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Somerville Massachusetts is an urban industrial city located northwest of Boston along the divide between the lower Charles and Mystic River watersheds. In its earliest history Somerville served as the grazing lands for the residents and farmers of Charlestown and had only a few scattered permanent settlements. This is a sharp contrast to the Somerville of today which is comprised of 4.1 square miles and has a total population of over 77,400 people making it the most densely populated community in New England!
Somerville was established as a town in 1842 and its population grew in leaps and bounds from that time forward. Many of the new settlers worked in the brick yards producing as many as 1.3 million bricks a year by hand or 5.5 million with a new press. At its highest point in production the town was turning out 24 million bricks being made in 12 brick yards in the city.
By the end of 1851, heavy industry was prominent here and was soon followed by rolling and slitting mills, iron works and manufacturers of steam engines and boilers. With the establishment of the street car lines, Somerville's population again exploded growing to six times its number between 1870 and 1915. The scale of the meat packing industry earned Somerville the reputation as the Chicago of New England. The city's population reached its peak during the Second World War when almost 106,000 people were said to create a density greater than that of Calcutta!
Closely built two families and triple-deckers fill the city to house its dense and diversified people. Today, Somerville is a mix of blue-collar families, young professionals and recent immigrants. It is known for its large number of city squares which help mark neighborhood boundaries. Among those most active today are Davis Square, Union Square, Ball Square, Teele Square and Magoun Square.
Learn to sew while making a three-piece lingerie set bra, panties, and garter belt! Perfect for any size curves, create a classic 1950's silhouette out of our extensive selection of silks and satins. Perfect for those who want to learn how to sew as well as those who are familiar with a machine and want to refine their technique. Machine and tools are provided. As always, all materials are supplied and included in the class cost! Class length: 4 weeks, 3 hours/class Class sessions: Thursdays 2-5pm: 4/18, 4/25, 5/2, 5/9 Thursdays 6-9pm: 6/6, 6/13, 6/20, 6/27 Sundays 2-5pm: 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 7/28 Wednesdays 6-9pm: 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28
When: Jun 6, 2013 6 PM to Jun 27, 2013 9 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: 188 - 188 USD (Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18 )
EL wire is short for electroluminescent wire - meaning a flexible, durable, waterproof string of light! It's a quick, cheap, and low-skill medium with a high visual impact.
In this workshop you'll gain the skills necessary to produce long-lasting, durable, eye-catching EL wire costume pieces or decorations, and you'll go home with a project that will wow your friends and family.
Class Goals:
By the end of the workshop students will have produced at least one EL wire design to take home, as well as the skills and resources necessary to generate projects on their own: design, fabricate, and solder with el wire, and order components.
Prerequisites:
Knowing how to solder or sew is a great head start but not required! (Don't worry, it's not real sewing.)
Materials:
The cost of the class includes a $20 materials fee to cover your driver, connector parts, solder, heatshrink, thread, wire, batteries, and fabric. All the tools required will be provided. El wire is not included in the class fee, and will be sold by the foot for $1.50 per foot. (Most designs average around 14 feet.)
Instructor Biography:
Ecco is a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She's a local artist with a passion for steel, specializing in creating wearable metal accessories (like the horns in her picture, or a set of wings for her back) and designing static and kinetic sculptures. Her previous work has included flapping pterodactyls, moth sculptures, a rideable dragon, and several other pieces.You can check out her Etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/people/AllThingsEcco
Event Time:
Saturday, June 22, 12:30PM - 5:30PM
Most of that time is work time, so you can leave early if need be, or if you finish early.
REFUNDS: We offer full refunds for any class cancellations more than three days in advance of the class start date. After that point refunds are contingent upon the Asylum being able to fill the seat. No refunds whatsoever are offered for same-day cancellations. To request a refund for a class, please fill out this form.
CANCELLATIONS: Your class may be cancelled if too few people register. A decision will be made a few days before the class is scheduled to run, and you will be notified of the cancellation and your registration refunded in full.
When: Jun 22, 2013 12 PM to Jun 22, 2013 5 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: This ticket grants admission to the EL Wire Workshop at Artisan's Asylum. It includes a $20 materials fee for the electronic and fabric components, but does not cover the cost of EL wire. General Admission 87.69
Dedication Yoga is an outdoor hour-long all-levels athletic vinyasa-style class followed by twenty minutes or so of quiet reflection time for students to meditate, write or journal, or draw. Each class has a meditative theme suggested as a means for helping students find focus. There is time for students to share their thoughts at the end on a voluntary basis.
Class is weather dependent. Please email dedicationyoga@gmail.com with questions.
Instructor Sarah Wolf is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and also holds an MFA in Creative Writing.
There is so class fee but there is a suggested donation of $10.
When: Jun 16, 2013 4 PM to Jun 16, 2013 5 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Suggested Donation $10
Topics covered in the course will build upon the skills foundation earned by students in Bicycle Maintenance I. They include rear hub overhaul, in which students will disassemble their hubs, repack them and reassemble them; both radial and lateral wheel truing; headset overhaul, where students will gain confidence in bicycle steering systems; and front derailleur adjustments. Students will be performing the maintenance themselves, on their own bicycles, after a short instruction and demonstration. Although this is an advanced course, some bicycle types may be outside of the scope of the course.
Class Goals:
The goal of this course is to provide students with a deeper understanding of the inner workings of their bicycle, and how to diagnose and maintain them.
Prerequisites:
Bicycle Maintenance I *No exceptions.*
Materials:
Students should bring their bicycle and wear clothing they don't mind getting grease on. Covered shoes are recommended.
Instructor Biography:
“Seven” as she’s commonly known, has learned her bicycle maintenance skills through a combination of Broadway Bicycle School training, and spending inordinate amounts of time around SCUL headquarters (a positive bicycle chopper gang). Seven maintains a small fleet of “normal” bicycles, has built and maintained her own custom chopper bicycles, and she likes to read bicycle repair manuals for kicks. She’s been teaching bicycle maintenance at the Asylum over the last year. Seven enjoys maintenance best when her SCUL comrades get together and ask her two or three “how do I…” questions at once. She’s also keen on hot yoga, meditation, making electronics go, and treasures playtime with friends.
Event Time:
Session 1: Wednesday, June 5, 7PM - 9PM
Session 2: Wednesday, June 12, 7PM - 9PM
Session 3: Wednesday, June 19, 7PM - 9PM
Session 4: Wednesday, June 26, 7PM - 9PM
REFUNDS: We offer full refunds for any class cancellations more than three days in advance of the class start date. After that point refunds are contingent upon the Asylum being able to fill the seat. No refunds whatsoever are offered for same-day cancellations. To request a refund for a class, please fill out this form.
CANCELLATIONS: Your class may be cancelled if too few people register. A decision will be made a few days before the class is scheduled to run, and you will be notified of the cancellation and your registration refunded in full.
When: Jun 5, 2013 7 PM to Jun 26, 2013 9 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: General Admission 123.39
If you have reached the limits of the 'hacksaw, drillpress, and file' school of metalworking, this class is for you. The milling machine and lathe are the basic tools of the machinist - familiarity with these, and the various operations they can perform, as well as the fixtures and measurement tools used when making parts with them, will make any hobbyist, artist, or all-around maker a more capable individual.
This is an expansion and revamping of the Precision Machining class previously offered at Artisan's Asylum. In this class, students will not only learn mill and lathe operations, as before, but will also spend a significant amount of time in lecture learning part layout skills, precision measuring skills, scribe and centerpunch work, material selection, fastener selection, surface finish differentiation, and more. Students will then proceed to learn how to set up and use the milling machine, lathe, and supplementary tools such as grinders, tap and die sets, and more.
No prior metalworking experience is required - we have taught software and electrical engineers, mathematicians, artists, and, yes, even you mechanical engineers who skipped your shop classes.
Class Goals:
The goal of this class will be to introduce students to safe and accurate manual machining practices, getting them to the point where they can safely use the Asylum milling machines and engine lathes. The class will also make students familiar with the processes that these machines either automate or make more precise, to make them more effective machinists.
Prerequisites:
None.
Materials:
Students will purchase inexpensive raw materials from the instructor as needed for their projects.
Instructor Biography:
Christian believes that Keats -almost- got it right: "A thing of beauty and precision, made by skill and will, is a joy forever."
Years of pushing around photons on a computer monitor have led him to appreciate the simple but intense pleasure of making a fine, precise, real artifact by application of skill. Currently active in the robotics R&D field, Christian uses his abilities as a machinist, mechanic, woodworker, welder, plumber, and otherwise general accumulator-of-knowledge-and-knowhow as a compliment to his nominal career as an electrical engineer.
Event Time:
TUESDAYS
Session 1: Tuesday, June 11, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 2: Tuesday, June 18, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 3: Tuesday, June 25, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
**No class week of July 4th**
Session 4: Tuesday, July 9, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 5: Tuesday, July 16, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 6: Tuesday, July 23, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
WEDNESDAYS
Session 1: Wednesday, June 12, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 2: Wednesday, June 19, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 3: Wednesday, June 26, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
**No class week of July 4th**
Session 4: Wednesday, July 10, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 5: Wednesday, July 17, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
Session 6: Wednesday, July 24, 7:30PM - 9:30PM
When: Jun 11, 2013 7 PM to Jul 24, 2013 9 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19 )
Don't miss this opportunity for structured networking, where you'll be assigned to a table and each person will take a turn speaking about his or her products or services. During the course of the event, you'll rotate to a total of three tables meeting prospective customers or clients.
Interested in keeping bees? Join Mike Graney of Eat Local Honey to build our Relish instruction hive, ready for installation. You'll learn about the full process for starting a hive - permitting, when to order bees, how to build the hive, and tips for installation and sucess.
This is the first class in a year-long series on beekeeping through the seasons. After a few classes you'll be ready to order your bees next winter and to start your own spring colony.
Students in the class will experience:
Building the physical structure of the hive including supers and frames for the new colony.
