Maggie Paxson’s Bomb Shelter Cafe

Maggie Paxson’s Bomb Shelter Cafe is a sing-along event inspired by the collective music of embattled communities of the Holocaust and the Second World War, where audiences join together to find meaning, transcendence, and even laughter in troubled times. Following along from printed lyrics, participants have joined Maggie in raising their voices for resilience at public venues and private homes. Bomb Shelter Cafes evoke an atmosphere of hope and survival, weaving scenes and stories from earlier decades when the creation of beauty was itself an act of resistance, all in the spirit of Tikkun Olam, the repair of the world.