Stephanie Rearick, Natalie E. Illum, Sandra Beasley

Art in the cafe...

Ruth Comfort


"The Metaphysical Affect"


January 2026



A diverse collection of mixed mediums, extensively encapsulating my heart and soul concerning the dreams of the human condition. ARTISAN RUTH COMFORT My given name is Ruth Comfort. Named after the amazing artist Louis Comfort Tiffany. I hail from a very long line of artisans and musicians. Even dating back to the great German philosopher...
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Saturday, October 8, 2005

This is a special 'welcome home' show for Stephanie Rearick as she returns from a three week tour of the midwest and west coast. She will be joined by two poets that she met last year while touring the east coast.

Rearick is a pianist who's music is best described as pop/cabaret.

"Imagine Tom Waits reincarnated as Debussy, playing Joni Mitchell versions of Edgar Allan Poe poems on a 1920s era piano, and you get an approximate sense of the influences singer/pianist Stephanie Rearick channels on the way to making her very unique, idiosyncratic art pop." -- Berkshire Eagle

Natalie E. Illum is from Washington DC and is a founding board member of mothertongue which is a spoken word, poetry and creative writing women's organization. They are an all volunteer run nonprofit organization dedicated to providing women and young girls a safe space to be creative and empowered by the strength and courage of their own voices and experiences. She will read from her collected works.

Sandra Beasley is a writer, a photographer and a poet. She has had quite a few of her works published including one in the 2005 edition of Best new Poets.