Gain understanding of the parts of a hive and beekeeping tools
Knowledge of basic terminology of beekeeping
Overview of beekeeping in general including starting a colony, hive care, and honey harvest
After participating in the class, students will have in hand:
List of supplies for launching their own beekeeping project
Appropriate for adults and families. Light lunch included.
More about Mike: Mike Graney lives in Somerville and shares the bounty of his urban hives through his company, Eat Local Honey, and leads hands-on workshops in community gardens and with the Boston Natural Areas Network. He's a regular presenter in programs at Follow the Honey. A trained chef, Mike's been known to set out an impressive feast including home-brewed beer and mead, complete with a whole roast pig.
When: Jun 1, 2013 10 AM to Jun 1, 2013 2 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Workshop 62.49
This is a class to train dedicated beginner woodworkers in the use and care of their hand tools. Students will learn to flatten, grind, hone, and maintain cutting edges on their own block plane, chisels, and card scraper. For absolute beginners and for those looking to take their personal tool inventory to the next level.
Prerequisites:
None.
Tools and Supplies
Students will provide their own tools -- the instructor will be in touch two weeks before the class to discuss tool choices with students. Tools can be anything from brand new to antique.
Tools necessary for class:
-Low angle block plane
-Basic set of four or five wood chisels
-Card scraper
Personal protective equipment is available in the woodshop. Even so, we encourage students to bring their own safety glasses, hearing protection, and dust mask as selection in the shop is limited and variable.
Safety:
Many of these tools are very dangerous if used improperly -- treat them with respect! Safe shop practices for each process and tool will be demonstrated during the class. Students are expected to help maintain a safe work environment for every class participant. Shop cleanliness is crucial to a safe shop -- so 10-15 minutes at the end of every class session will be dedicated to cleanup.
Instructor Biography:
A graduate of the North Bennett Street School for carpentry, Peter Montague has also worked as chief finisher at Joe VanBenton Furniture Makers in Brookline and studied timber framing in northern Maine. He has spent most of the last ten years working for a local finish carpentry firm where he was able to work in some of the area's most beautiful homes. Now working full time teaching construction to Boston youth, on the side Pete is running his own company focusing on restoration. He dabbles in stained and leaded glass, custom doors, landscape structures, furniture and painting.
Event Time:
Session 1: Saturday, June 1, 10AM - 1PM
Session 2: Saturday, June 8, 10AM - 1PM
When: Jun 1, 2013 10 AM to Jun 8, 2013 1 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: This ticket grants access to the two-week Joinery 1: Hand Tools workshop at Artisan's Asylum. Successful completion of this class will qualify students to use the Asylum sharpening station independently as members. General Admission 153.99
A taste of several printing methods, all of which can be done at home. Printing with garden delights; Etching; Printing off wood; Stamping with rubber; Matte board printing. All these methods have room for play and creating monotypes. Daily outdoor play and snack time included.
Students participating in this class will experience:
hands on print making of their own design using wood, plexi-glass, rubber, matte board
rolling paint
stamping
playing with design and inks
After participating in the class, students will have in hand:
A number of completed prints and stamps
$180 class fee (five 3-hour days), plus $25 materials fee
Instructor is Carina Grenham.
Carina Grenham has been teaching art to elementary school kids for many years. She loves printmaking and felting and her very first teaching experience was teaching children how to make felt balls at the sheep and wool festival in Cummington, MA. She makes art with kids when ever she has an opportunity, from making felt balls in a kindergarten class in Ashfield to teaching youth summer workshops in printmaking and silkscrreening in New Mexico. Her education includes The Art Institute of Boston and apprenticing at Mission Graffica in San Francisco and the Contemporary Artists Center in North Adams, MA. How she puts it, "I got my art education from adults, but I still get my awe and amazement through kids."
When: Jun 17, 2013 9 AM to Jun 21, 2013 12 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: $225 for the program plus $35 materials fee. 5-day program and materials 211.12
Please join us for Walnut Street Center's 2nd Annual Gala.
The evening promises to be fun and entertaining.
Bid high in our silent and live auctions
Enjoy live entertainment
Celebrate with our award recipients
Please join us to to help us realize our mission;
"to empower adults with developmental disabilites to make meaningful life choices."
When: Sep 19, 2013 6 PM to Sep 19, 2013 9 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Walnut Street Center, 2nd annual gala 80.12
Reduced ticket price includes family members, Walnut Street Center employees and people who receive supports from WSC. Member ticket- Walnut Street Center, 2nd annual gala 53.74
Johnny D's Clock Strikes Ten plus The Bandit Kings Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 8:30 PM EDT Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Somerville, MA 21 years and over
When: Jun 15, 2013 7 PM in Somerville, Massachusetts (Sat, 15 Jun 2013 19 )
Spend the week with us exploring plants! Kids aged roughly 4 to 7 years old will join us to make projects using different parts of plants, from bean mosaics to dying with natural plant dyes. Children will have an opportunity to explore plants in the area, make tasty treats from local produce, and plant different seeds using a variety of methods.
Students in this class will experience:
Observational work exploring seeds and plants
Using parts of plants and foods to create artwork (e.g. dying with natural dyes)
Growing plants from seed
Making healthy, tasty snacks from plants
Identifying plants and plant parts in the community
After participating in the class, students will have in hand:
Seedlings grown in soil and in a plastic bag/wet paper towel
Book written together on how to care for the class
Observational drawings/paintings of plants
Fabric dyed with natural dyes
Cost is $180 registration plus $25 for materials
Presented by Ilana Cohn.
Ilana Cohn has taught kindergarten at the Capuano Early Childhood Center in Somerville, MA for the past six years. She studied early childhood education at Lesley University and received her Masters degree through Lesley’s collaborative program with the Shady Hill School. Ilana recently returned from a year away in Israel, where she ate lots of tasty vegetables. She loves teaching and exploring about where food comes from with kids.
When: Jul 15, 2013 9 AM to Jul 19, 2013 12 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: 5 day program and materials 211.12
8:30pm Stoned 'Enge featuring Chris from Didn't Planet. 9:30pm Answerman. 10:30pm STEPHIE PEEKA & THE SEEKING 7. 11:30pm Father Out & The Insiders featuring the psychedelic infinite of tbone Tom Tolman & spiritual drums of Jeff Armstrong to take you way out and beyond your mind! links: Stoned 'Enge featuring Chris from 'Didn't Planet': https://www.facebook.com/didntplanet?fref=ts Answerman: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Answerman/138436829557927?fref=ts Stephie Peeka & The SeeKing 7: https://www.facebook.com/pages/STEPHIE-PEEKA-THE-SEEKING-7/331009850995?fref=ts Father Out & The INsiders: http://www.myspace.com/13thray/music
When: May 29, 2013 8 PM in Somerville, Massachusetts (Wed, 29 May 2013 20 )
Calling for foodies, artisan craft food devotees, craft brew fans, homebrew fans localvores, brew hobbyists, and the curious minded!
2nd Annual Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest
Session I: Hyper-Local Home Brew Showcase Night & Brewfest
Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Session II: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 3:00 - 6:00pm
Session III: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is an annual event presented by Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) that highlights and promotes local brewers of beer, cider & mead, artisan beverage makers, home brewers, and food vendors. It is also a major annual fundraiser for SBN’s Boston Local Food Programs. The goal of SBN’s Boston Local Food Program is to transform the local food system by raising awareness about the abundance of wonderful locally grown and produced products in Massachusetts and New England and by encouraging individual consumers, food and beverage producers, and vendors to Think Local First.
Why join us at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest?
What’s more, Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a unique event that not only showcases local beverage producers, but also showcases local brews incorporating local ingredients! Examples in the past have included brews made with TAZA Chocolate, local hops, apples, cranberries, grapes and even local oysters! While having unlimited 2oz tastings from local brewers, you can also sample and purchase delicious local food from vendors like Valicenti Organico, The Chicken & Rice Guys and more. A recap on Hyper-Local 2012 can be found here.
New this year – The Craft of Brewing: Homebrew Showcase Night
New this year for the Friday evening session, SBN will launch our first Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase Night, highlighting home-brews and home-brewing with local ingredients. The Showcase, featuring a Homebrew Club Jamboree, will provide a chance for aspiring brewers, brew fans and the curious minded to experiment and learn what is available in the New England region for making their products. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about homebrewing, interact with other aspiring brewers, hear from experts, as well as taste a selection of the brews that will be showcased during the Saturday Sessions! More details about the Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase are forthcoming.
Your Involvement is Important!
This year, your support will not only benefit SBN, a 501-c3 organization whose mission is to help develop economies that are local, green, and fair, but $1.00 from all ticket sales will benefit the Arts at the Armory as well! Join us to support local business. Eat Local. Drink Local. Be Local.
Location- Center for Arts at the Armory
Center for Arts at the Armory is conveniently located at 191 Highland Avenue between Davis and Union Squares in Somerville, Massachusetts. We encourage you to take public transportation and enjoy your unlimited tasting night at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest event!
The Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also get the Armory by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
What is included with admission price?
Unlimited tastings of local craft brews, ciders, mead, and artisan beverages (see below for select vendors at Friday night showcase)
1 compostable cup
Site map with list of all vendors
Access to local food vendors such as Valicenti Organico and Vermont Smoke and Cure offering servings for $5 or less
Opportunity to meet other local brew fans and brewers
Supporting the local food movement by raising much needed funds for SBN’s Boston Local Food Program
Want Volunteer at Hyper Local Craft-Brewfest?
We are now looking for a group of responsible, motivated, 21+ volunteers to join our “Local Craft Brew Crew” to help make Hyper Local Brewfest a great success. Volunteers will assist with many aspects of the brewfest from planning and outreach to day-off event support in June. As a volunteer, you will get a chance to meet other like-minded people, interact with the planning committee and learn what’s new for this year’s event! Other benefits include a cool Local Craft Brew T-shirt, access to the vendors, free food, and a chance to taste the brews too! To join our “Local Craft Brew Crew”, fill out our volunteer form, here: http://bit.ly/ZhHWx4
Our 2013 Vendors- As of April 4, 2013 Please note: This is only a partial list. more vendors will be listed in the coming weeks.
