Jay Howard, right, at last Friday's opening for his new experiential and participatory art piece, "Contemplate with me." Drop by the Huss Project this week or next week, Wednesday through Friday from 11:00am to 4:00pm to take in the show yourself and to talk with the artist. If you attend, remember to dress warmly as...
Face painting was a big hit at last summer's Future Festival! It was one of many creative activities folks from near and far participated in during a great day of imagining the possibilities for the Huss Project....
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...
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...
On Sunday evening, a group gathered to celebrate the closing of the harvest at Triple Ripple Community Gardens at Huss School. While the kids (and some of the young-at-heart) played kick ball and whiffle ball, adults from the garden volunteers and the Three Rivers Area Sustainable Food Group met each other and chatted about...
Wow--it was a ton of work to put together the first annual Huss Future Festival, but what a wonderful event! The day began with a soaking downpour and predictions of severe thunderstorms barreling toward us across the Midwest, but the parking lot filled up and the skies cleared and for all eight hours we...
If you're in the Three Rivers area, drop by Huss School today for our first annual Huss Future Festival! The festival features a giant rummage sale, art vendors, live music, free fair trade coffee from World Fare and tours of the building. We've even got a ping-pong challenge and an apple barrel train! We'll...
Each June, the Three Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the Water Festival, a three-day event with carnival rides, live music, fireworks, crafts, children's events and SO much more. This year, for the first time, *cino had a presence with the non-profit booths to publicize what's happening at Huss School, including the community garden....
On May 22, 18 folks from Englewood Christian Church in Indianapolis--9 adults and 9 children--made the trek up to Three Rivers to spend a day getting to know our city and working at Huss School. Interestingly, the church finds itself in the middle of a similar project to ours, having recently taken ownership of...
