During the mid ‘80s, The Fabulous Tropicana served as a hub for Olympia’s young music scene. One of the first punk venues to establish itself in Olympia, Tropicana hosted shows with Beat Happening, The Melvins, Green River, and many other Northwest bands of the time. Tropicana also brought in touring […]
Best Bets May 9: Tal National
Tal National became the most celebrated band in their home nation Niger over a decade of touring constantly throughout the Sahara, playing five hour gigs every day. Lately, they’ve hit the international tour circuit, leading them now to Olympia for the first time. The members—sometimes 13 strong, but more often […]
Best Bets May 18: Vexx, Talkies, Health Problems, Broken Water
Just back from a tour of the East Coast supporting their new Pitchfork-approved EP, Vexx play restless and persuasive hardcore, anchored by the charismatic presence of lead singer Maryjane Dunphe. Together with Broken Water, they represent some of the best of the Olympia music scene. Broken Water, too, have new […]
Best Bets May 23: Olympia Record Show
Twice a year, Rainy Day Records organizes the Olympia Record Show, bringing together vinyl purveyors from around the Northwest. This year’s spring edition goes down at Elks Lodge, on the Eastside by Ralph’s Thriftway. Vinyl lovers will salivate over the tables of rare and vintage records. Three dollars gets you […]
A Conversation with Kshama Sawant Unrepentant Socialist Seattle City Councillor To Speak at Commencement
By Zachary Newman Seattle City Councillor and labor organizer Kshama Sawant will be the speaker for this year’s graduation ceremony. Sawant won a seat on the Seattle City Council in 2014, running as a member of the Socialist Alternative party, becoming the first socialist to win a Seattle-wide election in almost […]
Night At The Hands on Children’s Museum Unleashing Your Inner Selfie
By Sara Fabian The Hands on Children’s Museum is a place full of wonder, intrigue and play. Though usually a place for a child and adult accompaniment, the Adult Swim series which started in January of 2014 has opened the amusement to adults at night fall only a few times […]
What is May Day? Commemorating the Working Class Struggle at Home and Around the World
By Josh Wolf The Pacific Northwest has a strong history of protest, and on May 1, Olympia, Seattle, and Portland will continue the tradition of marching in the streets to celebrate May Day. While celebrating May Day in the region is anticipated and established, the manner of celebrating can vary […]
White People and Racism… Sometimes It’s Okay to Laugh
By Seth Leuck On Friday April 10, at Evergreen’s Longhouse, comedy was king. In front of a packed house, headliner and famous Australian comic Aamer Rahman, and openers Khadija Hassan and Abraham Tadesse brought the audience to their knees with jokes about everything from race, religion, and privilege, to masturbation and […]
Next Generation A Sober Look at the Generation PsYchedelic Conference
By Ira Zuckerman It was a beautiful spring weekend—birds were singing, weed-whackers were whacking, music was pumping out of the Circus Resurgence Club’s speakers—but the attendees of the Generation PsYchedelic (GenPsY) conference, a three-day symposium on integrating psychedelics into society and culture, where natural beauty was constantly raised to divine […]
Clean Energy Committee Funding Awards
By Paisley Gallagher Clean Energy Committee Outreach Coordinator I would like to send out a big “thank you” to all who applied for Clean Energy Committee funding. We saw a variety of project proposals from research, building projects, and speakers. The applications that were awarded are as follows: Daron Williams, […]
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