Terry's Serendipity Cafe

Serendipity at the MHS Amphitheater. It
2017-07-28 00:00 (America/New_York)
Serendipity at the MHS Amphitheater. It worked, in spite of the forecast and the food poisoning. Music was good, staff was good, cookies were good. Any opinions about Veggie Straws or Capri Sun?

Terry’s Serendipity at the MHS Amphithea
2017-08-25 00:00
Terry’s Serendipity at the MHS Amphitheater. If it wasn’t for Chelsea, we wouldn’t have had Serendipity Café Friday night. She wins the brass figligee with bronze oak-leaf palm for being the only staff member at load-up. Fortunately a goodly collection of staffers was present for the rest of the show, gradually. Good music, including Birdwing, good to see Sam Skinner drop in and do an open mic song, and it was fun reciting “Jabberwocky” for the assemblage. Thanks to Mike and Greg for being there, handling the situation, watching the lights go on and off, etc. And Chelsea produced a new Zine issue as well.

The Amphitheater again. Fine but cool we
2017-09-29 00:00
The Amphitheater again. Fine but cool weather, low bug count. Good solid bunch of music, with Anna as Entertainment head. Nice opening shtick with Aiden and Jakey, good open mic, several 12 string guitars audible. Money raised for Mexico City relief.

Scarendipity 2017 at the Lutherans. Aida
2017-10-13 00:00
Scarendipity 2017 at the Lutherans. Aidan and I had a great time with the dry ice, and there were quite a few costumes. We were able to transport all our gear including the Halloween stuff without my old 1999 Toyota minivan, which we have replaced with a Honda CR-V. Which held the lights and the drum kit, so not bad all together. Music was good, respect needs a little work, missing our missing seniors.

Alumni Serendipity at the Lutherans. Amo
2017-11-24 00:00
Alumni Serendipity at the Lutherans. Among the alumni present were Mackensie, Chelsea, and Aidan Feliciano, strangely Greg and I found an Open Mic paper plate with Aidan F. and Anna Berlin (Michael’s daughter) on the list. Probably from 2009 or thereabouts. Things went quite smoothly, timely setups, good music. The coffee I made was not good, I’ll have to work on that.

Terry’s Serendipity Café at B’nai Keshet
2017-12-28 00:00
Terry’s Serendipity Café at B’nai Keshet: This event was well received, good music, good open mic, Mental Hazard was a big hit I think. Attendance was quite low and we paid too much rent, aside from that, it was ok. We needed more staff participation in group setup especially during open mic. Always good to see Your Mystery Guest.

We were at the First Lutheran Church. we
2018-01-26 00:00
We were at the First Lutheran Church. we’re going to have to promote these events better, they are more fun with a larger audience. The entertainment was good, but, aside from Liv, not that exciting. We’re currently working on getting locations for the next shows, there are scheduling problems.

B’nai Keshet was our host and we had nea
2018-03-03 00:00
B’nai Keshet was our host and we had nearly double the attendance of January. Our new staff task assignment sheet was in effect along with new guidelines for staff behavior, all of which was noticeably working. We have a May 19 date for our fund raiser with the GSA, Gay May Day in Watchung Plaza. And we will have Festival Underground and Make Music Day in June.

Rap'n'Dipity at the Lutherans. Very smal
2018-04-13 00:00
Rap’n’Dipity at the Lutherans. Very small turnout, 30. Great performance by Your Mystery Guest, though. Too bad you missed it.

GSA at Watchung. Gay May Day postponed a
2018-05-26 00:00
GSA at Watchung. Gay May Day postponed a week due to rain, but good performances and a good amount of money raised for the Ali Forney Center.

Festival Underground 2018. Claire and Ro
2018-06-16 00:00
Festival Underground 2018. Claire and Rory won our Annual Scholarship award. The Scholarship Award Committee were impressed with their contributions to Serendipity Cafe. The generator ran perfectly, thanks, PRCA! But next year we want to go back to the old picnic ground. This year’s Staff Band performance of “Big Time Woman” was awe inspiring to say the least. A wonderful day all around.

Independence Day Parade with Elvis! Than
2018-07-04 00:00
Independence Day Parade with Elvis! Thanks Lucas, Avery and the irregulars.

A rain-in rather than a rain out! Even t
2018-07-27 00:00
A rain-in rather than a rain out! Even though the building was locked when we got there, Gabbi and I searched the building (clockwise) for a way in, which we found around on Midland Ave. We walked through the building and got the Auditorium doors open from the inside. So we moved all our gear onto the auditorium stage, got some fans and lights working, set up the PA and had a really good time. The bands seemed to get into the spirit of Serendipity, especially Gabi the Artist, and the music was solid.

This amphitheater show was not rained ou
2018-08-24 00:00
This amphitheater show was not rained out! But the lawn mowing left a bit to be desired. Things were open for us this time, and we ran our “extended open mic” outdoors in weather that was acceptable. Youngest performer in a long time, a 12 year old singer songwriter, would you believe.

