The scoop on Teavolve's special events
After reading today's review of Teavolve's new location (1401 Aliceanna St.), co-owner Sunni Gilliam (pictured) sent me a nice e-mail with more information about the showcase series the cafe hosts.
Here's what she wrote:
I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed the new space, we definitely poured a lot of love into it. I'm also glad you had a chance to come out while we were having one of our special events.
The event you attended was a listening party called "Ear Candy" (that's why there was candy on the table :). On an average we have a couple a month.
We have partnered with couple of event promoters Media Minds and Gyspy Soul to give underground artists a voice. The performer Yahzarah went solo after being on tour with Erykah Badu as a back-up singer and is on tour promoting her second CD. ...
When the artists are in the Baltimore area the promoters book them at Teavolve to do a CD listening party.
The event is from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. and their music plays during that time afterwhich, the performer does about two to three songs (a teaser in Yahzarah's case, she was wonderful, wasn't she?).
Gypsy Soul books the artists, provides the candy & the prizes that are given away & the promoters "Media Minds" conduct the interviews and provides the sound.
In her e-mail, Sunni also said to keep an eye out for an RSVP-only event tentatively scheduled for Nov. 17. She said she'd send me more information when it was confirmed.
Thanks for the info, Sunni.
(Baltimore Sun photo of Sunni by Amy Davis; photo of Yazarah by MoyePhoto.net from her MySpace site.)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
