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First Friday in Downtown

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:54:55 -0400

Start: Sep 5 2008 - 5:00pm

End: Sep 5 2008 - 9:00pm

Join us this September in downtown Olympia.

Here is a list of events that are going to happen that evening.

Visit Everyday Olympia for more information.

• einmaleins: We'll be celebrating our First Anniversary!! How exciting is that? Stay tuned for more details.

• Reflections Gallery will showcase local artist Gabrielle England.

• Jewelry artist Lisa Kinoshita will be visiting Home Body Eco-Luxe Living

• And be sure to drop by Cafe Vita for live music.

• Childhood's End Gallery: Olympia artist, Simon Kogan will be on hand for the 1st Friday reception from 6-8 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

• The Artists Gallery: Meet gallery members, Arlene Baller and Jane Jorgensen from 5-8. Jane will demonstrate the art of glass fusing. Light refreshments will be served.

Thank you MIXX 96 and Caret Marketing for creating another cool radio spot for us.

Participating locations: Acqua Via, Archibald Sisters, Artist's Gallery, Bartels Men Store, Bella Boutique, Blue Heron Candle Co., Blue Lotus Cafe, Bonaventure, Caffe Vita, Childhood's End Gallery, Clubside Cafe, Darby's Cafe, einmaleins, 510 Interiors, Home Body Eco-Luxe Living, Hot Toddy, Inside Vintage, Reflections Gallery, Room 30, Studio Four18, Sweet Life, Thai Pavillion, Wind up Here.

Kagami Reunion

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:58:02 -0400

Start: Sep 5 2008 - 8:00pm

End: Sep 5 2008 - 9:00pm

Vegan Cooking Demo & Zine Reading with Joshua Ploeg

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:43:30 -0400

Start: Sep 6 2008 - 2:00pm

End: Sep 6 2008 - 4:00pm

Traveling vegan chef, food writer, musician and zinester Joshua Ploeg (http://joshuaploeg.blogspot.com/), aka "Joshua Plague," will demonstrate vegan cooking techniques, talk about his travels, and read from his work. Joshua sang for hardcore bands Behead the Prophet and the Mukilteo Fairies, has published several cookbooks and zines, and worked as a food columnist. Local zinesters Chelsea Baker, Zach Mandeville, and Nicki Sabalu will read their work following Joshua. If you're curious about independent publishing or vegan cooking, please join us @ the Olympia Timberland Library!

ITTP Communtiy Reception

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:26:47 -0400

Start: Sep 7 2008 - 3:00pm

End: Sep 7 2008 - 5:00pm

Please join the International Trauma Treatment Program in welcoming our new students Marcia Boxhill and Shanthiepan Sivarajah to our city and to this, ITTP’s 10th program! The reception will take place at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 114 20th Ave SE Olympia, WA 98501 - (360) 352-8527 From 3pm to 5pm. Refreshments will be served! Come and join us! If you have any questions, please call our office at: 352-2974.

The International Trauma Treatment Program (ITTP) is a community-supported non-profit organization that trains practitioners in the treatment of the catastrophic trauma inflicted by torture, war, and natural disasters. For information about our organization, please visit our website: www.ittp.org

Rally & March to SAVE NUKE FREE OLY - Tues., Sept. 9, Cap Lake Park @ the knoll

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:35:26 -0400

Start: Sep 9 2008 - 4:30pm

End: Sep 9 2008 - 7:00pm

Rally and March called to Save Nuke Free Zone Olympia Rally at the Knoll, Capitol Lake Park Tuesday, September 9th

4:30 PM Rally - 5 PM March to City Hall
6 PM Arrive at City Hall and Welcome City Hall Members
7 PM City Council Meeting / Public Testimony begins at 7

WHAT IS THIS MADNESS

The City Council wants to REPEAL our Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance so they can contract with NUCLEAR WEAPONS INVESTORS that threaten to bring WORLD ANNIHILATION by giving their money to the US NUCLEAR WEAPONS INDUSTRY

The Nuclear Free Zone Ordinance was adopted - with great support by the members of this community - in August, 2005 at the 60th Anniversary of the US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It stops the city from contracting with businesses that invest in the nuclear weapons industry.

Stop THIS MADNESS and come to the Rally, then March to City Hall in time to WELCOME the council members to the first council meeting they've had to attend since announcing they would vote to repeal the ordinance - and then went on vacation.

Rally Called by Members of Nuke Free Oly, NI-NWI-WA (No Interests in Nuclear Weapons Investors or World Annihilation)

all forms of creative protest welcome welcome welcome bring noise machines and musical instruments mushroom clouds sunflowers and prop nuclear bombs whatever you imagine the end is near.

