Connecting the Community started as a conversation amongst The Space Force about how to bring the joy and passion we have for local sourcing and intimate hospitality to more people on a regular basis that would let us be as wild and creative as we wanted. The result is an attempt at a dinner series that does more than just bring good food from a farmer to your plate, but an experience that reveals our mutual entanglement in each other, our neighbors, and the very land on which we live. 

Each dinner will be a partnership with a local farm or producer and will consist of about five courses. And these courses will involve some talking. We will walk you through our process, the particularities of the farm, the season, and the produce, and give you some historical and cultural information on the ingredients and cooking techniques. The best part? You are encouraged to talk back. We envision these dinners as conversations - a dialogue about our place in the political economy and the incredibly joyful, beautiful, and bizarre act of eating, of turning the world into us. Of the world becoming us. 

Your $30 deposit grants you a seat. We use the deposit money to pay for the ingredients. You will owe another $70 on the day. 10% of all sales will go to local causes TBD by The Space Force and our partners.

Connecting the Community vol. 3: Diamond's Homestead

Sun, November 16th @6pm

The Space. 1 E Main St. Champaign, IL 61820.

$100/person.