Big Mother Coffeehouse ’70s Heaven

“Ahh! That Muenster on delicious pumpernickel!” remembers Marsha Jones ’76. Leslie Seeman ’73, left, pictured with Barb Goldman ’74, says they weighed the cheese to price it.  Neil Ward ’76 sold his whole wheat raisin “NeilBread” to the student-run coffeehouse, where you could buy vinyl from Mother Records and hear live acoustic music at night. “Lots of bell bottoms, floral shirts and flowing skirts, fringed jackets and love beads!” says Tony Affigne ’76, ’91 AM, ’92 PhD. “The atmosphere at Big Mother was exotic; dark, intimate, and smoky; posters of rock icons on every wall,” says Nancy Rosenberg  ’76 DMA.  “I thought it was the coolest place ever.”