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MAYDAY MARCH
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P H I L ELV ERUM
NINE ARRESTED IN DOWNTOWN
OLYMPIA DEMONSTRATION
· PROCESSION OF THE SPECIES KICKS
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Jasmine Kozak-Gilroy
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Chloe Marina Manch-ester
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ARTS
Sylvie Chace
& CULTURE EDITOR
Ruby Love
COMICS EDITOR
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Nine Arrested in Mayday Action
PROPERTY DAMAGE AND CLASHES WITH
POLICE IN DOWNTOWN OLYMPIA
By Sylvie Chace
he evening of May 1 brought with it broken glass and clashes with the
police, a time-honor:d tra<l!tion irt the No~west. Nine_ were arrested
after the march, which police dubbed 'a not', snaked through downtown, blocking traffic and damaging some property.
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A little after 6 p.m. demon- arrest. The crowd ignored the
strators, mostly wearing black order, with som~ shouts of "fuck
and covering their faces, began the police" and gathered closer
to gather on Fourth and Capi- behind homemade signs and
tol. They had a sound system shields.
playing pop music and passed
The group moved down the
out snacks, standing arouricl and · tracks toward state, as police in
chatting, ti! the crowd began to riot gear began forming a line to
get restless and around 7 p.m. attempt to disperse the crowd.
with a gush of black smoke they The police shot pepper pellets
took to the streets. The group and flashbangs into tht; crowd,
marched down Fourth Avenue, who attempted to stand their
carrying signs reading "Become ground returning the police fire
. Ungovernable," "Fuck Nation~ with rocks and other projectiles.
alism," and '½.gainst the Port
As the police advanced the
and its World" referring to the group fled down the tracks,
Port of Olympia which has re- where there was an altercation
cently come. under fire for its between a group of protestshipment of fracking proppants ers and angry onlookers, who
to North Dakota.
threw bottles and rocks at the
The crowd came to a stop at crowd. The group then continFourth and Jefferson where the ued around the block toward
train tracks from the port cross the transit center where they
through downtown. After a few ran through an alley to evade
minutes, at approximately 7:30 police, returning to Fourth and
p.m., Olympia Police officers Capitol.
issued a -dispersal order, stating
This time the march headed
that if demonstrators did not up Capitol where the windows
leave they would be subject to of the US Bank, Olympia Fed-
eral Credit Union, and Starbucks were broken by participants. It has been reported that
up to two other businesses were
damaged but we have been unable to confirm this.
:~·-.Around 8 p.m., about an hour
afterthe group began marching,
they started to· disperse neard
the Olympia Timberland Library, followed closely by police,
it was then that 9 participants
were arrested. It is bi:lieve that
most are being charged with
malicious mischief, a class b felony, and some may have felony
rioting charges.
At 11 p.m. a noise demonstration occurred at the Thurston County Jail to show solidarity with the arrestees. People
banged pots and pans, played
musical instruments, and yelled
in the hopes that those in jail
would hear their support.
The signs demonstrators carried that were explicitly against
the Port, as well as the choice
to stop and attempt to block
the tracks, seemed connected to
along to Pete Seeger's rendition
the weeklong blockade of trains
leaving the port that happened
a few months ago in Olympia.
A flier handed out to bystanders explained this, saying, "The
port makes the constant banal
atrocities of industrial capitalism possible. The port is part
of a machine that alienates
us from interacting "'ith the
world directly; coercing us into
depressed repetitive lives, chasing false images of dreams on
the other side of a screen. The
port's everyday function forces
us into dependency on violent
global systems to support ourselves, stripping our autonomy
to care for and provide for one
another. The port is built on
stolen Squaxin/Nisqually land;
the syste.,!llS of exchange that
the port facilitates and the valt- ues·that thi~ exchange reinforces
continue- to perpetrate genocide
against indigenous peoples."
The flier continued to connect thes.e i~sue~ lo the crowds
strong aiiJ;i-police attitude, saying "The. J>?llce protect those
who poistm the water and continue the colonial project. Without the police to repress struggles against fossil fuel extraction,
this hellworld would be unable
to continue. Without the police,
there would be no port."
This all followed a very different daytime event organized
by the Olympia IWW (Industrial Workers of the World or
Wobblies), in Sylvester Park.
They held a community festival with food, speakers, poetry
and music from 12 until 5 p.m.
Commnnity members such as
Lenee Reid, Nomy Lamm, and
. Kaitlyn Smith were featured as
speakers at the event.
The daytime festival in Sy!vester Park began with a picnic
and open mic, in which memhers of the local IWW chapter
spoke on why the union is irnportant to them and how it has
affected their lives in a positive
way. Free food was also provided
by Food Not Bombs, and other
groups such as Olympia Assembly and Socialist Alternative
had tables set up in the park to
share information and get peopie involved. Olympia'~ Really
Free Market also held a pop-up
shop, where community memhers could take and give away
what they please. The event
ended with a community sing-
of "Solidarity Forever" before
cleaning up. Overall the events
in the park promoted a sense of
community and solidarity with
workers.
