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Programs

The Temple Stack: recurring formats built to return. Pick a lane. Then pick a night.

Soft Social Sessions

Soft Socials at Erie Labor Temple are low-pressure weekly gatherings for reading, writing, making, and listening

Awards Viewing

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

A listening-first night: projections, headphone mixes, media-art experiments, and the static between meanings. Minimal talk. Maximum atmosphere.

Lecture Brawl

Two sides. One topic. No panel drift. Short rounds, hard arguments, and a room that votes with its nervous system.

Midnight Manuscripts

A late-night drop of readings, micro-publications, and strange printed artifacts. The building becomes a press for a few hours.

Ritual Cinema

A film night where sound is rebuilt in public: live score, live Foley, and a rotating upstairs lab you can tour during intermission.

Sketch Model Sessions

Regular figure sessions—clothed + nude—run like a real studio. Quiet focus. Strong lighting. Bring your kit.

Temple Night Market

A curated market with a twist: every edition runs on a constraint—repair, text-in-objects, salvage rules. Come buy. Come trade ideas.

Temple Press Live

Live conversations with artists, builders, and cultural instigators—recorded like a studio session. Short sets. Sharp questions.

Temple Workshops

Workshops built for hands: ritual objects, material experiments, and practical making. You leave with something real.

Tentpole Viewing

Large-scale community viewing for the nights everyone is already talking about. Show up early. Claim a seat.

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