Local Breweries
Founded in 2012, Battle Road Brewing Company takes its name from the history surrounding Boston and Massachusetts. The Battle Road refers to the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. These battles showcased the perseverance and resistance against tyranny that were the hallmarks of the American Revolution and marked the beginning of the War for Liberty.
We are currently brewing through Mercury Brewing Company in Ipswich, MA. We have the 1775 Tavern Ale, the Lexington Green East India IPA and Barrett’s Farm House Ale. [Saturday Sessions]
Beer is our life! Blue Hills Brewery makes great tasting beers inspired by the elements and nature around us; embracing the rich history of the Blue Hills and the South Shore. We do this not only for ourselves but, for our friends, neighbors and visitors to the Boston and South Shore areas! We want to grow together with the South Shore community and businesses, by being a good neighbor, demonstrating civic responsibility and producing the finest, freshest beers around. Variety is the spice of life. We strive to offer seasonal beers that reflect the diversity of our world and beer culture. [Saturday Sessions]
The Boston area’s oldest brewery restaurant specializing in award winning handcrafted beers and seasonally driven New England cuisine. [Saturday Sessions]
CapeAnn Brewing Company is an award-winning, family-owned, craft brewery in the heart of downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts on Boston’s North Shore. [All Sessions]
Something’s happening, and it involves clown shoes and beer. Clown Shoes? Very long story, but to condense it a group of us submitted the name to the Beer Advocate contest that resulted in The Wrath of Pecant. Our submission didn’t crack the top 5. This burned us up inside. While driving one day the epiphany came: We could make our own Clown Shoes beer. In no way did we expect to create a brand, figuring it would be one batch of beer for fun and then done. But folks are digging the brews and a group of us are having a great time. Clown Shoes has come to mean a lot to us on a lot of levels. Clowns are questionable but the shoes make us laugh. They remind us about humility and to find humor in life. Our mission now is to produce beer without pretension while being free and a little crazy. We hope you enjoy the beers! [All Sessions]
The mission of Down The Road Brewery is to create beers that strike a balance between history, tradition and innovation. Each time we set out to create a new beer, we study the history of the style we are emulating and decide how we can experiment and improve it, without straying too far from the original purpose of the brew.
Hundreds of new breweries are sprouting up all over the country and the world, and with each new brewery comes more attempts to push the limits by adding unique ingredients and techniques. While DTR loves these attempts at experimentation and rule-breaking, we want our line of beers to recall the rich history of lagers and ales that is sometimes ignored or forgotten but never out of fashion. [All Sessions]
It all started with three friends who shared a love of beer. College classmates Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary were passionate about beer, but weren't able find what they were looking for at their local pubs. While traveling in Europe after college, they drank many diverse, fresh, local beers and experienced firsthand the wonderful beer culture that existed just across the pond.
When they returned to Boston they decided that if they couldn't buy the beer they wanted then they would have to brew it themselves - or start a brewery and hire someone who could brew it. So that's what they did. Rich and Dan hired a brewer, and in 1986 the Harpoon Brewery was incorporated.
Harpoon was granted Brewing Permit #001 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts because it was the first brewery to commercially brew and bottle beer in Boston in more than 25 years. [Saturday Sessions]
High & Mighty was making low-alcohol beer before it was cool. Oh, wait. Apprently it’s not cool. Yet. But it will be. And, yes we will say we told you so. [Saturday Sessions]
Idle Hands Craft Ales is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' first commercial nanobrewery. While many microbreweries brew 7, 10 or 15 barrels of beer at a time, Idle Hands’ batches are a mere 1.5 barrels. We brew, bottle and distribute our own beer ourselves within the 128 greater Boston market. Idle Hands Craft Ales can be found at the brewery, in area retail/package stores and on draft at many popular bar/restaurants. If you're in the Boston area, you can stop in to our tasting room and purchase beers on site. [All Sessions]
Mayflower Brewing Company is a craft beer microbrewery located in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. Founded in 2007 by a tenth great grandson of John Alden, beer barrel cooper on board the Mayflower, we are dedicated to celebrating the history and legacy of the Pilgrims by creating unique, high-quality ales for the New England market. [All Sessions]
Narragansett is an Independent Brewer of Classic New England Lagers and Crafts. Since 1890. Narragansett is once again locally-owned and has not only resurrected the flagship Lager, but is now offering a full line of award-winning seasonal beers. We are proud to be bringing New England’s beer back to New Englanders.
Hi Neighbor, Have a Gansett! [All Sessions]
Notch Brewing, American Session Beer. A workers beer based on the pre-WWI saisons of Belgium. Brewed with wheat from western Massachusetts and malted by Valley Malt in Hadley, MA. The classic Czech-style session lager. One taste like three. [All Sessions]
Peak is a craft brewing company, dedicated to making delicious beer using local, artisan and organic ingredients.
At Peak, working with local farms and artisan businesses has always been an important philosophy for us. We simply believe that our local partners make tastier ingredients for us to brew with. [All Sessions]
Portico Brewing has been crafting beers for the Boston community since the summer of 2012. We are currently gypsy brewing at Watch City in Waltham and have released four beers on draft. [All Sessions]
Rapscallion is a locally made and distributed craft beer company. [Saturday Sessions]
Founded in 2010 with a tiny one-barrel brewing system, Rising Tide completed an expansion in summer 2012 with the installation of a custom-built fifteen-barrel brew house in a 5,000 square foot facility on Fox Street in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood. The expansion increased the brewery’s production capacity from about 15 barrels a month to about 120 barrels a month. Rising Tide's new facility is located within walking distance of Portland's Old Port area. The brewery welcomes visitors in its tasting room where they can sample the beers, take a tour, and buy some bottles or a growler to take home. [Saturday Sessions]
Smuttynose was founded in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1994 by the co-founder of the Northampton Brewery and Portsmouth Brewery, Peter Egelston. Last year Smuttynose was ranked 34th best brewery in the world by RateBeer.com. Not too shabby. Our unfiltered, flavor forward ales and lagers have won over lots of folks and we hope to win over lots more. [Saturday Sessions]
Watch City Brewing Co is a 180 seat brewpub in Waltham, MA near Boston. We take pride in making you the freshest locally crafted beers in town! We strive to use many of our homegrown ingredients and never compromise. We strive to make unique and delicious beers that change with the seasons! [All Sessions]
Local Meaderies
Artisan Beverage Cooperative is a worker-owned coop making fine fermented libations.
We support local regenerative agriculture.
All products are made with love and care and are gluten and sulfite free. We will be offering Local Mead made with raw honey wine, delicious Ginger Libation, a pre-prohibition-style tropical Ginger Beer, and Kombucha - The Living Elixer, a raw, fermented tea. [Saturday Sessions]
With over 17 years experience at making international award winning mead, Michael Fairbrother has started Moonlight Meadery, with a mission to bring ultra premium meads to the market place. It is more than a product and it is more than a process, it’s an obsession. We have created over 60 different varieties of mead using locally source ingredients and honey.
Mead is a wine made from honey, the sweetness ranges from dry to sweet, it can be still, petillant (ever so lightly carbonated), or sparkling. Strength can range from hydromel (watered down), standard, and sack. It’s the oldest fermented beverage, but the least known. Once tasters try one of our special meads, they usually start to smile and ask why they have never tried it before. [All Sessions]
Local Cideries
Bantam Cider was born from a proud family tradition of wine-making and a desire to be part of a creative process rooted in the local community.
We were inspired to do something special, to create a truly unique and modern line of products that would reshape the way people experience cider. We source our apples from local orchards and create and trial cider concepts at our small lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By sharing capacity with a regional winery, we are able to scale up production to meet demand. This allows us to grow our business while maintaining flexibility and a compact footprint.
We are a small enterprise in a world of big brands. While we don’t have a big budget, we do have big ambitions and hope to challenge conventional thinking about what cider should be. [Saturday Sessions]
Orchard-made ciders from true cider apples grown at Poverty Lane Orchards in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
For twenty years we have grown real cider apple trees and used traditional fermentation methods to achieve delicious aromas and complex, bright, clean flavors. All along we have found compelling qualities in juices from select heirloom varieties, cellar staples of colonial times. [All Sessions]
A small Farm Winery in Portland Maine that focuses on community engagement and local flavor exploration. [All Sessions]
Local Artisan Beverage
Grown-up Soda “GuS” Is an all natural, less sweet artisan beverage hand made here in Central Massachusetts. Our goal is to provide a healthier alternative to the mainstream soda for people looking for more than juice and water but less than a sugary chemically made soda. Each 12oz. bottle has only 90-98 calories and is lightly sweetened with cane sugar. They contain real juice and natural extracts, are caffeine-free, kosher and gluten-free. [All Sessions]
What’s a Teawright?
Playwrights write plays & shipwrights produce ships. Well a teawright is simply a person who produces tea.
At the Boston Teawrights we’re dedicated to supporting the American Craft Tea movement; a movement of tea producers (or teawrights) creating both traditional and modern teas. We do this by supplying teawrights with raw, unprocessed tea leaves and releasing do-it-yourself guides to producing (or crafting) tea at home. [All Sessions]
Delicious Local Food (For purchase, $5 or less)
Five Horses Tavern is built on craft beers from around the world. Offering 37 rotating drafts and over 130 bottles. Our kitchen serves locally sourced modern American comfort food with many vegetarian options. [Saturday Sessions]
Q’s Nuts is a small family owned nut artisan company.we roast in small batches with the highest quality ingredients and all of our nuts are vegan and gluten free. [All Sessions]
Taza Chocolate is dedicated to the craft of organic, bean-to-bar chocolate that is good for farmers and seriously delicious. We are proud to be the only producers of 100% stone ground, artisan chocolate in the US. We cultivate direct relationships with our growers and work together with them to meet our high quality standards. Our commitment to Direct Trade means we cut out the middleman, and we always pay a premium above Fair Trade prices for our cacao beans. As active members of Slow Food USA, we vow to uphold the principle of “good, clean and fair.” We make chocolate that is good to eat, clean for the planet, and fair to farmers. [Saturday Sessions]
The Chicken & Rice Guys is a food truck that sells NYC style Halal chicken and rice. The dish comes over seasoned rice, lettuce, pita, and is served with our special white sauce, super hot sauce, green sauce and yogurt sauce. We also serve lamb gyro, and wraps. [All Sessions]
Valicenti Organico is a producer of gourmet ravioli, unique fresh pasta and pasta sauces made using ingredients we grow on our small farm.
