Coffeehouse (event)
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A coffeehouse is a social event, often held to raise funds for and/or generate awareness of a social cause or other event.
The name "coffeehouse" is derived from the limited menu which is typically available at the social event: coffee is usually the featured beverage, together with other non-alcoholic beverages such as soda, juice and tea. Desserts and snack foods may round out the menu.
freshwater shortages, and/or outbreaks of disease
in various countries. Some coffeehouses may facilitate other activities, such as a mass letter writing campaign or signing petitions.
Some coffeehouses have free admission, but others require a small entrance fee. If money is collected as an entrance fee, it is often donated in whole or in part to the social cause, after covering expenses.
Coffeehouses are often sponsored by a permanent, semicommercial
high schools
. In particular, schools often sponsor coffeehouses to allow students to socialize in an explicitly non-alcoholic environment.
See also
- English coffeehouses in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Fika
- House concert
- Salon (gathering)
- Social center
- Stammtisch
- Tertulia
- Third place
- Viennese coffee house
References
- ^ Harrisburg Horizons Newspaper Article "A Cup of Cheer"
- ISBN 978-90-04-48524-2, retrieved 2024-01-26
External links
- Boston Area Coffeehouse Association (BACHA)
- The University of the Streets Cafés, from Concordia University, Montreal
- Coffee House Rendezvous: Youth Culture in the 1960s on YouTube, a short documentary film on 1960s coffeehouses