Coffeehouse will take place on Nov. 22 in the Commons at 7 p.m., with tickets being sold for $5 dollars the week leading up to and at the doors of the event. Every November, the literary magazine hosts its annual fall Coffeehouse, an event where students gather to perform and enjoy music accompanied by an array of baked goods.
Literary Magazine was established in 2007 and has since curated its yearly magazine while hosting events. In addition to its yearly magazine of literature and arts, the club also plans the Coffeehouse events and Valentine’s Day rose deliveries.
This is club sponsor Sidney Wollmuth’s first year planning the event, which has proven to be a learning experience for club members.“This is the first year that we have a new sponsor, so we’re trying to figure out the details of all that. We’ve been putting up posters and trying to get people from our club to help volunteer and trying to get the Wootton community interested in coming,” senior and editor-in-chief Reva Gargi said.
The club has been busy planning the event for the past few weeks. This entails creating posters, getting acts arranged, and getting the space ready for the community to gather. As time ticks closer to the event, members rush to get the word out about the event’s occurrence in hopes of a high community turnout to support the club and local artists. Attendance for literary magazine events means having more funding to create their yearly magazine, which they spend all year designing. “Planning for the Coffeehouse has been wonderful. It has been great coming together as a club and leadership team to make posters and plan for the event. Coffeehouse is a great opportunity to spotlight musicians and artists in our Wootton community,” junior and club member Sol Berrellez said.
Coffeehouse provides a safe space for students to explore local artists and support their friends in their creative endeavors. The event usually books a local band to perform, and additional performers are students who sign up online. “I think just that key aspect of uplifting local artists and community artists within the school community has inherent value. Then also just as a community event, I think it brings people together around this celebration of creativity. I think it’s a really great opportunity to both consume and immerse oneself in the arts,” junior and club member Nasrin Sari said.
The fall coffeehouse entertains and can open up the community to a whole new world of artists. By allowing local artists to express themselves, Coffeehouse uplifts those who require support to share their love of the arts. Hosted at this school, the creativity that courses through the air of the event inspires and brings the school together. “My favorite thing is sitting with my friends and listening to people perform and just seeing how happy everyone is and all the support our club gets,” Gargi said.
