CAKE * RALSTON * MUSIC * Bill's Coffeeshop Newsletter * Vol. 12 * Sept. 3, 2011

LABOR DAY BASH
AT UPTOWN BILL'S
Finally, it's here. The annual Labor Day extravaganza at Uptown Bill's. It's Monday, Sept. 5. This year's event includes:

  + Ralston Creek Fair and Flea Market (8 am to 3 pm)
  + Ten hours of live music (starts at 10 am)
  + Birthday party to celebrate 10 years for Uptown Bill's (You're invited to bring a cake)
  + Showing of "A Friend Indeed," the documentary about Bill Sackter's life and spirit (8 pm)
  + Children's activities (including a small circus in a tent just outside the coffee house)
Do join us. It's going to be a wonderful day.

TEN HOURS OF MUSIC
ON MONDAY, SEPT. 5
Here's the schedule for live music on Labor Day at Uptown Bill's:

10 am: Pennies on the Rail

11 am: Drew Hayward

1 pm: Irish Sessions

3 pm: Tom's String Band

4 pm: Beat Prairie

5:30 pm: Deadhorse (Ambient rock from Erie, PA)

7 pm: Greg & Susan Dirks

ARE YOU BRINGING
A BIRTHDAY CAKE?

Here's the invitation the coffee house has been sending out this week:

Chocolate cake. Carrot cake. Butter cake. Cheesecake.

Uptown Bill's wants to serve cake – and lots of it – for its 10th birthday next Monday, Sept. 5. So, we're inviting everyone to bring a cake to the celebration.

Cupcake. Sponge cake. Pound cake. Bundt cake

Share your favorite cake recipe. Or try out a new one. Any cake of any size is welcome.

Chiffon cake. Spice cake. Lemon cake. Tea cake

Cake decorating is encouraged. It can be as simply as "Happy Birthday." Or as elaborate as a sketch of Bill Sackter.

Sheet cake. Layer cake. Funnel cake. Even fruitcake.

Cakes will be displayed on a table in the coffee house. If bakers would like to share the recipe, bring along a few copies and we'll put them by your cake.

Upside down cake. Perhaps cake on a stick.

Displays will be brief, of course. After all, birthday cake is meant to be eaten.

...If I were a'comin' I'd bake a Red Velvet Cake from scratch using the recipe from the Waldorf Astoria. But, alas, I'm not ~ Katherine Werner (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

...I hope you will post photos of this array of cakes. I will bake a cake in Bill's honor and will bring it to the dinner for the homeless Sunday at St. Mary Magdalen ~ Michele Jurich (Berkeley, Calif.)

... that sounds very exciting...and very yummy ~ Melissa Pirwani (San Jose, Calif.)

... What a nice idea. And congrats, UB's ~ LuAnn Dvorak (Iowa City)

COMING UP...

Saturday Night Music (Sept. 3, 7 pm): Singer/Songwriter Showcase.

...Spoken Word Open Mic (Wednesday, 6 pm)

...Art Night (Thursday, 6 pm)

...Open Mic (Thursday, 7 pm)

...Saturday Night Music (Sept. 10, 7 pm): Jeff Leonard

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Bill's Coffeeshop Newsletter is a virtual extension of Wild Bill's Coffeeshop and Uptown Bill's Coffee House. Published since 2000, the Newsletter is written by Tom Gilsenan, a former manager of Wild Bill's and now director of Uptown Bill's. You can write to him at tomgilsenan@gmail.com

Wild Bill's Coffeeshop is a project of the School of Social Work at the University of Iowa. It has been a part of campus life in Iowa City for more than 35 years. Located in North Hall, the coffeeshop is open weekdays from 8 am. For more information, check the Friends of Bill's Coffeeshop page on Facebook. You can call the coffeeshop at (319) 335-1281. Donations to support the work of the coffeeshop may be sent to: Bill's Coffeeshop Fund, University of Iowa Foundation, P.O. Box 4550, Iowa City, IA 52244. Contributions are tax deductible.

Uptown Bill's is the crosstown cousin of Wild Bill's. Now in its 10th year, it includes a bookstore, performance venue and other businesses in addition to a coffeeshop. Located at 730 S. Dubuque, Uptown Bill's is open Monday through Saturday from 7 am. For more information, check the Uptown Bill's website or Facebook page. You can call Uptown Bill's at (319) 339-0401. Donations to support the work of Uptown Bill's may be sent to: Extend the Dream Foundation, Uptown Bill's, 730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, IA 52240. Contributions are tax deductible.

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In the spirit of Bill Sackter, Uptown Bill's strives to nurture and encourage a gathering place where people of all abilities are welcome. Find us on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Watch us on You Tube: www.youtube.com/playlist?p=PLEE41220297F8D82C

Visit our web page: www.uptownbills.org