A Return to the Coffeehouse Era

[Les]

At the risk of sounding like someone just pressed the nostalgia button in my heart, I find myself wanting to be a catalyst for the revival of coffeehouses.

Many of us recall a time when transient artists were warmly welcomed to share music, poetry, etc. from the stage of a community location that did not exist for the sake of the almighty dollar. I liked the idealism of those days and although I am fully aware that many of the idealists moved on to become the establishment, I think our times may be calling for today's version of hopefulness.

Comments, ideas?????

[Glenna]

Ah, your description sure brought back some good memories.

I've seen a bit of a revival of the old community owned, warmly welcoming coffee houses, and it is a joy to see for sure. Everyone is welcome to pull up a mic, and there is cheap or free space for community meetings. Nice.

Do you think there might be a call for a type of "coffee house" social network on Archetects of a New Dawn?

[David Long]

I've been having a similar idea, although with a focus on learning - (I'll put this idea more fully in my own blog I think) but for now let me just say that I think this is a great idea. One of the voids created by the present mindless 'progress' of society is that people are more and more disconnected from community. I think there are pockets of people who are starting to feel this void more and more, and they may provide a place to begin. While social networks (via Internet technology are fine) they only go so far and cannot fill the need we have for human interaction. The immediate future seems to be full of opportunity to bring reality to these networks.