Terry Kitchen - Expresso Yourself Community Coffeehouse

The following provided by W. David Stephenson. Photo image by Bob Yahn.

Terry Kitchen Headlines Expresso Yourself Community Coffeehouse Saturday, 10/27

Folk singer/writer Terry Kitchen will headline the Saturday, October 27th at 7pm at the Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse. The monthly community coffeehouse is held in the historic 1789 building of First Parish Unitarian Universalist, 26 North Street, in Medfield.

The October theme is “Heaven Here On Earth.” 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). Teens and adults are welcomed. The coffeehouse has become a popular gathering place for MetroWest residents.

According to Expresso Yourself co-director Thea Iberall, The Boston Globe calls Kitchen "one of New England's best songwriters.” The award-winning contemporary folksinger/songwriter writes songs that are portraits of ordinary people and emotions, captured with extraordinary compassion, honesty and humor.

His latest CD, The Quiet Places, has been heard across the U.S and Canada, with its opening track "Enjoy It While It Lasts" reaching #8 on the national Folk-DJ chart.

Kitchen's songs have won the Mid-Atlantic and USA Song Contests and been runner-up in the John Lennon Song Contest, and have appeared in numerous films. He has been performing on folk stages since the 1990s, experiences he recounts in his novel Next Big Thing, called "a great debut novel" by The San Francisco Book Review.

Refreshments will be served. A $10 donation is suggested ($5 for open mic participants, $3 students).