We also source from other small farms, local dairies, livestock farmers and even several of our grains are sourced directly from farms. [Saturday Sessions]
Vermont Smoke and Cure crafts meats in small batches according to recipes grown from our 50 years of Vermont craftsmanship. From our Vermont Maple Brined, Cob & Maple Smoked Bacon or Ham, to our ‘damn fine, healthy and natural RealSticks, the result for you is flavor you won’t find anywhere else. [All Sessions]
When: Jun 14, 2013 6 PM to Jun 15, 2013 10 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18 )
The Philharmonic Funk Foundation is a soul, disco and funk machine that consists of 44 people. With a rhythm section, a full string orchestra and all the horns and winds you can think of, it has everything needed to perform even the most heavily orchestrated disco hits and soul ballads live for you. The original Dutch orchestra has performed on all the big stages and festivals in the Netherlands, and now, the Boston branch is excited to have you here for their first performance.
When: May 26, 2013 7 PM to May 26, 2013 9 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: General Admission 11.54
Somerville is full of artful creatures! Each day we will investigate a different creature native to Somerville integrating zoology, awareness of ecology, aesthetics and artistry.
During the first half of each session kids will explore features of the selected animals’ biology, behavior and ecology. The latter half of the session will be devoted creating visual art inspired by the animal of the day using various artistic techniques and mediums.
Group games and scavenger hunts will be incorporated into our days of Artful Creatures of Somerville, as well as snack time and outdoor fun.
Each day will center on one Somerville native creature. The five creatures featured in this workshop will include:
Bats
Local insects
Small mammals (rabbits, chipmunks, squirrels, etc.)
Birds of Massachusetts
Local reptiles and amphibians
Creatures will be explored through books, group discussion, group games and art
After participating in the class students will have in hand:
Five visual arts projects of diverse mediums featuring our animal of the week
$180 class fee (five 3-hour days), plus $25 materials fee
Program led by Lauren Nickell.
Lauren has been working in the field of Elementary Education since she received her B.A. from Simmons College in 2009. Lauren is a Lead Teacher in the After School Program at the Kennedy Elementary School and the school Library Aide at East Somerville Community School. She loves teaching subjects from archaeology to zoology and helping students get excited about reading and literature. During the summer Lauren is Director of "Art in the Garden", a community based camp for young artists and nature lovers. When she's not at school or at camp Lauren loves reading, running and exploring the city.
When: Aug 19, 2013 9 AM to Aug 23, 2013 12 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: 5 day program and materials 211.12
"In the early days of his association with Dr. Watson, the yet-to-be-famous Private Consulting Detectve, Sherlock Holmes, is confronted with a case so strange that it will tax even his tremendous mental faculties."
This play is presented in the style of the Golden Age of Radio, with actors in front of mics and live foley sound effects performed on stage.
The Sign of four is directed by Jess Viator and Jeremy Holstein.
Adapted from the original Arthur Conan Doyle story by Jeremy Holstein.
Featuring Andrew Harrington as Sherlock Holmes and Chris Chiampa as Dr. John Watson, returning in their roles from last year's "The Hound of the Baskervilles".
When: Jul 11, 2013 8 PM to Jul 11, 2013 10 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: $15 for Adults
$12 for students/seniors (Thu, 11 Jul 2013 20 )
Dedication Yoga is an outdoor hour-long all-levels athletic vinyasa-style class followed by twenty minutes or so of quiet reflection time for students to meditate, write or journal, or draw. Each class has a meditative theme suggested as a means for helping students find focus. There is time for students to share their thoughts at the end on a voluntary basis.
Class is weather dependent. Please email dedicationyoga@gmail.com with questions.
Instructor Sarah Wolf is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and also holds an MFA in Creative Writing.
There is so class fee but there is a suggested donation of $10.
When: Jun 16, 2013 4 PM to Jun 16, 2013 5 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Suggested Donation $10
tactilly celebrating the first crop sprung from inspired soil
we create as many of our own goods as possible
we source the highest quality goods available while respecting the time and place
we smile
$50 includes a set multi-course dinner of many shared dishes
our pantry contains a variety of aromatic spices, crunchy nuts, juicy pork and carefully crafted seafood/shellfish provisions so please let us know in advance of any dietary restrictions
“Hand Taste is the far more complex experience of a food that bears the indelible mark -
the care and sometimes even the love - of the person who made it”
-Michael Pollan, Foreword to The Art of Fermentation
When: Jun 3, 2013 6 PM to Jun 3, 2013 10 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: 6:00 pm 53.74
I will be performing with my back-up band The New Safety Meeting, featuring Chris Paradise on guitar, Eric LeFevre on bass and Ken Budka on drums, at the Sunday Songwriter Series at the Burren, hosted by Tom Bianchi. Located in Davis Square in Somerville, MA!
When: Jun 30, 2013 7 PM in Somerville, Massachusetts (Sun, 30 Jun 2013 19 )
Ready to open your yard for light and gardening? Overwhelmed by overgrown trees and shrubs? Not sure which stems to prune out and which to leave?
Join Jen Kettell as she introduces the principles of pruning woody plants. She will explain the reasons for pruning and what to consider when pruning trees, shrubs, and vines. She will demonstrate techniques, provide a 10-Step Guide, and explain how plants react to pruning wounds. The class includes a lecture presentation and an hour of hands-on, outdoor demonstration with a question and answer session.
Please note: this workshop teaches ornamental pruning techniques; it does not provide information on pruning for fruit production.
Students in this class will learn:
Pruning objectives
Tools & Gear
Related woody plant biology
Pruning technique
After participating in the class, students will have in hand:
A 10-Step Guide to Pruning
Appropriate for adult beginning gardeners. Presented by Jen Kettell. Jen Kettell is a horticulturist at the Arnold Arboretum and owns a small business in horticulture education and consulting. She is a Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist and an ISA Certified Arborist® who serves on the executive board of the New England Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, the Landscape Advisory Committee for the Esplanade Association, and the Advisory Committee for the Norfolk Agricultural High School. Jen loves bringing people closer to the amazing plants around us through teaching.
When: Jun 8, 2013 1 PM to Jun 8, 2013 4 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Workshop 47.12
Great gardens start with great soil. In this workshop, we will explore the components of healthy soil, discuss how to prepare and analyze a soil test and share strategies for improving your garden’s soil.
Students in this Class with Learn and Experience:
The importance of soil testing as a first step in the urban garden
How to sample their soil and analyze soil test results
Interpreting soil test results for your garden
How to select amendments to adjust soil pH, nutrients and structure
Management strategies to promote and maintain soil health for years to come
After participating in the class, students will have in hand:
Form and detailed instructions to submit a soil sample for testing to the UMass Extension
Appropriate for adult beginning gardeners.
Presented by Nora Weaver.
Nora Weaver grew up helping her mother tend flowers and vegetables in a series of backyard gardens. After moving to Washington, DC in 2004, she gardened on rooftops, in containers, front-yard gardens and a community garden plot and taught organic gardening with the Neighborhood Farm Initiative. She is currently studying production scale organic vegetable and livestock production at the Farm School.
When: Jun 8, 2013 10 AM to Jun 8, 2013 12 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Workshop 47.12
If you already know what you want to build and you just want to learn how to use the tools you need safely (or if you just want a refresher), Tool Training sessions are for you. Classes are kept small so each student gets a lot of personal attention, and each training session is themed for a certain set of tools - just take the sessions you need to get going.This 2.5-hour personalized training will launch you into the world of precision machining at the Artisan's Asylum! Makers of all types will benefit from shaping aluminum, steel, and plastics into precisely cut parts. In this class students will learn to safely use our Colchester/Clausing Metalworking Lathe (a.k.a. engine lathe). After an introduction to terminology and machine anatomy, students will learn the following operations:-- Changing spindle speeds and identifying cutting speed ranges.-- Changing and adjusting tool bits and accessories.-- Holding workpieces in the chuck and centering long parts.-- Facing raw aluminum stock for perfect surface finish.-- Turning shoulders, grooves, and chamfers in aluminum.-- Precision hole location and drilling.-- Cleanup and machine care.
Class Goals:Students will become familiar with basic machine anatomy, workholding, toolholding, and various safe turning operations. If proficiency is achieved, students will leave the class qualified to do independent work on the Asylum's Colchester/Clausing Metalworking Lathe.
Prerequisites:
"Metalworking Support Tools" strongly recommended. Students are encouraged to bring scrap materials or personal projects to class.
Materials:
Practice materials will be provided by Artisan's Asylum.
Event Time:
Manual Metalworking Lathe tool training sessions are generally available alternate Monday evenings, 7:30 to 10pm. You can register for a particular session according to the dates on the ticket types above.
Instructor Biography:
Paul Carson is an engineer by training and metalworking enthusiast. After years of making bicycle powered sculptures, a recumbent trike, gas powered bumper cars and other contraptions, he designed his own bicycle building process using the fixture and manufacturing process design skills he learned working as a manufacturing engineer.
When: May 13, 2013 7 PM to Jun 17, 2013 10 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Mon, 13 May 2013 19 )
Calling for foodies, artisan craft food devotees, craft brew fans, homebrew fans localvores, brew hobbyists, and the curious minded!
2nd Annual Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest
Session I: Hyper-Local Home Brew Showcase Night & Brewfest
Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Session II: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 3:00 - 6:00pm
Session III: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a major annual fundraiser presented by Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) that highlights and promotes local brewers of beer, cider & mead, artisan beverage makers, home brewers, and food vendors.
