I discovered by accident that you can drag an iCal event on to the desktop to instantly create a .ics file that can then be shared easily with others. Just click and drag an event as if you were moving it to a new time. As soon as the cursor leaves the main calendar view area it will turn into a small “summary” version of the event you are moving

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Create .ics files from iCal via drag-and-drop