Join Your Neighbors for a Main Street Coffee Hour

Come take part in a public social event where you can sit a spell and chat about your town from the comfort of a living room!

The Main Street Coffee Hour is a re-creation of a living room on main street. All community members are invited to sit, enjoy a hot beverage, and share their thoughts about community. Everyone is welcome to bring an item or prop from home to add to the “scene”, such as: a lamp, houseplant, TV tray, vacuum, etc. As part of Center for Rural Affairs’ Byway of Art project, Decatur, Lyons, Macy and Oakland are fortunate to welcome artist Matthew Mazzotta to their Main Street Coffee Hour. Mazzotta will sit, chat, and listen to our ideas and visions for our towns.

This is the first of several opportunities that the yearlong community based art project will provide for folks to get involved. Refreshments will be on from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Take a break during the day and join the discussion! Inclement weather locations have been arranged. Main Street Coffee Hour in your town: Lyons: Monday, 9/22 (rain location: Library) Decatur: Wednesday, 9/24 (rain location: Sears Center) Macy: Thursday, 9/25 (rain location: Gilpin Building) Oakland: Monday, 9/29 (rain location: Auditorium) Check out Facebook “Byway of Art” for additional details and news. Questions?

Contact your local coordinator: Oakland, Deborah Anderson at 402-685-5101; Lyons, Marilyn Tenney at 402-870-1015; Decatur, Amy Piere-Soll at 402-870-1508; and Macy, Linda Robinson at 712-253-3582. For further information contact project manager, Adele Phillips, at the Center for Rural Affairs, 402-687-2100.”