By Y Lowy ARIES 3/21 – 4/19 This week, with Mercury finally out of retrograde, you’ll be surprised to find just how easy it is to finally move forward. Don’t spend too long looking at old photographs, or reading last month’s journal entries. Don’t let yourself be pulled back into […]
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. What do you do when you have a huge crush on your friend and he has […]
Flat Tires & Flowers Mysterious Bike on Campus
By Jackie Buckman Rain, snow, sunshine it doesn’t matter, this special bike is still there. Moving through the racks every day, the bike remains. The questions that fill my mind as I walk by the bike is why is it here? What is the story? When I first saw the […]
Starting Out on the Wrong Feet
By Genivieve Adabelle I was sitting at a cafe in downtown Olympia, listening to a plaid-wearing man in his forties play what I think was a fiddle, and talking to my mother, who had driven down from her Port Townsend home to see me. We had ordered coffee and were […]
The Compassionate Generation
By Asa Kowals-Rose September saw me pass a major milestone in my life, as I packed my things, and departed for The Evergreen State College. Moving away from my parents was a major change in my life, as it surely was for many other new Evergreen arrivals. For me, however, […]
Loie Warren Artist Interview
By Ruby Love I spoke with artist Loie Warren at Obsidian in downtown Olympia, surrounded by the din of clanking dishes, espresso being made, and the muted conversation of students in the midst of half-heartedly studying. The walls were lined with Loie’s work—richly contrasted black and white photographs, many featuring […]
Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art 1977-2015 at the Museum of Northwest Art
By Katherine Bussey At the opening for “Not Vanishing: Contemporary Expressions in Indigenous Art 1977-2015”, spectators shared heat and energy, engaging between objects of art and music while celebrating decades of dynamic creativity. A new generation of artists are also being celebrated as they break ground by confronting obsolete social […]
Sensations that Announce to FutureAt The Evergreen Art Gallery
By Jules Prosser I am sitting on a couch with a glowing blue light beneath it, eating an orange I took from a giant handmade clamshell. Boards painted in bright, warm colors surround me on two sides. I’ve been told that the place I am in is a spaceship of sorts, […]
Olympia Zine Fest The First Annual Fest Comes to Olympia on Oct. 22
By Sarah Bradley For the first time ever, Olympia will be having it’s very own Zine Fest! The event will be comprised of five days worth of events happening between October 22 and 26th. For readers new to the world of DIY-zines, they can be made by anyone and about […]
Evergreen Limits Smoking Q&A With John Hurley
By Nix Chance Last week I sat down with administrator John Hurley, who was behind the choice to remove the core of campus smoking areas, and asked him a few questions about the decision. When did the decision to remove the ‘core’ smoking areas become official? It became official this […]