2010 Annual Celebration
Mark your calendars! You will not want to miss the 2010 AWE Annual celebration to be held on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at World Cafe Live.
AWE 2009 Annual Celebration at World Cafe Live
Featured Speaker
An Entrepreneur's Journey
SITE59.COM - Travelocity - Barnes & Noble. These all have one thing in common...this year's featured speaker, Tracey Weber. Come hear her story as she journeys from co-founder and chief operating officer of SITE59.COM, to President, North America, Travelocity, and finally to her current position at Barnes & Noble where she serves as executive vice president, textbooks and digital education. More
2010 Iris Newman Award Recipient
 AWE is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2010 Iris Newman Award, Maxine Ballen. In response to receiving the award, Ms. Ballen said, "I knew Iris personally and so it is a very special honor for me. She was a role model for all of us."
Maxine Ballen currently serves as President and CEO of the New Jersey Technology Council, an organization she founded in 1996. The NJTC is the state's premier organization for technology companies offering their membership of over 1,000 companies access to the resources, financing, information and an organized technology community. More
About the Venue
The story of World Cafe Live starts with a coincidence.
As a dedicated concert-goer, Hal Real had become increasingly disenchanted over the years with the smoky rooms, lousy sight lines, tinny acoustics and inadequate seating that have become the standard live music experience.
And then he heard a voice. Specifically, the voice of David Dye, host of a contemporary music program on public radio called World Cafe. On the Cafe Hal heard everything he'd been missing in the clubs: talented artists in a nurturing environment, free from distractions, taking risks and playing their guts out for an appreciative audience.
At the same time, WXPN, where World Cafe is produced, had outgrown its studios and was seeking a new home. And so the moment Hal called the station to propose joining forces was the moment of conception for World Cafe Live.
Hal's company, Real Entertainment Group and WXPN, which is owned and operated by the University of Pennsylvania, have entered into a unique partnership between a for-profit and a non-profit organization. Sharing work space and a common philosophy, XPN and World Cafe Live have forged what may become a prototype for future relationships between public broadcasters and private enterprise.
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