This event is a celebration of local craft brews in conjunction with SBN's Boston Local Food Programs. The goal of SBN’s Boston Local Food Program is to transform the local food system by raising awareness about the abundance of wonderful locally grown and produced products in Massachusetts and New England and by encouraging individual consumers, food and beverage producers, and vendors to Think Local First.
Why join us at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest?
What’s more, Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a unique event that not only showcases local beverage producers, but also showcases local brews incorporating local ingredients! Examples in the past have included brews made with TAZA Chocolate, local hops, apples, cranberries, grapes and even local oysters! While having unlimited 2oz tastings from local brewers, you can also sample and purchase delicious local food from vendors like Valicenti Organico, The Chicken & Rice Guys and more. A recap on Hyper-Local 2012 can be found here.
New this year – The Craft of Brewing: Homebrew Showcase Night
New this year for the Friday evening session, SBN will launch our first Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase Night, highlighting home-brews and home-brewing with local ingredients. The Showcase, featuring a Homebrew Club Jamboree, will provide a chance for aspiring brewers, brew fans and the curious minded to experiment and learn what is available in the New England region for making their products. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about homebrewing, interact with other aspiring brewers, hear from experts, as well as taste a selection of the brews that will be showcased during the Saturday Sessions! More details about the Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase are forthcoming.
Your Involvement is Important!
This year, your support will not only benefit SBN, a 501-c3 organization whose mission is to help develop economies that are local, green, and fair, but $1.00 from all ticket sales will benefit the Arts at the Armory as well! Join us to support local business. Eat Local. Drink Local. Be Local.
Location- Center for Arts at the Armory
Center for Arts at the Armory is conveniently located at 191 Highland Avenue between Davis and Union Squares in Somerville, Massachusetts. We encourage you to take public transportation and enjoy your unlimited tasting night at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest event!
The Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also get the Armory by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
What is included with admission price?
Unlimited tastings of local craft brews, ciders, mead, and artisan beverages (see below for select vendors at Friday night showcase)
1 compostable cup
Site map with list of all vendors
Access to local food vendors such as Valicenti Organico and Vermont Smoke and Cure offering servings for $5 or less
Opportunity to meet other local brew fans and brewers
Supporting the local food movement by raising much needed funds for SBN’s Boston Local Food Program
Want Volunteer at Hyper Local Craft-Brewfest?
We are now looking for a group of responsible, motivated, 21+ volunteers to join our “Local Craft Brew Crew” to help make Hyper Local Brewfest a great success. Volunteers will assist with many aspects of the brewfest from planning and outreach to day-off event support in June. As a volunteer, you will get a chance to meet other like-minded people, interact with the planning committee and learn what’s new for this year’s event! Other benefits include a cool Local Craft Brew T-shirt, access to the vendors, free food, and a chance to taste the brews too! To join our “Local Craft Brew Crew”, fill out our volunteer form, here: http://bit.ly/ZhHWx4
Our Sponsors
From helping you select the best ingredients for your next batch, to helping you decide on which mash tun would be best for the all-grain system you're planning, the Modern Homebrew Emporium is the one-stop location for all your homebrewing, home wine-making, and home cheesemaking needs. In addition to bulk ingredients and kits for beer, wine, and cheese, we also sell kegging equipment and all those other gadgets that you 'really need' (or so you told your significant other) to make that special brew.
Our 2013 Vendors- As of May 23, 2013 Please note: This is only a partial list. more vendors will be listed in the coming weeks.
Local Breweries
Founded in 2012, Battle Road Brewing Company takes its name from the history surrounding Boston and Massachusetts. The Battle Road refers to the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. These battles showcased the perseverance and resistance against tyranny that were the hallmarks of the American Revolution and marked the beginning of the War for Liberty.
We are currently brewing through Mercury Brewing Company in Ipswich, MA. We have the 1775 Tavern Ale, the Lexington Green East India IPA and Barrett’s Farm House Ale. [Saturday Sessions]
Jim left for college believing that for the first time in 150 years the eldest Koch son would turn his back on beer. After college and graduate school Jim began a promising career in management consulting. Even though he followed that path for several years, he always kept an eye on the beer business. In 1984 his instincts told him it was time to make his move; people were starting to crave something different in their beer. [All Sessions]
Beer is our life! Blue Hills Brewery makes great tasting beers inspired by the elements and nature around us; embracing the rich history of the Blue Hills and the South Shore. We do this not only for ourselves but, for our friends, neighbors and visitors to the Boston and South Shore areas! We want to grow together with the South Shore community and businesses, by being a good neighbor, demonstrating civic responsibility and producing the finest, freshest beers around. Variety is the spice of life. We strive to offer seasonal beers that reflect the diversity of our world and beer culture. [Saturday Sessions]
The Boston area’s oldest brewery restaurant specializing in award winning handcrafted beers and seasonally driven New England cuisine. [Saturday Sessions]
CapeAnn Brewing Company is an award-winning, family-owned, craft brewery in the heart of downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts on Boston’s North Shore. [All Sessions]
Something’s happening, and it involves clown shoes and beer. Clown Shoes? Very long story, but to condense it a group of us submitted the name to the Beer Advocate contest that resulted in The Wrath of Pecant. Our submission didn’t crack the top 5. This burned us up inside. While driving one day the epiphany came: We could make our own Clown Shoes beer. In no way did we expect to create a brand, figuring it would be one batch of beer for fun and then done. But folks are digging the brews and a group of us are having a great time. Clown Shoes has come to mean a lot to us on a lot of levels. Clowns are questionable but the shoes make us laugh. They remind us about humility and to find humor in life. Our mission now is to produce beer without pretension while being free and a little crazy. We hope you enjoy the beers! [All Sessions]
The mission of Down The Road Brewery is to create beers that strike a balance between history, tradition and innovation. Each time we set out to create a new beer, we study the history of the style we are emulating and decide how we can experiment and improve it, without straying too far from the original purpose of the brew.
Hundreds of new breweries are sprouting up all over the country and the world, and with each new brewery comes more attempts to push the limits by adding unique ingredients and techniques. While DTR loves these attempts at experimentation and rule-breaking, we want our line of beers to recall the rich history of lagers and ales that is sometimes ignored or forgotten but never out of fashion. [All Sessions]
It all started with three friends who shared a love of beer. College classmates Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary were passionate about beer, but weren't able find what they were looking for at their local pubs. While traveling in Europe after college, they drank many diverse, fresh, local beers and experienced firsthand the wonderful beer culture that existed just across the pond.
When they returned to Boston they decided that if they couldn't buy the beer they wanted then they would have to brew it themselves - or start a brewery and hire someone who could brew it. So that's what they did. Rich and Dan hired a brewer, and in 1986 the Harpoon Brewery was incorporated.
Harpoon was granted Brewing Permit #001 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts because it was the first brewery to commercially brew and bottle beer in Boston in more than 25 years. [Saturday Sessions]
High & Mighty was making low-alcohol beer before it was cool. Oh, wait. Apprently it’s not cool. Yet. But it will be. And, yes we will say we told you so. [Saturday Sessions]
Idle Hands Craft Ales is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' first commercial nanobrewery. While many microbreweries brew 7, 10 or 15 barrels of beer at a time, Idle Hands’ batches are a mere 1.5 barrels. We brew, bottle and distribute our own beer ourselves within the 128 greater Boston market. Idle Hands Craft Ales can be found at the brewery, in area retail/package stores and on draft at many popular bar/restaurants. If you're in the Boston area, you can stop in to our tasting room and purchase beers on site. [All Sessions]
Mayflower Brewing Company is a craft beer microbrewery located in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. Founded in 2007 by a tenth great grandson of John Alden, beer barrel cooper on board the Mayflower, we are dedicated to celebrating the history and legacy of the Pilgrims by creating unique, high-quality ales for the New England market. [All Sessions]
Narragansett is an Independent Brewer of Classic New England Lagers and Crafts. Since 1890. Narragansett is once again locally-owned and has not only resurrected the flagship Lager, but is now offering a full line of award-winning seasonal beers. We are proud to be bringing New England’s beer back to New Englanders.
Hi Neighbor, Have a Gansett! [All Sessions]
Notch Brewing, American Session Beer. A workers beer based on the pre-WWI saisons of Belgium. Brewed with wheat from western Massachusetts and malted by Valley Malt in Hadley, MA. The classic Czech-style session lager. One taste like three. [All Sessions]
Peak is a craft brewing company, dedicated to making delicious beer using local, artisan and organic ingredients.
At Peak, working with local farms and artisan businesses has always been an important philosophy for us. We simply believe that our local partners make tastier ingredients for us to brew with. [All Sessions]
Portico Brewing has been crafting beers for the Boston community since the summer of 2012. We are currently gypsy brewing at Watch City in Waltham and have released four beers on draft. [All Sessions]
Rapscallion is a locally made and distributed craft beer company. [Saturday Sessions]
Founded in 2010 with a tiny one-barrel brewing system, Rising Tide completed an expansion in summer 2012 with the installation of a custom-built fifteen-barrel brew house in a 5,000 square foot facility on Fox Street in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood. The expansion increased the brewery’s production capacity from about 15 barrels a month to about 120 barrels a month. Rising Tide's new facility is located within walking distance of Portland's Old Port area. The brewery welcomes visitors in its tasting room where they can sample the beers, take a tour, and buy some bottles or a growler to take home. [Saturday Sessions]
Smuttynose was founded in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1994 by the co-founder of the Northampton Brewery and Portsmouth Brewery, Peter Egelston. Last year Smuttynose was ranked 34th best brewery in the world by RateBeer.com. Not too shabby. Our unfiltered, flavor forward ales and lagers have won over lots of folks and we hope to win over lots more. [Saturday Sessions]
Watch City Brewing Co is a 180 seat brewpub in Waltham, MA near Boston. We take pride in making you the freshest locally crafted beers in town! We strive to use many of our homegrown ingredients and never compromise. We strive to make unique and delicious beers that change with the seasons! [All Sessions]
Local Meaderies
Artisan Beverage Cooperative is a worker-owned coop making fine fermented libations.
