Tristan Paulette ’27
Jan 26, 2024
This week, Blue Review, the school’s literary and arts magazine, hosted Creative Cafe and Spoken Word, a popular student-run event.
About the event, writing center director Michelle Poacelli said, “Creative Cafe was started by Blue Review. It is the fifth year that it has happened… Designed to prime the pump for creativity at Mercersburg, it’s great to see [students] at the tables, paints and watercolors spread all over, writing prompts and bookmarks all over the place. They sit down and let the spirit of creativity move through them.”
Whether students are on the stage performing or off the stage creating, they are able to unleash their creativity.
Kiran Innis ’27 said, “I attended Creative Cafe because one, I love painting, and then secondly, to see my friends and peers perform for the Spoken Word. I really enjoyed it. I was painting a scene of mountains and the sky. I think Hawaii inspired it, where I grew up.”
Mika Martínez-Arocho ’25, who performed “I Guess I’m in Love,” said, “I love music, and I always love to sing. I don’t get many opportunities to sing in front of people. Spoken Word is one of those opportunities for me to sing in public where there is not that much pressure and I have my friends there to support me. I always love the opportunity to sing and perform.”
Devin Rotz ’25 said, “It was a great way for me to spend time with friends, be creative, and support my peers in Spoken Word. During Creative Cafe, I glued together different images from magazines to create a mood board.”
Bob Hollis ’24 worked with Kevin Hang ’24 during the Creative Cafe as the emcees of the event. Hollis said, “Creative Cafe brings in my role as one of the literary editors for Blue Review.”
Hang added, “Spoken Word vibes are always the best. Spoken Word has been one of the coolest things I’ve been a part of here at Mercersburg… I performed ‘Redbone,’ which has been a staple for about four Spoken Words now. We have the job of making sure the energy stays high so we always like introducing each act with something silly or goofy.”
About the evening, Poacelli said, “Really, all the kids were incredible. It takes so much courage to go up there and to do that and it always blows me away that the students are so confident and bold.”
This week, Blue Review, the school’s literary and arts magazine, hosted Creative Cafe and Spoken Word, a popular student-run event.
About the event, writing center director Michelle Poacelli said, “Creative Cafe was started by Blue Review. It is the fifth year that it has happened… Designed to prime the pump for creativity at Mercersburg, it’s great to see [students] at the tables, paints and watercolors spread all over, writing prompts and bookmarks all over the place. They sit down and let the spirit of creativity move through them.”
Whether students are on the stage performing or off the stage creating, they are able to unleash their creativity.
Kiran Innis ’27 said, “I attended Creative Cafe because one, I love painting, and then secondly, to see my friends and peers perform for the Spoken Word. I really enjoyed it. I was painting a scene of mountains and the sky. I think Hawaii inspired it, where I grew up.”
Mika Martínez-Arocho ’25, who performed “I Guess I’m in Love,” said, “I love music, and I always love to sing. I don’t get many opportunities to sing in front of people. Spoken Word is one of those opportunities for me to sing in public where there is not that much pressure and I have my friends there to support me. I always love the opportunity to sing and perform.”
Devin Rotz ’25 said, “It was a great way for me to spend time with friends, be creative, and support my peers in Spoken Word. During Creative Cafe, I glued together different images from magazines to create a mood board.”
Bob Hollis ’24 worked with Kevin Hang ’24 during the Creative Cafe as the emcees of the event. Hollis said, “Creative Cafe brings in my role as one of the literary editors for Blue Review.”
Hang added, “Spoken Word vibes are always the best. Spoken Word has been one of the coolest things I’ve been a part of here at Mercersburg… I performed ‘Redbone,’ which has been a staple for about four Spoken Words now. We have the job of making sure the energy stays high so we always like introducing each act with something silly or goofy.”
