citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message the cornelia street cafe 2009 the cornelia street cafe in new york city s greenwich village united states opened its doors in july 1977 . it was the birthplace of the monday night songwriter s workshop started by singer songwriter and then cafe waitress carolyne mas in december 1977 . the group became known as the songwriter s exchange and released an album on stash records in 1980 . the cafe was a venue in which songwriters like suzanne vega the group s most famous alumna perfected their craft . the songwriter s exchange over time and under the guidance of jack hardy eventually evolved into the cooperative that formed the fast folk musical magazine . other regular contributors to the workshop included carolyne mas jack hardy tom intondi david massengill ray korona cliff eberhardt steven brant lucy kaplansky rod macdonald and michael fracasso . citation needed today the cornelia street cafe is a restaurant and nightclub showcasing musicians poets writers and artists . author robin hirsch is one of the owners . singer songwriter pianist valerie ghent now runs the songwriter s beat the current incarnation of the songwriter s exchange . in 1998 the cafe was one of the restaurants recognized by the greenwich village society for historic preservation with a village award presented to cornelia street restaurants . 1 the pink pony open mic poetry series is held at the cornelia street cafe and jackie sheeler is the host . spoken word and poetry slam artists are featured . the treatment of performers at cornelia street cafe by house management is inconsistent and on some occasions performers have been asked to prematurely end their set . 2 references edit past village award winners . gvshp.org . retrieved 1 june 2015 . http jazztruth.blogspot.com 2013 03 calling them out cornelia street cafe.html external links edit cornelia street cafe coordinates 40 43 53 n 74 00 09 w 40.731348 n 74.002391 w 40.731348 ; 74.002391 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cornelia street cafe & oldid 740150656 categories music venues in new york citynightclubs in new york cityhidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2013all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2016coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 september 2016 at 10 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view