We support local regenerative agriculture.
All products are made with love and care and are gluten and sulfite free. We will be offering Local Mead made with raw honey wine, delicious Ginger Libation, a pre-prohibition-style tropical Ginger Beer, and Kombucha - The Living Elixer, a raw, fermented tea. [Saturday Sessions]
With over 17 years experience at making international award winning mead, Michael Fairbrother has started Moonlight Meadery, with a mission to bring ultra premium meads to the market place. It is more than a product and it is more than a process, it’s an obsession. We have created over 60 different varieties of mead using locally source ingredients and honey.
Mead is a wine made from honey, the sweetness ranges from dry to sweet, it can be still, petillant (ever so lightly carbonated), or sparkling. Strength can range from hydromel (watered down), standard, and sack. It’s the oldest fermented beverage, but the least known. Once tasters try one of our special meads, they usually start to smile and ask why they have never tried it before. [All Sessions]
Local Cideries
Bantam Cider was born from a proud family tradition of wine-making and a desire to be part of a creative process rooted in the local community.
We were inspired to do something special, to create a truly unique and modern line of products that would reshape the way people experience cider. We source our apples from local orchards and create and trial cider concepts at our small lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By sharing capacity with a regional winery, we are able to scale up production to meet demand. This allows us to grow our business while maintaining flexibility and a compact footprint.
We are a small enterprise in a world of big brands. While we don’t have a big budget, we do have big ambitions and hope to challenge conventional thinking about what cider should be. [Saturday Sessions]
Downeast Cider House started in Waterville, ME. Our quest to produce more cider led to to relocate our operations to Boston.
Using freshly pressed local apples, Downeast Cider produces two different types of cider. The Original Blend is our flagship while the Cranberry Blend is the result of experiments with adding, you guessed it, cranberries to the cider.
Downeast Cider can be found both on draft and in cans throughout the greater Boston area and beyond. [All Sessions]
Orchard-made ciders from true cider apples grown at Poverty Lane Orchards in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
For twenty years we have grown real cider apple trees and used traditional fermentation methods to achieve delicious aromas and complex, bright, clean flavors. All along we have found compelling qualities in juices from select heirloom varieties, cellar staples of colonial times. [Friday Only]
A small Farm Winery in Portland Maine that focuses on community engagement and local flavor exploration. [All Sessions]
Local Artisan Beverage
Grown-up Soda “GuS” Is an all natural, less sweet artisan beverage hand made here in Central Massachusetts. Our goal is to provide a healthier alternative to the mainstream soda for people looking for more than juice and water but less than a sugary chemically made soda. Each 12oz. bottle has only 90-98 calories and is lightly sweetened with cane sugar. They contain real juice and natural extracts, are caffeine-free, kosher and gluten-free. [All Sessions]
What’s a Teawright?
Playwrights write plays & shipwrights produce ships. Well a teawright is simply a person who produces tea.
At the Boston Teawrights we’re dedicated to supporting the American Craft Tea movement; a movement of tea producers (or teawrights) creating both traditional and modern teas. We do this by supplying teawrights with raw, unprocessed tea leaves and releasing do-it-yourself guides to producing (or crafting) tea at home. [All Sessions]
Delicious Local Food (For purchase, $5 or less)
Five Horses Tavern is built on craft beers from around the world. Offering 37 rotating drafts and over 130 bottles. Our kitchen serves locally sourced modern American comfort food with many vegetarian options. [Saturday Sessions]
Q’s Nuts is a small family owned nut artisan company.we roast in small batches with the highest quality ingredients and all of our nuts are vegan and gluten free. [All Sessions]
Taza Chocolate is dedicated to the craft of organic, bean-to-bar chocolate that is good for farmers and seriously delicious. We are proud to be the only producers of 100% stone ground, artisan chocolate in the US. We cultivate direct relationships with our growers and work together with them to meet our high quality standards. Our commitment to Direct Trade means we cut out the middleman, and we always pay a premium above Fair Trade prices for our cacao beans. As active members of Slow Food USA, we vow to uphold the principle of “good, clean and fair.” We make chocolate that is good to eat, clean for the planet, and fair to farmers. [Saturday Sessions]
The Chicken & Rice Guys is a food truck that sells NYC style Halal chicken and rice. The dish comes over seasoned rice, lettuce, pita, and is served with our special white sauce, super hot sauce, green sauce and yogurt sauce. We also serve lamb gyro, and wraps. [All Sessions]
Valicenti Organico is a producer of gourmet ravioli, unique fresh pasta and pasta sauces made using ingredients we grow on our small farm.
We also source from other small farms, local dairies, livestock farmers and even several of our grains are sourced directly from farms. [Saturday Sessions]
Vermont Smoke and Cure crafts meats in small batches according to recipes grown from our 50 years of Vermont craftsmanship. From our Vermont Maple Brined, Cob & Maple Smoked Bacon or Ham, to our ‘damn fine, healthy and natural RealSticks, the result for you is flavor you won’t find anywhere else. [All Sessions]
When: Jun 14, 2013 6 PM to Jun 15, 2013 10 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18 )
Calling for foodies, artisan craft food devotees, craft brew fans, homebrew fans localvores, brew hobbyists, and the curious minded!
2nd Annual Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest
Session I: Hyper-Local Home Brew Showcase Night & Brewfest
Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Session II: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 3:00 - 6:00pm
Session III: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a major annual fundraiser presented by Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) that highlights and promotes local brewers of beer, cider & mead, artisan beverage makers, home brewers, and food vendors.
This event is a celebration of local craft brews in conjunction with SBN's Boston Local Food Programs. The goal of SBN’s Boston Local Food Program is to transform the local food system by raising awareness about the abundance of wonderful locally grown and produced products in Massachusetts and New England and by encouraging individual consumers, food and beverage producers, and vendors to Think Local First.
Why join us at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest?
What’s more, Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a unique event that not only showcases local beverage producers, but also showcases local brews incorporating local ingredients! Examples in the past have included brews made with TAZA Chocolate, local hops, apples, cranberries, grapes and even local oysters! While having unlimited 2oz tastings from local brewers, you can also sample and purchase delicious local food from vendors like Valicenti Organico, The Chicken & Rice Guys and more. A recap on Hyper-Local 2012 can be found here.
New this year – The Craft of Brewing: Homebrew Showcase Night
New this year for the Friday evening session, SBN will launch our first Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase Night, highlighting home-brews and home-brewing with local ingredients. The Showcase, featuring a Homebrew Club Jamboree, will provide a chance for aspiring brewers, brew fans and the curious minded to experiment and learn what is available in the New England region for making their products. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about homebrewing, interact with other aspiring brewers, hear from experts, as well as taste a selection of the brews that will be showcased during the Saturday Sessions! More details about the Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase are forthcoming.
Your Involvement is Important!
This year, your support will not only benefit SBN, a 501-c3 organization whose mission is to help develop economies that are local, green, and fair, but $1.00 from all ticket sales will benefit the Arts at the Armory as well! Join us to support local business. Eat Local. Drink Local. Be Local.
Location- Center for Arts at the Armory
Center for Arts at the Armory is conveniently located at 191 Highland Avenue between Davis and Union Squares in Somerville, Massachusetts. We encourage you to take public transportation and enjoy your unlimited tasting night at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest event!
The Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also get the Armory by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
What is included with admission price?
Unlimited tastings of local craft brews, ciders, mead, and artisan beverages (see below for select vendors at Friday night showcase)
1 compostable cup
Site map with list of all vendors
Access to local food vendors such as Valicenti Organico and Vermont Smoke and Cure offering servings for $5 or less
Opportunity to meet other local brew fans and brewers
Supporting the local food movement by raising much needed funds for SBN’s Boston Local Food Program
Want Volunteer at Hyper Local Craft-Brewfest?
We are now looking for a group of responsible, motivated, 21+ volunteers to join our “Local Craft Brew Crew” to help make Hyper Local Brewfest a great success. Volunteers will assist with many aspects of the brewfest from planning and outreach to day-off event support in June. As a volunteer, you will get a chance to meet other like-minded people, interact with the planning committee and learn what’s new for this year’s event! Other benefits include a cool Local Craft Brew T-shirt, access to the vendors, free food, and a chance to taste the brews too! To join our “Local Craft Brew Crew”, fill out our volunteer form, here: http://bit.ly/ZhHWx4
Our Sponsors
From helping you select the best ingredients for your next batch, to helping you decide on which mash tun would be best for the all-grain system you're planning, the Modern Homebrew Emporium is the one-stop location for all your homebrewing, home wine-making, and home cheesemaking needs. In addition to bulk ingredients and kits for beer, wine, and cheese, we also sell kegging equipment and all those other gadgets that you 'really need' (or so you told your significant other) to make that special brew.
Our 2013 Vendors- As of May 7, 2013 Please note: This is only a partial list. more vendors will be listed in the coming weeks.
Local Breweries
Founded in 2012, Battle Road Brewing Company takes its name from the history surrounding Boston and Massachusetts. The Battle Road refers to the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. These battles showcased the perseverance and resistance against tyranny that were the hallmarks of the American Revolution and marked the beginning of the War for Liberty.
