Soup night can occur wherever there is a willing host, preferably spreading to new parts of the city. Participants can bring friends or food if they wish.  We find a theme, based on relevant news or pop culture, or whatever and make the soup based on that.

Friends tell their buddies about it, and we see familiar faces from one soup night to another.  Between soup nights I actively seek people from disciplines, or with different hobbies, which haven’t been represented in previous soup nights to add to the mix of people, and see what sorts of conversation and ideas bubble up.  The meaning and enjoyment people can feel collectively is greater than I can provide alone, so instead I create an environment to cultivate that collective joy.  How can we design a space where you can go and have great conversations and meaningful connections?  This is relational art to grow a community.

‘soup night boston’ is inspired by the great soup nights I went to in Portland, hosted by PDX Soup Night. It began in March 2010.