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A Letter from Don McLean. By way of Caffè Lena
The following letter and email are shared with the permission of oral historian, musician and Caffè Lena friend Mark Klempner, and shed light on the Caffè as a conduit for inspiration between...
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A Tribute to Jaye Alper
Jaye Alper, a dear friend of the Caffè Lena community, passed away last month after a valiant fight with illness. Many will remember Jaye from Caffè Lena’s 45th Anniversary celebration when she...
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Caffè Lena Turns 52 and Smiles For the Camera
It was a busy anniversary weekend May 19-21, 2012 at Caffè Lena, filled with the spirit of legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie, memorialized by an Emmy Award-nominated filmmaker, highlighted by one dog...
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CLHP Intern Blog: Emily Werner
We’re delighted to be working this summer with Caffè Lena History Project student interns from Skidmore College. Their energy, insight, and ideas are already enhancing CLHP research and outreach in...
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CLHP Intern Blog: Alex Becker
Dear 1960s, I never knew you! So, why do I like you so much? Of the many thought-provoking questions that have surfaced this summer during my work on the Caffè Lena history project, I find myself going...
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CLHP Intern Blog: Sallie Kuritsky
Last Thursday afternoon I took my mother and grandmother to the famous Hattie’s Chicken Shack. As we walked outside, sufficiently stuffed with fried chicken and biscuits, I noticed a middle aged man...
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CLHP Intern Blog: Martha Snow
Food trucks and Friendly Ghosts I first heard about the Caffè Lena History Project through an advertisement in the Skidmore College email system, and was immediately interested. I have grown up in a...
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CLHP Intern Blog: Hannah Rank
Working with the Caffè Lena History Project this summer has reassured my belief that important causes can endure the test of time. As the Caffè marches through 50+ years, a lot has changed, but its...
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An interview with John Roth
In 2010, Minneapolis-based writer and curator Joan Rothfuss recommended arts attorney John Roth to the CLHP, proving once again our belief that exactly the right people come along at exactly the right...
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The GRAMMY Foundation Honors and Preserves Caffè Lena: A Story in Three Parts
Thanks to generous support from the GRAMMY Foundation, the CLHP in partnership with Magic Shop Studio in New York City began an initiative to digitize and preserve over 700 hours of newly discovered...
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Thoughts on Press Releases, Empathy, and Activism
Returning to the Caffѐ Lena History Project after six months in India has challenged me in ways I never would have expected. I had spent the last semester exploring issues in social justice on the...
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“Previously Hidden Merits Including Listening” By Emma Munger – Caffè Lena...
Cataloging tapes for the Caffè Lena History Project is a strange process. I sit at my desk in a recording studio basement, surrounded by stacks of dusty, cassette-filled suitcases that have been...
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CLHP Intern Blog: Samantha Fassak
Leyla McCalla at Caffè Lena 2/16/14 Photo by Aoife Semar “Now I’m going to change the vibe in here entirely,” Leyla commented as she switched from a more solemn piece to the upbeat call-and-response...
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“Freeing the sculpture from the block of marble, discovering the songs within...
Peter Mulvey Concert 4/4/14 Reflections by Samantha Fassak Photo by Samantha Fassak Normally, when the person dies the room dies, but not here. I sat with Peter Mulvey in the Lena room of Caffè Lena on...
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