Common Ground Coffeehouse is the monthly music and performing arts series produced by members of the First Unitarian Society of Westchester's Social Action Committee. It was founded as an effort to build community and to support regional and national musicians and other artists. Since 2005, Common Ground has used its profits to operate the Common Ground Microcredit Fund. The fund raised has raised over $17,000 for local, regional and global community groups and organizations that provide either much needed social services or work toward progressive, nonviolent social change. For more information on Common Ground's social justice mission, and to learn more about the Common Ground Microcredit Fund, please visit http://commongroundfusw.com.
Now in our sixth year, Common Ground has hosted (or will soon host) such beloved national and regional artists as Jen Chapin, Guy Davis, Sloan Wainwright, Chris Smither, The Kennedys, Kimya Dawson, Great Lake Swimmers, Nerissa and Katryna Nields, Red Molly, Griffin & the True Believers, Emma's Revolution (Pat Humphries and Sandy O.), and many more. Common Ground is also a regular stop on the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's Annual Most Wanted Preview Tour. In addition to traditional and modern folk artists, Common Ground frequently features other musical genres, such as jazz, blues, cajun-zydeco, popular song, R&B, and even the occasional evening of punk-klezmer or avant garde gamelan music!
