Entertainment Calendar

Poets at Large

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Poets at Large This month we will feature poets Wendy Haller and Catherine DeNunzio. Haller, a Rhode Island native, released her first book of poems last year and is a former preschool special education teacher with two published children’s books. Her poems center on family dynamics and individual growth. Connecticut’s DeNunzio has one volume of […]

$15

Sing:Quiet Corner Song Swap

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

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 for most songs. They […]

Free

Oakes & Smith

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Husband and wife folk duo Oakes & Smith creates an ethereal sound not often heard in today’s popular music. Katherine and Robert evoke a soulful sense of wonder, expressing themes of love, creativity, mystery, and an appreciation of natural beauty. Said Kylee Colvin of The Levity Ball, “Oakes & Smith…bring a sense of calm an […]

$25

Poets at Large – Tony Brown

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Poets at Large March 23 the Poets at Large show will feature well-known Worcester poet Tony Brown. Tony Brown has been writing for well over 50 years, and publishing and performing his work for over 40. A seven-time Pushcart Prize and two-time Best Of The Net nominee, he is also the winner of the 2022 […]

$15

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt Claudia Schmidt and Sally Rogers have been weaving their voices, dulcimers, and guitars together for decades, creating an atmosphere of joy and musical lushness that audiences find so irresistible, they frequently join right in. Starting with their soaring harmonies - "blood harmony" was how one fan described it - fascinating […]

$25

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 for most songs. They […]

Free

Poets at Large – Lee Derosiers

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Poets at Large Lee Desrosiers (they/them) is a native New Yorker who moved north to hear the crickets and has lived in western Massachusetts and New England for the last 30+ years. Lee is currently working on two books simultaneously. Their latest poetry book is Keeping Planes in the Air (Salmon Poetry 2020). Followed by an […]

$15

Geoff Kaufman

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Although Geoff Kaufman is best known to a lot of people for his 35 years of singing and organizing maritime music at Mystic Seaport Museum in CT, he has always maintained an active touring schedule featuring music from such formative influences as singers and songwriters from the “folk scare” of the 60s (Tom Paxton, Joan […]

$20

SING: Quiet Corner Song Swap

The Vanilla Bean Cafe 450 Deerfield Road, Pomfret, CT, United States

Sing: 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 for most songs. […]

Free