On Friday December 7th we’re hosting the grand opening of Meta Cafe from 8:00 pm to midnight.  The entirety of the event is free and open to the public.  Here’s what will be happening at this special kick off event:

  • Coffee and Desserts–we’re bringing in local shops to provide specialty coffee and desserts for our Cafe.  Everything will be complimentary for this grand opening event, so come and enjoy some great food and drink, on us!
  • The Cafe is a Wi-Fi hotspot, so bring your laptop and connect with other bloggers in the Erie area. 

If you like, you can drink coffee, eat dessert, and surf the web all night–we won’t stop you.  But if you’re looking for something more to do, we’ve got plenty going on in and around the cafe:

  • We’ll be hosting live blogging events during the evening.  Spend time checking out our featured blogs, and cast your vote for your favorite (If you’d like your blog featured at Meta Cafe, you can request to be added to the blogroll at blusky@grace-erie.org).   Participate in our online scavenger hunt for a chance to win some neat swag.  You can also join our Meta Cafe chatroom and connect with everyone in the Cafe at once. 
  • In addition to those online activities, the Meta Cafe blog will be updated on December 7th with a discussion post.  You can use our topic to kickstart a conversation in the chatroom or in person. 
  • Rock Band Karaoke–out on the plasma TV in the lobby, we’ll be hosting Karaoke, Rock Band style!  Pick a song and an instrument (vocals, guitar, bass, or drums) and jam away–you can simply sing like old school karaoke, or you can form a band with up to three other people to jam along with you!  It’s fun and incredibly easy to pick up.  Check out the setlist of available songs.
  • Halo 3 freeplay and tournament–Just outside the Cafe area, we’re sponsoring a Halo 3 event out in the Commons.  Come freeplay on our 58″ High Def Plasma Screens from 8:00-10:00, or form a team of four and sign up for our bracketed tournament that starts at 10:00.
  • Volleyball–that’s right, if you’re not not into blogging, karaoke or video games, there’s still something for you to do.  The net will be set up in the gym and you can jump on a team and play casually from 8:00-9:00 and 10:00 to midnight.  You can also sign up for our tournament which will run from 10:00-11:00. 

In addition to all this, there will be plenty of board and card games available for you to check out and play with your friends at our many tables or couches in the Cafe, and you’ll be able to take a self guided tour of our new facility, with different T.V.’s highlighting the various areas all around the building. 

We’re expecting quite a few people, and no matter what your interests are, we’re confident that you’ll find something fun to do and meet some new people from the Erie area while you’re at it.  And this is just the beginning.  So come on out to our new facilities at Grace Church on Grubb Road, and we’ll see you on the 7th!