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| Like many of our customers , Katherine became our friend trough the "coffee sipping habit" . We love to sit together on hot summer days in front of the store , under the umbrella and wach the busy street -- or in the back yard , where the flowers , grass and overgrown ivy removes us from the town noise. Katherine's studio is only a few doors down from us , so sometimes I have the opportunity to visit it. It is just a magic place , where different smells , colors and the light creates this kind of atmosphere , where an artist gets her inspiration . |
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| We met Tony Arnold in the early 80's in Berlin , West Germany . When we got married three years later in Nicosia , Cyprus, we decided to go back to Berlin for our honeymoon , where our romance started . Many friends and some relatives made every day of our vacation unforgetable. Tony simply handeled us the key to his apartment where we stayed for over 30 days. This was the last time that we saw each other. A few years later Tony moved to Spain , where he bought a parcel of land with a simple old water mill building. Tony's unselfish and generous personality and his sensativity to beauty make today's Molino del Rey a fascinating place to see and experience. If you decide to visit Molino del Rey, please give Tony and Lidiya a big hug from us. |
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| The Norristown Arts Building is an environment where art can be made, shown and taught. Founded in 1996 by Timothy Hawkesworth and Ellen Berenholz - have 20 private studios and a teaching facility for drowing / painting workshops and studio residencies. These programs are run by Timothy Hawkeworth. |
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6.18.2005 Aleks had received an e-mail from well- known Philadelphia based folk musician and critic, Peter Stone Brown. He was seeking a place for the filming of a new film based on the music and personal influence of Bob Dylan on American life. Conceived and written by a Dutch film director, Wink De Putter, the film captures the essence of Dylan, through twelve different characters who were inspired and affected by his life and music. "How Many Roads ..." commissioned by Dutch television station, it is expected to be completed by this November and to be subsequently entered in film festivals in Europe and the US. We will everyone know when and where. Visitors to the Coffee Talk included from Amsterdam, Netherlands : Wink DePutter , his brother , Jos - the film's producer, and Lithuanian - born cameraman, Vladas Naudzius. Host and performer - Peter Stone Brown was joined at the mic by Trev Gibb, who had flown in from Newcastle, England. The admirers of Stone Brown and Bob Dylan flew in from Oregon and Wisconsin, to join the local Norristonians. Once more we see and hear how Music can be the international language of peace. Coffee Talk is pleased to have participated. Joel Eigen |
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| Ray Naylor is a performing songwriter from the Philadelphia area. He has been performing since 1980, playing in venues ranging from small coffeehouses to the Philadelphia Folk Festival in 1997. His songs range from funny to heartfelt. In addition to his own material, Ray also performs Songs from other artists. Ray's style of songwriting has been most influenced by the singer / songwriters from the 1960's, such Phil Ochs and Jerry Jeff Walker. Ray has been heavily involved in the acoustic music scene in the Philadelphia for many years, not only as a performer, but also as a manager of other songwriter, venue booker, and concert promoter. Ray's first CD, called "Slow Cooker" was released in 2003, and he is currently recording his second CD, to bereleaased by the end of 2009. For more information on Ray Naylor go to his web site: www.raynaylor.net . Coffee Talk is proud to host Mr. Naylor in the short future -- |
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| "Susan Kenney received a BFA from the University of the Arts. Ms. Kenney has studiet at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Fleidher Art Memorial, The Sketch Club, the Plastic Club and the Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art." Please, visit Susan at : www.susankenneyartist.com |
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| This February has given us one of the most beautiful few days in decades ! Our Norristown has revealed his real glory. We walked up and down the streets and after the walk this album was created. Please, click on the blue snow flake and enjoy this unforgettable winter of 2010 . A.. Eigen |
| February 2010 in Norristown , PA |
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| Some pics of great momentsin our coffee shop. Thank you for visiting ... |
| The Winter Smile by Aleksandra Eigen |
