Voters give proceeds from Sunday Soup #8 to music collective
Organizers started early today to set up for Sunday Soup #8. By the time the first volunteer cooks trickled in, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (115 S. Division) had been tiled with homemade benches, decorated with freshly carved pumpkins and draped with braids of black and orange cuffs. The six volunteer cooks brought in several steaming pots: Two types of leek soup, a couple of vegan chilis, ginger squash soup, kale-chorizo stew and a beet curry with rice to boot.
Up till 6 p.m., more food kept coming: Bread rounds, corn bread, toasted coconut flakes, soy chai, apple slices and caramel sauce, bowls and mugs, people waving $5 bills. Everyone attended to hear two project proposals over bowls of soup. Each patron forked over $5 for their meal and a vote.
"You vote on the one you think should get all the proceeds from the event," said Miriam Slager, one of the organizers....
