Community Corner
Rich Berg Headlines Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse on 1/26
Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse, an opportunity for spoken word artists to share their poetry, stories, and songs. January theme "Free Voice"
The following provided by W. David Stephenson.
Storyteller Rich Berg will headline the Saturday, January 26th Expresso Yourself Community Coffeehouse in Medfield.
The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse is an opportunity for spoken word artists to share their poetry, stories, and songs. The monthly community coffeehouse is held in the historic 1789 building of First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 26 North Street, in Medfield, starting at 7 pm.
The January theme is “Free Voice.” Open mic readers have 6 minutes to share original or non-original poetry, stories, performance art, music or songs (performers are encouraged to stick to the monthly theme).
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Teens and adults are welcomed. The coffeehouse has become a popular gathering place for MetroWest residents.
According to Expresso Yourself co-director Thea Iberall, "We had an incredible New Year’s Expresso with international folk dancing. We are looking forward to Rich Berg returning as a feature. The audience loved him last time he was here a couple of years ago.” She adds, “You never know what to expect from the open mic participants. Songs, stories, poems. One person played the harmonica at one of our coffeehouses. Another young girl played the flute.”
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Berg produces and co-hosts “For the Love of Words,” filmed at Easton Community Cable, and is program developer and co-instructor of the Poetry Workshops at the Ames Free Library, both in Easton.
He has been featured at Wake Up and Smell the Poetry in Hopkinton and the South Coast Center for the Arts, as well as dozens of other venues. Rich’s poetry & photography appear in several publications and galleries. He has a B.S.B.A degree from Suffolk University and teaches
writing and about overcoming adversity. He is a brain injury survivor and an advocate for the Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts.
Refreshments are served. Adults and teens are welcomed. A $10 donation is suggested ($5 for open mic participants, $3 students).
Medfield TV films the events and posts them to YouTube. Berg produces and co-hosts “For the Love of Words,” filmed at Easton Community Cable, and is program developer and co-instructor of the Poetry Workshops at the Ames Free Library, both in Easton.
