Western Pennsylvania, blessed with more overcast than sunny days (well it sometimes seems that way), has a shining gem of band that plays music that brings to mind blazing white sands and dancing for a week during Carnival.
Led by Eric Schrader, the Greenville High School Steel Drum Band has performed as featured soloists with the [...]

If your experience with ice sculptures begins and ends with punchbowl swans at a wedding reception, you owe it to yourself to head to the Victorian town of Franklin in Venango County this weekend. This Saturday, February 6, in the city’s Fountain Park from 10 am to 4pm is the Franklin On Ice Festival.
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Living in Pennsylvania’s Snow Belt, you’ve got two choices in the winter – you can hole up and wait until Punxy Phil delivers the (hopefully) good news, or you can learn the arcane art of layering and head outside to find a way to enjoy the season. Although cross country (or Nordic) skiing doesn’t [...]

Although it’s easy to forgot, that at one point, Western PA was the frontier of America. When Lewis and Clark set out for points unknown, the land my home now occupies was the Western-most “civilized” place (and, I would argue, may still be). So, maybe, a Wild West museum along the Allegheny River [...]

Many small towns in Northwestern Pennsylvania have kept their early 20th century bandstands in fantastic condition. And, in the summer, families gather in small towns to relax on the grass and enjoy bands. But those who make the trek to Franklin in Venango County, where French Creek and the Allegheny River meet, are [...]