"Our current condition cannot be taken for granted-peopie fought for the rights and dignities we enjoy today, and there
is still a lot more to fight for. The
sacrifices of so many people can
not be forgotten or we »ill end
up fighting for those same gains
all over again. This is why we
celebrate May Day'' The IVv'Vv
states on the flier for this festival.
May Day in America is
traced back to the labor movement of the 1860s, .when striking workers clashed with police,
in the famous Chicago Haymarket affair. The holiday, celebrated elsewhere as "int~rnational
workers day" has deep anarchist
and communist roots.
Peter Linebaugh, author of
The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and ;Vonderful History •of
May Day gives a rich description
of older, but ;qually rebellious
origins of mayday festivities,
/ writing, ''The farmers, workers,
•; and child-bearers (laborers) of
the Middle Ages had hundreds
of holy dayswhich preserved the
May Green, despite the attack
on peasants and witches. Despite the complexities, whether
May Day was observed by sac
cred or profane ritual, by pagan
or Christian, by magic or not,
by straights or gays, by gentle or
calloused hands, it was always a
celebration of all that is free and
life-giving in the world."
This celebratory spirit was
echoed in a report back posted
anonymously on Puget Sound
Anarchists that said "In the
course of an hour we experienced intense joy, desperate
fear, and profound sadness ...
We sent out signals of disorder
and showed that the facades of
capital-of the Port's worldare not invulnerable to our rage.
We honored the memory of the
Haymarket Martyrs and the rebellious spirit of May Day. Let
this be a lesson in the power of
solidarity and passion." This
attitude was also heard in the
cheers and shouts of simply
"MAYDAY!" as the first bank
window cracked.
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NWDC Resistance member
and supporters, beginning the
public hearing with, "This
is not the time to discuss the
Northwest Detention Center's
business license, conditions of
the Detention Center, or the
Federal Government's immi. gration, polig,~ ' 1 asking instead
that written comments be sent
to the city clerk's office. "I sent
Update on Detention Center Hunger Strikt!
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By Jasmine Kozak-Gilroy
n April 15, the Tacoma News Tribune pl}blished an opinion piece by GEO Group. vice president Jam.es
Black regarding recent protests against the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in which he claimed,
"The center has a longstanding record providing high quality, culturally responsive services in a safe, secure and humane environment." The residents living in these "high quality" conditions seem to feel otherwise,
as the hunger strike at the Northwest Detention Center continues into its third week. As of April 28, the NWDC
Resistance reports that 50 detainees are still refusing to eat, with 100 detainees also refusing to purchase goods
from commissary.
James Black attempted
to dissuade criticism of the
NWDC, saying that the detention center "is subject to
routine and unannounced
audits and inspections pursuant to national performancebased standards issued by
the federal government." A
press release by the NWDC
Resistance from April 25 refutes this and similar claims
declaring that, "The most recent hunger strikes, part of a
history of hunger strikes and
activism that dates back years,
signals that the NWDC does
not meet city, county and state
regulations for health and
safety. This alone is enough
for Tacoma's Finance Director to revoke GEO Group's
business license to operate the
NWDC."
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In the same press release,
a representative from the
NWDC Resistance stated that
the continuation of the hunger strike was due to the unmet needs of detainees, citing
specifically that, "demands included properly cleaned laundry, adequate medical care,
reasonable commissary prices,
raising the $1 per day prison
wage, more nutritional cafeteria food, and contact visits
'so parents can hug their children'." Conditions, detainees
say, have worsened under the
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Trump administration, and, cil was set to discuss interim
''The Trump administration regulations that would halt the
has staffed the ICE deporta- construction of any new prition force with openly anti- vate correctional facilities and
inunigrant officials with links expansion of any current prito white supremacist organiza- vate facilities, require special
tions, leaving people detained permitting for the expansion
with little choice but to put or construction of any pubtheir bodies on the line to fight lic correctional facilities, and
for their basic dignity."
disallowing the expansion of
On April 25 the NWDC public correctional facilities
Resistance also called for sup- into multi-family and light inporters to attend a Tacoma dustrial zoning districts. These
city council meeting regarding interim regulations would
zoning codes for correctional expire in six months, putting
facilities and the l\T\\'DC in them up for review this comparticular, asking supporters ing September.
to participate in an organised
From the start, Mayor
display of solidarity with the §,trickland seemed unwilldetainees. The City Coun- ing to hear the concerns of
a letter to the CEO of GEO
Group asking about practices
· there including due process,
how people are being treated,
both employees and detainees,
and asked them to provide a
certificate saying that they are
complying and doing what
they need to do according to
city, state, and federal law."
