As November rolls around, The Filament prepares for its annual Fall Coffee House.

There is also a special performance this year. The Filament will have guest slam poet Joseph Green who is also the co-founder of poetryN.O.W. The Filament hopes that the Coffee House and the guest poet will stir up more interest for The Filament’s new project, creating a poetry slam club.

The Fall Coffee House is not a free event but the prices are affordable. Tickets are $3 before the day of the show, which are sold at all lunches and by members. Afterwards, they are $4 at the door.

The day of the actual performance comes and members were busily transforming the Clausen Hall into a cozy, cafÈ environment. They plan to arrange the tables, set up Christmas lights, the bakery table, sounds and bring in instruments if the performers cannot bring their own.

The process of setting up the Coffee House is an involved one. Auditions were held for two days, and it was harder this year because of how the scheduling worked out, winter sports starting the week of auditions and the shift from Atom Time to Flex.

The Filament also has to contact Beanetics. Thanks to the partnership between The Filament and Beanetics, all of the coffee at Coffee House is given to The Filament for free. 

“The Filament is meant as an outlet for student literature, art and creativity. We work as a method to showcase anyone and everyone’s creativity to the school,” senior Sabrina River said.

Rivera has been a member of The Filament since her freshman year and is now the current editor-in-chief.

Auditions were held after school on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12 the previous week, and they ranged from an array of original poetry and raps to jazz quintets.

“I was just blown away by the amazing talent that Annandale students have. There’s a lot of variety” The Filament sponsor Fusun Sulzbach said.

All types of artistic and creative performance are allowed. The Filament can find a spot for anyone who wants to perform.

Performers are also not restricted to members of The Filament. In fact, most performers are not part of the club, such as junior Leif Jomaud,

“I want to perform at the Coffee House because of my love for performing. I have been blessed with my talents and because of this blessing; it is my purpose to share it to the world no matter if the event is large or small,” Jomaud said. “Also, I’ve been performing at the Coffee House ever since freshmen year and I would love to continue. This year, I am only performing with a new Vocal Group I created called “Stratosphere”. We are an a cappella group consisting of three lead singers, two backing vocals, and a beat boxer.”

The income generated from the Fall Coffee House, the Spring Coffee House, and the ads in The Filament’s magazine work towards paying for The Filament’s end of the year magazine.