We've organized two open house gatherings to share coffee and conversation about the Huss Project and the newly launched brick campaign. The first is tonight, December 6, from 6:00 to 8:00 at World Fare in downtown Three Rivers. The second is a week from today, December 13, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at New Jerusalem...
One of the traditions of the *culture is not optional community in Three Rivers, Michigan, is to read a blessing before communal meals together. Over the past several years, we've gathered quite a collection and some have become favorites to use during the winter months when things naturally slow down a bit in colder climates...
River Country Journal, a wonderful local news source, covers the launch of the Huss Project Brick Campaign! Check out the article as well as all the rest of Bruce Snook's thoughtful coverage of Southwest Michigan's River Country....
The *culture is not optional volunteer staff and board of directors are excited to announce the launch of the Huss Project Brick Campaign, a seven-month effort to raise $100,000 for the Huss Project by June 15, 2013. Through the sale of 1,000 "bricks" for $100 each, we will pay off the mortgage on the property, consult with an...
We're working on the new Huss Project web site right now and getting it ready for launch on Monday, December 3!...
We've been slowly living into the change for a while, but now it's official: the Imagining Space at Huss School has been renamed The Huss Project. We thought it would be more appropriate to keep a name that the community already has embedded in its collective memory of this place than to try to create...
Here's a riddle for you: what's old and new at the same time? The Huss Future Festival is! The third annual Huss Future Festival will return this summer on July 21 from 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. with an array of creative activities for all ages at the historic Huss School property at 1008 8th Street in...
Triple Ripple Community Gardens at the Huss Project is starting its third season of growing organic produce for families in the Three Rivers community. During each of the past two summers, volunteers have grown over 1,000 pounds of produce that was donated to Keystone Place, Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services, and other families in...
Twinkling lights hung from the half disassembled drop ceiling in the kindergarten room as crowds gathered this past Friday and Saturday evening to enjoy Huss Stories: A Play. Christina, a *cino intern and theatre major at Calvin College, spent her summer interviewing, transcribing and organizing for the reader's theatre-style production, which explored stories from...
In 2010, the day of the first annual Huss Future Festival dawned with a downpour, but this year, a warm, orange glow greeted our waking and last-minute preparations on Saturday morning. While Adam put up the art tent, Kate got the coffee on. Artists from Three Rivers to South Africa set up their...
Christina Binder, one of our summer 2011 interns, is working on an oral history play that will gather and tell some of the stories of the historic Huss School. Local journalist Bruce Snook recently published a great story and interview about her project in the River Country Journal. Christina is a theatre student at Calvin...
Once upon a time in a land not so far from here, a FOR SALE sign appeared. Now, this FOR SALE sign wasn't just any old FOR SALE sign. It was planted deep in the frozen ground in front of Huss School, a 27,000 square foot building built in 1918 on four acres of land...
