By Issac Scott After six years of sweeping reductions in state funding to The Evergreen State College, state support for the college is at a historic low and may now face major cuts next year, threatening staff layoffs, bigger class sizes, and even higher tuition rates. Governor Jay Inslee will release […]
Harvest Festival
By Zachary Newman “This is the fourth Harvest Fest we’ve played, and it’s always been cloudy!” Stephen Smitty, guitarist and vocalist of local favorites Camp Wisdom, told the crowd before his band launched into their set. It was not a complaint. Even as the skies opened up and the rain came […]
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. How do I deal with my chronic addiction to selfies? don’t. idk who made us all […]
Mutant Radio Turns One
Olympia Poetry Series Celebrates Their One Year Anniversary With a Reading on October 26
By Felix Asherah Chrome Standing around on the sidewalk with friends, hugging and chatting as the sun goes down, it feels just like the scene outside one of the countless punk shows I’ve attended since I moved to Olympia. But I’m not here to see my friends’ bands play. We are […]
Death of Hysterics
Olympia Hardcore-Punk Band Sells Out Final Show
By Josh Wolf More than 150 people packed the Northern Friday Oct. 10 to watch Olympia-born hardcore-punk band Hysterics, while some 50 others hung out outside of the sold-out show. This was the last time Olympia would ever see Hysterics. Dedicated fans from British Columbia, Oregon, California, and Idaho travelled to […]
Stuff To Do: Halloween Weekend
By Ira Zuckerman FRIDAY 10/31 Night of the Living Tribute Bands (Capitol Theater, 206 5th Ave SE, 8pm, $10) As rock groups, Bon Jovi and Weezer don’t really share artistic traits. All they have in common is that they made it. For the Olympia Film Society, that’s enough to put them […]
New Homeless Shelter Coming to Downtown Olympia
By Felix Asherah Chrome A new overnight emergency shelter is opening in downtown Olympia on Nov. 1. Interfaith Works is opening the year-round shelter, which will operate from the basement of the First Christian Church on Franklin Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues. According to their website, the new shelter […]
My Inebriated Journey
Screaming Females at the Palace Flophouse
By Garrett Bekemeyer The night began with the purchasing of two bottles of Johnny Bootlegger and a pack of cigarettes, followed by a hasty drive to the Eastside fueled by Little Big Town singing to our caravan the tales of being born and raised in the boondocks. We arrived at the […]
Artist Interview: Scott Young
By Phoebe Celeste Thomas & Jamie Nadel Scott Young is a visual artist and musician in the Olympia area (whose art is featured on our cover). He uses a variety of mediums such as drawing, collage, painting, and, more recently, photography, and is in the bands GAG and TransFX. He grew […]
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