Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Friday, September 3, 2010

Time: 7:30am – 9am

Meet Michigan Radio’s new All Things Considered host, Jennifer White, and their Morning Edition host, Christina Shockley over coffee at Sweetwaters downtown.  Stop by for a free cup of coffee and other Michigan Radio freebies and prizes.

For more information: http://www.michiganradio.org/coffee.html

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Time: 4pm-7pm

Join us in celebrating the work of Molly Ann Indura, Terry A. Odell, and Linda Kortesoja Klenczar – our featured artists during the month of September.  The reception is open to all!  Come enjoy a Sweetwaters drink and treat, view their work, and meet the artists.  Hats off to these three!

For more information about the artists:

Molly Ann Indura – www.bethelight.org

Terry A. Odell – www.terryodellphotography.com

Linda Kortesoja Klenczar – http://lindaklenczar.com/wordpress/bio/

Event: New Millenium Poetry at Sweetwaters

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Time: 7pm-8:30pm

Join us at the Downtown Sweetwaters for a night of all open mic poetry reading (no featured readers this month).  Open mic with featured readers will resume in September.  Starting in September, Sweetwaters will host New Millenium Poetry Reading on the third Tuesday of every month.  For more information contact Jeannie Ballew at 734-994-6663 or go to the Writers Reading website.

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown
Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Time: 8pm-9:30pm

Come enjoy this free concert by The Levins, an acoustic pop duo from California.  Their music is self-described as somewhere between “World Folk” and “Harmonious Pop.”  A great way to wind down – listening to great music with a freshly brewed Sweetwaters coffee or tea, and a delicious dessert.

For more information on The Levins, check out their website: http://www.thelevinsmusic.com/

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown
Date: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Time: 8pm-9pm

Join us as we welcome YouTube sensation Kayte Grace.  Kayte describes her new albums “Written On”, as an explosion of folk, blues, pop and rock, held together by warm-voiced, sing-along-able melodies and meaningful lyrics.  Whatever you want to call it, it’s good music.  And it’s feel good music.

Kayte is also an accomplished actress having landed roles on Law and Order, SVU, and Gossip Girl.

For more information on Kayte, check out her website: http://www.kaytegracemusic.com/

Place: Sweetwaters downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Exhibit Dates: April 29 – May 31, 2010

Meet the Artist: Friday, May 7, 2010

Time: 5-7pm

Sweetwaters downtown will showcase the work of local-grown photographer Lisa Monahan.  Selections from her stunning food photography portfolio will be on exhibit during the month of May.  You can come meet this award-winning photographer on Friday, May 7 from 5-7pm!

http://www.lisamonahanphoto.com/

Place: Sweetwaters downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Time: 7pm-9pm

Our feature is award-winning poet Christine Rhein, who will read from her prize-winning book, Wild Flight (Texas Tech University Press, 2008). She will also share new poems from a work-in-progress, exploring themes of love, technology, and intersections of the two.

Open mic follows. Bring 3-1/2 minutes of your best work! 7 p.m.-9 p.m.

For more information contact Chris Lord at 734-369-2798 or go to the  Writers Reading website.

Sweetwaters Writers Reading night is held the third Tuesday of every month.

FestiFools 3D Art Gallery Show

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. and Ashley St.

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010 – April 30, 2010

FestiFools Parade

Place: Main St., Downtown Ann Arbor

Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010

Sweetwaters is proud to announce an art show like no other. Starting April 1, 2010, come view amazing 3D artwork created by the masterminds behind FestiFools, the annual Ann Arbor street parade!

Paricipate and join the foolishness during the actual FestiFools parade on Sunday, April 11, 2010 on Main St. in downtown Ann Arbor.

Sweetwaters is a proud sponsor of FestiFools!

http://festifools.org/

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=festifools&init=quick#!/FestiFools?v=info&ref=search

Blue Tractor in Ann Arbor has created a stout using our coffee! Sweetwaters Java Stout, is brewed with pale, caramel, chocolate, and roasted malts with a wee bit o’ oats and a coffee malt made from our House coffee. Head over to the Blue Tractor or Cafe Habana on Washington St. just past 4th Ave. and try a pint. Reviews are in and from customers to staff they’re all lovin’ it!

Check out Sweetwaters staff enjoying the new brew: Quinn, Brian, Kate, and Wei.

To see a fun taste-testing video, click here.

Join us as Classical Revolution performs on Thursday, April 1st at Sweetwaters downtown.  The Phoenix Quartet, visiting artists at the University of Michigan School of Music, will be performing String Quartet No. 3 by Bright Sheng, UM faculty member.

For more information on Classical Revolution, please click here.

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