This past weekend, we hosted our fourth Underground Supper Club to enjoy fresh, local food with a group of friends and raise money for the Brick Campaign. Our menu this time had an Asian theme, with coconut soup (thom kha) and spring rolls for appetizers, vegetable fried rice or chicken pad thai for an entree...
So much of what you've been hearing from us over the past few months has been related to our current Brick Campaign, which is an effort to raise money to secure *cino's ownership of the Huss property and begin infrastructure improvements so we can host fun, creative programming year round. We still need all the...
Earlier in the day, the weather turned cold, gray and windy -- not a surprise for May in the Midwest. But by 7:00 pm, the sun was shining, the grills were hot and the guests were arriving in anticipation of our third Underground Supper Club, this one at the Apple Farm Community in Three Rivers. It...
Last month, artist Jay Howard created a participatory art piece called "Contemplate with me" in one of the rooms at the Huss Project. Using space heaters and hot coffee to stay warm (the building doesn't have heat), Jay invited folks into his temporary studio to consider together the meaning and function behind public spaces, private...
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...
