CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION * LOTS GOING ON * TEA QUOTES * Bill's Coffeeshop Newsletter * Vol. 14 * March 10, 2013

LETTER FROM EDF
BOARD PRESIDENT
Dear Friends of Bill Sackter,

Next month we celebrate the 100th birthday of Bill Sackter. The second week of April is packed with activities to commemorate the life of Bill Sackter (A complete a calendar of centennial events is on the back of this letter). Barry Morrow's two films and Lane Wyrick's documentary about Bill Sackter will be showing at various locations in Iowa City during week. Barry and Bev Morrow will be in town for a presentation and Barry will serve as auctioneer for the April 13th noon Coffee Cup Auction to take place at Uptown Bill's Coffee House. Dust off your harmonica and join us for Happy Birthday Bill" – we are seeking 100 harmonica players, who will be rewarded with cake!

Some other news:

• Uptown Bill's coffee house at 730 S. Dubuque continues to serve a vital role in the community as a gathering place for people of all abilities. We continue to host AA meetings six days a week, and a series of other groups are meeting here including "Combined Efforts Choir" (for people of all ages and abilities), GRASP for people on the autism spectrum, and a new support group for persons with invisible disabilities. If you know anyone who would like to be part of these groups, please send them to our website: www.uptownbills.org or phone 339-0804.

• A hearty "thank you" to all who have donated books for us to re-sell at the Book Mart (located in the Coffee House); we also sell books online through eBay and Half.com

• We now have over 1,000 friends on Facebook and Twitter. Tom G also sends out weekly email reminders about up-coming events.

• The Vintage Shoppe at 2203 F. Street is looking forward to a bustling spring sales season. Selected items for sale are now prominently featured on the Shoppe's Facebook page. Vintage also has an online story on eBay.

• And there's some big news from Mick's Workshop. After six years of being an Extend the Dream enterprise, the Workshop is now officially an independent business! It went out on its own earlier this month. (Of course, we'll still be working together – continuing to buy furniture from the Workshop and having items on consignment at the Vintage Shoppe.)

So come celebrate with us in April. We'll have the coffee on – and lots of cake.

Thanks for your continuing support,

~ Merce

Mercedes Bern-Klug, Board Chair

P.S. As part of the celebration of Bill Sackter, we would like to retire the remaining $17,000 on the loan which helped finance the Bill Sackter documentary. Please consider a donation. You can donate online at the Uptown Bill's website: www.uptownbills.org. Thank You!

P.P.S. Mark your calendar for our Labor Day Fair and Flea Market (Monday, Sept. 2). Call Tom Gilsenan if you would like to rent a booth: (391) 339-0804.

COMING EVENTS AT
THE COFFEE SHOP

Monday, March 11
6 pm. AA meeting (open)
7 pm. Brain Injury Support Group. (Also Caregivers support group)

Wednesday, March 13
3 pm. Recovery International Support Group
6 pm. Irish Potluck
7 pm. Spoken Word. Ten minute segments of poetry, readings and storytelling.
8 pm. Music with Kristen Ford, singer-songwriter from Boston. (www.kristenfordmusic.com)

Thursday, March 14
6 pm. Artvaark (art activities)
7 pm. Combined Efforts Men's Chorus.
7 pm. Open Mic. Ten minute performances of music and other arts.
8 pm. Music with Stereofidelics: Two people, five instruments. On tour from Asheville, NC.

Saturday, March 16
7 pm. Saturday Night Music with Dunlavin Green.

Monday, March 18
6 pm. AA meeting (open)
7 pm. New support group for individuals with invisible disabilities. Hosted by Access to Independence.

Wednesday, March 20
3 pm. Recovery International Support Group. For information, call Julie, 351-2447.
7 pm. Music with Ben Cosgrove, pianist and composer from Boston. Music samples: www.bencosgrove.com)
7 pm. Spoken Word

Thursday, March 21
6 pm. Artvaark (art activities)
7 pm. Open Mic. Ten minute performances of music and other arts.
8 pm. Music with Julie Jurgens and Rob Reid, singer-songwriters from Chicago (www.juliejurgens.com

Saturday, March 23
3 pm. GRASP .Support Group for adults on the autism spectrum.
7 pm. Saturday Night Music with Castle Ridge

Monday, March 25
6 pm. AA meeting (open).

Tuesday, March 26
6 pm. Live TV broadcast. Tom's Guitar Show. Produced by PATV.

HERE'S A SWITCH:
QUOTES ABOUT TEA

This week, we offer quotations about tea (instead of coffee). It's a gentle
reminder that Bill's Coffeeshop offers more than two dozen different varieties
of tea.

Make tea, not war -- Monty Python's Flying Circus

I may seem like a strange cup of tea, but if it's all right with you, it's all
right with me -- Sister Hazel

Thank God for tea. I am glad I was not here before tea.
   -- Sydney Smith

You never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me
   -- C.S. Lewis

I'm a little tea pot short and stout
Here's my handle, here's my spout
Do you want a cup of tea?
Tip me up and pour me out
   -- Children's nursery rhyme

Have a favorite saying about tea? Send it to us. We'll offer more tea quotes
in an upcoming issue. Quotes about coffee are welcome, too.
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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 Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 8 pm. For more information, check the Wild Bill's Coffee Shop and Friends of Bill's Coffeeshop pages 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 12th 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 11 am. For more information, check the Uptown Bill's website or Facebook pages. You can call Uptown Bill's at (319) 339-0804. 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. You can also donate online at the Uptown Bill's website: www.uptownbills.org