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Coffeehouse Writers Series returns Friday, Sept. 9, 4 p.m.

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) fall Coffeehouse Writers series begins Friday, September 9, at 4 p.m. with “Express-Men.” 

The program will feature writing by Huntsville Times columnist and humorist Ricky Thomason, work by prose-poet David Allen Lambert, original songs by singer-songwriter Tom McClellan, and creative works by poet, musician and visual artist, Jake Berry of Florence.

All Coffeehouse programs are held at the Louis Salmon Library art gallery, on the ground floor just past the reference desk, near the Charger Brew Café. Admission is free, and the Charger Brew Café will be open before the readings.

The UAHuntsville Women’s Studies Program and the Louis Salmon Library sponsor the Coffeehouse Writers Series. This series is open to the public, and most programs last about an hour. For more information, please call Marylyn Coffey, at 256-824-6114.

Upcoming dates in the series include:

 Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 6 p.m. with “Your Story: No Exit!” featuring Kay Campbell, Harry Moore, Jimmy Robinson, Patricia Sammon, and Monita Soni.

Friday, Nov. 4, at 4 p.m. featuring  ArtNSoul:  Marc Lacy, Rea Harris, and Joneia Brown.

Coffeehouse Writers Series Begins Feb. 11

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Women’s Studies and the Salmon Library are partnering in a series of programs featuring local writers reading their work. We hope to eventually draw in a diversity of writing groups from Huntsville and its environs, and we are beginning with the focus on women writers.

The series begins Friday, February 11th, at 4 pm with the Coweeta Poets: Susan Luther, Rosemary McMahan, Margaret Vann, Erin Reid, Debbie West, Rose Norman, and Evelyn Hurley. This group got started in the 1990s at a retreat led by Susan Luther at McClure Mill, near Franklin,NC, on the porch over Coweeta Creek, and has been meeting quarterly in each other’s homes ever since. They will be reading from their new chapbook, Something More Solid Than Earth.

The series continues on Tuesday, February 22, at 6 pm, with a program called “She Speaks,” featuring poetry by Ruth Braswell, Katina Walton, Symonia Montgomery, Shawana Ariel, La’Shea Monique Johnson, and Caneeka Miller. La’Shea has a new book, Paradigm: Poetry Through Life Lessons. Caneeka Miller, whose work will be featured, also has a new book of poems, Smeared Eyeliner & Faded Lipstick.

On March 8, at 7 pm, the series will celebrate International Women’s Day with readings by the local writing group BWFFs: Susan Gorrell, Erin Reid, Susan Phelan, Kathie Butler, Marylyn Coffey, Heather Kilgore, Betty Clemens, Sandra Shattuck, and Bee Barbara.

All readings are at the Salmon Library art gallery, on the ground floor just past the reference desk, near Jazzman’s Cafe. Admission is free, and Jazzman’s Café will be open before the Tuesday night readings. We expect Coffeehouse Writers programs to continue through the end of April and will be advertising them in groups of several programs at a time.

For information about the programs, to propose a program for the series, or to become a sponsor for the series, call Marylyn Coffey at 256-824-6114 or email coffeymt@uah.edu.