Describing a guided tour trip
she took to of the detention
center with several other lawmakers, Strickland said, "The
detention center was not what
I expected. I will just leave it
at that for now. There were
a lot of services that went on
down there that I didn't know
took place. I did not necessarily want to see the people in
solitary confinement because
I do not think that is respectful." Then, speaking to elected
officials in particular she said,
"If you want to tour the facility, take the time to go down
· there and see what goes on
there. There is a lot of conversation about this, there is a
lot of political theatre around
this, but we have a responsibility that if people are going to
be detained, that they are getting the food that is nutritious,
and that they are being treated
with respect and dignity,"
City Council member
Walker Lee, who identified
herself as an immigrant rights
advocate, stated that what she
saw in the tour of the NWDC
was "acceptable."
During the hearing, representatives from the NWDC
Resistance, other immigrant
rights oriented organizations,
and general community members expressed individual concerns and read written statements from detainees. The first
speaker identified themselves
as a Pacific Northwest native,
declaring that they were "dis-
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turbed" to learn that there was
ernment representatives who
a detention center in Tac<?ma,
are responsible for .setting
explaining that, "This facility
is a part of a system. We are all
part of a system. \Ve can recognize that it is a system based
in laws and it is just there, or
those policies.'~
we can recognize it as a sys-
tem that is maybe unfair and
should not be enabled."
The following speaker
spoke clearly against the particular injustices faced by detainees stating,
"You don't
go on hunger strike to falsely
declare something," and, defending the detainees experiences being detained in the
center itgainst Mayor Striker's
and the Council's experiences
visiting the NWDC said, "On
one hand;you were shown a
tour where there's recreation
and all this stuff, and there's
families saying their loved ones
get one hour outside, period.
They are saying their loved
ones don't get protein, and
that's why they have to pay in
A press release by the
NvVDC Resistance addresses
these claims, declaring, "Ta-
coma City leaders said they
have· no control over federal
immigration policy, but advocates noted that City Council
has the power to change municipal code, and the Finance
Director can revoke GEO
Group's license to operate the
detention center."
When asked by Walker Lee
if the city has the ability to
revoke their license, the city
manager said that, "\Ve have
that ability regarding any business in the city of Tacoma,
that's not what we are talking
about tonight, and there has
been no trigger to involve us
in revocation proceedings vvi.th
the GEO group in any way
shape or form. That simply is
"Wny are we trusting GEO in
their presentation to you?"
his experiences said, "From
Another speaker seemingly
agreed with this comment saying, "I would encourage you
to keep in mind that whenever
here's an inspection people are
going to be on their best be-
the war on drugs to the war
on immigrants 'the private
prison industry has made
thousands of dollars exploiting communities of color.
They do not see us a human
beings but as dollar .signs in ~
spreadsheet. I have personally
suffered that treatment, from
lack of food, medicine, visitation rights, even paying three
dollars a minute to call my to
loved ones. I wish that no one
else has to. I know there is a lot
havior.''
In her introduction to the
public hearing the Mayor of
Tacoma attributed the existence of the detention center and conditions within the
center to federal immigration
laws and laws that mandate
detention centers retain a certain number of beds at any
given time. The vice president
of GEO Group similarly deflected responsibility to federal
law stating, "Local leaders and
residents may rightfully have
concerns with and objections
to federal policies related to
immigration and a host of
other matters. But utilizing
city land-use authority to voice
those concerns or objections is
not the appropriate process or
venue. The city of Tacoma
and its leaders should instead
invest their time, energy and
resources on advocating for
policy changes to federal gov-
By Jasmine Kozak-Gilroy
not an issue."
A former detainee
of the
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detention cente;, speaking in
the public hearing, discussing
the commissary," continuing,
English'First on Campus
more you can do."
The April 25 press release
similarly describes the, situation saying,· "Local governments like the City of Tacoma
have the ability to choose their
own destiny."
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he EF, or Education First, camp~s is tucked away on the fourth floor of the
Seminar I building, sharing flo~r space with the n;located Office of Sexual
Violence Prevention (OSVP). For Evergreen students who haven't visited
OSVP in its new location, the school is all but invisible, save for the non descriptive
sign by the vending machines outside the health center and the small flocks of students spealqng languages other than english wandering around campus and eating
lunch in the Greenery.
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Evergreen, after net costs of
$1,001,791, makes a profit of
$195,411 from hosting the EF
facilities on campus. The bulk
of the costs are associated with
housing and feeding EF students. EF has been on the Everg',:"en State College cainpus
for the past 30 years, and our
campus is one of many. The EF
facility at Evergreen is referred
to on their website as the Seattle
campus, despite Seattle being
a one and a half hour drive or
three hour bus ride away. \\Then
speaking to EF students in the
past, I have been told that they
felt tricked or disappointed by
the actual location of Evergreen
and its proximity to the Seattle
metro area. Similarly, the EF
New York City program is in
the suburbs of New York, a forty
cilities at Evergreen.
Enrollment has decreased
for them and many other English as a Second Language programs, and the current student
population hovers around 130,
although it will go up drastically
in the summer, when students
as young as 13 will populate
the modular housing arid apartments as part of a popular summer program.
