Stone Soup Worcester

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Did you know that there is an all volunteer-run artist /
activist collective and community resource center in Main South called
S T O N E S O U P
at 4 King St, Worcester?
You probably did, but maybe you didn’t know this…

Download the latest Stone Soup Flyer
Download the Spanish Flyer here.

1 – There are rooms [...]

Please consider donating all or a portion of your “economic stimulus” rebate to Stone Soup, a new community center that is truly revitalizing Worcester’s inner city.

Help support our work for true community improvement:

1. Stone Soup members are creating worker and housing cooperatives to provide secure jobs and to prevent future home foreclosures.

2. Volunteer-based sustainability projects [...]

Download our new flyer with the open hours and goings-on at Stone Soup! Print one out and post it up in a public spot, help us get the word out.

DOWNLOAD THE FLYERS HERE

All these with no staff, no big funders, all volunteers and member groups chipping in, many generous individuals. Not a complete list, add your items as comments!

Stone Soup Accomplishments
First 5 Months

Renovations:
• Built a functional kitchen for Food Not Bombs and all the member groups “COOKs” (permitted, pro electrical and plumbing work)
• Opened up space [...]

The community center in Worcester, Stone Soup/Olla Popular, holds a kick-off celebration on January 27th, 2007 with the solidarity of several regional and international groups.

After several years of hard work, social movements and community groups finally have their own space. And it is permanent. And it is autonomous, communally controlled.

The night of the [...]

Stone Soup is up and running. Well we still have a lot of work to do to make the space work for all of our projects, But Earn a bike moved in on December 17th. Ex-prisioners and prisioners Organizing for Community Advacement (EPOCA) is busy making there office work for them. Food [...]

Please help us find this stuff for free!

OFFICE-STUFF
Business phone system
Folding tables
Conference table
Bookshelves
Phone and ethernet cables
LCD Projector
Folding chairs
Bulletin board
White boards/chalkboards
Magazine Racks

HOUSEHOLD-STUFF
Tool sets
Light fixtures (more efficient ones)
Curtains / blinds
Bathtub/shower
Couches/Armchairs/Futons (good shape only)
Refrigerator
Big pots

SPECIALIZED-STUFF
Commercial kitchen equipment (exhaust hood, big stove, sink, knife sets, big counter)

Photo equipment (enlargers, bins, etc.)

Wheel chair ramp

ADD YOUR IDEAS AS A COMMENT!

Mission:

Stone Soup is a membership-based organization committed to three areas of focus: the arts, community, and affordable housing. Within these areas we strive for self-sustaining, economically accessible spaces and educational activities that are open to neighbors, activists, community groups, and artists. Inspired by principles of inclusion, collective participation, and universal affordability, we will be [...]

Where Stone Soup Comes From: A History

Worcester’s artist and activist communities have been a vibrant source of creativity for many years. Since 1979, when the Grove Street Gallery opened, the city has experienced the benefits of having a strong connection to the arts. The Grove Street Gallery lasted 15 years, offering classes, studio space, [...]