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The GRAMMY Foundation features the Caffè Lena History Project

The GRAMMY Foundation has prominently highlighted Caffè Lena through ongoing support from the Foundation’s prestigious grant program and an online video featuring Rufus Wainwright.

 

NPR show "The Story" features the Caffè Lena History Project

The Story with Dick Gordon dedicated a special program to our project featuring music digitized by Magic Shop Studio.

Pre-order the Caffè Lena book now!

It's official! You can now pre-order the book here, available in October. You can attend the exhibition beginning in June. Check back for updates about the release of the companion CD box set.
 
 

Caffè Lena History Project Press

"Caffe Lena," The Story: NPR, November 26, 2012

"The Life and Times of a Landmark,"  Saratoga Co Spotlight, March 22, 2012

"'American Pie' Still Homemade, but With a New Twist", New York Times, November 29, 2011

"Folk History Into Recorded History", All Over Albany Blog, August 11, 2011

“Celebrating Fifty Years of American Folk Music History: The Caffè Lena Collection Arrives at the Library of Congress”, American Folklife Center Newsletter, Winter/Spring 2010.

“Founded On A Dream”, Saratoga Living Magazine, Spring Issue 2010.

“Caffè Lena Collection Arrives at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress”, International Folk Alliance Newsletter, February 2010.

“A Little Slice of Americana”, American Airlines American Way Magazine, January 2010.

“This Old CoffeeHouse”, Cover story in Capital Region Metroland Newspaper, July 28, 2005.

Historical Articles

Samples of articles from the Caffè Lena Archival Collection

Three Articles from 1960:
“Beat Shop Coming”, The Saratogian, April 23, 1960.

“Caffè Lena Opens Today in Saratoga”, Schenectady Gazette, May 20, 1960.

“Couple to Open Art Gallery/Coffeehouse”, Saratogian.

“Caffè Lena, Reviving a Tradition”, Skidmore College News, October 1961.

“Upstate Coffeehouses Shun ‘Beatnik’ Label”, United Press International, 1962.