The Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse is an opportunity for spoken word artists to share their poetry, stories, and songs. It is held the last Saturday of every month at 7pm at First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Medfield, MA. Open mic readers have 5 minutes to share. Original or non-original poetry, stories, performance art, music or songs welcome. Sticking to theme encouraged. Teens and adults welcome. Refreshments from Starbucks are served. Medfield TV films event and posts to Youtube. $5 suggested donation ($3 students)

On September 30, Expresso features Barbara Aliprantis. The theme is ‘…where are YOU from?’ Aliprantis is a nationally acclaimed trilingual teller who loves to share stories about her Greek-American immigrant childhood in Brooklyn, NY. She also shares tales from the classroom gathered over 35 years telling stories to multi-ethnic populations, hearing and deaf.  Aliprantis is the recipient of the NSN ORACLE Service Award, and she was honored at NYC City Hall for “her distinguished body of work.” “Barbara’s stories about her immigrant experience transcend the bounds of one language one culture.”

September also is when we participate in the 100 Thousand Poets for change. How are you contributing to changing the world for the good by your writing? Please share with us. www.100tpc.org