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/

We often wear our Sweetwaters t-shirts and hats when we travel.  Many times people will stop us saying, “Hey, we’ve been to Ann Arbor and we know Sweetwaters!” We’ve also seen others wearing Sweetwaters gear in places outside of Ann Arbor.  So we thought it would be fun to post your photos and stories of you wearing your SW t-shirt, hat, drinking from a SW mug, or enjoying our coffee/tea in some exotic place.

We’ll post all entries right here on our blog so you can show the world how well Sweetwaters travels!  Prizes of coffee, tea, or Sweetwaters gear for the picture taken furthest from Ann Arbor and for the funniest picture/story combo.

Email your pictures and stories to info@SweetwatersCafe.com or post them on our Facebook Page.

Ann Arbor’s Pioneer High School and The Michigan Department of Education presented this certificate to Sweewaters for sharing professional experience with Taylor, one of our youngest and brightest baristas! Taylor is enrolled in Pioneer’s Occupational Education Program and we are proud to say that she has received straight A’s in the program.

At Sweetwaters we appreciate the importance of career and technical education and are proud to support and mentor our local students.

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

Exhibit Dates: June & July 2010

Sweetwaters downtown is featuring Greta Picklesimer, Emily Asbury, and Anne Glista, local Mixed Media artists and photographers.

Place: Sweetwaters Plymouth Green, corner of Plymouth Rd. and Green Rd.

Exhibit Dates: June & July 2010
Sweetwaters Plymouth Green is featuring Betty Lou Smith and Victoria Klein, acrylic and mixed media artists.
Stop by and enjoy our beautiful gallery shows with your latte. This is the first for our Plymouth Green store, we are so excited to bring artists to the north side and Ann Arbor and are looking forward to future artists to come!

Event: Classical Afternoon at Sweetwaters Plymouth Green
Place: Sweetwaters Plymouth Green
Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010.
Time: 2pm-3pm

Join us tomorrow evening at our Plymouth Green location for the beautiful musical stylings of flutist Emily Perryman and harpist Amy Ley.  Locally, Emily and Amy have performed as a duo at the UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Museum of Art, Firefly Club, and Kerry town Concert house and have also enjoyed sharing their music with residents at Arbor Hospice, Glacier Hills Senior Living Community, and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.   Emily and Amy are delighted to bring café music from the concert house to the coffee house with their first appearance at Sweetwater’s.

Emily Perryman maintains an active teaching and freelance career, performing regularly with the Ann Arbor, Flint and Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestras, Michigan Sinfonietta, and First Presbyterian Churches of Ann Arbor and Flint.

Amy Ley has the pleasure of being the principal harpist with a number of orchestras in south eastern Michigan and Ontario including the Ann Arbor Symphony, Flint Symphony, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. She has performed as a soloist with a number of orchestras and has had her performances broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio network across Canada and the United States.

Place: Liberty Plaza, on Liberty St. at South Division

Date: Saturday, May 15, 2010

Time: 9am-10am

Volunteers will plant flowers, mulch planters, and help spruce up the downtown areas along State, Main, South University, and Liberty Streets. Interested individuals, families, youth groups, and other organizations are welcome to drop in on this event. Please pre-register by calling Nancy at 734.794.6000 extension 43112 or e-mailing nstone@a2gov.org.

*Volunteers receive a free pizza lunch, t-shirt, and a buy-one-get-one-free drink reward from Sweetwaters.

For more information, click here.

Did you meet your wife Liz over a glass of Ginger Fizz? Or did Ginger Fizz give you the brain power to ace a rough quiz? If you’ve got a great Ginger Fizz story (true or imaginary) head over to our facebook page and leave a comment. Our 10 favorite stories will get a free Ginger Fizz shirt and a Fizz on us!

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.