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Free community naloxone trainings are provided by Kaylee Stone through the Regional Recovery Hub. They include information about how to administer naloxone and use other harm-reduction supplies.

More by Chloe Forbes at the link in the comments below ⬇️

The Reader Beat aims to cover city and county council meetings as well as other important government and community-related meetings. The following is a summary of each meeting for the month of July.

The Reader Beat Recap: August 2026 A summary of July meetings

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Get ready to CelebrateErie, Erie! This year, the CAFE board is implementing some changes to the anticipated community festival while doubling down on the creative family fun, live music, artists and vendors, food and drink, and stellar mainstage acts. Grab your schedule, mark your favorites, and head downtown!

More information by Edwina Cappoziello at the link below ⬇️

The Erie Reader Book Club will be reading and discussing Everything Is Tuberculosis by John Green in conjunction with the Erie Gives issue of the Reader.

More details at the link below ⬇️

The Erie Philharmonic, a popular nonprofit and frequent success story during Erie Gives Day, gives back to the community with a free outdoor concert at Bayview Park on July 4, 2026. Dave Tamulonis counts the ways in which Erie sustains a robust community of giving ahead of the big day.

More by Dave Tamulonis at the link below ⬇️

Shateria Franklin (40 Under 40 Class of 2023) met up with Jessica Hunter at her downtown studio to discuss Franklin’s motivations behind creating the nonprofit Destiny of Our Daughter's and how she sees that organization creating a future legacy in Erie.

Follow the link in the comments below to read the full interview ⬇️

Catch a reimagining of Edgar Lee Masters’s classic collection of free verse poetry in an upcoming Mercyhurst Theatre production of The Spoon River Project, part of their newly relaunched summer theater program and featuring a cast of students, alumni, and guest artists.

More details by Cassandra Gripp at the link in the comments section below ⬇️

Mercyhurst Institute for Arts & Culture

We made Association of Alternative Newsmedia's cover show! 😎

Check out last weeks cover show featuring: Reader , City Paper, Week, Bend Source, Austin Chronicle, Baltimore Beat , Arkansas Times , Toledo City Paper , Erie Reader at https://bit.ly/4zdXzPm

Celebrate and appreciate the lack of open container law in our fair city, a unique privilege where we can pop a local beer, and enjoy all the sights and sounds our city has to offer with beer in-hand. 🍺

Pair this tee up with the monthly column in the Erie Reader, our local voice for news, arts, and culture, and is Erie's only independent, alternative newspaper.

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Take Your Beer for a Walk Tee Celebrate and appreciate the lack of open container law in our fair city, a unique privilege where we can pop a local beer, and enjoy all the sights and sounds our city has to offer with beer in-hand. Pair this tee up with the monthly column in the Erie Reader, our local voice for news, arts, and cu...