Nine coffee shops and more than a dozen artists will participate in the inaugural Coffee’s Night Out, a coffee + cultural kick-off, in Greenpoint on Sunday, November 10th, 2013 fom 5-8 p.m.
Coffee’s Night Out is FREE and guests are encouraged to visit all the participating coffee shops. RSVP.
All participating shops have printed maps available NOW – grab a postcard and hop and crawl around Greenpoint to experience a unique cultural event in each location – and delicious coffee of course!
Curated its founder, Chérmelle D. Edwards of smdlr.com and presented by Greenpointers, Coffee’s Night Out features a program of cultural events – art, music, spoken word, film – that will pop up at participating coffee shops alongside specialty coffee in Greenpoint.
Thanks to our sponsoring coffee shops: Café Grumpy, Charlotte Patisserie, Tar Pit Coffee Shop, Champion Coffee, Cafe Edna and SPINA.
Below is the list of ALL participating coffee shops and details about their special events:
1. Champion (1108 Manhattan Ave) will be serving complimentary Fall beverages, plus small locally sourced bites like Peter Pan donut bread pudding and savory toast with local mustard & pickles.
Coffee Served: Champion
2. Cafecito Bogotá (1015 Manhattan Ave) Jazz performance at 7:10 p.m. Charley Sanchez plus poetry.
Coffee Served: Gillies
3. Propeller Coffee (984 Manhattan Ave) will have live Mad Men models sit for portraits. Come and draw art department style. Pens, pencils and drawing pads provided.
Coffee Served: Parlor Coffee
4. Adelina’s (159 Greenpoint Ave) will feature a projected Art Installation by Gabrielle Muller.
Coffee Served: Blue Bottle Coffee
5. Spina (107 Franklin St) will present a musical acoustic set at 6:15pm by Gordon Kenny – “Blue Eyed Soul on a Vintage 80’s Keyboard,” followed by a musical acoustic set at 7:15pm by Rob Bellcycle – “Acoustic Indie Folk meets hyperactive unicorn meltdown. Come for the cello, stay for the tears.”
Coffee Served: Blue Bottle Coffee
6. Café Grumpy (193 Meserole Ave) will present a group art exhibition: Brad Chaffin, Shinto Imai, Carrollann Oberhansly, Shaak Shatursun, Liam Singer, Caroline Bell, Cheryl Kingan, Danie Drankwalter.
Music by Nick Demopoulus’ created project Smomid.
Coffee Served: Café Grumpy
7. Café Edna (195 Nassau Ave) will present a spoken word series followed by a musical performance. 5:25pm, Personal Poems by Ebony King; 5:35 p.m, Joe Kenneth Musseau: Tales of a Troubled Romantic; 5:45 p.m, Poems by Julien Othniel, (Creative Director The OG Studios); 6-7:30pm Acoustic Set by Angela Reed.
Coffee Served: Toby’s Brooklyn
8. Charlotte Patisserie (596 Manhattan Ave) – Dessert specials and a Vintage Fashion Pop-Up from Nicole Stanley’s In Carrie’s Closet.
Coffee Served: Counter Culture
9. Tar Pit (135 Woodpoint Rd) will feature spoken word, art and musical performances. 5:30pm Book Reading “Coffee Aha” by Robert Galinsky; 6:30pm Poetry Reading by Arielle Heyman; 7:30pm Live art creation by New York artist Marbella Celeste; 8:30pm Acoustic Set by Musician Jesse Cohen.
Coffee Served: Ploughshares
Social Media info:
For Twitter: @coffeesnightout, @greenpointers
Instagram: @coffeesnightout, @greenpointers, @ilovesmdlr
Official hashtags: #coffeesnightout and #CNO.