About the evening, Poacelli said, “Really, all the kids were incredible. It takes so much courage to go up there and to do that and it always blows me away that the students are so confident and bold.” Don’t brush off Creative Cafe
Tristan Paulette ’27
This week, Blue Review, the school’s literary and arts magazine, hosted Creative Cafe and Spoken Word, a popular student-run event.
About the event, writing center director Michelle Poacelli said, “Creative Cafe was started by Blue Review. It is the fifth year that it has happened… Designed to prime the pump for creativity at Mercersburg, it’s great to see [students] at the tables, paints and watercolors spread all over, writing prompts and bookmarks all over the place. They sit down and let the spirit of creativity move through them.”
Whether students are on the stage performing or off the stage creating, they are able to unleash their creativity.
Kiran Innis ’27 said, “I attended Creative Cafe because one, I love painting, and then secondly, to see my friends and peers perform for the Spoken Word. I really enjoyed it. I was painting a scene of mountains and the sky. I think Hawaii inspired it, where I grew up.”
Mika Martínez-Arocho ’25, who performed “I Guess I’m in Love,” said, “I love music, and I always love to sing. I don’t get many opportunities to sing in front of people. Spoken Word is one of those opportunities for me to sing in public where there is not that much pressure and I have my friends there to support me. I always love the opportunity to sing and perform.”
Devin Rotz ’25 said, “It was a great way for me to spend time with friends, be creative, and support my peers in Spoken Word. During Creative Cafe, I glued together different images from magazines to create a mood board.”
Bob Hollis ’24 worked with Kevin Hang ’24 during the Creative Cafe as the emcees of the event. Hollis said, “Creative Cafe brings in my role as one of the literary editors for Blue Review.”
Hang added, “Spoken Word vibes are always the best. Spoken Word has been one of the coolest things I’ve been a part of here at Mercersburg… I performed ‘Redbone,’ which has been a staple for about four Spoken Words now. We have the job of making sure the energy stays high so we always like introducing each act with something silly or goofy.”
About the evening, Poacelli said, “Really, all the kids were incredible. It takes so much courage to go up there and to do that and it always blows me away that the students are so confident and bold.”
This week, Blue Review, the school’s literary and arts magazine, hosted Creative Cafe and Spoken Word, a popular student-run event.
About the event, writing center director Michelle Poacelli said, “Creative Cafe was started by Blue Review. It is the fifth year that it has happened… Designed to prime the pump for creativity at Mercersburg, it’s great to see [students] at the tables, paints and watercolors spread all over, writing prompts and bookmarks all over the place. They sit down and let the spirit of creativity move through them.”
Whether students are on the stage performing or off the stage creating, they are able to unleash their creativity.
Kiran Innis ’27 said, “I attended Creative Cafe because one, I love painting, and then secondly, to see my friends and peers perform for the Spoken Word. I really enjoyed it. I was painting a scene of mountains and the sky. I think Hawaii inspired it, where I grew up.”
Mika Martínez-Arocho ’25, who performed “I Guess I’m in Love,” said, “I love music, and I always love to sing. I don’t get many opportunities to sing in front of people. Spoken Word is one of those opportunities for me to sing in public where there is not that much pressure and I have my friends there to support me. I always love the opportunity to sing and perform.”
Devin Rotz ’25 said, “It was a great way for me to spend time with friends, be creative, and support my peers in Spoken Word. During Creative Cafe, I glued together different images from magazines to create a mood board.”
Bob Hollis ’24 worked with Kevin Hang ’24 during the Creative Cafe as the emcees of the event. Hollis said, “Creative Cafe brings in my role as one of the literary editors for Blue Review.”
Hang added, “Spoken Word vibes are always the best. Spoken Word has been one of the coolest things I’ve been a part of here at Mercersburg… I performed ‘Redbone,’ which has been a staple for about four Spoken Words now. We have the job of making sure the energy stays high so we always like introducing each act with something silly or goofy.”
About the evening, Poacelli said, “Really, all the kids were incredible. It takes so much courage to go up there and to do that and it always blows me away that the students are so confident and bold.”