How does an organization like *culture is not optional measure the success of an event like Future Fest? Is it successful if we make a bunch of money that we can pour back into the school? Is it successful if we get big numbers and meet lots of people? Is it successful if we make...
Wow! We can hardly believe that, after many weeks of planning and work, the fourth annual Future Fest is over. We had a wonderful time on Saturday eating, playing, creating, listening, working out and rummaging together, as neighbors from near and far. Over 350 people gathered to support the Huss Project, Triple Ripple Community Gardens...
Feast your eyes! This year's Future Festival features a gourmet collection of colorful art pieces in and around The Huss Project. We've worked really hard to bring the creative spirit of The Huss Project to life through our hand-painted signs and in the artwork that have been created at Huss. Come check out our funky,...
Wondering what to do with all the small change sliding around on the floor of your car? With the nickels and dimes cluttering your dresser or the collection of pennies between couch cushions? This Saturday from 12-4:00 p.m. at the Huss Future Festival, we’re putting loose change to good use at the first ever Coin...
One thing is for sure: we in the *cino community love food. We love growing, cooking, blessing, eating and sharing it (not so much the doing-the-dishes part). And so, one of the things we all delight in is the range of delicious food and beverages featured each year at the Huss Future Festival. You can...
What would a festival be without a day full of music? We can't have one without it, and so we've lined up an entire day of live music to accompany your adventures, coin carnival-ing, and art buying, and we have some excellent performers ready to lull you into audio bliss. Check out the set list...
For the second year, we're hosting Family Fun Nights once a week at the Huss Project! We have been blessed with much more rain this year than we had last year and that's been wonderful -- especially for the Garden. But it also has meant that most of our Family Fun Nights have had to move indoors....
Each year, Huss Future Festival gets bigger and better and 2013 will be no exception. In addition to past favorites like a rummage sale, food vendors, a farmer's market, craft activities, art vendors and live music, this year's committee has organized a series of free workshops led by local experts. The morning segment will feature movement-based...
Local artist Gail Walters became involved with *culture is not optional and The Huss Project four years ago when Rob and Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma approached the Three Rivers Artists Guild to participate in the 2010 Huss Future Festival. Since then, she has made Huss School a second home for her artistic pursuits, renting out a...
During last Friday's workday, *cino interns (like Chelsea, above) and staff prepared the old Kindergarten Room for a Storytelling Night that evening. The room has come along way in the last year; the drop ceiling is entirely gone, which makes the space feel so much more open! But the biggest, most exciting work in recent...