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 […]
Saturday Night DisInfo: Last Word Books Hosts Weekly Discussion of All Things Reptilian and Chemtrail
Illustration by Ruby Thompson By Ira Zuckerman An eccentric among its peers, Last Word Books is packed on Saturday nights. Most bookstores would give into the bars and clubs on these weekend evenings, but Last Word keeps their doors open for a weekly meeting of the paranoid. A man with […]
Three Magnets Brewing Co. Opens New Brewpub In Downtown Olympia
By Kathryn L. Casterline Beer drinkers, rejoice! There is a new brewpub in downtown Olympia. Cancel your plans to visit the craft breweries in Seattle and Portland and go check out the Three Magnets Brewing Co. as soon as you possibly can. Three Magnets is owned and operated by Evergreen […]
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