By James Gutsch Evergreen may have finally figured out how to entice Greeners to come to a college Basketball doubleheader on a frigid Friday night in Olympia: Drive the Taco Truck to the CRC front entrance. The highest turnout of the season treated fans to both burritos and basketball as […]
Spoken Word, Silent Audience
By Blaine Ewig On Wednesday Dec. 4, spoken word poet Andrea Gibson performed at the Longhouse. The show was put on by the Womyn’s Resource Center (WRC) and the Transgender Resources and Education Xtravaganza (T-REX). The Women’s World Poetry Slam winner delivered her lines with confidence and moxy while the […]
Inside Evergreen Confessions
By Abraham Tadesse With over 2,150 comments already posted, the Evergreen Confessions Facebook page is taking the campus into a more honest place by the use of anonymous comments. Confessions range from No. 2135, “The hottest guys WORK in the greenery. Multiple.” to No. 2145: “shout out to my vibrator […]
Capitol Theater Celebrates Repeal Day
By Patrick Stewart As we all know, this holiday season is nigh upon us. And as such, I’d like to take a moment of your time to talk to you about the most important holiday that exists in this fine country of ours. It is not Thanksgiving. It is not […]
“I Survived All Freakin’ Night”
by Cassandra Johnson-Villalobos All Freakin’ Night was born in 1989, during the 6th annual Olympia Film Festival[OFF] OFF just turned 30. This year and last year, the all-night horror and gore marathon kicked off the Capitol Theater’s largest annual event. Evergreen alumnus Kenrick Ward hosted All Freakin’ Night 2013, throwing […]
Iji – UNLTD. COOL DRINKS
by Issac Scott Iji is the project of Seattle multi-instrumentalist Zach Burba, whose idiosyncratic music is as brilliant as it is prolific. In October, Burba added another album to his catalogue, now an impressive total of eight records since 2008. Recorded at houses in Seattle and Phoenix, UNLTD. COOL DRINKS features […]
Let It Snow! Olympia Winter Fashion Guide
by Sara Fabian | photos by Blaine Ewig Drink coffee. Put on another layer of dry clothes. Repeat. This is the formula to warm inside and out. When the temperature starts to reach “winter hibernation” phase, it’s most common for citizens of Olympia to drink excessive amounts of coffee, turn all […]
Lore: A Story of Abandonment and Survival
by Sara Fabian Try to imagine a post-war apocalypse. Often Germany’s immediate post-World War II history has been largely ignored by filmmakers. A recent exception, “Lore,” feels terrifyingly real. This dark film is told from the point of view of defeated Germans after WWII. It’s Germany, 1945, and Hitler is […]
The Julie Ruin updates the Riot Grrrl sound
by Blaine Ewig “We played this stage sixteen years ago, facing the other direction,” so proclaimed Evergreen alumnus Kathleen Hanna Friday night at the kickoff to the Olympia Film Festival at the Capitol Theater, on Nov. 8. She was speaking about her and bandmate Kathi Wilcox’s time in Bikini Kill, […]
Dollarocracy vs. Democracy: The Political System of America
by Ray Still Evergreen alum Robert McChesney (class of ’77) and John Nichols, well known media critics/scholars, spoke to a filled library basement on Nov. 13 about their new book “Dollarocracy,” which explores the political power of the dollar. McChesney explained how the term dollarocracy captures the “crisis” in American […]
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