On Wednesday, June 24th, OutLoud-at-the-Beebe Open Mike Coffee House for music, poetry, and prose features the writer Peggy Rambach. Peggy is the author of Fighting Gravity, a novel based on her marriage to writer, Andre Dubus, and a collection of short stories entitled When the Animals Leave. She is the editor of Seeds of Lotus; Cambodian and Vietnamese Voices in America,  also published by The Paper Journey Press. She was twice awarded the Massachusetts Cultural Council Individual Artist Grant in Fiction, was the recipient of the St. Botolph Foundation Grant in Literature, was a Fellow at the MacDowell and Yaddo Artist Colonies and named a 2005 Literacy Champion by the Massachusetts Literacy Foundation. Ms. Rambach, is a resident teaching/artist in healthcare with grant support from the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center as part of the Healing Arts; New Pathways to Health and Community project in collaboration with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Vermont Arts Exchange.  Her essay "Painting Amy's Nails" was recently featured in the UK Guardian.

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Open Mike sign-up begins at 7:15 p.m., with performances / readings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. There is no cover to get in, but donations are accepted for charity and event costs.  Starbucks of Melrose graciously provides some of the refreshments. 

The Beebe Estate's beautiful art exhibit space provides a conducive creative environment, at 235 West Foster, Melrose (BeebeEstate.org ). Parking available on grounds. 

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Melrose Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a State agency.