Local families who apply and
are accepted to be host families
are expected to provide breakfast and dinner on weekdays and
all meal on weekends, and _are
not paid or reimbursed for the
costs of room and board. Costs
and what is included vary from
school to school, but for the EF
Seattle program, students can
choose to either live with a host
minute train ride away, and .the
family or in campus housing
EF San Francisco program is a
Mill College in Oaldand. These
included. Of the students cur-
three locations are three out of
eleven listed on the EF website
and in brochures I was given by
an administrator for the EF fa-
for the same costs, "INith meals
rently enrolled, about 47 percent
live on campus, with 53 percent
opting to stay Vvith host families.
Anonymous students who
have worked for Residential
and Dining Services and for EF
as Residential Assistants (RA)
for the the summer program
partic1pants
voiced
concerns
about the lack of responsibility EF takes for their residential students. Over the summer,
students can be as young as 13,
with student even younger slipping in. They are expected to eat
all of their meals at the Greenery, and cannot cook in their
living areas because EF doesn't
pay to have stoves or ovens in the
rooms- although they do pay to
supply them with microwaves
and tea kettles. Many of these
students, they say, are strnggling
through their first experiences
away from home, and much of
the responsibility for acclimating the students to li,~ng without
parental guidance falls on the
RAs, including helping students
find food and buy groceries, and
teaching them how to ride the
bus and navigate Olympia.
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Communi!}!
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ello and welcome to POC Talk! This week we're going to talk about something I experience .often, the little voice whispering I can't do this anymore
in the back of our heads, or in other words burnout. When thinking about
racial and social justice work we often talk aqout why what we are fighting for is
important. It's less often we focus on how emotionally, and physically, exhausting it
can be.
Constantly being immersed
in conversations about race
and injustice will take its toll.
The first time I took an African American history class, I
started self harming. I found it
completely overwhelming, just
trying to deal with the pain
caused by constantly thinking
about the long list of traumas
Black people have faced in this
country:
When writing these articles
I sometimes find myself having to spend hours researching Neo-nazis, sifung through
racist propaganda and legal
paper work, or spending hours
and days reading the words of
faculty members and people in
authority who blatantly don't
care a.bout the struggles we all
face as PoC. I do it because I
know it's important. We all do
it because ,ve know how important this work is. It's been
proven time and again tnat
if we don't stand up for ou""i-selves no one else will, but I'm
not going fo lie to ya'll, we all
know it's exhausting.
Remember it's okay to take
a break or ask for help. Most
of us are college students, who
are already having conversations around racial justice in
class and in our everyday lives.
I know it can seem like constantly stomping for the cause
is worth the affects it causes to
our minds and bodies. I would
never imply that this work isn't
important but, I need ya'll
to be good to yourselves too!
There's a mindset it's easy to
fall into being a college student
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that, sleeping very little, not
eating well, working yourself
really hard is not only normal,
but seen as a positive trait indicative of leadership abilities.
This is propelled by a society
that values illustrated by being
so committed you are willing to
run yourself into the ground.
V\Then you add social justice
work on top of that there's often riot much time for anything
else left. The amount of sleep
you don't get can seem like a
trophy of how hard we work,
but this can lead to burnout
or a break down. None of us
are superhuman; we all need
time to unwind. So ·with that
in mind please remember to
practice self care and remind
your friends to take care of
themselves too.
- Do some yoga
- watch a movie with friends
- cook a good dinner for yourself or for that friend that
seems a little run down lately
-remember you don't. have to
join a conversation just because you are knowledgeable
-purposefully make space away
out of the oppression we are
fighting against. It's important
to remember there are people
who do have the ability to step
outside of these issues and they
can and should be called upon
when the weight of the issues
starts to be too heavy. I am not
saying don't go to these things
from conversations and events just because we are dealing
focused on injustice if need be with issues of oppression aii
-take a long shower or bath
the time. I'm saying it's okay
-take a walk to the beach
to take a step back to ensure
-Tea! Tea! Tea! Tea!
you are able to give your full
-get out in the sun!
energy once you've allowed
-find an animal to cuddle
yourself time to recharge.
-deep breathing and physical
Finally; I'm going to take
awareness pat downs
this time to remind you all of
something we all need to hear
Like·wise remember it's okay every so often, the work you
to:
do is important and appreci-scream
ated. You are important and
-p®ch a pillow
appreciated! You're beautiful
-call a friend and cry
and we all deserve a world that
-be angry
respects us as human beings.
That's why we do what we do!
