Begin the Year with Care...Cafe
Schedule
Tue Jan 20 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club | New York, NY
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Photo by Lori E Seid Begin the Year with Care...Cafe
a free event created by Lois Weaver and hosted with Peggy Shaw, Kim Ima, and Erin Amlicke and the staff at La Mama
Tuesday January 20, 5pm-7pm
Community Arts Space at La Mama
74A East 4th Street New York, NY
https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1246157
January is a time of beginnings- a new year, new projects, new sets of habits and intentions. Usually, that means a time of reflection, of looking inward and making lists of personal wishes and individual resolutions.
At our new mayor’s inauguration, NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams asked us to stand, take hold of our neighbor's hand and repeat the motto he has adopted from the Brazilian Bolsonaro resistance,
"No one let go of anyone's hands because if we're all connected we can't lose anyone. So we hold on to the hand of our neighbor and we reach out with our other hand to grasp someone who may fall through the cracks and we bring them along".
For our January Care Café, we will be looking for ways to stand alongside, hold on, and not let go of each other. Instead of making resolutions for ourselves, we will be turning outward and reflecting on how we can show up and show up for each other. Together we will think about how we can accept these challenges and bring some big imagination and transformative love for 2026 into our communities and daily lives. “
ALSO on Tuesday, January 20, the Women’s March’s and 50501 are organizing a Nationwide Free America Walkout. From 2 pm that day, they are calling on communities to organize walk outs, meetings, service activities, sit ins, etc that focus on blocking normal routines of power, and signal that we are walking away from fascism and towards a Free America. We will be hosting a Sit Out Sit-In on the sidewalk of East 4th Street from 3 -5 pm that day- just prior to the Care Café. Stay tuned for more details.
So whether you are Walking Out on Authoritarianism, Sitting in for Freedom or Sitting Out on East 4th Street please join us and Walk IN to the Begin the Year with Care... Cafe at 5 pm for some dreaming, scheming, and care. As usual there will be snacks and activities.
About a Care Cafe........
A Care Café asks us to turn up as we are, with no specific agenda, expectation, or discussion topic, simply asking the question: How can we maintain an attitude of care in an uncaring world? Set up like a conventional café with small tables and chairs, the Care Café acts as a temporary venue for community and conversation with some simple table activities set up within a framework of care. Just by entering the room, we acknowledge something of our own needs in the present moment and our desire to give and receive care.
You can RSVP with La Mama to let us know you are coming, but you can drop in anytime between 5-7 pm.
https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1246157
NEXT CARE CAFE IS FEBRUARY 17, 2026 ❤️
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Where is it happening?
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E 4th St, New York, NY 10003-8903, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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