Learning Parties bring small groups of neighbours, friends, and families together with a knowledgeable, warm and articulate guide to practice the hands-on arts, preferably so that somebody benefits by getting to take home a solar water heater, or having their garden started for them, or getting to keep some freshly-made sauerkraut or kimchi.
http://slas.ca/learning-party/
Not that I think we should get together to do some gardening, but the notion of the learning party is really compelling. Sort of feels a lot like what we do each Tuesday in our class, but I wonder how it would look if we picked a different day, venue, and crowd to invite? Could we build a new vision of what it means to workshop?