Opinion: Soup over Solidarity? Recently, “Just Stop Oil” protesters threw a can of soup at a glass-covered original Van Gogh painting in the national gallery museum. The response to this event was rampant. Members of my community brought it up several times, with everyone discussing their outrage, distaste, or […]
Cut Daisies Behind Closed Doors: America’s State of Grieving
Melisa Ferati In August, I lost a childhood friend and an uncle within the same week. The news of the two happened within four days of each other. It turned out that my friend had actually passed almost 3 weeks earlier, but my friends from back home wanted to wait […]
“Plaza Abierta, Palabra Pública: For the Right to Dream / Open Plaza, Public Words: Por el Derecho a Soñar”
Grace Selvig & Sako Chapman On Tuesday, October 25th, members of the El Camino: Latinx Studies, Latin American Studies, and ELL Education pathway hosted print makers of the Chilean feminist art duo Ser y Grafíca. They set up outside of Evans Hall pulling screen prints for and with students in […]
Artist Feature: Kavon King
by Natalie “Lee” Arneson “I’m Kavon King (he/they), I am a sophomore here at Evergreen, and originally I am from Sacramento, California.” CPJ: When did you first begin creating art? Was there a specific moment or event that drew you to art? Kavon: I think 4th grade is when I […]
These Valley Girls Have Farmworker Solidarity
Over the years I have evolved my answer to the question “Where are you from?” Originally, I would name the nearest town to mine that people might actually recognize, but now I simply say, “Skagit Valley, Washington.” In all honesty, the valley itself is my home. I reside in and […]
Spring Blooms New Tunes: Interview with the Window Smashing Job Creators
Olympia favorites, The Window Smashing Job Creators, are set to release a new album soon. They’ve released a few songs early, which can be found on youtube or bandcamp. You can hear about upcoming shows on their Facebook or Instagram. I spoke with members about the new album, their musical […]
Irrealism, Imagination, Intervention: The Locust Review in Their Words and Mine
by Alex McIntyre The Locust Review is a project of the Locust Arts & Letters Collective, “published quarterly in an anachronistic newspaper format” and online. The collective defines itself as “an association of radical, critical irrealist and socialist artists,” and published the first issue of the Locust in Fall 2019. […]
Student Art Returns to Evergreen
by Michael Richards On Thursday, Mar. 10, three separate art programs presented their work in a gallery hosted at the beautiful Evergreen Arts Annex. For the first time in a long while, students and people in the Olympia community were encouraged to experience the handiwork of Evergreen’s extremely talented collection […]
It Came From the Library
Fascinating Finds from the Bowels of Castle Carmichael by Alden Nagle The Daniel J. Evans Library is a welcoming space, with original furniture, carpeted floors, and collections that include classic literature, handmade books, and even laserdiscs. I go there on a regular basis to stock up on DVDs, both because […]
Our Parable
by Clara Riggio How do we know when the apocalypse starts? Is a nation-wide alert going to pop up on our phones and tell us that it has officially begun? Is mass violence going to break out like in “The Purge”? Could it be that it has already started? Octavia […]