| On one of this magic-like evenings, Miss Janina and her husband visited us. They were very quiet people. The husband was on disability because he had a coal miners sickness and was breathing heavy. They grew rabbits and sold them for meat. They were "few words" people. As a matter of fact, the only subject that they could talk was those rabbits. My Mom started a pot of coffee and served it with cookies. Two more chairs were moved closer to the stove. Everyone made comments about how the stove smiles and then we all talked about rabbits. When we woke up, Miss Janina and her husband were fully dressed in winter coats, ready to leave. Miss Janina said " It's time for us to go ... we still need to feed the rabbits". And " we added some coal to the stove --look, it still has the winter smile !" Dear People, they never learned how great my parents' embarrassment was. We got a rabbit for Christmas. It was delicious. |
| Each of those stoves was a real piece of art. Some of them had a little iron door in the middle, so we baked apples there or warmed our slippers ... The lower part of the stove had three small doors, one over the other, divided by grill-like shelves between them. To start the fire, the upper one was used. The second collected the ashes of the burned coal. while the third one collected all the dust and fine ashes. When the fire was at its peak, and the ceramic stove was hot and the whole room was very warm, the first little iron door changed its color to red. We called this "the winter smile". Then, after all the coal was burned, all three little doors and the chimney were ready to be closed. The ceramic stove was hot for hours and hours. My parents put two chairs next to the stove to keep their backs warm, and this how I got my introduction to the best world literature --- Zola, Hemingway, Dostoevsky, Hugo, Goethe, Lermontov, Mickiewicz ... We also sang to classical music, matching our tunes with the radio. |
| Cold winters, especially like this current one, make me think about great times in Poland, where winter is much longer and colder than in Pennsylvania. The truth is, that the only "great" is a fact that I was a half century younger and my only worry was how to get to school and back home. I am sitting in my house with my husband and two cats, enjoying the great performance of our brand new gas heat system that practically requires only knowledge of how to move the thermostat to the left or to the right. That's boring !!! In my glorious childhood, in our neighborhood we had ceramic coal stoves. Each room had one and in the kitchen there was a special stove - half gas, half coal. |
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| coffee, while watching sun spots with almost closed eyes. Frankie arrived in one of those spots, holding his electric guitar, making noise with his portable amplifier hanging on his back. After some "sweet little talk" he sat with us and we all waited very quietly for the music, because Frankie equals music. It was hot and lazy. The music started to come from out of his nose and then trough his mouth ... nothing specific, just some southern tunes. His body started to wave, dictating the slow rhythm. Before he started to sing he just extend one of the tunes to eight or nine of them and added: " O-o-o-o-y-e-e-e-h " ... Soon kids started just staring at him and we all began to sing a little bit, imaginingthat we all are Frankie. Then this older guy put his bicycle against the tree and reached into his pocket for small harmonica ... Cliff Noble slowly walked up the street, attract by the music. He held two teaspoons and he sat on the front step, and he started to wave his body and make a delicate noise with those spoons. All and everything around forgot the reality and we all sang and waved our bodies, and we were far from Norristown, we got to the "I Feel Peace Place". What a beautiful moment it was ... This was the moment that the blues got to my heart forever. A. Eigen - April 2010. |
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| I've noticed many other annual ' Bob Dylan Birthday Bashes' cropping up around the world since we started this one so many years ago. But this one is different, in that it encourages and even depends on audience participation. Everyone is invited on stage to perform their favorite Bob Dylan songs themselves, with or without accompaniment. The performers that come to the annual Open-Mike- or shall we say, "Open- Bob" - have tended to range from amateur fans to veteran professionals, but all levels have been welcomed and backed up by the cracker-jack assemblage of musicians that attends, led by Gordon and his musical partner Sandy Pluta in "The Barn Swallows". We've had people come out to this event all the way from Reading, Allentown, Lancaster, Delaware, New York and New Yersey. A core of people return every year, looking forward to unveiling their new interpretations of Dylan classics and obscurities. It's become like an annual family reunion, plus lots of new faces every year ... Matthew Gordon - May 2010 |
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