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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When I was a kid, my uncle and grandfather worked in Oil City at factories with names like Pennzoil and Quaker State. Today, the factories are gone and my friends who live there are filmmakers and musicians.
So, next weekend, visitors will be forgiven if they can’t figure out where the “oil” in Oil City’s [...]

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 [...]