Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) is pleased to host its June ‘Coffeehouse Nite’ in the school’s creative arts room, tonight, Thursday, June 5 from 6-8pm.
Performers at this intimate alcohol-free event will include Trey Brooks, Emily Tholberg, Sean & Pam Meade, Alison Beach, Desiree Soto M, and Bill Trimarco.
Your $10 donation includes complimentary coffee, tea and snacks, and supports Pagosa’s district-authorized tuition-free charter school.
The first record of a public place serving coffee dates back to 1475. Turkish coffee was served strong, black and unfiltered, usually brewed in an ibrik. They took coffee very seriously, too. In fact, it was such an important item during that time, that it was legal in Turkey for a woman to divorce her husband if he could not supply her with enough coffee.
Eventually, coffee houses spread across Europe — especially into Italy and France — with the first one in England opening in 1652.
As Europeans arrived in North America, the coffee house was not far behind. Coffee was seen as a patriotic drink in the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, when drinking tea fell out of fashion. The Green Dragon Tavern in Boston was nicknamed the “Headquarters of the Revolution” by Daniel Webster for housing many meetings of the Sons of Liberty, leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
In the early 20th century, coffeehouses were reinvigorated by the Temperance Movement and, even more importantly, by massive Italian immigration. It isn’t accidental that places that had sizable Italian immigrant communities, such as New York’s Greenwich Village, Boston’s North End, and San Francisco’s North Beach, were also where folk music coffeehouses initially appeared.
‘Coffeehouse Nites’ at PPOS aims to continue the tradition of coffee, music and community.
Come celebrate local music and poetry, and project-based education! https://pagosapeakopenschool.org