{"id":10736,"date":"2015-05-20T14:46:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T18:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=10736"},"modified":"2015-05-27T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:59:25","slug":"coffee-house-to-showcase-emerging-musicians-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/coffee-house-to-showcase-emerging-musicians-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Coffee House to showcase emerging musicians this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Libraries are often viewed as a place of study and quiet contemplation, but this Saturday the Aurora Public Library, partnered with The Arts Music Store, is aiming to blow that myth wide-open. <\/p>\n

From 2 \u2013 4.30 p.m., the Library\u2019s Magna Room will host their first ever Coffee House, a hub of live music provided by students from The Arts, java, performances and good conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Library (APL) today is trying to really step outside the box in terms of the way we have always been perceived as being this quiet spot for studies,\u201d says Cindy Shaver of the APL. \u201cWe still are that in many instances, but we\u2019re also this community hub here for innovation and collaboration and that\u2019s what this Coffee House does.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the APL\u2019s Reccia Mandelcorn, this Coffee House opportunity is all about fostering a \u201ccultural experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have books about music, but we also need to have live music,\u201d she says. \u201cWe know youth are involved and we know that music is one of the most important parts of being young. That is how they express themselves. To be enmeshed in the energy of that expression, and to be able to offer that to our community, that is what we\u2019re here for.\u201d<\/p>\n

This partnership with The Arts is a first for the Library, and a first very close to home as the music store\u2019s Aurora branch is located just across the street. Their collaboration came out of the lead-up to the 2015 Aurora Winter Blues Festival where the library played host to a series of \u201cpop-up\u201d concerts featuring emerging musicians, many of whom came out of The Arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone just totally loved the pop-up concerts, and we wanted to keep that conversation going,\u201d says Ms. Mandelcorn. \u201cWe thought we\u2019d start with this coffee house and hopefully it will be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, if it is successful, she adds, it will be a sign of things to come.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to embed ourselves in the community because we\u2019re not a standalone place. We want to be part of the Farmers\u2019 Market and the Cultural Centre, and businesses and we want to know how we can work with you, how we can take the goals of the Library and how we can take your goals as an Aurora institution and Aurora organization and mesh them together for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Coffee House offers a \u201claid back afternoon\u201d of musicians featuring an \u201ceclectic mix of folk, rock, jazz and blues\u201d and, in addition to the music and coffee, organizers also promise \u201cother stuff.\u201d But, to find out what that entails, you have to come out and see for yourself! This is a free drop-in event. No registration is required.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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