We are currently brewing through Mercury Brewing Company in Ipswich, MA. We have the 1775 Tavern Ale, the Lexington Green East India IPA and Barrett’s Farm House Ale. [Saturday Sessions]
Jim left for college believing that for the first time in 150 years the eldest Koch son would turn his back on beer. After college and graduate school Jim began a promising career in management consulting. Even though he followed that path for several years, he always kept an eye on the beer business. In 1984 his instincts told him it was time to make his move; people were starting to crave something different in their beer. [All Sessions]
Beer is our life! Blue Hills Brewery makes great tasting beers inspired by the elements and nature around us; embracing the rich history of the Blue Hills and the South Shore. We do this not only for ourselves but, for our friends, neighbors and visitors to the Boston and South Shore areas! We want to grow together with the South Shore community and businesses, by being a good neighbor, demonstrating civic responsibility and producing the finest, freshest beers around. Variety is the spice of life. We strive to offer seasonal beers that reflect the diversity of our world and beer culture. [Saturday Sessions]
The Boston area’s oldest brewery restaurant specializing in award winning handcrafted beers and seasonally driven New England cuisine. [Saturday Sessions]
CapeAnn Brewing Company is an award-winning, family-owned, craft brewery in the heart of downtown Gloucester, Massachusetts on Boston’s North Shore. [All Sessions]
Something’s happening, and it involves clown shoes and beer. Clown Shoes? Very long story, but to condense it a group of us submitted the name to the Beer Advocate contest that resulted in The Wrath of Pecant. Our submission didn’t crack the top 5. This burned us up inside. While driving one day the epiphany came: We could make our own Clown Shoes beer. In no way did we expect to create a brand, figuring it would be one batch of beer for fun and then done. But folks are digging the brews and a group of us are having a great time. Clown Shoes has come to mean a lot to us on a lot of levels. Clowns are questionable but the shoes make us laugh. They remind us about humility and to find humor in life. Our mission now is to produce beer without pretension while being free and a little crazy. We hope you enjoy the beers! [All Sessions]
The mission of Down The Road Brewery is to create beers that strike a balance between history, tradition and innovation. Each time we set out to create a new beer, we study the history of the style we are emulating and decide how we can experiment and improve it, without straying too far from the original purpose of the brew.
Hundreds of new breweries are sprouting up all over the country and the world, and with each new brewery comes more attempts to push the limits by adding unique ingredients and techniques. While DTR loves these attempts at experimentation and rule-breaking, we want our line of beers to recall the rich history of lagers and ales that is sometimes ignored or forgotten but never out of fashion. [All Sessions]
It all started with three friends who shared a love of beer. College classmates Rich Doyle and Dan Kenary were passionate about beer, but weren't able find what they were looking for at their local pubs. While traveling in Europe after college, they drank many diverse, fresh, local beers and experienced firsthand the wonderful beer culture that existed just across the pond.
When they returned to Boston they decided that if they couldn't buy the beer they wanted then they would have to brew it themselves - or start a brewery and hire someone who could brew it. So that's what they did. Rich and Dan hired a brewer, and in 1986 the Harpoon Brewery was incorporated.
Harpoon was granted Brewing Permit #001 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts because it was the first brewery to commercially brew and bottle beer in Boston in more than 25 years. [Saturday Sessions]
High & Mighty was making low-alcohol beer before it was cool. Oh, wait. Apprently it’s not cool. Yet. But it will be. And, yes we will say we told you so. [Saturday Sessions]
Idle Hands Craft Ales is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' first commercial nanobrewery. While many microbreweries brew 7, 10 or 15 barrels of beer at a time, Idle Hands’ batches are a mere 1.5 barrels. We brew, bottle and distribute our own beer ourselves within the 128 greater Boston market. Idle Hands Craft Ales can be found at the brewery, in area retail/package stores and on draft at many popular bar/restaurants. If you're in the Boston area, you can stop in to our tasting room and purchase beers on site. [All Sessions]
Mayflower Brewing Company is a craft beer microbrewery located in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. Founded in 2007 by a tenth great grandson of John Alden, beer barrel cooper on board the Mayflower, we are dedicated to celebrating the history and legacy of the Pilgrims by creating unique, high-quality ales for the New England market. [All Sessions]
Narragansett is an Independent Brewer of Classic New England Lagers and Crafts. Since 1890. Narragansett is once again locally-owned and has not only resurrected the flagship Lager, but is now offering a full line of award-winning seasonal beers. We are proud to be bringing New England’s beer back to New Englanders.
Hi Neighbor, Have a Gansett! [All Sessions]
The Newburyport Brewing Company is a privately held craft brewery dedicated to brewing the highest quality craft beer products. Founded in 2012, the Company is Massachusetts' first only exclusive "keg and can" craft brewery. Co-founded by two local Newburyport entrepreneurs, musicians, and home brewers - Chris Webb and Bill Fisher - the company aims to capture the essence of Newburyport's quaint seaside character across a line of great tasting handcrafted ales. Newburyport Brewing Company uses premium quality natural ingredients in three products: Newburyport Pale Ale™, Plum Island Belgian White™, and Green Head IPA™ [Saturday Sessions]
Notch Brewing, American Session Beer. A workers beer based on the pre-WWI saisons of Belgium. Brewed with wheat from western Massachusetts and malted by Valley Malt in Hadley, MA. The classic Czech-style session lager. One taste like three. [All Sessions]
Peak is a craft brewing company, dedicated to making delicious beer using local, artisan and organic ingredients.
At Peak, working with local farms and artisan businesses has always been an important philosophy for us. We simply believe that our local partners make tastier ingredients for us to brew with. [All Sessions]
Portico Brewing has been crafting beers for the Boston community since the summer of 2012. We are currently gypsy brewing at Watch City in Waltham and have released four beers on draft. [All Sessions]
Rapscallion is a locally made and distributed craft beer company. [Saturday Sessions]
Founded in 2010 with a tiny one-barrel brewing system, Rising Tide completed an expansion in summer 2012 with the installation of a custom-built fifteen-barrel brew house in a 5,000 square foot facility on Fox Street in Portland's East Bayside neighborhood. The expansion increased the brewery’s production capacity from about 15 barrels a month to about 120 barrels a month. Rising Tide's new facility is located within walking distance of Portland's Old Port area. The brewery welcomes visitors in its tasting room where they can sample the beers, take a tour, and buy some bottles or a growler to take home. [Saturday Sessions]
Smuttynose was founded in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1994 by the co-founder of the Northampton Brewery and Portsmouth Brewery, Peter Egelston. Last year Smuttynose was ranked 34th best brewery in the world by RateBeer.com. Not too shabby. Our unfiltered, flavor forward ales and lagers have won over lots of folks and we hope to win over lots more. [Saturday Sessions]
Watch City Brewing Co is a 180 seat brewpub in Waltham, MA near Boston. We take pride in making you the freshest locally crafted beers in town! We strive to use many of our homegrown ingredients and never compromise. We strive to make unique and delicious beers that change with the seasons! [All Sessions]
Local Meaderies
Artisan Beverage Cooperative is a worker-owned coop making fine fermented libations.
We support local regenerative agriculture.
All products are made with love and care and are gluten and sulfite free. We will be offering Local Mead made with raw honey wine, delicious Ginger Libation, a pre-prohibition-style tropical Ginger Beer, and Kombucha - The Living Elixer, a raw, fermented tea. [Saturday Sessions]
With over 17 years experience at making international award winning mead, Michael Fairbrother has started Moonlight Meadery, with a mission to bring ultra premium meads to the market place. It is more than a product and it is more than a process, it’s an obsession. We have created over 60 different varieties of mead using locally source ingredients and honey.
Mead is a wine made from honey, the sweetness ranges from dry to sweet, it can be still, petillant (ever so lightly carbonated), or sparkling. Strength can range from hydromel (watered down), standard, and sack. It’s the oldest fermented beverage, but the least known. Once tasters try one of our special meads, they usually start to smile and ask why they have never tried it before. [All Sessions]
Local Cideries
Bantam Cider was born from a proud family tradition of wine-making and a desire to be part of a creative process rooted in the local community.
We were inspired to do something special, to create a truly unique and modern line of products that would reshape the way people experience cider. We source our apples from local orchards and create and trial cider concepts at our small lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts. By sharing capacity with a regional winery, we are able to scale up production to meet demand. This allows us to grow our business while maintaining flexibility and a compact footprint.
We are a small enterprise in a world of big brands. While we don’t have a big budget, we do have big ambitions and hope to challenge conventional thinking about what cider should be. [Saturday Sessions]
Orchard-made ciders from true cider apples grown at Poverty Lane Orchards in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
For twenty years we have grown real cider apple trees and used traditional fermentation methods to achieve delicious aromas and complex, bright, clean flavors. All along we have found compelling qualities in juices from select heirloom varieties, cellar staples of colonial times. [Friday Only]
A small Farm Winery in Portland Maine that focuses on community engagement and local flavor exploration. [All Sessions]
Local Artisan Beverage
Grown-up Soda “GuS” Is an all natural, less sweet artisan beverage hand made here in Central Massachusetts. Our goal is to provide a healthier alternative to the mainstream soda for people looking for more than juice and water but less than a sugary chemically made soda. Each 12oz. bottle has only 90-98 calories and is lightly sweetened with cane sugar. They contain real juice and natural extracts, are caffeine-free, kosher and gluten-free. [All Sessions]
What’s a Teawright?
Playwrights write plays & shipwrights produce ships. Well a teawright is simply a person who produces tea.
At the Boston Teawrights we’re dedicated to supporting the American Craft Tea movement; a movement of tea producers (or teawrights) creating both traditional and modern teas. We do this by supplying teawrights with raw, unprocessed tea leaves and releasing do-it-yourself guides to producing (or crafting) tea at home. [All Sessions]
Delicious Local Food (For purchase, $5 or less)
Five Horses Tavern is built on craft beers from around the world. Offering 37 rotating drafts and over 130 bottles. Our kitchen serves locally sourced modern American comfort food with many vegetarian options. [Saturday Sessions]
Q’s Nuts is a small family owned nut artisan company.we roast in small batches with the highest quality ingredients and all of our nuts are vegan and gluten free. [All Sessions]
Taza Chocolate is dedicated to the craft of organic, bean-to-bar chocolate that is good for farmers and seriously delicious. We are proud to be the only producers of 100% stone ground, artisan chocolate in the US. We cultivate direct relationships with our growers and work together with them to meet our high quality standards. Our commitment to Direct Trade means we cut out the middleman, and we always pay a premium above Fair Trade prices for our cacao beans. As active members of Slow Food USA, we vow to uphold the principle of “good, clean and fair.” We make chocolate that is good to eat, clean for the planet, and fair to farmers. [Saturday Sessions]
The Chicken & Rice Guys is a food truck that sells NYC style Halal chicken and rice. The dish comes over seasoned rice, lettuce, pita, and is served with our special white sauce, super hot sauce, green sauce and yogurt sauce. We also serve lamb gyro, and wraps. [All Sessions]
Valicenti Organico is a producer of gourmet ravioli, unique fresh pasta and pasta sauces made using ingredients we grow on our small farm.
