier Park

by Aaron Mook7/23/2025, 12:00 PM

Celebrate over 30 years of regional music and art

Album Review // James McMurtry // The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy

by Melissa Sullivan Shimek7/22/2025, 2:00 PM

Take Your Beer For a Walk: Little Italy

by Jeff McCullor7/22/2025, 12:00 PM

Stopping by at Majestic Bakery, La Nuova Aurora, Ruiz Barber Shop, and more

Just Toyin' Witcha: July 2025

by B. Toy7/21/2025, 2:00 PM

Marching Orders, Then and Now

by Liz Allen7/21/2025, 12:00 PM

Erie stands up for democracy

Democrats Trapped Between Trump Fear and Biden Loyalty

by Jeff Bloodworth7/18/2025, 12:00 PM

How Democrats' laxity in producing viable alternatives backfired in recent election

Fridge Comics: July 2025

by Anthony Carson7/17/2025, 2:00 PM

Gem City Style: 40 Under 40 Catch-up

by Jessica Hunter7/17/2025, 12:00 PM

A conversation with Brad Triana of Both Studios

Fish That Talk: July 2025

by John Bavaro7/16/2025, 2:00 PM

Cats: The Musical at the Erie Playhouse

by Ally Kutz7/16/2025, 12:00 PM

The purr-fect night out for musical fans

Album Review // Addison Rae // Addison

by Nathaniel Clark7/15/2025, 2:00 PM

Bird of the Month: Common Tern

by Mary Birdsong7/15/2025, 12:00 PM

Anything but common

Erie Reader Book Club: July 2025

by Ally Kutz7/14/2025, 2:00 PM

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Lake Erie Cyclefest Rolls into 2025

by Jeff McCullor7/14/2025, 12:00 PM

Pick a ride (or rides) that suits your skills

Piracy on the Baseball Seas

by Jonathan Burdick7/11/2025, 2:00 PM

How an Erie ballplayer became the inspiration for the Pittsburgh Pirates team name

A Fluid Empathy: FEED Screens Two Locally Animated Shorts

by Nick Warren7/11/2025, 12:00 PM

Filmmakers Brad Pattullo and Andrea Russo present their works Viscous and AMYGDALA

Local Album Review // Jossy Peach // Liminal

by Nick Warren7/10/2025, 3:00 PM

AmeriMasala Returns with Unrivaled Display of Culture

by Chloe Forbes7/10/2025, 12:00 PM

Everyone has a seat at the table at the multicultural celebration

A Fight For Your Rights

by Cassandra Gripp7/9/2025, 12:00 PM

Radium Girls to be performed on PACA's stage

Edwina Tries… Gallery Night with Dan Schank

by Edwina Capozziello7/9/2025, 11:00 AM

Local artist and professor opens a new watercolor show at The 1020 Collective

From the Basement to the Hall

by Larry Wheaton7/8/2025, 2:00 PM

How Basement Transmissions is becoming Centennial Hall

The Reader Beat Monthly Recap

by Alana Sabol7/8/2025, 12:00 PM

Summary of June 2025 council meetings

Erie Philharmonic Hosts Hometown Concerts

by Thomas Taylor7/7/2025, 12:00 PM

Look for children's activities and summer camps throughout the month

Lost in Translation: Universal Language is a Funny Bit of Absurdism

by Forest Taylor7/4/2025, 3:00 PM

Director Matthew Rankin brilliantly blurs audience's perception of place, people

Land Lighthouse Tours Light The Way

by Larry Wheaton7/4/2025, 12:00 PM

Tower stands as important monument to Erie's maritime history

28 Years Later is a Disappointing Bag of Missed Opportunities

by Forest Taylor7/3/2025, 4:00 PM

Quality performances and premise sunk by insipid plot

From the Editor: July 2025

by The Editors7/3/2025, 2:00 PM

The American dream

Bust a Move Downtown This Summer

by Gretchen Gallagher-Durney7/3/2025, 2:00 PM

Mid Day Dance Breaks continue their more than decade-long stretch

Erie's 40 Under 40 Class of 2025

by Erie Reader Staff7/3/2025, 12:00 PM

Honoring 40 of Erie's leaders, creative thinkers, and helping hands

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