Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
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Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse is a radical infoshop located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and run by a worker-owner collective. Red Emma's opened in November 2004 and features a coffee bar, free wireless internet, an extensive stock of thought-provoking books, and weekly events (such as film screenings, political teach-ins, and community events). Past events have included ex-Weather Underground leader Bernardine Dohrn, the Beehive Collective and Charming Hostess. The space, while anarchist in philosophy, is accommodating to most.
Red Emma's is located at 800 Saint Paul Street in downtown Baltimore. It was previously named Black Planet Books and was located at 1621 Fleet Street. The previous location did not include café space.
Red Emma's was voted "Best Coffeehouse" by the student body of Johns Hopkins University in 2005, and won the Baltimore City Paper's Best of Baltimore award in 2005 for "Best Wireless Hotspot" and in 2006 for "Best Non-Bar Hangout."
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In late 2007, Red Emma's joined with St. John's United Methodist to form 2640, a "noncommercial, cooperatively managed space for radical politics and grassroots culture."[1] The organization centers around management of the Charles Village church located at 2640 Saint Paul Street. In addition to Sunday services, the facility is used as an event space, hosting gatherings such as the Baltimore International Rhythm Festival and the Mid-Atlantic Radical Book Fair.[2]
[edit] See also
- Internet cafe
- Emma Goldman (The bookstore's namesake)
[edit] References
- ^ What is 2640?
- ^ "Church, anarchists come to each other's rescue". Baltimore Sun (November 27, 2007)
