Poets at Large returns to The Vanilla Bean Café with the voices of two Massachusetts poets, Carol Hobbs and Miriam O’Neal. Hobbs is an educator whose work has appeared in journals and anthologies throughout the United States and Canada. Her recent book New-found-land, available through Main Street Rag in North Carolina, received honorable mention for […]
Don White There is no one-word description for what Don White does. He’s an award-winning singer/songwriter, a comedian, an author, and a storyteller. He’s been bringing audiences to laughter and tears for thirty years, released ten CDs, three live DVDs, and a book, Memoirs of a C Student. His latest album is Live at the […]
Sing:Quiet Corner Song Swap After the death of Pete Seeger in 2014, a small group of his admirers joined together to celebrate his life with a sing-along concert at the Hampton Grange. The event was a huge success and gave birth to SING:The Quiet Corner Song Swap. There is no charge and lyrics are available […]
Mad Agnes Mad Agnes has won hearts on two continents with their signature intricate harmonies, compelling songwriting, and passionate delivery. The genre-bending trio—Margo Hennebach, Adrienne Jones and Mark Saunders—creates an exciting, inclusive performance, delivering new original songs, selections from their thirteen album catalog, story telling and impromptu vocal improv. In their current iteration, Mad Agnes […]
Open Mic Host Kala Farnham Join us for a special Open Mic Night hosted by Kala Farnham, who is the 18th Connecticut State Troubadour and Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Contest winner, and one of our former Open Mic hosts. There will be no microphone, as the whole evening will be just acoustic unplugged music. The […]
Feature: Sandy Yannone Helping to celebrate National Poetry Month on this day will be Sandy Yannone. Yannone is the poet laureate of Old Saybrook, CT where she now resides after a career teaching at Evergreen College in Seattle, WA. Yannone is the author of The Glass Studio (2024) and Boats for Women (2019), both published […]
Celtic Music Session & Irish Favorites Sing-Along - come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for a lively Celtic Music Session at The Vanilla Bean Café. This event will be on the third Sunday of the month from 4 - 6 pm. This […]
Atwater~Donnelly Every performance is surprisingly different and always entertaining, exciting and educational with the award-winning duo Atwater~Donnelly, who provide a unique and thrilling blend of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance, along with original songs and poetry. The highly acclaimed husband-wife duo, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American […]
Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards Little by little, you will get to know Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards through their unmistakable vocal harmonies, poetic lyrics and down-to-earth personae. Based out of Webster, Massachusetts these prolific and hard working Massachusetts-based artists have contributed over seventeen albums within their first decade and toured consistently throughout the US […]
Celtic Music Session & Irish Favorites Sing-Along - come and experience the magic of Celtic music! Join professional local musicians Mark Renburke, Abe Myler, and Andrew McIntosh for a lively Celtic Music Session at The Vanilla Bean Café. This event will be on the third Sunday of the month from 4 - 6 pm. This […]
Feature: Meg Smith Wrapping up the spring season this evening will be Meg Smith as the featured reader. Smith is a writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. She currently serves as content editor of Worcester Magazine, and her journalism has been honored with several awards, including first place, from the New […]
