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Thursday 7-10 p.m. Open Mic
Friday 7-10 p.m. Extended Play

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Yellow Sofa Open Mic Carries On!


Writers, poets, musicians and songwriters who initially mourned the passing of the legendary Yellow Sofa Cafe decided to heed Joe Hill's advice to instead carry on and organize. "The Traveling Yellow Sofa Open Mic" begins Saturday, April 21st 6:30 p.m. at the Media Education Foundation's Francis Crowe Community Room, 60 Masonic St., Northampton. Pictured left to right are Sofa loyalists David Mansfield, Christopher Goudreau, Felix Harvey, Scott Cadwallader, Michael Silverstone, Rob Douglas and Laura Titrud. Photo by Ruth Hutton

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Miraculous Reincarnation of Travelling Yellow Sofa occurs on Streets of Northampton

Thanks to friends of the Yellow Sofa, a number of die-hards were able to stage this publicity photo shoot to advertise the new series of that begins Saturday, April 21st at the Frances Crowe Community Room, 60 Masonic St., Northampton 6:30-10:00 p.m.

What a lot of fun and creative generosity by Ruth, and by the crew coming up with ideas for how to do this. It's a lot harder than you'd think to stage photos in the middle of the street with 8 people.

The "Traveling Yellow Sofa Open Mic" Series starts April 21st!

Traveling Yellow Sofa Open Mic performers call attention to themselves in the middle of the street in Northampton early on a Saturday morning in March. Vote on your favorites. Give your first choice a 10, your second choice a 9, and so on. Your least favorite would be a 1.



1. Marching picture



2. Roost (L to R no cars #1)


3. Roost (L to R no cars #2)


4. Announcing in the Street


5. Couch in the middle of Main St.


6. Crossing Main St

7. Delivery Man Comes By


8. Happy Family Portrait Corner


9. Streetcorner Family Portrait



10. Welcome to Northampton