Listen to 90.5 WERG every evening this week for an opportunity to win a pair of tickets to see Social Distortion in concert at Stage AE in Pittsburgh on June 26th, part of the Coors Light Concert Series. Be caller #5 at 5:25 for your chance to win.
Rotten Tomatoes
- Digital Multiplex: 21 & Over, Quartet, and More 06/18/2013It's a pretty thin week for new streaming video, so our list is going to be shorter than usual. We've got Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut and a raunchy coming-of-age film (both also newly available on DVD and Blu-ray), and then we've got a couple of indie comedies, one of which is Certified Fresh. Read on to find out what's availa […]
- RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Jack the Giant Slayer and Quartet 06/17/2013This week on home video, we've got a special effects-laden fairy tale, Dustin Hoffman's quiet but effective directorial debut, and a moody psychological thriller. Then we've also got a couple of raunchy comedy flops, a horror sequel, and a few notable rereleases. Click through for the full list! […]
The Assumption Greek Orthodox located at 4376 West Lake Road will hold their 25th Annual Panegyri Greek Festival July 12-14. Enjoy Greek cuisine, pastries, music and folk dancing. Check out erieorthodox.org, for more details.
90.5 WERG is glad to welcome summer to the Erie area. Keep updated on all the summer happenings on the Gannon campus and in the Erie area. Tune-in to WERG to get all the details about the Sunset Music Series at Presque Isle, 8 Great Tuesdays, Thrusday Night Block Parties and all the summer festivals and concerts. We are Your Summer Fun Station, 90.5 WERG!”
You’re invited to Gannon University’s Writer’s Workshops this summer! Join us on campus, develop your writing process, and produce working manuscripts of publishable writing with Dr. Sally LeVan and the Writing Project teachers.
There are two sessions, each limited to 25 students, grades 4 through 12. Registration includes a Writers’ Workshop ballcap, book supplies, and snacks.
Session 1: July 15-19
Session 2: August 5-9
Details and to register: e-mail Dr. Sally LeVan at levan001@gannon.edu
Get a sneak-peak into the world of journalism this summer, at Gannon University’s High School Journalism Workshop. Open to grades 10 through 12, workshop topics include writing and style, interviewing techniques, objectivity versus editorializing, news judgment, and media ethics.
You’ll work alongside Frank Garland, director of the GU Journalism Communications program. Applications are limited to 15 students. Details here!
If you’re a high school student with a love of theatre, come to Gannon and experience the life of a theatre major on the GU campus! You’ll live in our residence halls, dine in the Beyer Hall Cafeteria, attend workshops, as well as produce and perform in the Gannon Theatre Experience Showcase.
The Gannon Theatre Experience: July 8-13
Shakexperience Gannon: July 22-27
Act-up with us! Register here.
WERG is 40! To celebrate, we’re bringing back the sounds of our past. If you ever did a show on WERG and you recorded it, send us the audio! Sort through those mp3 files on the computer (or, that shoebox of cassettes in the back of your closet…go ahead: you know it’s there). Whether you did your show in the Walker Building, the Zurn Basement, or recorded it on reel-to-reel in the old Schuster Theatre, we’re collecting the audio, mixing it down and playing it on the air!
Audio cuts can be e-mailed to laprice002@gannon.edu. Send tapes and CD’s to 90.5 WERG, 109 University Square, Erie, PA 16541
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