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PSST People's Song SocieTea Monthly salon of art, ideas & current events 🎶☕️
Last Thursday every month
Bantha Tea | 7pm | Pittsburgh, PA
Come curious ~ leave judgement at the door. PSST!

Free for all. (People’s Song SocieTea) is a small, community-centered gathering where artists share songs or poems (etc.) inspired by current events, followed by conversation. Prescheduled performers bring one piece, introduce why the topic matters to them and explain their piece then perform. It’s a no-bigotry, curiosity-forward space focused on ideas and dialogue. Free to attend, donation-based, and very intimate (4–6 performers per night). Last Thursday of every month, Bantha Tea Bar, 7-9ish

Interested performers - please message for details! (non-music performers also welcome!)

Kaston Guffey is the singer and songwriter of My Politic, an indie-folk duo formed with Nick Pankey. Across 10 releases,...
10/16/2026

Kaston Guffey is the singer and songwriter of My Politic, an indie-folk duo formed with Nick Pankey. Across 10 releases, including 2025’s Signs of Life, their music blends vivid slice-of-life storytelling, richly drawn characters, skilled acoustic instrumentation, and sibling-like harmonies. The duo has performed at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival and toured with fellow folk troubadours including Margo Cilker, Jaimee Harris, and Adeem the Artist.

“Kaston Guffey has a style of intimate songwriting that is often reminiscent of the late great John Prine.” — Nashville Scene

We're looking forward to welcoming Kaston to PSST! on October 29 for some songs and stories. Come be in the room! ☕️

It's time to announce October's fabulous PSST lineup!This month we have music, poetry, and DANCE!Kaston Guffey ~ Jeremy...
10/07/2026

It's time to announce October's fabulous PSST lineup!

This month we have music, poetry, and DANCE!
Kaston Guffey ~
Jeremy Caywood ~
Danny Rec ~
Marie Elizabeth Thomas ~ .e.thomas.writer
Kaylin Horgan ~

It might be chilly outside, but it's always warm and welcoming at PSST! There's a place for you here ~ Oct 29 ~ Bantha Tea Bar

Flashback to last week’s September PSST! We had music, poetry, singalongs, and for the first time, visual and physical a...
10/02/2026

Flashback to last week’s September PSST! We had music, poetry, singalongs, and for the first time, visual and physical arts!

Our terrific crew of creatives included:
Beth Claussen ~ Find her on FB
Mark Broscoe ~ Mark Broscoe
Payge Gray ~ Payge Gray
OrangeG ~ OrangeG
Jonathan Daybear ~ Jonathan Daybear
Nathan Zoob ~ Nathan Zoob

Follow them to keep in touch with their art, and Save The Date ~ October 29th ~ we have another amazing lineup!!! There’s always room for you at PSST! ~ Bantha Tea Bar

📸 : Ken Kerr … and more to come soon!

We had another BEAUTIFUL night of art, music, and poetry at the September PSST! So grateful for the artists who share th...
09/25/2026

We had another BEAUTIFUL night of art, music, and poetry at the September PSST! So grateful for the artists who share their vulnerability, and the audience who holds them in that moment. It's incredible!

Thanks to all these terrific humans who presented their heart and soul:
Beth Claussen ~ Find her on FB!
Mark Broscoe ~
Payge Gray ~
OrangeG ~
Jonathan Daybear ~
Nathan Zoob ~

We will be at it ALL over again next month with another amazing lineup, so Save The Date ~ Oct 29th ~

A little last-minute PSST! artist update ✨We’re sad to share that our scheduled poet, Marie Elizabeth Thomas, is unable ...
09/24/2026

A little last-minute PSST! artist update ✨

We’re sad to share that our scheduled poet, Marie Elizabeth Thomas, is unable to join us tonight due to illness ~ we’re sending her lots of love and wishes for a quick recovery. 💛 Happily, Marie is already rescheduled to join us at our next gathering on October 29!

In the meantime, we’re so grateful to welcome Payge Gray, who has graciously stepped in at the last minute to share her words with us tonight!

Payge Gray is a local artist and poet who draws much of her inspiration from a deeply rooted desire to transmute the pain she sees in the world into a light of hope — helping us navigate dark moments and carrying us closer to ourselves and one another.

A pretty perfect voice to add to the PSST! room. ☕️

Join us TONIGHT ~ 7pm at Bantha Tea Bar ~ There’s always a seat for you.

Jonathan is a conscientious graphic designer and visual digital artist who has been helping to brand Pittsburgh non-prof...
09/22/2026

Jonathan is a conscientious graphic designer and visual digital artist who has been helping to brand Pittsburgh non-profits for over 25 years. You might even recognize some of his designs around the city. Originally from rural Michigan, he lives in lower Lawrenceville with his husband Mark, and kitty cat Asia.

Jonathan has been an OG supporter of PSST! since Day One and we're so excited to be featuring his graphic work ~ on September 24th ~ Bantha Tea Bar

Zoob is a New York born guitarist and songwriter who moved toPittsburgh at 18, played in Wreck Loose, The House of Song,...
09/21/2026

Zoob is a New York born guitarist and songwriter who moved to
Pittsburgh at 18, played in Wreck Loose, The House of Song,
Biirdwatcher and a long list of others, alongside stints as musical
director for the WYEP Hootenanny, the WDVE Christmas show, and several
of Randy Baumann's Rambles. In 2021 he released his first solo album,
California Burning, which the Post-Gazette called "a parting gift…
that highlights his fluid guitar work and tender vocals," then left
for Los Angeles to get a master's in studio guitar performance from
USC. He's back now, and wondering if you wanna hang out.

Come hang out with Zoob at the Sept 24th PSST! ~ Tea Bar

Marie Elizabeth Thomas is a writer and poet living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband and their 2 cats (one o...
09/18/2026

Marie Elizabeth Thomas is a writer and poet living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband and their 2 cats (one of whom is a demon child, and the other, an idiot). Marie regularly participates in readingsvaround Pittsburgh and has won numerous poetry slams with the Pittsburgh Poetry Collective. Her work explores the intersection of religious trauma, deconstruction, mental illness, and the strangeness of stability.

PSST! is thrilled to welcome Marie to the floor on Sept 24th! ~ Bantha Tea Bar

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Beth Claussen is a creative spirit who loves combining natural treasures such as grapevine, twigs and sticks along with ...
09/17/2026

Beth Claussen is a creative spirit who loves combining natural treasures such as grapevine, twigs and sticks along with flowers and fabric to assemble one of a kind peace signs. She is a vocal coach, porch concert producer and a woman who loves sharing her hippie-peace-sign vibe with the world!

Beth is also a community maker ~ her final iteration of her growing Porch Concert Series is this Friday, 9/18, at the corner of Jancey and Hampton, 6pm.

Check her out there, and then come to PSST! to hear what she has to say about the meaning behind her sculptural assemblages! ~ Sept 24th ~ Bantha Tea Bar

OrangeG is an experimental folk act based in Pittsburgh, PA. Their songs are often introspective focusing on social and ...
09/16/2026

OrangeG is an experimental folk act based in Pittsburgh, PA. Their songs are often introspective focusing on social and mental challenges of living on this planet with all of its imperfections. Live performances include atmospheric sound collages that place songs into specific moments and moods.

Can't wait to give a warm PsstPsstPsst welcome to OrangeG on Sept 24th! ~ Bantha Tea Bar

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