By Mason Soto This weekend Olympia’s downtown streets will come alive with culture and creativity at the Arts Walk festival. A staple of downtown community life, Arts Walk offers a quick snippet of the vast array Olympia’s artists, condensed into two nights. Since 2000, this twice annual event has brought […]
Arts Walk Music Rundown: Genius or Madness?
By Rachel Carlson Arts Walk weekend in Olympia is usually a circus, and this year was no different. Although I have seen the streets more crowded, the variety of musical acts was enough to entertain even the most jaded of listeners. Olympia really shone, coming out with some of the […]
Fall Arts Walk is a Literal Wash and I’m a Buzzkill
By Chloe Marina Manchester Arts Walk is a biannual (the one that’s twice a year, not the one that’s every two years) event in downtown Olympia where most of the businesses in downtown showcase exhibits from one or multiple artists. There are street performers, rain, and a mixture of downtown […]
Gallery HighlightsFall Arts Walk
By Jules Prosser Arts Walk weekend is one of the few times Olympia feels like a real city. One ventures downtown to find the streets awash with people, men selling big sticks on the sidewalk, and musicians performing in what could be mistaken for Pearl Jam cover bands. The few […]
Media Island ShowFall Arts Walk
By Bryel Fyfe During my first year in Olympia, I had the misfortune of living on campus. This, mixed with a newborn noesis of my current location, made getting my ass to a show an endeavor, sometimes a drunken misadventure. However, as someone who now very conveniently lives downtown, I […]
What is Arts Walk?
By Blaine Ewig Arts Walk: you’ve probably heard a lot about it. Chances are, you’ve been to one. It happens twice a year here, in the fall and spring, and both season’s festivals are, for many, Olympia’s most anticipated local events. But what exactly is it, why do we do […]
Artist Interview: Jean Nagai
By Phoebe Celeste Thomas Jean Nagai is a visual artist living in Olympia and an Evergreen graduate who has had a number of solo exhibitions in the Washington area and across the country. His art is featured on our front and back cover. He is inspired by nature and what […]
Street Style: Fall Arts Walk Edition
Words By Sara Fabian Photos By Blaine Ewig Autumn is here at last. The air is clean and crisp. Green spring leaves have turned hues of gold and red. Coffee shops open their doors to hoards of people, their crowded ambience reflects the jubilations of students’ return from their summer […]
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