| | Welcome to Ric's Cafe'!
Ric’s Cafe' is a time and place for artists, open-hearted searching people and their friends to present what they do (or want to do), building on themes, making connections and sharing experiences.
It is a wonderful opportunity to share food, ideas, works-in-process and to meet once a month with friends in a supportive environment. Also, a time to acknowledge courage, heart, talent, hard work and humor, and to express appreciation for luminous moments and surprises.
And a time to eat (first of course!) drink and socialize!
Markus, Anna, Antoni, Gabriele, Christian, Aachim, Nicole, Marei, Ric, Lotti, Petra, Simon, Tanja, Mark, Siggy, Eva, Adam, Kristine, Andreas, Jana, Eduard, Tilmann, Maxi Marie, Lilli and Olga met at Theaterwerkstatt Bethel in Bielefeld on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in May. Our theme for the month was: Alles Neu Macht Der Mai ...
First we enjoyed sharing tasty food, listening to music and socializing.
As an art project, we also created visual responses to the question, "Was Machst du neu im Mai? Are you doing something new in May?"
We drew or wrote our thoughts on paper and hung them with tiny clothes pins on lines of string decorating our space.
Lotti began our afternoon with a Movement piece, dressed in white and wearing a crown of flowers. Marei read text posted on a canvas, while music played and Lotti danced and painted over the text, which compelled Marei to read only what could be seen through the paint. Lotti finished the piece as she tossed flowers in the air and danced among the fallen bouquet. It was a stirring start to out afternoon!
Ric led the group in a sing-a-long of "This Little Light of Mine" to celebrate the sunny day!
Eduard made us all smile with a short piano improvisation. We also want to thank Eduard for his technical support with lights, music and slideshow throughout our salon!
Markus introduced his pin-hole camera, which he used during the afternoon to document our gathering. We are really looking forward to seeing his photos displayed at the next salon!
We shared information about fun, free and affordable events happening around the city during the month of May. Jana suggested several places where we could go to dance Salsa!
We then took a short pause to socialize, eat and share gifts from our monthly Giveaway table.
After our break, Tanja performed a quiet and very touching movement and text piece spoken in Spanish.
Ric read the children's picture book "Abuela" written in Spanish and English, which Tanja translated into German for the many children and children-at-heart present.
Simon delighted us with a reading of an excerpt from the novel "Small Island" by Andrea Levy.
Ric closed our May salon with a rendition of "The Waters of March" by Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Ric's Cafe' meets again on June 11th in Bielefeld. Our theme for June is Love Me Tender.
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