Your stage. Your voice. Your community. August’s Sound Sessions opens the floor to local performers, poets, singers, storytellers, and anyone with something to share. This is your chance to try out new material, share your art, or finally do that thing you’ve been thinking about doing.

Sign up for a 5-7 minute slot when you arrive. Bring your acoustic guitar, your poetry notebook, comedy set or spoken word- whatever form your creativity takes. Performing or just here to support? Either way, you’re part of creating something special!

Light snacks provided. $20\person OR $60 for 4 people (Members save 20%)

Hosted by: Home Sewn + The Exchange

It's time to face the shoebox in the closet. Join us for Craft Cleanse, a swap-and-sell (free) event for anyone with more craft supplies than time to use them.

If you'd like to sell, reserve a table — it's free, no tabling fee required. You'll set your own prices and handle payment directly with your buyers, so bring whatever payment method works for you.

Prefer to just let things go? Drop them at our Free Table, no reservation needed, and feel free to take home a few new-to-you finds while you're there. Please have your items organized- we'll have specific areas to drop your items (ie. yarn, art supplies etc)  Anything still on the Free Table at the end of the day will be donated to a local re-use center, so it's a win either way.

One friendly note: we're asking everyone to bring usable supplies only — gently used is great, "why do I still have this" is great, let's keep the good stuff moving to people who'll love it.

Questions or want to reserve a table? Just reach out.

Learn to make a beautiful leather tote bag in this beginner friendly workshop. You'll work with your choice of black or tan cowhide to craft a sturdy, stylish bag you can use every day. Along the way you'll cover the essentials: pattern design, saddle stitching (the gold standard of hand stitching for strength and durability), strap cutting, and hardware assembly. No experience needed — just bring your hands and leave with a bag built to last.

Stop by during Vallejo's Art Walk (6–8:30pm) for a free, no-pressure doodle session — all ages welcome! We've got paper, pencils, pens, watercolors, and crayons for the littles, so grab a seat and draw whatever's on your mind. No experience (or plan) required — just come relax with a little art therapy!

Join us for our monthly produce (FREE) swap where neighbors share the bounty from their gardens and rebuild connections to local food systems.

Bring whatever's thriving in your garden—fragrant herbs, backyard citrus, that inevitable zucchini surplus, flowers or homegrown veggies—and take home something fresh in return. This is more than just swapping produce; it's about strengthening our community's food resilience and creating alternatives to corporate agriculture.

We'll have seed swaps, growing tips, and knowledge exchanges happening organically throughout the gathering. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just getting started, there's always something to learn and share.

Join our monthly gathering of visual remixers, where we transform forgotten fragments into fresh narratives.

Whether you're a seasoned collage artist or just love the satisfaction of a good scissors session, there's space at our table for your vision.

No experience needed - just bring your imagination and join us as we turn chaos into composition.

Explore the magic of this 19th century sun-printing process! We'll cover a brief history of cyanotype, then jump into creating your own blue and white prints on paper and fabric. We'll have plenty of materials to print with, but feel free to bring a special object of your own. Each participant takes home several paper prints and a fabric piece to turn into a patch or whatever inspires you. No experience needed, all materials provided!

Explore dying leather with several techniques in this fun beginner friendly workshop. You’ll also learn how to construct your wallet using the saddle stitch and attach a snap closure. All materials provided, no experience necessary. Leave with a finished wallet that's as functional as it is uniquely yours!

Join us for our monthly produce (FREE) swap where neighbors share the bounty from their gardens and rebuild connections to local food systems.

Bring whatever's thriving in your garden—fragrant herbs, backyard citrus, that inevitable zucchini surplus, flowers or homegrown veggies—and take home something fresh in return. This is more than just swapping produce; it's about strengthening our community's food resilience and creating alternatives to corporate agriculture.

We'll have seed swaps, growing tips, and knowledge exchanges happening organically throughout the gathering. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just getting started, there's always something to learn and share.

Join our monthly gathering of visual remixers, where we transform forgotten fragments into fresh narratives.

Whether you're a seasoned collage artist or just love the satisfaction of a good scissors session, there's space at our table for your vision.

No experience needed - just bring your imagination and join us as we turn chaos into composition.

Build Your Own Multi-Color Print

Carve your own rubber blocks and layer them up to create a stunning multi-colored print! Using beginner-friendly easy-carve blocks (4x6") and water-based inks, you'll carve at least two blocks and experiment with color and layering to build a print that's uniquely yours. Feel free to come with a simple image in mind, or choose from our selection on the day. All experience levels welcome!

