Celebrate as our cafe is rededicated Miriam’s Café at the Smart in honor of Miriam Graham, a longtime benefactor of the Smart Museum of Art.

The afternoon includes a concert of coffee- and tea-related jazz and Baroque music—including a selection from Bach’s Coffee Cantata—featuring performers from the University of Chicago community. Plus, free premium coffee, hand-bagged tea, baked goods, and a latte art competition that showcases the creativity of our baristas.

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Concert

Performance begins at 4:45 pm and features MurphyKate Montee (soprano), Patrice Michaels (soprano), Julianna Han (flute), and Thomas Ballew (piano).

Ei, wie schmeckt der Kaffee süße from The Coffee Cantata
J. S. Bach (1685–1750)

O toi, liqueur, que j’aime from Le café
Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734)

The Coffee Song (1946) and Java Jive (1940)
Bob Hilliard & Dick Miles/Milton Drake & Ben Oakland

Black Coffee (1948)
Paul Webster & Sonny Burke

You’re The Cream In My Coffee, from Hold Everything (1928)
Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown & Ray Henderson

Taylor the Latté Boy, from Adventures in Love (2000)
Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich

Tea For Two (or Three or Four) from No, No, Nannette (1925)
Irving Caesar & Victor Youmans, arranged by Patrice Michaels

About Miriam Graham

Miriam’s Café will be dedicated in honor of Miriam W. Graham (1919–2013), a longtime supporter and art donor to the Museum. Her bequest to the Smart Museum helps us create a vibrant cultural destination for students and neighbors, families and scholars—a spot that brings art and museums into everyday life and routines.