By Jules Prosser Arts Walk weekend is one of the few times Olympia feels like a real city. One ventures downtown to find the streets awash with people, men selling big sticks on the sidewalk, and musicians performing in what could be mistaken for Pearl Jam cover bands. The few […]
Olympia People’s MicWeekly Open-Mic Offers A Voice To The Community
Last Thursday evening I ventured to the back room of Ben Moore’s Restaurant in Downtown Olympia. Past the dining tables was a hidden stage, paintings framed against brick-red walls, and a playlist of classic songs providing a laidback atmosphere. In front of neat rows of chairs stood the spotlight. I […]
Street StyleFall Arts Walk
By Sara Fabian Fall Arts Walk is one of the biggest events in Olympia’s social calendar. The two day event circulates at the epicenter of Thurston county: downtown Olympia. While the event may be overwhelming to some, I quite enjoy the large vibrant crowds of families, friends, and packs of […]
Media Island ShowFall Arts Walk
By Bryel Fyfe During my first year in Olympia, I had the misfortune of living on campus. This, mixed with a newborn noesis of my current location, made getting my ass to a show an endeavor, sometimes a drunken misadventure. However, as someone who now very conveniently lives downtown, I […]
Horoscopes
By Y Lowi ARIES 3/21 – 4/19 Maybe it’s the cool Autumn air, or all the interesting new people you’ve just met, but something about this week makes you want to party! Aries, it’s time to have fun and shed your sad, old skin. This is the week to pull […]
Wasted Advice
Greetings. Welcome to Wasted Advice, wherein you ask for advice and I continue to get drunk and advise you. We both win. You can ask me the questions you can’t ask your resident advisor. I keep dating boys but like that blows how do I stop having crushes on them […]
Drugs in OlympiaAn Overview of a Scene In Transi- OH MY GOD MY FACE IS ON INSIDE OUT AND I’M PRETTY SURE MY RA IS A CANNIBAL -tion
By Sam Miller Hi, my name is Sam Miller. I am a transfer student from Grays Harbor College. I’m 32 and I have lived in Olympia for 20 years. I have been completely sober for 7 years. I went to school to be a State licensed Chemical Dependency Professional. I […]
An interview with Aeon Fux
By Amber Hare I recently got the chance to sit down with one of my favorite local musicians and talk about bugs, production processes and their new mixtape. They’ve recently been written about in Vice and The Stranger and their music has been reposted countless times on blogs throughout the […]
ARTIST INTERVIEW: Patrick Semple
By Ruby Love Patrick Semple is an artist working primarily with oils on canvas, pulling from the natural environments around him to create works that fuse memory, emotion, and place. While Patrick Semple’s interest in art is not new, his interest in painting-specifically oil painting-is a fairly recent development. Inspired […]
Dandelion Seed Conference
By Sarah Bradley The Dandelion Seed Conference is returning for it’s fourth year with threedays of workshops, classes, and lectures. The event will take place Oct. 9th -11th here at The Evergreen State College. The Dandelion Seed Conference aims to promote education and practice of herbalism, while focusing on accessibility, […]