Under The 4th Ave Bridge Acoustic Show!

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:59:19 -0400

Start: Sep 9 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Sep 9 2008 - 9:00pm

Tuesday September 9th. Under the 4th Ave Bridge. 6:00 PM (before it gets dark)

-Southern Skies (Joe and Kendl of Pasties, Blackberry Bushes)
-Darlingdear (Olympia)
-Nathaniel Talbot (Portland http://www.myspace.com/nathanieltalbot)
-Maybe also the Mona Reels if they say yes to my having asked them.

Bring a few bucks for the out of town band, eh?

Bob

Aligning of the Souls

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:36:10 -0400

Start: Sep 10 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Sep 11 2008 - 9:00pm

~ Aligning of the Souls ~

Living on the Bridge from Fear to Courage

On September 11, 2001, all of us felt a shift in our lives. Fear broke into our nation and reminded us how fragile we all are as human beings. Every day, men, women, and children all over the world continue to suffer because of the events that led up to and have followed 9/11.

The prayer and intention for the gathering is for us all to see our one-ness, and begin to realize we have to align our visions of what we want for the future if that future is to be something good for our children and their children.

Radio Ranch 3102 8th Ave NE, Olympia

September 10th and 11th, 2008

~ 6:00pm Potluck meal followed by Prayer Circle both nights ~
~All day on Thursday: Sacred Fire within Traditional Tipi ~
~ Collective Peace Art ~ Folding Peace Cranes ~
~Heartbeat Drumming ~ Stories ~ Fellowship ~
~Encouragement ~ Music ~ Free Camping ~

For more information Contact Flyfreeasabird@gmail.com or visit www.flyfreeasabird.blogspot.com

My Good Deed Day

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:30:06 -0400

Start: Sep 11 2008 - 1:00am

End: Sep 11 2008 - 12:00pm

OLYMPIA- Across the nation people are honoring the victims, volunteers and heroes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack by making the day a day of service. They are volunteering at local nonprofits or making donations to causes they care about and spreading the word through to friends and families to participate as well.

There are many opportunities to participate locally and service opportunities are easy to browse and sign up for at www.volunteer.ws the Web site for the Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties. A volunteer-matching database allows potential volunteers to choose where they invest their valuable time based on interests, talents and availability.

After participants volunteer or donate, they have the opportunity to share their thoughts and experiences on a blog for this important day of service at www.MyGoodDeed.org. Help this community transform 9/11 into a national day of service and change the world one good deed at a time!

The Volunteer Center is a nonprofit organization which recruits and refers volunteers for nonprofit and public agencies, provides volunteer management training and consulting to these agencies and promotes volunteerism as a community value. The Center also participates in community initiatives including Long-Term Recovery Organizations work on disaster recovery, the Thurston County Asset-Building Coalition, Family and Youth Volunteering Initiatives as well as engaging Baby Boomers in meaningful public service. For more information, call 360-741-2622

FREE Dinner and Ramadan Fast-breaking, with peace circles, prayers, meditation, reflection etc.

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:07:55 -0400

Start: Sep 11 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Sep 11 2008 - 10:00pm

All are invited to our community Iftar at Masjid al-Nur, Olympia Assalamualaikum brothers and Sisters in Islam, FREE Dinner and Ramadan Fast-breaking, with peace circles, prayers, meditation, reflection etc. We, the Islamic Center of Olympia will be putting together a big fundraising Iftar, Thursday September 11. Come one, come all, come hungry for a very delicious special ethnic food. It is well known in the Puget Sound area... ((smile!)) If you stay to hear Sheikh Joban's inspiring speech... alhamdulillah! May Allah reward you. If you decide to come just for Iftar... alhamdulillah, May Allah reward us for feeding those who fast. In any case, all are welcome... see you then Insha Allah Agenda Iftar (breaking fast) 7:31 Maghrib prayers Dinner Imam Joban: words of wisdom Venue:

Islamic Center of Olympia,
Masjid Al-Nur 4324 20th Ln NE
Olympia, WA 98516
Tel: (360) 491-5760
Email: info@IslamicCenterOfOlympia.org
Web: www.IslamicCenterOfOlympia.org

Call the President of the masjid - ISA ABDUL GHANI - Timberland HighSchool Alumni (and SPSCC too !) at (360) 491-5760 FREE Dinner and Ramadan Fast-breaking, with peace circles, prayers, meditation, reflection etc. To know what Ramadan is all about and why muslims fast, please see: www.whyislam.org

Bling My Book Cart! teen program at the Olympia Timberland Library

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:51:59 -0400

Start: Sep 12 2008 - 4:00pm

End: Sep 19 2008 - 9:00pm

Teens, help the library “bling out” a book cart for entry into the Unshelved online comic strip contest. On Friday, September 12th from 4-6pm, eat donuts, brainstorm with librarians and vote on a book cart theme.

