The Front Porch
May-October
Second Sunday
10-11:30 am
2026 Dates
September 13 | October 11
Location
The front porch at 311 Forest Street
Accessibility note: There are seven steps up to the porch. Additionally, there are three chairs available. We hope to have additional fold out chairs and cushions in the future. For now, feel free to bring your own.
Who’s Welcome
Anyone in the neighborhood who’d like to drop by to chat and co-create with your community. Because this takes place on my home porch and is intended as an adults-only social space, guests must be 18+.
Once a month, the front porch is open.
Come hang out for an hour and a half with neighbors and other folks from the community. Bring an art project, a half-formed idea, some snail mail to write, something you're working on, a book, a craft, or absolutely nothing. You don't need to be “doing” anything in particular. You can make something, work on something, chat, think, people-watch, or just sit with other humans for a while.
This is not a class, workshop, meetup, or networking event. There is no agenda, no lesson, and nothing you need to accomplish. It's just a little pocket of time to get out of the house and spend some time in community.
A few things we value
Connection over productivity.
You don't have to finish anything. You don't even have to start anything. The point is being here together.
Come as you are.
You don't need to be an artist, especially social, particularly interesting, or already know someone. Come alone. Bring a friend. Show up for ten minutes or stay the whole time.
Chatting is encouraged.
Talk to the person next to you. Ask what they're working on. Tell someone about the weird idea you've been thinking about. Introduce yourself to someone new. Or don't talk at all. Quiet company is good company too.
Phones are discouraged.
Not because phones are bad, but because it's surprisingly hard to connect with people when everyone's attention is somewhere else. So, when you can, put your phone away and let yourself be a little bored, a little curious, and a little available to the people around you.
Bring your own thing.
Draw. Paint. Knit. Write a letter. Read. Fold paper. Brainstorm. Mend something. Work on a puzzle. Make a zine. Doodle in the margins of your notebook. Have a conversation you've been meaning to have. The activity is mostly an excuse to gather.
No expertise required.
Nobody is teaching you anything (unless you want them to), and nobody is evaluating what you make (unless you ask them to). Your project can be beautiful, terrible, unfinished, deeply serious, completely silly, or just something to keep your hands busy.
Mostly, this is an experiment in making it a little easier to know the people who live around us.
Come by. Bring something to do, or don't. Stay awhile.