Pulitzer Prizes (Live-Pull + Toast)
May 4, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM
Not a 'show'—a winner announcement that works as a live cultural moment with readings.
Eurovision Song Contest
May 16, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM
Pure communal joy: costumes, flags, ridiculous talent, and a room that wants to scream.
Cannes Palme d’Or Night
May 23, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM
International cinema credibility. Pair the winner announcement with a curated short-film block.
Sketch Model Open Studio
June 3, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM
A bi-weekly figure drawing night with a professional model: timed gestures, longer poses, and a respectful, studio-grade environment.
Tony Awards (Theatre Night)
June 7, 2026 at 12:00:00 AM
Big theatrical performances. Perfect for a cabaret-flavored watch party.
Awards Viewing
Awards nights, rebuilt as salons.
Big culture nights—award shows, reveals, and watch parties—treated like a live room. Come for the broadcast. Stay for the crowd.
Black Box Nights
Headphone salon + projection. Signal drift encouraged.
A listening-first night: projections, headphone mixes, media-art experiments, and the static between meanings. Minimal talk. Maximum atmosphere.
Lecture Brawl
Fight night for ideas.
Two sides. One topic. No panel drift. Short rounds, hard arguments, and a room that votes with its nervous system.
Midnight Manuscripts
One-night publishing house.
A late-night drop of readings, micro-publications, and strange printed artifacts. The building becomes a press for a few hours.
Ritual Cinema
Live Foley + live re-score.
A film night where sound is rebuilt in public: live score, live Foley, and a rotating upstairs lab you can tour during intermission.
A Building With Jobs To Do
MAKE
Studios. Workshops. Apprenticeship energy. Real practice.
SHOW
Screenings, exhibitions, and nights worth leaving the house for.
GATHER
Conversation, community, and civic-scale creative momentum.
Inside the Building
Working tenants, real practices, open doors.
The public front room of Erie Labor Temple, Commonwealth Reading Room is a curated bookstore and art shop built for discovery, conversation, and cultural traffic.
Commonwealth Reading Room
BOOKFORGE is Erie Labor Temple’s working bindery, where books are restored, repaired, and built by hand with grit, precision, and reverence for the craft.
BOOKFORGE
PH'KAKi Creative Works is a high-voltage creative studio producing design, media, strategy, and cultural work with sharp thinking and a hard edge.
PH'KAKi Creative Works
Sharon Smith Metal Arts is a studio of finely wrought jewelry and metalwork where material, skill, and artistic discipline meet.
Sharon Smith Metal Arts
Brøður is a men’s grooming and lifestyle brand grounded in clean utility, daily ritual, and goods made to earn their place.
Brøður
UNION Fine Art Gallery is Erie Labor Temple’s exhibition engine, presenting ambitious contemporary art, installations, and programs that keep culture in motion.
UNION Fine Art GAllery