The following Friday, September 19, the team will deck out the cart at an after-hours library pizza party. Check out the Web site at www.unshelved.com for more information and prizes.

RSVP appreciated. Please call (360) 352-0595 by September 10 if you plan to attend.

Pictures of the 2006 and 2007 bookcarts can be found here:
2006 cart (we won second place!)
2007 cart

OAR - Basic Sculling Class - Offering 7

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:11:42 -0400

Start: Sep 12 2008 - 6:30pm

End: Sep 12 2008 - 9:30pm

Ever watched one-man sculling boats glide through Puget Sound? Want to learn to row? Now's your chance!

In sculling, each rower uses two oars. In sweep rowing, each rower has one oar.

Note: The class is taught over a span of four days, but I didn't want to clutter the calendar. This is the seventh & final offering of 2008.

More info. Register now, classes fill quickly!

West OIympia Apple Harvest

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:02:56 -0400

Start: Sep 13 2008 - 10:00am

End: Sep 13 2008 - 10:00am

2008 WEST OLYMPIA APPLE HARVEST & COMMUNITY CIDER PRESS

~September 13, 2008~

NEIGHBORHOOD APPLE HARVEST @ 10:00 am

(Meet at Woodruff Park)

Join your neighbors as we harvest unused fruit from West Olympia’s many productive but forgotten fruit trees.

COMMUNITY CIDER PRESS @ 1:00 pm

(Woodruff Park)

Enjoy the fruits of our labors and the taste of our neighborhood with an old-fashioned cider press.

BACKGROUND: The West Olympia Apple Harvest (WOAH!) organizes volunteers to glean the apples, pears, and plums from the trees of cooperating landowners—yielding hundreds of apples for the Thurston County Food Bank, other participating organizations, and our hungry volunteers. Now in its second year, WOAH is coordinated by Tall Trees Youth Stewardship Project, a new youth empowerment, ecological restoration, and sustainable community building initiative in Olympia.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact: justin.hellier@gmail.com

APPLES FOR OUR BELLIES, NOT THE GUTTERS!

School of Hard Knockin' - Rainy City Roller Dolls Bout

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:57:17 -0400

Start: Sep 13 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Sep 13 2008 - 6:00pm

Support your local derby team! Cake walk! Half time show!

And of course, an afterparty at The Shire with a live DJ and dancing.

If you'd like to buy tickets, please email me at alefterasm@gmail.com.

Support the sport that encourages a healthy attitude towards strong, independent women of all body types and promotes a DIY environment!

Comics Night at Danger Room

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:25:22 -0400

Start: Sep 13 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Sep 13 2008 - 9:00pm

Join us for a night of comic drawing fun at Danger Room Comics (corner of 4th and Columbia downtown). Show up at 6:00 for an instructional comic drawing workshop then stick around for comics jams. No artistic skill is necessary and guests are welcome to bring sketchbooks and current projects to be critiqued.

Questions? Email olympiacomicsfestival@gmail.com

City Council Hearing on Isthmus Rezone - New Rules

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:50:48 -0400

Start: Sep 16 2008 - 6:00pm

End: Sep 16 2008 - 11:00pm

The City Council's public hearing on Triway's proposal to rezone the isthmus will be September 16th, 6:00 to 11:00 PM, at the Washington Center (512 Washington St. SE). At their Monday meeting the council revised the procedures for commenting and testifying at the hearing; the changes are on their website at http://www.ci.olympia.wa.us/newsfaqs/IsthmusRezone.htm. (See my Cliff Notes below...)

They'll also accept written, phone and email comments through September 23. (I haven't checked with them myself but I understand Councilmembers Machlis and Ottavelli have said they're not willing to discuss the issue individually with people, because they're concerned about maintaining the appearance of fairness. I think that everybody else on the Council has said they'd also be willing to talk with people who contacted them directly.)

[Next day's note - BUT it turns out that I should have checked with them myself - one strike for citizen journalism. As you can see from the comments below, people soon said they thought that was wrong. I wrote him to ask, and got a nice note back. He's still happy to talk to people individually about this. My apologies all around for my misinformation.]

Sometime after September 23rd, they'll discuss and vote on the rezone at a regular Council meeting, maybe as soon as September 30th. (Of course, if the new Olympia Capitol Park Foundation initiative requiring a study of the cost of creating a park on that land as an alternative has gathered enough signatures by then so that they legally have to deal with it, that will complicate matters.)

Here's my summary of the details about the new procedures for testimony...