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Coffee House Concert: Instigate!

October 10, 2013

Robert and George Cruikshank, "MIDNIGHT. Tom & Jerry at a Coffee Shop near the Olympic," Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis (London, 1820-21). Courtesy of The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library.

Robert and George Cruikshank, “MIDNIGHT. Tom & Jerry at a Coffee Shop near the Olympic,” Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, Accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis (London, 1820-21). Courtesy of The Ohio State University Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. via David A. Brewer

Admit it. You saw the words “coffee house concert” and thought mellow, warm, non-taxing music. You know, the kind they play in a coffee house, especially on a rainy drecky day like this.* A Kenny G-esque muzak version of “My Heart Will Go On (and on and on and on….),” anyone?

Well, think again. For that is not what our fearless leader, Jennifer Rodgers Beach has in mind. Nuh-uh. Here’s a sneak peek from the concert program, in her words:  [Read more…]

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