This last one's importantUntil then, we all work reanger is ·not inherently bad, no ally hard to make it so. As this
matter how many times and school year heads towards a
ho0. socially acceptable it is to close if you are feeling like
put people down for it. Being it's too hard to continue your
angry can be a healthy r,fac- _ activist work and you'd rather
tion when dealing with issues be somewhere you don't have
that are traumatizing and that to have these conversations all
honestly should inspire anger.
the time I want to offer you
As people of color we are something a friend once told
constantly dealing with issues me, "V\Then if feels like an
of injustice, it isn't a sign of uphill battle you are exactly
weakness to take time for your- where you need to be. If it
sel£ Even when not explicitly · wasn't hard it wouldn't be so
talking, educating or learning needed."
about issues of injustice, we
as POC are cohstantly have
the conversation put on us and
experiencing those same injustices whether we chose to hold
POC Talk is a space to foconversation or not. That is cus on the unique experiences
why it's important to remem- people of color face at Everber you don't have to go to ev- green and in Olympia. It is
ery protest, event, workshop, written by Evergreen Student
or lecture. It's important to of Color in an effort to speknow it's not a requirement cifically discuss POC issues.
to educate other people all We want to center and boost
the time, even if you feel like POC voices so if you have
you have to because you have something to add you can subthe knowledge. This goes for mit your questions, comments,
seminar and class time as well concerns, or ideas for what you
as out in the world or on the would like POC Talk to cover
internet. You can't be helpful to poctalk@cooperpointjourto the cause when you're so nal.com
worn out you can't take care
of yoursel£
This is where allies should
really come in. As POC we
don't have the ability to step
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Evergreen Longhouse
2700 Evergreen Parkway, 10am.
Indigenous Climate Justice
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Last Word Books
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111 Cherry St Ne. 8pm.
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By Chloe Marina Manchester &Jasmine Kozak Gilroy
WEDNESDAY 5/3
THE BROTHERHOOD TAKES FLIGHT
SUN. MAY7
SATURDAY 5/1,3
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COFFEE WITH AMY GOODMAN
Capitol Theatre. 11 am. $15 students, $20 general.
The Brotherhood. 8pm. 21+.
From the Event: "Marlo's back in town!!!! Come see what one
of Airbound Underground's beloved traveling artists has been up
to!Join us at the Brotherhood for all the aerial awesomeness you
can handle, and stay afterwards to dance with DJ Fir$t Lady!!!
Don't forget tips for your bartenders and performers!"
SATURDAY 5/6
LAST WORD BOOKS TURNS 15
Amy Goodman, of Democracy Now! is in town at the Capitol Theatre downtown! Support independent journalism while
drinking coffee and eating one (1) donut free with your ticket!
KAOS radio, 'Out of Evergreen was one of the first radio stations nationwide to start broadcasting Democracy Now! when it
started 20 years ago. From Democracy Now! "In these times of
war and elections, movements and uprisings, we need independent media more than ever. The commercial media serves as a
mouthpiece for corporate and government interests--giving a
platform to the pundits and the pollsters who know so little about
so much, explaining the world to us and getting it so wrong."
Last Word Books. 4pm.
Last Word Books is turning fifteen years old! Go celebrate
it with them! Potluck banquet extravaganza! Keg of beer by
donation, music, poetry, circus, fine literature and good times.
$5 at the door, or a book donation for entrance. Performers
include Sam Miller, Circus!, Temple Heathens, and a lot more!
Go support your bookstore!
FRIDAY 5/12
GIRLFRIENDS SPRING MARKET
141 Nisqually Cutoff Rd SE Olympia. 10-4pm. $5.
Be prepared to have your breath_ taken away when you enter
this historic Barn. The best vendors around bring you treasures
galore for your home and garden. Vintage, true antiques, mid
century; steampunk, upcycled, crafted, rusty, industrial, perennials, and FOOD! Music! Food! Cool Vendors! Cool Location!
5$ Entry!to stop in the gallery during their open hours. Bring a
friend to analyze the paintings with so you'll be sure to look extra
smart while enjoying the art!
15th aniversary event,
featuring beer and
performances
SATURDAY 5/15
BANNY GROOVE (LA), HOT HEAVY LIQUID, PLEASURE
SYSTEMS
Ghost House. 7pm. $5 notaflof.
This event page keeps poping up on my Facebook page and
getting me all excited. It is happening in my backyard, but I have
been so tired recently that each time it pops up it hits me like
a new and enchanting suprise- finally, I think, the spring time
show I have been looking for. Banny Groove is touring across
the country and is sloping to spend one whole night to fufill our
most glam dreams. Banny Groove will be joined by Clarke Sondermann, of the Washboard Abs, manifesting as Pleasure Systems, and local Olympia champs Hot Heavy Liquid, preforming
live for the first time. Show will be starting early to make good
use of the sunshine and quell the neighbors, bring money for the
touring band- I promise, they deserve it.
krhe Lighthouse
7pm, $5-10.
Homebody (Denver), Harrison
Basch, the Washboard Abs
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404 4th Ave W 7pm. All Ages.
Real Life Buildings (NY),
Blood Orphans, Box Fan
Obsidian
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Spring Arts Walk kicked off this past weekend, flooding downtown Olympia with crowds of people. A long-overdue break
in the rain on Friday likely contributed to the crowns, as the city seemed to wake from its long hibernation.
We started off our art-seeing, music-listening marathon
on Friday evening at Salon
Refu, where Washington artists Peter Scherrer and Jean
Nagai were celebrating the
opening of their joint show.
