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national touring award-winning BBQ teams, local and regional entertainment on the main stage, a wide selection of festival foods, dining tents, artist and crafts booths in the arts market, bike night, merchandise vendors, raffles, drawings, contests, informational booths, business promotional booths, fun for the big kids, ride-a-ribba-ramma sessions in the Rib Kidz fun zone, food demonstrations, and so much more. Visit the website for more information. Great Lakes Beach Glass & Coastal Arts Festival Dates: May 4 & 5 Address: Bayfront Convention Center, 1 Sassafras Street Pier, Erie Contact: relishinc.com, or 814.836.1827 Highlights to include more than 80 sea glass and coastal artists, live music, lectures, bottle ID and more. Troika Russian Festival of Church of the Nativity Dates: May 24-26 Address: Church of the Nativity Community Center, 109 German Street, Erie Contact: churchofthenativity.net, or 814.602.5399 Enjoy a special fundraiser to help support the church’s neighborhood improvement and charitable outreach projects. Authentic Russian food, ice bar, and live folk entertainment will be featured. Free admission and parking. Visit the website for more information. Edinboro Art & Music Festival Dates: May 16-19 Address: Downtown Edinboro Contact: edinboroartandmusic.com, or 814.734.3777 This festival takes place the third full weekend in May every year and is one of the region’s only free festivals of its kind. It is a three-day event that showcases grassroots art and music in the unique spirit of Appalachian culture and tradition. Visit the website for more information. Spring Fest at Peek’n Peak Date: March 23 Address: 1405 Old Road, Clymer, NY Contact: pknpk.com, or 716.355.4141 There is no better way to wrap up an awesome ski season like Spring Fest! A day filled with the famed Pondskimming event and Cardboard Box Derby! Not a skier or rider? Who cares! Spectators are encouraged for all of the events. Visit the website for more information. Live Entertainment All an Act presents ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ Dates: Starting March 22 Address: 652 West 17th Street, Erie Contact: allanact.net/about-us or 814.450.8553 Hollywood is abuzz in 1939… Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, “Gone with the Wind,” a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay is just not working. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of “The Wizard of Oz.” Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades and, on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time. Visit the website for more information on tickets and other details. Broadway in Erie presents ‘Finding Neverland’ Date: March 11 Time: 7:30 p.m. Address: Warner Theater, 811 State Street, Erie Contact: nacentertainment. com/cities/erie, or 814.452.4857 The winner of Broadway. com’s Audience Choice Award for Best Musical, this breathtaking smash Continued on next page > WEST COUNTY ❘ SPRING 2019 19