Personalized Leather Journal Cover Workshop

Personalize a pre-cut vegetable-tanned leather journal cover using decorative and alphabet stamps, then bring it to life with water-based dyes in a rainbow of colors. We'll finish by assembling your cover with an elastic band system that holds multiple journals and makes swapping them out easy. The cover fits up to a 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” journal or notebook. No experience needed — just come ready to have fun and leave with something made by you!

June’s Sound Sessions brings Music Bingo to The Exchange- and trust us, it’s way more fun than regular bingo. Instead of numbers, you’re listening for song clips. Think of it as “Name That Tune” mashed up with bingo. We’re covering the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s, if you spent any time listening to radio, MTV, or making mixtapes, you’ve got this. Come solo and make new friends, or bring your crew and dominate.

$20/person OR $60 4. (Members get 20% discount)

Claudette Inspired Vintage is bringing back the intimate, unhurried elegance of the salon show — where fashion wasn't a spectacle, it was personal. Just you, a drink in hand, and some seriously stunning vintage looks moving through the room.

Arrive early for a pre-show mingle, high tea- Jamaican style. Good eats, mimosas and good company. Then watch as the models weave through the space dressed head to toe in Claudette Inspired Vintage — pieces that carry the spirit of every decade, reimagined for right now. Jazz and hip hop. Hibiscus and brownstones. Movement and memory.

Spot something you love? Every look is numbered and available for purchase that evening. See it. Fall for it. Take it home.

Vintage soul. Fresh urban edge. Purely Claudette.

Join our monthly gathering of visual remixers, where we transform forgotten fragments into fresh narratives.

Whether you're a seasoned collage artist or just love the satisfaction of a good scissors session, there's space at our table for your vision.

No experience needed - just bring your imagination and join us as we turn chaos into composition.

We're thrilled to host the artists reception for SNAPSHOTS, a stunning new fine art photography book by Kat Toronto (Miss Meatface) and her father Richard Toronto, shot in and around Vallejo and Northern California.

Captured on grainy 110 film during visits home to Northern California between 2022 and 2025, SNAPSHOTS mingles the bizarre and cinematic with the tender language of the family snapshot. It's an homage to a shared history — and to the landscape that shaped them both.

The event kicks off at Alibi Bookshop across the street for a book launch, signing & Q&A with Kat and Richard (1:30–2:45pm), then the party moves to The Exchange for the artists reception (3:00–5:00pm).

Free to attend — RSVP on Eventbrite!

Our second Lit Nite event is HOW TO READ & WRITE A POEM (Vision & Imagination in Theory & Practice). Together, we’ll explore how imagery, rhythm, sound, and structure create meaning beneath the surface of language, uncovering the hidden architecture that gives great poems their emotional and philosophical power.

From there, we’ll trace poetry’s evolution from classical verse and Romantic lyricism through modern spoken word, performance poetry, and hip-hop, exploring how cadence, improvisation, and voice continue to reinvent one of humanity’s oldest art forms.

Questions we’ll explore: How does poetry so often say what ordinary language cannot? How do rhythm and metaphor transform consciousness? What happens when language becomes incantation, prophecy, confession, or rebellion? And why, across thousands of years, have human beings continued to turn to poetry in moments of ecstasy, grief, revolution, and love?

The evening will culminate in playful creative exercises and shared performances inviting participants to experiment with their own poetic voices — whether you’re a lifelong reader of verse or someone who’s never written a poem before.

Discover how to transform fine crepe paper into lush, full peonies. We'll be working with extra-fine German crepe paper that stretches up to 130%, making it incredibly easy to shape and manipulate. You'll learn to stretch, curl, twist, and layer the paper to create realistic petals with natural-looking texture and depth.

Whether you're making a thoughtful gift or creating everlasting blooms for your own space, you'll leave with beautiful handcrafted flowers and the skills to keep making more. No experience necessary—just bring your patience for the details and enjoy the process!

Join us for our monthly produce (FREE) swap where neighbors share the bounty from their gardens and rebuild connections to local food systems.

Bring whatever's thriving in your garden—fragrant herbs, backyard citrus, that inevitable zucchini surplus, flowers or homegrown veggies—and take home something fresh in return. This is more than just swapping produce; it's about strengthening our community's food resilience and creating alternatives to corporate agriculture.

We'll have seed swaps, growing tips, and knowledge exchanges happening organically throughout the gathering. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just getting started, there's always something to learn and share.

Laced Leather Eyeglass Case

Just in time for summer sunnies! Learn three classic leather lacing techniques—whip stitch, buckstitch, and single cordovan—then choose your favorite to create a sleek, handmade eyeglass case. Select from various leather colors and lacing options to customize your case. Perfect for beginners or those wanting to add new skills to their leatherwork repertoire. All materials provided.