Another not rained out amphitheater show
2018-09-28 00:00
Another not rained out amphitheater show. This time the ants did not get the pizza, since we had tables to put them on. The chairs were quite popular, too. Good music with Sammy Trombone, Emil Noll & friends, Uncleater, and others also Alumnus Aidan Feliciano at open mic and a spirited version of “Big Time Woman”. Benefit for the Incarcerated Workers Organizing committe for which we collected $53. The turnout was small but dedicated and respectful.

Scarendipity at the Lutheran Church. Art
2018-10-19 00:00
Scarendipity at the Lutheran Church. Art, music and pumpkins spelling out “Scarendipity” combined to make this an enjoyable Halloween party. A little light on the snacks, perhaps but the artists reported some sales, and the Make the Road collection was substantial.

Friday after Thanksgiving Serendipity Ca
2018-11-22 00:00
Friday after Thanksgiving Serendipity Cafe at the Lutherans. Music was good, attendance was up. New staffers working on tasks! Good to see Alumni Staff and performers. Plenty of help right up to the end. That’s what I call “Terry’s Serendipity Cafe” !

Good Event at the Lutherans, attendance
2018-12-28 00:00
Good Event at the Lutherans, attendance up again to over 60, fine music, alumni presence, solid staff participation, without Mike Berlin or Greg Pason. Special thanks to Ben and Madeline, who helped out greatly, even though Lola was not there!

Interesting new performers and the Free
2019-02-09 00:00
Interesting new performers and the Free Store made this a creditable start to the new Year. Attendance was over sixty again, but I had hoped we could grow some more. Mike Berlin was back with his huge Grand Caravan, making the transportation easy once again. There were a few things we should talk about at the critique meeting, but all good!

Serendipity at the Lutherans. Interestin
2019-03-22 00:00
Serendipity at the Lutherans. Interesting performers, but alas, a small audience. But we managed to collect $60 for a Honduran family relocated to the USA. A lot of new staff members got a chance at tasks they had never before attempted. This is good experience for future events.

Rapndipity at Lutherans. Things went qui
2019-04-12 00:00
Rapndipity at Lutherans. Things went quite well, with 100 paid attendees, a record for the year. The music was loud, and there were some issues with content, but we worked a lot of it out at the critique meeting.

Gay May Day with GSA, good bands, lots o
2019-05-18 00:00
Gay May Day with GSA, good bands, lots of money raised for the Ali Forney Center. Nicely done, staff.

Festival Underground at Edgemont Park. C
2019-06-22 00:00
Festival Underground at Edgemont Park. Congratulations to Gold Carson, winner of the 2019 Serendipity Staff Scholarship Award! We all appreciate what you have done to keep Terry’s Serendipity Café running smoothly in its 24th year. The Weather was sunny at last, the music was fine, (I liked Beach Bod), The staff band was SPECTACULAR, and I don’t know how the lemon sugar cookies tasted.

The Atrium Cafeteria turned out to be a
2019-08-02 00:00
The Atrium Cafeteria turned out to be a fine place, with plenty of space, restrooms and electric power. We had great bands, a fine open mic and quite a few mosquitoes. Television Skies ended up the show with a top notch performance. There were no complaints that I heard about. Also we bought our staff pizza from Ruthie’s this time.

Great to see our old friends and Alumni
2019-08-23 00:00
Great to see our old friends and Alumni, such as Maya B, Your Mystery Guest, Elana and Danielle Sclar, Rory MacLeod, and others. Good music, good weather. We must now recruit a new staff.

The small audience did not deter this gr
2019-09-27 00:00
The small audience did not deter this group from putting on a fine show in spite of the adversity of circumstances. I need to speak to PRCA about help with flyer approval. And some other things.

Scarendipity at the Lutherans. Good, but
2019-10-25 00:00
Scarendipity at the Lutherans. Good, but not great. We needed more audience, but there was a lot going on Friday night. The decorations worked out extremely well, though, and the costume contest was the best in years.

Terry’s Serendipity Café, at the Luthera
2019-11-29 00:00
Terry’s Serendipity Café, at the Lutherans, good staffing, smoothly run, good music, interesting mix of Alumni and new members. Also attendance was up!

The 25th Anniversary year got off to a g
2020-01-03 00:00
The 25th Anniversary year got off to a good start with an almost all singer-songwriter show. My favorite part was Lena and Katrina singing together. The open mic was good. The audience was a bit smaller than last time, but quite enthusiastic.

Great music at B’nai Keshet Saturday
2020-02-08 00:00
Great music at B’nai Keshet Saturday night. Good to have a bunch of bands, I always like it when the drum kit gets used. A little problem with the door code, but after that, all good. And we got Legacy Coffee beans for our Bunn-O-Matic.What we needed was a larger audience.