. Nagai is an Evergreen grad
and a former Cooper Point
Journal cover artist, so we were
especially excited to see his
new work! While they work in
similar mediums, Scherrer and
Nagai work in vastly different styles, even down to their
color choices; but their pieces
played off of each other nicely.
As usual, it was about a hundred degrees in Salon Refu,
and packed with people, so we
headed on to other things.
We caught a parking-spacesize band in front of Archibald
Sisters, performing in a taped
off parking space, with all of
their limbs and equipment
impressively h uddled inside.
They were all wearing plastic
animal masks.:.. a crow and a
unicorn- which was a theme
we saw repeated throughout
Arts Walk- did everyone agree
on animal masks? Is there
something we're missing, her-e_?
Should we have been wearing
masks too?
Next up was Little General, with a very tute and very
crowded-around ·wall of Carrie O'Neill's watercolor paintings. We stopped in for a quick
look, and left before we were
too tempted to load up on
deli goodness. Psychic Sister
wasn't on the Arts Walk map,
but we noticed their wonderful display of chalked hearts
and names of peopfe killed
or injured by police along the
sidewalk, as well as a banner
in support of local brothers
Andre Thompson and Bryson
Chaplin, shot by Olympia police officer Ryan D onald- see
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the CPJ's continuing coverage characters. While we enjoyed
of their court case for more walking around and seeing the
information. We headed back art, we couldn't help but feel
over to 4th ave to see the work a little out of place at events
of Evergreen student and which seemed to be heavily
last issue's cover artist Megan geared towards families with
Bailey. Their amazing paint- small children.
ings are adorning the walls of
We had to miss out on the
Rush In Dumplings. On our evening Luminary Processionway there, we passed a massive the more mystical, more glowgroup of people crowded in y version of Saturday's Procesthe blocked-off streets around sion of the Species Parade- but
various performers, all of caught some gorgeous photowhom happened to be kids.
graphs of the event popping
There was a noticeable lack up on our friends' Instagram
of classic Olympia townie accounts that made us very
performers this year, and they jealous. Saturday's Procession
seemed to have been replaced was a huge hit, despite the
by- admittedly adorable- rain and drop in temperatures,
middle school kids doing card drawing crowds numbering in
tricks and breakdancing. It the thousands, according to
left us wondering if ~ W:alk The Olympian. While it's diforganizers had made an ef- ficult to pick a favorite creafort to create a more "farnily- ture, the hit of
parade for
friendly" atmosphere through us was the massive peacock,
pushing out most of down- whose moveable neck and tail
town O lympia's more colorful brought it to life, thanks to the
the
efforts of its many operators
holding wooden poles. Olympia resident Kayla Weiss said
the highlight of the parade for
her was the "sun and flowers
float that was at the beginning
of the . parade," adding, "It
was just this sunrise entrance
into the whole parade and all
of the flower people twirling
around the sun was the best
possible opening for the whole
event." Weiss says she's "never
loved Olympia more" than she
did while witnessing the Procession for the first time. If you
missed out this year, there's always next spring!
To see more photographs
of arts walk and both processions by Tari Gunstone, · visit
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studying Environmental Photojournalism and Botany at Evergreen. She also writes
and photographs for the Cooper Point Journal. You can find her work at www.
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The poet Mary Oliver
I've carried this pracwrote that, "to pay atten- rice with me since then,
tion is our endless work." paying homage to the
That has become my many field guides that
personal mantra for both have helped me more inmy photography work timately understand the
•and my general lifestyle. non-human
characters
This collection of pho- of my native geography
tographs, Field Guide, by photographing with a
reflects .my interest in ap- scientific eye. This has led
plying that observation to me to my current studthe forests of the Pacific ies at Evergreen where
Northwest. In 2014, I had ;°I'm focusing on Environthe opportunity to spend · mental Photojol!.rnalism
a year living on a Monas- and Botany. Science extic farm in the San Juan plains the earth in terms
Islands. In between farm of matter while art voices
duties, I explored the vast the human connection to
landscape of wilderness earth in terms of emothat the remote seven- tion or spirit. I believe
mile long island I was on a combination of both
offered. With the help of these disciplines is needed
the quaint, volunteer-run to help society deeply enlibrary, I equipped myself gage in perspectives and
with enough books to be- lifestyle changes that are
come a fledgling natural- redemptive to our planet.
ist. I photographed and My intent for my photowrote of my observations graphs is that they build
of the natural world ex- awareness and advocacy
·tensively, weaving in poet- for their subject matter
ry and self-reflection, as I and can hopefully inspire
was learning just as much thoughtful self-reflection
about myself in this wild for the viewer.
yet quiet space as I was
about its flora and fauna.
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"It's dumb," sings Mount Eerie's Phil Elverum on the first track of his devastating, heartfelt new record, ':,\ Crow Looked At Me",
"and I don't want to learn anything from this."-Yetjust as quickly as the most thematically naked track, "Real Death," eschews the
saccharine and redemptive shortcuts we commonly use to render a loved one's death palatable, the song clings to one reassuring bit of
candor (cliche perhaps, but for good reason): "I love you." Elverum speaks the words as the song comes to a sudden, unforeseen halt.
