So we are all set for our coffeehouse event on Wednesday, December 12th. Thank you for all your support. The key details:
Paul’s Coffeehouse and Tea: 956 W. Cherry in Louisville. (East side of McCaslin)
- Block 1 will be reading from 5pm-5:45pm.
- Block 2 will be reading from 6pm-7pm.
The Cafe is well… cozy. It will be crowded and may be standing room only (especially with the cold weather on tap). Thanks in advance for your patience and flexibility. Students should plan on arriving 10 minutes before their class begins reading — and in the spirit of support and community, please plan on staying throughout the entire performance. (You don’t need to stay for both performances!)
Upcoming due dates: (Descriptions are in this day-by-day coffeehouse prep document.)
- Every night: Reading.
- Tuesday: Two copies of your coffeehouse excerpt, proofread, printed, and stapled to construction paper
- Wednesday: Your introduction and closing for your reading.
- Friday: Strong draft of your blurb for peer critique
- Monday 12/10: Final draft of blurb
- Tuesday, 12/11: Program cover design due.
Again, unless you have already communicated with me, it is the expectation that all students are attending the coffeehouse reading. This is an important event to celebrate your student’s writing. If your student is not attending for whatever reason, please let me know asap. Thank you in advance.
Happy December! -JF
Ps. We’ll do a lot of microphone practice in class, but if your student is feeling particularly nervous — please encourage them to meet with me before or after school and we can practice together.