The Foremothers Café Press

Our Founder and Director, Helen Lundström Erwin is a finalist for an Auggie Award for Best Indie Creator, 2026, in recognition of creating The Foremothers Café and producing our year-round programming.
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Swedish Lucia Concert Performed Live in Virtual Reality, A First-of-its-Kind Event
New York, 10 Dec — In an unprecedented blend of tradition and cutting-edge technology, The Foremothers Café-VR World successfully hosted the first-ever live Swedish Lucia Concert performed in Virtual Reality. 
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Previous Press Release October 3rd 2023 The Foremothers Café in the Metaverse Reopens on ENGAGE.
The first Metaverse world that brings historical fiction to life, seamlessly bridging literature and digital exploration
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Kulturminnet

An article about how Helen is bringing folklore into Virtual Reality with the English Folklore organization FolkloreThursday Read here (In Swedish)

Folkloring

Helen was a guest on the Folkloring podcast talking with Tracy Nichols about her Historical Fantasy, The Lure of Water and Wood, about Virtual Reality and The Foremothers Cafe. Find it here or wherever you listen to your podcasts.

Over Coffee Podcast

Dot Cannon talks with Helen about her books and The Foremothers Cafe.
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Forbes Magazine

Write up on 48 Hours in the Metaverse
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48 Hours in The Metaverse

The Foremothers Café was was featured in the 4 Times Award Winning Documentary 48 Hours in The Metaverse
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You can also watch a short clip from the documentary in our 2nd Anniversary Video here

Thank you to Altspace

Our World Builders Cause and Christi talks about how it all started on Altspace
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