Elverum, who has released music under the moniker Mount Eerie
for more than a decade, first became
known for his work as The Microphones, whose gem "The Glow Pt.
2" put Olympia and K Records in the
national spotlight back in 200 I. Sixteen years later, with ':A Crow Looked
at Me", Elverum's Mount Eerie has
crafted an album that is as sparse and
direct as The Glow Pt. 2 was sonically
textured and ornate.
"We're not equipped to talk about
death," Elverum told me when we met
two weeks ago as he prepared for his
show at Obsidian. As we talked, he
calmly stacked Mount Eerie and Microphones vinyls, as well as some of
his original 'art. "It's kind of a thing
that people don't talk about."
Elverum lost his wife, the artist and
musician Genevieve Castree, from
pancreatic cancer last summer. She
was only 35, and Elverum was left with
their young daughter in their suddenly
drafty and seemingly empty house in
Anacortes, Washington. He was wrestling with raw tragedy, battling to make
sense of something that, by every definition, just makes no sense. ':A Crow
Looked At Me", released a mere eight
months after Genevieve passed, is the
raw, unfiltered account of his struggle.
It was less than a month after Genevieve's death that Elverum started
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his mind whether he would release
any of it or not. The song-writing was
therapy. His guitar strums, his humble.
croons, were the inevitable product of
a person who, as he put it, has "always
been making something," has always
been "engaged in creativity."
Elverum's work has always balanced on the precipice of mortality,
but until. now he has only flirted with
the concept of .death, as if shying from
making· eye contact. "I used to be
hung up on understanding and misunderstanding," Elverum told me. "I had
all these songs about me being misunderstood, always trying to clarify and
re-clarify-but now I feel like that's all
out the window. I'm no longer trying
to say a metaphor. No decorations, no
metaphors or observation."
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Genevieve's own instruments, reR
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what emerged was something far from
anything he had created previously,
and, as many critics have observed, far
from anything recorded on the subject
of death in recent memory. VI/here
other albums tip-toe around such fire,
imparting only its warmth, this album aims for the flames head on--and
comes out the other side to remiud the
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any thoughts toward restraint." It is I disagree."
Other songs capture the grieving
a practice he admired in his favorite
recent author, Norwegian literary phe- process differently. "Seaweed" is a
nom Karl Ove Knausgaard, author of brief vignette describing Elverum, his
the "My Struggle" volumes. "It's scary young daughter in tow, on his way to
to take that leap, but it's worth it."
spread Genevieve's ashes. One senses
Jon Caramanica of The New York Elverum struggling desperately to find
Times recently questioned whether the some solace, some meaning in symtragic, explicit, and frank narrative- bolism and motif: "I can't remember I
based storytelling in the songs of ''A were you into Canada Geese?" he
Crow Looked At Me" could even, in asks. "Is it significant/ these hundreds
all politeness, be called "art." Art, he on the beach? I Or were they just
noted, "typically connotes an interest hungry/for mid-migration seaweed?"
in aesthetics," something it's hard to Over and again Elverum succumbs
imagine Elverum was thinking about to a realization that this is death, its
when Fafting ''A Crow Looked At meaning ever-elusive. As he intones in
Me". The album resembles a difficult "Emptiness Pt. 2'', "There is nothing
conversation one might have with a to learn/ Her absence is a scream sayclose friend, or perhaps "'~th someone ing nothing."
in one's grieving group, far more than
At one point in our interview, Elverit resembles albums such as Sufjan um placed a stack of "The Glow Pt. 2"
Stevens' "Carrie and Lowell" or The records on the merchandise table. He
Antler's "Hospice". Those musicians' paused, looking for the right words,
works have been likened to Elverum's any words that would do. "It's not for
hitherto unassuming indie-folk strains. art," he said, echoing a line from the
But unlike the quiet, contemplative album. "It's this raw, superhuman ... I
melancholy of those two similarly don't kn6w." He appeared frustrated
themed albums, nothing in Elverum's with his inability to articulate in words
latest work is quiet besides his quaver- what his album so movingly conveys.
ing voice and the hushed, subtly tex- "Real death, like actual death, is untured sounds of Genevieve's guitar. ':A singable."
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There's a weight on your shoulders, Aries and it's heavy. You may be putting a lot of expectations on yourself to be the best, the strongest, the smartest, the most accomplished.
No one is forcing you to take on that role, no one has put this weight on your shqulders
except for yourself! You have the world at your fingertips, so let go of expectations and
just dive right in.
Something challe,!ging may have just fallen on your lap, and while challenges are really
opportunities for gto\Vth your instinct says "thanks, but no thanks!" Difficult times come
whether you want them to or not and leaning into whatever challenges may come won't
kill you, it'll take you to the next level, Libra. So lean into the complications and face them
head-on.
