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You may have heard that guidelines for small indoor music venues like Caffe Lena are changing again, allowing an unlimited number of attendees as long as they…

The place smells like warm cookies and hot coffee again! The volunteers are back! And after having put our Bright Series on pause for the past year, we're…

Bassist Tony Markellis (far left) passed away a few days ago leaving countless music world friends, and an equal number who had nothing to do with music,…

It's hard to believe that the shows listed below will take us to the end of our first month of being LIVE and In-Person! The music world has suddenly shifted…

During the long months of the shutdown some determined musicians headed to recording studios to prepare for that golden day when they could get back on tour.…

With room for just a dozen parties, the shows are "selling out" quickly. We all hope the virus recedes and the capacity rises, but in the meantime we'll enjoy…

(Re)Opening Weekend went off without a hitch. In fact, it went off with smiles and cheers and applause and a whole lot of blessings being counted. The Channel…

Whether the State of New York intended it or not, there's real poetry in reconnecting us with live music on a weekend when many gather to celebrate rebirth and…

Your Seat Is Waiting! How many times over the past year have you heard us say, "We'll be back in person someday, but we don't know when." Now we know! It's…

The American Rescue Plan just signed into law includes funds to rescue and restart performing arts. As we all know, these things don't just happen. You've seen…

My feet have been dragging a little as this week approached. It's the one-year anniversary of shuttering the venue, with no clear end in sight. But then came…

A year ago this week we were watching the headlines with growing concern, thinking we might even possibly have to close the venue for a week or two if…

Greetings - A nice thing about watching shows from home is that you don't need to stress when the kids get a little too into the music. Folk music thrives on…

This coming weekend we'll be hosting a virtual celebration of the late Matt McCabe, owner of Saratoga Guitar, civic leader, and a friend to more people than…

Greetings - We're coming to the end of our three week shutdown and getting ready to go lightly live next weekend as we host The Flurry Festival, Saratoga's…

How's everyone's winter going? It's encouraging to see the Covid spike abating in NY, and to know that more and more of the most vulnerable among us are…

The Watch Parties are underway as we break from in-person activities until February 11. We're hoping that the worst of the Covid surge will be behind us by…

Greetings - Through his music shops and volunteerism, Matt McCabe did everything he could to serve his community--one small act of kindness at a time. Rick…

Greetings - Let's just acknowledge that we're all going through a tough start to our new year. While there are no easy solutions to the virus-mess or the…

Lena Nargi Spencer  |  Born January 4, 1923“I’ve weathered the crunch through determination, perseverance, hard work, and a strong conviction that what I’m…

Greetings - As we roll into a new year that will almost certainly end on a brighter note than this one, we invite you to begin imagining a return to normalcy.…

How many times has music added depth or color to your life? More times than you can possibly count, right? We sing, we hum, we turn on a radio. We play…

Who Will Carry the Music Forward? Back in the '60s and '70s, there were more young families hanging around Caffe Lena than there are now. There was more…

December 1st is #GivingTuesday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBmjiG1y-U Greetings - Launched out of the 92nd Street Y in 2012, GivingTuesday…

We're In This Together  https://vimeo.com/482052508/098f9a8401 There's no denying that Thanksgiving is different this year. Instead of instructions for…

Click that photo up there of the Swingin' Palms and enjoy a taste of the Hawaiian tiki music they'll bring to our stage on Friday night. Whether you hang…

This Land Is Your Land! What a week in America! Many of you went above and beyond during the election, serving as poll workers, texters, phone callers, yard…

The challenge was to raise $50,000 by October 31, and the Foulke Charitable Fund pledged to match the gifts 100%. Many, Many of you stepped forward to…

Sawyer Fredericks Is Busking For Lena Sarah B. Foulke $50,000 Fundraising Challenge The seats at Caffe Lena have been empty since March 14. But our stage…

Jon Pousette-Dart, the enduring acoustic rocker who emerged in the '70s, famously sang "I hope that it's only amnesia . . . " A case of amnesia might come…