The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series wraps up its TENTH SEASON by presenting World Folk-Pop group, the Guy Mendilow Band at the First United Methodist Church, 1 East Broad Street (corner of North Avenue) in Westfield, on Saturday, June 12th. Doors will open at 7:30 PM and the concert begins at 8 PM. Admission is $19.00 on line and $23.00 at the door.

This concert is the Tenth Season Finale and Ice Cream Social, with Gelato donated by Ciao Bella. Advance purchase of tickets is highly recommended by going to www.guymendilow.eventbrite.com/

This concert will benefit  the Community FoodBank of New Jersey.

To Guy Mendilow the music cannot be separated from the message, whether you are part of the audience at Bethlehem Musikfest, New York’s Tribeca Performing Arts Center, in a master workshop with government education ministers from Palestine, Israel, Jordan or Lebanon, or swapping songs between Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the 26 diverse young people in the American Boychoir — Mendilow’s first touring experience. The Guy Mendilow Band continues to blur musical boundaries and offers its modest contributions to today’s larger peace puzzle: by creating person to person connections, one song at a time.

For more info about this concert and the featured artist, please visit www.guymendilow.eventbrite.com/

For more information about the Coffee With Conscience Concert Series, please visit www.coffeewithconscience.org  or call the Concert Hotline at 908-412-9105. Volunteers are always appreciated!

The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series continues its TENTH SEASON by presenting Lucy Kaplansky.  This show will take place at the First United Methodist Church, 1 East Broad Street (corner of North Avenue) in Westfield, on Saturday, April 17th. Doors will open at 7:15 PM and the concert begins at 8 PM. Admission is $23.00 on line and $27.00 at the door.

This concert will benefit  the Keith Knost Special Needs Trust. Touring Singer/songwriter, Randall Williams, will open the show. Advance purchase of tickets is highly recommended by going to www.lucykaplansky2.eventbrite.com.

Lucy Kaplansky started out singing in Chicago bars. Then, barely out of high school, Lucy Kaplansky took off for New York City. There she found a fertile community of songwriters and performers - Suzanne Vega, John Gorka, Bill Morrissey, Cliff Eberhardt, and others - where she fit right in. With a beautiful flair for harmony, Lucy was everyone's favorite singing partner, but most often she found herself singing as a duo with Shawn Colvin. People envisioned big things for them; in fact, The New York Times said it was "easy to predict stardom for her." But then Lucy dropped it all! Lucy left the musical fast track to pursue a doctorate in Psychology!

Upon completing her degree, Dr. Kaplansky took a job at a New York hospital working with chronically mentally ill adults, and also started a private practice. Yet she continued to sing. Lucy was often pulled back into the studio by her friends, (who now had contracts with record labels) wanting her to sing on their albums. She harmonized on Colvin's Grammy-winning Steady On, on Nanci Griffith's Lone Star State of Mind and Little Love Affairs, and on four of John Gorka's albums. She also landed soundtrack credits, singing with Suzanne Vega on Pretty in Pink and with Griffith on The Firm, and several commercial credits.

Then Shawn Colvin, who was itching to produce a record, hooked up with Lucy, her ex-singing partner. They went into the studio, and it all came together. When Lucy's solo tapes got into the hands of Bob Feldman, president of Red House Records, he was blown away. Suddenly, Lucy was back in the music business. She signed with Red House and started playing gigs. Red House released The Tide in 1994 to rave reviews, and within six months Lucy signed with a major booking agency, and began touring so much it required leaving her two psychologist positions behind.

Five albums behind her, Lucy rediscovers her musical roots and returns to the more acoustic sound of the music she first fell in love with - folk and classic country. Lucy's new life as a mother has enhanced the emotional depth of her songwriting. Her sixth album "Over the Hills," released in Matrch, 2007, explores universal themes of love, joy, loss, and dreams for the future, through reflections on family. The record features guest vocalists Eliza Gilkyson, Buddy Miller, Richard Shindell and Jonatha Brooke. It is pure Americana, wonderfully raw and rich with heartache and hope.

For more info about this concert and the featured artist, please visit www.lucykaplansky2.eventbrite.com or http://www.lucykaplansky.com
 
The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series is a ten-show series running from September through June at the First United Methodist Church of Westfield. The Series supports the following charities: Contact We Care (Westfield), Homefirst (Plainfield), Habitat for Humanity (Plainfield), the Community Food Bank of NJ (Hilside) and the Keith Knost Special Needs Trust (Mountainside). Each beneficiary has two concerts dedicated to it during the season.

The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Westfield Service League, and other private donations – which are enthusiastically encouraged.

For more information about the Coffee With Conscience Concert Series, the upcoming performance, or ways in which to get involved with the series, please visit www.coffeewithconscience.org. You can also call the Concert Hotline at 908-412-9105 or send an e-mail to ahrre@ahrre.com. Volunteers are always appreciated!

The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series concludes its Ninth Season by presenting folk diva, Sloan Wainwright, in concert at the First United Methodist Church, 1 East Broad Street (corner of North Avenue) in Westfield, on Saturday, June 13th. Doors will open at 7:30 PM and the concert begins at 8 PM. Admission is $19.00 on line and $20.00 at the door.

This concert will benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Advance purchase of tickets is highly recommended by going to sloanwainwright.eventbrite.com.

Sloan Wainwright has been a pioneer all her life! A forerunner in the independent music scene long before it became hip to walk the road less traveled, Sloan is an artist whose passionate work and extraordinary life have fused to burn a new definition for women in music. Grown-up girl style.

An outstanding and highly original singer, Sloan is a compelling performer best known for her rich contralto voice, intensely personal lyrics, and an innovative approach to song. Hard to categorize, her musical style melds the best of pop, folk, jazz, and blues to create a soulful hybrid. Her personal appearances are forceful and uplifting, her stage persona self-described as "we take our audience on a journey, we come in full tilt and do our show."

The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series is a ten-show series running from September through June at the First United Methodist Church of Westfield. The Series supports the following charities: The Eric Johnson House in Morristown, Homefirst, Habitat for Humanity, the Community Food Bank of NJ and the Keith Knost Special Needs Trust. Each charity has two concerts dedicated to it during the season.

The Coffee With Conscience Concert Series is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Westfield Service League, and other private donations ? which are enthusiastically encouraged.

For more information about the Coffee With Conscience Concert Series, the upcoming performance, or ways in which to get involved with the series, please visit www.coffeewithconscience.org. You can also call the Concert Hotline at 908-412-9105 or send an e-mail to ahrre@ahrre.com. Volunteers are always appreciated!

Coffee With Conscience Concert Series is presented by Ahrre's Coffee Roastery.

April 19th -- Scott & Michelle Dalziel, $16, www.dalziel.net

 <b>May 17th -- David Wilcox</b> $26, www.davidwilcox.com
                  

 <b>June 21st -- Small Potatoes</b> $16, www.smallpotatoesmusic.com
                  

These Concerts take place at the 1st United Methodist Church of Westfield, 1 East Broad Street, corner of North Avenue

The doors open at 7:15 PM and the Concerts begin at 8 PM.

Powerful Women of Song Concert Series, presented by Ahrre's Coffee Roastery.

 <b>April 5th -- Kristy Jackson</b>  $16,    www.kristyjackson.com         
                  

 <b>May 3rd -- Natalia Zukerman</b> $16,     www.nataliazukerman.com    
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June 7th Ellis $16, www.ellis-music.com

 These Concerts take place at the Watchung Arts Center located at 18 Sterling Road, on the Watchung Circle, in Watchung, NJ.
                  

 The doors open at 7:15 PM and the Concerts begin at 8 PM.