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Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg

Sun, 10/26/2008 - 8:35pm
This film is a documentary. This film is a poem. It's not a traditional(?) documentary poem but I definitely argue for it being a documentary of the Winnipeg Guy Maddin wants to poetically historicize, which is to say, this poem is Guy Maddin's documentary about Winnipeg.

Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg

Sun, 10/26/2008 - 8:35pm
This film is a documentary. This film is a poem. It's not a traditional(?) documentary poem but I definitely argue for it being a documentary of the Winnipeg Guy Maddin wants to poetically historicize, which is to say, this poem is Guy Maddin's documentary about Winnipeg.

Where to vote?

Sun, 10/26/2008 - 9:07am
Looking for the place to vote? Ballot drop off locations below. View Larger Map

Where to vote?

Sun, 10/26/2008 - 9:07am
Looking for the place to vote? Ballot drop off locations below. View Larger Map

Battle In Seattle

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 9:24pm
Response to the film: I freely admit my bias, I have a difficult time with Hollywood portrayals of passionate grassroots activists. An opening line warns the audience, "(w)hile this film is inspired by real events the characters in it are fictional" and hollowly fictional is how the film felt to me.

Battle In Seattle

Mon, 10/20/2008 - 9:24pm
Response to the film: I freely admit my bias, I have a difficult time with Hollywood portrayals of passionate grassroots activists. An opening line warns the audience, "(w)hile this film is inspired by real events the characters in it are fictional" and hollowly fictional is how the film felt to me.

Duck the Malls is looking for vendors!

Thu, 10/16/2008 - 10:46pm
Olympia Film Society is preparing to stage its 6th annual Duck the Malls and is looking for vendors.

Duck the Malls is looking for vendors!

Thu, 10/16/2008 - 10:46pm
Olympia Film Society is preparing to stage its 6th annual Duck the Malls and is looking for vendors.

Unfinished Business

Thu, 10/02/2008 - 9:50pm
It was one of those events you can never quite figure out. One minute you are driving home, and the next a car in the southbound lane makes a textbook perfect crossing into the northbound lane you are in. The truck in front of you takes action to avoid the errant car, and [...]

Snapshot Olympia: Going into winter 2008

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 12:15am

Live Theater Week 2008

Thu, 09/25/2008 - 9:45am
The 4th Annual Live Theater Week kicks off on October 13th and runs through the 19th. According to my contacts on the web, this nation wide theater festival originated from the semi-local trade and service organization Theatre Puget Sound and its flagship Free Night of Theater now has over 700 participating theater companies. In Olympia the event [...]

House to House

Tue, 09/23/2008 - 10:10pm
For three nights after acquiring the revolver, there were dreams. Vivid dreams. Of broken rubble and moving through buildings. Of streets and war. For three nights this reliable old gun vented off some of the memories and experiences of a former owner.

Coalition Seeks Volunteers To Serve Homeless

Mon, 09/22/2008 - 4:07pm
The Close the Gap Coalition is seeking volunteers to help eliminate unsheltered or “street” homelessness. The Coalition aims to boost the volunteer base for existing programs to an extent that opportunities for capacity growth open up. “A shortage of volunteers is among the primary causes of the shelter gap – or the difference between the number [...]

ODA Downtown Clean Up Cancelled

Sat, 09/20/2008 - 12:50pm
Informal clean up planned in it's place.

“We must change the way we live, and this is how we do it.”

Fri, 09/19/2008 - 1:40pm
TriWay's Jeanette Hawkins talks isthmus with The Standard.

Council Hears Testimony on Rezone Request

Wed, 09/17/2008 - 11:04am
originally posted at OlyForums by Christie The Olympia City Council listened to five hours of testimony the evening of September 16. The topic discussed was the request by Triway Enterprises to modify height limits to accommodate a 65 foot condo development on the isthmus between Capital Lake and Budd Inlet. That’s right, 65 foot, not the [...]

The Invisible Construct

Tue, 09/16/2008 - 8:18pm
Olympia Standard is undergoing the construction of growing pains. It hurts so good. We are still trying to find our way in the online wilderness. We are fortunate to be working with OlyForums and Everday Olympia. Thus far our content has been brought to you by Rob Richards, Ruby Re-Usable, Mathias Eichler and [...]

The Isthmus Is Not The Thing

Sat, 09/13/2008 - 5:33pm
Can't we all just get along?

The Day After

Fri, 09/12/2008 - 12:41am
It’s always so hard to imagine things continuing.  Sometimes the wake of a moment feels like the current.  It’s already seven years later.  13 year olds are 20.  Every day that passes we lose another elder and our people forget the way things used to be.  How long is our attention span?  How were things [...]

Doug “The Foot” Mah vs. The Noise Ordinance

Thu, 09/11/2008 - 10:46am
New information has come to light:

Doug Mah has a bluesy past.

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