An Evening with the Lost Bayou Trio
February 28, 2019Doors open at 6pm | $35
Andre and Louis Michot host an evening of Grammy Award winning Louisiana French Music and help answer the eminent question of where Louisiana French is headed in the 21st century.
Speaking of Dying with Trudy James
March 28, 2019Doors open at 6pm | $35
It’s a subject few are willing to talk about: our own deaths. Join Seattle-based interfaith chaplain Trudy James for a conversation about dying. She came to understand death and grief in new and deeper ways from her work directing an AIDS CareTeam program in Arkansas from 1989 to 1997 that served over 500 men and women CarePartners with AIDS. For that work she was honored at the White House by President Clinton. Since then she has gone on to create the Heartwork end-of-life planning groups and speaks regularly about death and planning to die.
A City within a City: the Life of Sharpstown
April 25, 2019Doors open at 6pm | $35
Hear the story of Sharpstown from Micah Fields, recipient of the Oxford American‘s 2018-19 Jeff Baskin Fellowship. Sharpstown is a neighborhood in Houston that was one of America’s first master-planned subdivisions, and where much of Micah’s family lives.
Portrait of an Artist as Santa Claus with Ken Waldman
May 23, 2019Doors open at 6pm | $35
Ken Waldman (Alaska's Fiddling Poet) combines Appalachian-style string-band music, original poetry, and mostly Alaska-set storytelling for a performance uniquely his. In the last twenty years, Ken has had published nine full-length poetry collections, a memoir, and a kids’ book, and has released nine music albums that combine old-time Appalachian-style string-band music with original poetry. A full-time touring artist, he performs internationally in a wide variety of venues for a wide variety of audiences, from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, Australia.
Sing Me A Story with Sweet Cecilia
July 25, 2019Doors open at 6pm | $35
The all female, award-winning band, Sweet Cecilia, is a family trio from Cecilia, LA. Their music is deeply rooted in country, rock, folk, and Cajun influences. Recently they've been racking up awards and are coming to sing you a story.
Connecting and Giving Back w/ Capi Peck
August 22, 2019Doors open at 6pm | $35
Capi Peck is a Little Rock native who calls herself a “self-taught good cook” with deep culinary roots. Her love of great food, cooking and the hospitality business grew from her childhood experiences at her family’s establishment, the Sam Peck Hotel.