We also source from other small farms, local dairies, livestock farmers and even several of our grains are sourced directly from farms. [Saturday Sessions]
Vermont Smoke and Cure crafts meats in small batches according to recipes grown from our 50 years of Vermont craftsmanship. From our Vermont Maple Brined, Cob & Maple Smoked Bacon or Ham, to our ‘damn fine, healthy and natural RealSticks, the result for you is flavor you won’t find anywhere else. [All Sessions]
When: Jun 14, 2013 6 PM to Jun 15, 2013 10 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18 )
If you already know what you want to build and you just want to learn how to use the tools you need safely (or if you just want a refresher), Tool Training sessions are for you. Classes are kept small so each student gets a lot of personal attention, and each training session is themed for a certain set of tools - just take the sessions you need to get going.This 2.5-hour personalized training will launch you into the world of Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) precision machining at the Artisan's Asylum! Makers of all types will benefit from shaping aluminum, steel, and plastics into precise, computer-cut parts. After you've practiced with the manual milling machine, it's time to work in the realm of thousandths of an inch! In this class students will learn to safely use our Sharp Vertical Milling Machine with MillPwr CNC Servo Controller. After an introduction to terminology and machine anatomy, students will learn the following operations in aluminum:-- Digital Read Out (DRO) functionality, including part coordinate systems and edge location.-- Automated CNC operations including facing, slot, pocket, precision drilling, circular boring, feature patterns, and text engraving.-- Complete part programming using the MillPwr conversational CNC language.-- Part program file management and advanced code features.-- Changing spindle speeds, identifying cutting speed/feed ranges, and finish-pass conditions.-- Changing cutting tools and specifying tool geometry in the CNC controller.-- Safety features (like "dry run"), cleanup, and machine care.
Class Goals:
Students will become familiar with basic machine anatomy and various safe automated CNC milling operations. Students will leave with an understanding of the MillPwr conversational CNC controller and part programming techniques.
If proficiency is achieved, students will leave the class qualified to do independent work on the Asylum's Sharp Vertical Milling Machine with MillPwr CNC Servo Controller.
Prerequisites:1: Before enrolling in this training, students must first complete the "Tool Training: Manual Milling Machine" or confirm previous manual mill competency with the instructor.2: Before class day, students must read the MillPwr controller manual here: http://wiki.artisansasylum.com/index.php/Sharp_CNC_MillThe MillPwr CNC controller uses a conversational programming method that is easy to learn. No previous programming or G-code experience is required.
Materials:
Practice materials will be provided by Artisan's Asylum.
Event Time:
Manual machining tool training sessions are available on Saturday afternoons on alternate weekends, from 2:30-5pm. You can register for a particular session according to the dates on the ticket types above.
Instructor Biography:
Paul Carson is an engineer by training and metalworking enthusiast. After years of making bicycle powered sculptures, a recumbent trike, gas powered bumper cars and other contraptions, he designed his own bicycle building process using the fixture and manufacturing process design skills he learned working as a manufacturing engineer.
When: May 18, 2013 2 PM to Jun 29, 2013 5 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Sat, 18 May 2013 14 )
Ever frustrated by riding a bike just not shaped well for you? Ever tempted to try and build your own frame, but not sure where to start? This is the class for you!
In this class, students will learn how to build their own bicycle frame from steel tubes, using lugged construction. You will learn about bicycle geometry and handling, what configurations are typically applied to what kind of riding applications, the basics of fitting a bicycle frame to a rider, and how to set up a bicycle frame jig.
Students should expect to spend time in the shop outside of class working on weekly assignments if they hope to finish their bicycle in the two months. Shop access for homework assignments is included in the registration cost of the class.
You will come out of the class with an unpainted steel roadbike frame set up for fast city riding, commuting, or touring. It will accept caliper brakes and a 25.4mm threadless headset. Extras (handlebars, seat, peddles, and wheels) are totally up to you!
Class Goals:
Students will leave the class having built their own bicycle frame, fitted specifically for them (or for the person of their choice) from steel tubing. Students will learn about fabricating structures made of thin wall tubing, and about brazing techniques.
(Outside the scope of this class, but highly recommended: Build up your bike. Paint your name on the side. Ride it around. Impress your friends.)
Prerequisites:
No previous experience required.
Materials:
Materials are provided, covered by a materials fee of $250 included in your registration price. Students may customize their build with a selection of dropouts and braze-ons.
Instructor Biography:
Paul Carson is an engineer by training and metalworking enthusiast. After years of making bicycle powered sculptures, a recumbent trike, gas powered bumper cars and other contraptions, he designed his own bicycle building process using the fixture and manufacturing process design skills he learned working as a manufacturing engineer.Event Time:
Remember: You should expect to spend at least as much time outside of class as in class working on your bicycle in order to finish before the class ends!
Session 2: Saturday, September 21, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Session 3: Saturday, September 28, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Session 4: Saturday, October 5, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Session 5: Saturday, October 12, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Session 6: Saturday, October 19, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Session 7: Saturday, October 26, 10:00AM - 1:00PM
REFUNDS: We offer full refunds for any class cancellations more than three days in advance of the class start date. After that point refunds are contingent upon the Asylum being able to fill the seat. No refunds whatsoever are offered for same-day cancellations. To request a refund for a class, please fill out this form.
CANCELLATIONS: Your class may be cancelled if too few people register. A decision will be made a few days before the class is scheduled to run, and you will be notified of the cancellation and your registration refunded in full.
When: Sep 14, 2013 10 AM to Oct 26, 2013 1 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: Visit EventBrite.com for pricing.
(Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10 )
Calling for foodies, artisan craft food devotees, craft brew fans, homebrew fans localvores, brew hobbyists, and the curious minded!
Session I: Hyper-Local Home Brew Showcase Night & Brewfest
Friday, June 14, 2013, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Session II: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 3:00 - 6:00pm
Session III: Hyper-Local Brewfest
Saturday, June 15, 2013, 7:00 - 10:00pm
Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a major annual fundraiser presented by Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) that highlights and promotes local brewers of beer, cider & mead, artisan beverage makers, home brewers, and food vendors.
This event is a celebration of local craft brews in conjunction with SBN's Boston Local Food Programs. The goal of SBN’s Boston Local Food Program is to transform the local food system by raising awareness about the abundance of wonderful locally grown and produced products in Massachusetts and New England and by encouraging individual consumers, food and beverage producers, and vendors to Think Local First.
Why join us at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest?
What’s more, Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is a unique event that not only showcases local beverage producers, but also showcases local brews incorporating local ingredients! Examples in the past have included brews made with TAZA Chocolate, local hops, apples, cranberries, grapes and even local oysters! While having unlimited 2oz tastings from local brewers, you can also sample and purchase delicious local food from vendors like Valicenti Organico, The Chicken & Rice Guys and more. A recap on Hyper-Local 2012 can be found here.
New this year – The Craft of Brewing: Homebrew Showcase Night
New this year for the Friday evening session, SBN will launch our first Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase Night, highlighting home-brews and home-brewing with local ingredients. The Showcase, featuring a Homebrew Club Jamboree, will provide a chance for aspiring brewers, brew fans and the curious minded to experiment and learn what is available in the New England region for making their products. Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about homebrewing, interact with other aspiring brewers, hear from experts, as well as taste a selection of the brews that will be showcased during the Saturday Sessions! More details about the Hyper-Local Home-Brew Showcase are forthcoming.
Your Involvement is Important!
This year, your support will not only benefit SBN, a 501-c3 organization whose mission is to help develop economies that are local, green, and fair, but $1.00 from all ticket sales will benefit the Arts at the Armory as well! Join us to support local business. Eat Local. Drink Local. Be Local.
Location- Center for Arts at the Armory
Center for Arts at the Armory is conveniently located at 191 Highland Avenue between Davis and Union Squares in Somerville, Massachusetts. We encourage you to take public transportation and enjoy your unlimited tasting night at Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest event!
The Arts at the Armory is approximately a 15 minute walk from Davis Square which is on the MTBA Red Line. You can also get the Armory by using either the MBTA RT 88 and RT 90 bus that can be caught either at Lechmere (Green Line) or Davis Square (Red Line). Get off at the Highland Avenue and Lowell Street stop. You can also get to us from Sullivan Square (Orange Line) by using the MBTA RT 90 bus. Get off at the Highland Avenue and Benton Road stop.
What is included with admission price?
Unlimited tastings of local craft brews, ciders, mead, and artisan beverages (see below for select vendors at Friday night showcase)
1 compostable cup
Site map with list of all vendors
Access to local food vendors such as Valicenti Organico and Vermont Smoke and Cure offering servings for $5 or less
Opportunity to meet other local brew fans and brewers
Supporting the local food movement by raising much needed funds for SBN’s Boston Local Food Program
Want Volunteer at Hyper Local Craft-Brewfest?
We are now looking for a group of responsible, motivated, 21+ volunteers to join our “Local Craft Brew Crew” to help make Hyper Local Brewfest a great success. Volunteers will assist with many aspects of the brewfest from planning and outreach to day-off event support in June. As a volunteer, you will get a chance to meet other like-minded people, interact with the planning committee and learn what’s new for this year’s event! Other benefits include a cool Local Craft Brew T-shirt, access to the vendors, free food, and a chance to taste the brews too! To join our “Local Craft Brew Crew”, fill out our volunteer form, here: http://bit.ly/ZhHWx4
When: Jun 14, 2013 6 PM to Jun 14, 2013 9 PMin Somerville, Massachusetts Cost: $35 (Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18 )
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