Part service, part concert, this transition to our time at Caffe Lena is led by Dan Berggren. Dan is a SUNY professor emeritus, a folksinger/songwriter for over 50 years, a recent inductee to the Capital Region Thomas Edison Music Hall of Fame, a founding member of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Northern Chautauqua in Fredonia, … Continue reading A UU Gospel According to Dan: Our First Service at Caffe Lena

Through story, song and insight, Dan Berggren invites us into the creative process behind his songwriting, revealing how language and memory work together to honor the people who’ve helped hold us up—our “big beams.” Drawing from his deep roots in the Adirondacks and his decades as an educator and performer, he explores how imagination becomes … Continue reading Building Big Beams