Earth Poets & Musicians Holly Haebig Wake, Suzanne Rosenblatt, and Harvey Taylor welcome you to their 38th Annual Earthstravaganza celebrating Mother Earth, and doing their best to defend Her, with poems from far-flung members of yester-year also to be shared, from Louisa Loveridge Gallas, Jeff Poniewaz, and Susa Silvermarie.

Tone Home will open, Singing to Connect —- a revolving group led by duo singer-songwriters Ian Powell and Sarah Moore. Powerful lyrics and melodies capture the conundrum of being alive through experimental folk music.

Join us for an evening of inspiration, enlightenment, humor, and joy. The Earth Poets & Musicians are pleased to donate the door $ to the Coffee House, in gratitude for being our long-time “home base.”

Be part of a long-running Coffee House tradition and bring your voice, instrument, a poem or story, or simply come to listen, share, and contribute. Your donations will help Casa Maria, an intentional community, dedicated to following the tradition of the Catholic Worker movement in working for peace and justice.

Casa Maria currently runs four houses. They perform such services as: taking in single mothers and their children who are in need of housing; providing longer-term housing to families and women who need more support; and giving temporary living space for workers, refugees, asylum seekers, and others facing difficulties within the immigration system.

http://casamariacatholicworker.weebly.com/

The Portage Road Songwriters Guild is a group of 9 supportive, creative singer-songwriters that have been nourishing new songs into existence for over 20 years. The Coffee House has hosted its well-anticipated new song concert each year. The Guild includes Eric Baer, Rick Fitzgerald, Jay Bullock, Bob Estes, Chris Head, Mark Plotkin, Chris Straw, and Tom & Barb Webber. Be warned: this concert is always lively!

Music from Big Pink is the debut studio album by the Band. Released in 1968, it employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, blues, and soul, and includes numbers by the Band and Bob Dylan. The music was composed partly in “Big Pink”, a house shared by band members.

This season-ending show will present renditions of all 11 songs from the album, performed by JP Spencer, Eccentric Acoustic, Paul & Andy, John Granzow & Gary Kitchin, Robb Hoffman, and Ives Iverson. Come to listen and sing along to some fascinating classic tunes.