By Miriam X. Padilla On Thursday, Nov. 20 the Freedom for Nestora Salgado Committee, a student group at The Evergreen State College, joined dozens of organizations in Seattle in a rally to protest the disappearance of 43 students from the Rural Normal School in Ayotzinapa in the state of Guerrero, […]
The Legendary Michael Hurley Plays at The Guest HouseStill Charming Us with Aliens, Tea and Train-robbing wolves, 50 years After his First Album
By Ariety Fried It was warm and distinctly cheerful inside the Guest House where Michael Hurley was about to play last Tuesday night. I had worried I wouldn’t recognize him from his picture as a 22 year old fledgling on the cover of his first album, First Songs, recorded in […]
Cheap Eats West$5ide
By Zachary Newman Having moved from the dorms to our house off Division Street, my friends and I have had quite the cuisine around Olympia, without having to go very far (downtown is far- It’s, like, two roundabouts away.) But unlike our cute neighbors and the very nice community we […]
Wasted Advice
My dog is an asshole who won’t stop eating my used cottonballs from removing makeup. How likely is it that he’ll die doing this? One of my dogs is an asshole too. That said, I don’t know shit about animals. You should probably do the responsible dog owner thing and […]
Why We Should Vote
By Zachary Newman This past Election Day saw the lowest voter turnout for a midterm election since 1942. On November 4th, 36.3 percent of Americans mailed in ballots, waited in lines, did whatever they felt they needed to do to be heard. The voter turnout for the 1942 Federal Election […]
RVIVR Record Release
By Garrett Bekemeyer The night began snug from the warmth of a fire at a friend’s house. I slugged back cans of Hamm’s while we read raunchy letters to the editor found within an issue of Penthouse from the mid-’70s to each other. We then bickered about whether leaving this […]
Interview: Mirah & Erica Freas
By Blaine Ewig It’s a rare and exciting opportunity to get two busy and prolific artists like Mirah and Erica Freas to sit down and have an hour-long conversation. But the two somehow managed to make time, and lucky for you, we were there for it. Mirah stopped in Olympia […]
Artist Statement: Patrick Semple
These two pieces, “Moonbeam Mirror Light,” and “Deep Sleep” are from a series I’ve been working on, using oil pastel on newspaper. Initially, I was bored in the kitchen one morning so I grabbed this print of The Stranger and went to town on someone’s face with pastel; it has […]
Fermenting Local Culture OlyKraut Expands Reach Beyond the South Sound
By Cassie Johnson-Villalobos Sash Sunday began sharing her small batches of homemade sauerkraut with friends in 2005. The former Evergreen student now manages the production of much larger batches of raw, fermented products and distributes from Seattle to Portland—as the founder and owner of the growing local business OlyKraut. Since […]
Game Fix Where to Find Classic Video Game Gear
By Cody Byre As an employee of GameStop, the biggest corporate game retail company in the U.S., I often encounter customers seeking classic games, consoles, and accessories. These old gaming items—Playstation 2, GameCube, Original Xbox and older—have become increasingly difficult to locate for collectors or classic gaming enthusiasts, especially in […]
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