TAURUS 4120-5120
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It's your season, your time to shine and it's a beautiful day to be a Taurus. You may have There may be a feeling of holding'on to every little thing, of not being able to let go. You
been feeling a warmth inside of you, or a need to welcome others in and cultivate a posi- may feel like once the weekend comes, then you can relµ, but the weekend brings chaltive space for everyone. But how are you doing way deep inside? Helping others and fo- ·1enges too! You need to learn to have an even balance, Scorpio. For the sign of extremes
cusing your energy outwards makes you feel good about yourself, but remember to bring this doesn~t come naturally, but being so focused and so attentive to every single thing
is too much and there's no way for you to relax when you're holding grudges or feeling
that love back inwards because you deserve it.
overworked
GEMINI 5121 -6120
Something's got a hold of you, Gemini. It may be one small thing throwing off the entire
balance-of your life. Your old methods aren't fixing it, and it's.an issue that just won't back
off. It's time to change your methods of responding. You are naturally adaptable, so it
shouldn't be too difficult to think of new solutions to cut off an old problem.
CANCER 6/21 ° 7/22
Feeling trapped may be an especially difficult feeling for someone who cares so deeply.
You have an urge to insert yourself into every issue. Every struggle you see, _}'ou want to
so badly to help. That's a lot to take on, Cancer! You may be hurting yourself by trying
to heal something or someone else. Take a step back, there are some problems that need
you and some that don't.
LEO 7/23-8122
You've been working hard for something, and you can see a light at the end of this dark
tunnel. It's all very exciting for someone who has a taste for success like you, Leo but don't
let go just yet. While the light is beautiful and attainable, you still need to push through
until the very end. You will have your day in the sun, it's coming, you just need to wait a
teensy bit longer.
VIRGO 8t23-9t22
You are known most for your diligent work ethic and your ability to keep organized and
composed. The idea of sitting still and basking in any success, be it emotional success or
tangible success, may feel unproductive to you. But what if you closed your eyes for a minute and just felt the rays of the sun? What if you basked in it while no one else watched
and felt the warmth of love shine down on you? Let yourself feel it, Virgo.
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Your sense of urgency and your ability to not hold back and give your all is your ultimate
source of power, Sagittarius. You are a quick and agile mover and right now things are
aligned in your favor. If there's something to get off your chest, or some larger plan that
you're trying to work out, now is the time to act. Harness your natural gifts and go after
what you want.
CAPRICORN 12122-1119
There's an inner pain that's eating at you, Capricorn. Be it guilt, or endless worries, or just
something deep on your mind, it's coming from within and it won't let go. It's vulnerable
to feel deeply, so proceed with caution and don't make hasty decisions that will overwhehn
you. The road ahead may look rocky, but if walk and don't run you won't fall down and
get hurt.
AQUARIUS 1120-2n8
Things are never quite what they seem with you, Aquarius. You are one to dig deeper
into the more curious side of life and now you're reconsidering what you have and what
you lack. Where in your life do you feel abundance? And where feels empty? You are the
water bearer, and it appears there's some aspects you're watering and some you may have
overlooked. It's time to reassess and find harmony in your life.
PISCES 2119-3120
The negative side to being so emotionally in-tune is that it's too overwhelming at times.
As a defense, blocking your emotional self from the world seems safe. There's nothing to
see here, and nothing comes out. However, you're not letting anything come in. You can't
help how you feel, and you can't stop yourself from being intuitive. It's strong to have
emotions and you don't need to shut them down completely to be taken seriously.
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i know downtown has like parks and
shit around that u can chill in now
that it's a nice weather time,, pack a
lunch? bring a cutie? have some good
talks while u watch pp! walk there
dogs??
Why am I the worst? ur probs not.
like everyone is the best and the worst.
we all have pp! who cherish us and
ppll who mindlessly hate us without
even knowing us and like that's just
a fact of lyfe so like.. Jet it roll of ur
shoulders and live ur best life be ur
NOT the worst:)))
what is the meaning of life?
getting real drunk to answer all
yall ppls questions dont we pay what is the meaning of fife?
philosophers enough to tell us that we'ere all gonna die sweatie...... ur
shit. I'm just a drunk rnillesimal. *lo!* · gonna die, i'm gonna die, one day no
In all seriousness .. idk, ask your mom. one will live in this tovm and all of
I mean, thats what I do .
the petty bullshit pp! have to say will
be completely meaningless and void.
how do you not turn into an it is all a meaningless void. I ate like
alcoholic week nine? i' m literally so much freid chicken tonight, and i
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You can ask me the questions you can't ask your resident advisor.
Who is your hero? a ME be i've ··
survived this bullshit social scene and
im still here and im still a thriving
angel sespite all of ur dumbass
quetions tbhh
What are some good date
places in Oly that are wheelchair
accessible? what can you do on
a date that doesn't require a ton
of money or physical ability?a
park! having apicnic sounds cool and
Is it okay to call myself brave
and tolerate erftotional abuse?
toleraliing emotional abus·e it thee
nost brave thing you can ever do. you
are the bravest. ur strong and_ i love
you.It would burn thrm ... like that
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