Cafe Blog

March 14th, 2008

Stopping by the Cafe on a Sunday Evening

By Jon Gardner, with apologies to Robert Frost
© 2008

Who saved the Cafe? I think I know.
It has been saved before, although;
The latest plan will surely try
To pay back all the debts we owe.

I came here to eat a ham on rye,
But Don said he needed one more guy
To close the place this Sunday night
So I started wiping the tables dry.

And in between I took a bite
Of the sandwich that I bought that night.
And wondered if Karim will keep
The menu items that seem so right.

The Cafe's comforts are dark and deep,
But I pile the recycling in a heap,
And wash the dishes before I sweep,
And wash the dishes before I sweep.

February 9th, 2008

Video from this evening's Blues All-Stars jam!

• Blues All-Stars (Quicktime, 8.3 MB)

February 1st, 2008

Magic Ray captured dancers from our Carnval Dance Showcase with Zezeh Pereira.

January 6th, 2008

Archival footage unearthed! Local comedian/psychiatrist Dan Hart performs in the cafe's old front room in October of 2006.

• Ghost Riders (Quicktime, 2.3 MB)

January 4th, 2008

Video from Geff King's Holiday Special performance! Geff will be back on Saturday, Februrary 9th with an hour of songs for kids.

• Geff's Holiday Special (Quicktime, 6.6 MB)

December 31, 2007

Attendees at the cafe's New Year's Eve festivities drank champagne to the smooth jazz sounds of Magic Ray and the John Guernsey Group. Photographer Bill Muney captured stills from the celebration. Click to enlarge.

December 9, 2007

Videos from the Sense of Wonder performance!

• Child's Show (Quicktime, 2.8 MB)
• Rest of Your Life (Quicktime, 2.5 MB)

December 1, 2007

Our holiday concert featuring Four Shillings Short and Transatlantic Crossing was delightful. If you missed it, Bill Muney has provided two video clips for vicarious attendance.

• Transatlantic Crossing (Quicktime, 1.2 MB)
• Four Shillings Short (Quicktime, 1.3 MB)

November 23, 2007

Cafe regular Bill Muney's video from the November 23rd performance by Chicago's joe pug, formerly of Greenbelt:

• Why joe plays at the cafe (Quicktime, 2.7 MB)
• joe's performance of Nation of Heat (Quicktime, 4.2 MB)

November 20, 2007

Cafe history has surfaced! Richard McMullin, pillar of the community, sings an anti-war song in the old front room. We think it's from 2003.

• Richard in concert (Quicktime, 2.1 MB)