After being shuttered by the pandemic, the Black Cat Cafe is coming back to Cawston Hall on Feb. 24.
The cafe brings together artists and performers of all types, from music to spoken word to dance and improv, and lets them take the stage for a night of fun and entertainment.
Colleen Brown, Rachael Gurevitch, and Melissa Marr are spearheading the return of the event after its COVID-induced hiatus.
“It was quite disappointing, and it took a long time to go back to normal and get things off the ground again, so we finally just decided it’s time,” said Marr. “We’re going to give it a whirl and hopefully it goes great.”
The show is currently planned to be just the first in a return for the Black Cat, but unlike before, it will be bimonthly instead of every month.
The idea behind the shift is to reduce the stress with the amount of work that goes into organizing and hosting the show.
Other than the schedule, the aim is to have be exactly the set-up everyone loved before COVID.
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The first show will also be an all-ages like many of the events held at the Cawston Hall.
The snhow has been a hit in the past both for the people on the stage and those just watching and having a good time.
“It’s a fun space for people to get together, have a fun night out, see friends, maybe do some dancing,” said Marr. “And artists realized it’s a fun safe space to get together and experiment with new sounds or run some things by the crowd, or just have fun at all levels of skill.
“So if you just want to try this thing that you’ve never done before, it’s a really safe space to do that in.”
The show starts at 7 p.m. at the Cawston Hall on Feb. 24.
Admission is by membership to the Black Cat, which costs $1, and then by donation.