Acoustic Spo­ken­Word Café 2013

Happy New Year all! The first half of our fourth sea­son was a bless­ing. We hosted seven Cafés between Sep­tem­ber and Decem­ber, on the sec­ond and fourth Sat­ur­days of the month. In Decem­ber we saluted our mem­bers and donors with a free evening of enter­tain­ment fea­tur­ing poet Cur­tis Crisler, and TRIAAC’s own TRJE/Re-mix. From what you’re say­ing, the Café is mov­ing in the right direc­tion. Full-speed ahead!

We were real for­tu­nate this fall to regain Jay Carroll’s help, an old friend, Jay, worked with us dur­ing the for­ma­tive stages of the Three Rivers Jenbé Ensem­ble, which later mor­phed into TRIAAC. Jay’s coor­di­nat­ing Cafe devel­op­ment; as a result the video out­put qual­ity for record­ing artists, and on our Youtube Chan­nel will improve. There are other changes com­ing in the per­for­mance space. Stay tuned.

Thank you to all the artists who gave their time and tal­ent this sea­son: Shout-outs to Dodie Mil­lier, Adam Gaile, Domon­ica Mal­one, Jesse West, Rae Sur­face, and Fred­die Dun­lap, the Phil Shurger Quar­tet, Emmanuel Ortiz, Jes­sica Lopez, Rob, Emmett, Adam “Adosh” Bod­nar, Jason Green, Danielle Brewer, Cur­tis L. Crisler, and the Three Rivers Jenbé Ensem­ble. And to whet you appetite here’s a taste of Jesse West’s Novem­ber 12th pre­sen­ta­tion. Enjoy!