It's a Zippy's Night

Over the last year Thursday nights have become what I look forward to most in the week. It’s a break from the busy and an escape into a small-town atmosphere. I can sip down a cup of bitter coffee, take a seat on a sofa, swap artistic views and know most everyone by name. It’s this atmosphere that makes open mic at Café Zippy’s so great.

Last night was no different. I grabbed my Art & Lutherie and headed to downtown Everett. While I’m what you can call an amateur musician, it’s always interesting to see what talent will walk in through the door each week.

Just as much as the paintings on the wall and the bikes hanging from the ceiling make the café, so do the regulars. Some of the poets are published writers. In fact, it was yesterday that Peggy Larsen, a former EvCC instructor, shared a book that she was recently published in called In the Company of Woman.

There of course are your key characters- the host whose jokes deserve a drum and a symbol crash, the painter who cannot help but take up a pencil and sketch, the Buddhist whose goal is to spread joy and love, the off-key/off-beat musicians as well as the on-key/on-beat musicians. It’s a variety of people from different stages in life that are brought together through their interest and passion for poetry, music, and new perspectives.

Interested? Join me at Zippy’s next Thursday night around 7:30 p.m.