Mira Billotte (WHITE MAGIC)
As I Went Out One Morning – Mira Billotte from manoel caraballo on Vimeo.
With Kaetlin Kennedy (LOST LOCKETS)
L O V E N O T F E A R from Kaetlin Kennedy on Vimeo.
And Takhoma (CARSON CHURCHILL)
http://afraidofwhatsnext.bandcamp.com/track/winters-time-parts-1-2
Jodie Mack is an independent moving-image practitioner, curator, and historian-in-training who received her MFA in film, video, and new media from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007 and currently teaches animation at Dartmouth College. Combining the formal techniques and structures of abstract/absolute animation with those of cinematic genres, her handmade films use collage to explore the relationship between graphic cinema and storytelling, the tension between form and meaning. Mack’s 16mm films have screened at a variety of venues including the Anthology Film Archives, Images Festival, Los Angeles Filmforum, Onion City Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Black Maria Film Festival, and the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar.
http://www.jodiemack.com/
Showing:
Do you identify as female, gender queer, or trans? Are you interested in audio and music technology?
My mission is to provide an entry level understanding of live sound, music technology, and recording through hands on training. These workshops can be taken as a full series or as standalone workshops. These workshops are FREE! In order to foster a safe space for learning, you must identify as female, gender queer, or trans to attend these workshops. The field of audio engineering and music technology have historically been very male dominated. My hope is to advocate for those who are interested in learning about these subjects, but may feel uncomfortable learning in a male dominated environment.
A bit about me, my name is Chloe and I am currently the Music Technology Intern at The Evergreen State College. I interned as the Live Sound and Recording Intern at Northern in 2011, and have been working with Northern on and off for the past two years. I am a cisgendered female who is very excited about audio and music technology! I love sharing the knowledge that I have accumulated with others and facilitating empowerment through media and technology comprehension. I have been guest lecturing and teaching workshops relating to audio and media technology for the past two years to people of all ages, as well as providing audio and music technology consulting on a one on one basis. If you would like more information about me and what I do, feel free to visit my personal website!
Make your voice heard!
Learn to run live sound and set up and tear down a basic audio reinforcement system.
Learn advanced live sound and mixing techniques and how to utilize outboard mixing equipment!
Learn about signal flow, microphone types, and how microphones work!
Learn how to create DIY home recordings and live recordings!
Apr. 20: Intro to Live Sound 4-5PM
May 4: Advanced Live Sound 4-5PM
May 25: Intro to Recording 4-5PM
Visit the blogspot for this at lqtaudio.blogspot.com
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me at northernlqt@gmail.com
Greys (Toronto, ON)
Fast and fierce
https://www.facebook.com/GreysRock
http://greys.bandcamp.com/
Shahman (Ottowa, ON)
Heavy and angular
http://shahman.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shahman/283091575041364
Wet (Olympia)
https://soundcloud.com/tanar-stalker/
Doors at 8, show at 8:30 SHARP.
Santa Cruz meets Olympia! Not like the other folk music.
Blackbird Raum (Santa Cruz)
https://www.facebook.com/BlackbirdRaum
http://silversprocket.gostorego.com/blackbirdraum.html
Matador (Santa Cruz)
https://www.facebook.com/MatadorSantaCruz
http://matadorsantacruz.wordpress.com/
Gembrokers (Santa Cruz)
http://thegembrokers.com/
http://gembrokers.bandcamp.com/
Philip Irie (Olympia)
of The Chain/Hail Seizures
Richie Rich and The Lockstitch (Olympia)
Our favorite hatmaker
Show starts at 8pm sharp!
Summer is the best time to volunteer at Northern- if you know any high schoolers or college kids home for the summer, send them to this meeting! All are welcome.
Submitted by Alpine Experience
Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest (1963) will be the keynote speaker at The Alpine Experience’s Launch of the Mountain Life Festival. Sponsored by KEEN Footwear the launch will be held at the Olympia Farmer’s Market on May 28, 2013 at 7:00 pm.
Jim has spoken to audiences large and small, around the world, and this year his is on a special tour in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Everest achievement. Jim has long been a successful business and community leader not only in Western Washington, but globally. Jim will have on hand his book, A Life on the Edge, to sell and sign.
About Jim Whittaker
Jim Whittaker was born in Seattle in 1929. His accomplishments are wide and varied: in addition to being the first American to summit Everest, Whittaker was the first full-time employee of Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), retiring as the company’s president and CEO after twenty-five years. He led the team that put the first Americans on K2’s summit, and he organized and led the International Peace Climb on Everest in 1990. In 2012, at the age of 83, Whittaker trekked to nearly 17,000 feet in Nepal, just a few hundred feet below Everest Base Camp. He and his wife, Dianne Roberts, live in Port Townsend, WA. Find him online at www.jimwhittaker.com
About The Alpine Experience
The Alpine Experience is a locally and family owned outdoor retail shop located in Olympia, Washington. Since 1996 we’ve prided ourselves on our superior customer service, high quality products, and being active contributors to our community. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.alpinex.com.
The Mechanics of Memory by Becky Hendrick, acrylic and alkyd on canvas; 45” x 45”Artist and writer Becky Hendrick painted a series on the Holocaust which she later wrote about in a book called Mechanics of Memory. Becky is a fine artist and a fine writer and, coincidentally, related to me. Here's the opening of her essay on the Holocaust paintings:
Photos submitted by Brittany McElliott
Tenino Beavers defeated the Rochester Worriers in a WIAA Playoff Game in Anacortes on Sunday. The Beavers advance to a semi-final round against the Montesano Bulldogs in Yakima, WA on May 24 at 10am. The winner of that game will advance for a chance to play in the state championship. Congratulations to the Rochester Worriers for a successful 2013 season, finishing 14-11.

Brad Balsley displays a small vinyl sign made for ThurstonTalk.
Brown & Balsley Sign Company has been around for 17 years now. It’s one of those local businesses that quietly does work all over town. When giant vinyl banners are hung over State Avenue or Capitol Way, promoting a festival or civic event, you’ve noticed. When restaurants place sandwich boards out the sidewalk advertising lunch specials, you’ve noticed. When new offices open and beautiful sandblasted wood signs go up in front of the buildings with the business name prominently displayed, you’ve noticed.
Window lettering, vehicle wraps, magnetic signs – you see their work every day. And although you might not know the name Brown & Balsley, you are drawn to other business because of the outdoor advertising they create.
Tim Brown and Brad Balsley met as students at North Thurston High School back in the mid-80s. Years later, Brown hired Balsley to work with him at a local sign company. When that business dissolved, the two friends decided to open up their own shop. Both enjoyed the work they were doing, interacting with customers, designing and producing various types of signs, and managing the business end of things. Neither felt the pull to do anything different. “I didn’t want to look for another job,” explains Balsley. “I liked that job because it was indoors and there wasn’t any heavy lifting involved,” he says with a smile. “It’s lightweight stuff!”

Just a small display of the types of signs and banners that Brown & Balsley can customize for your business.
It may be lightweight, but it keeps them busy. They started out in a shop on 4th and Franklin and moved to their present location, right behind Ralph’s Thriftway on State about 5 years ago. Over the past 17 years, the two-man shop has built and maintained a solid client base. They are able to count the City of Olympia, Westfield Capital Mall, and Providence Saint Peter’s Hospital among their repeat customers. They are proud that they can complete just about any job in-house, and if a customer wants something requiring technology they don’t have they have the ability to outsource.
“What sets us apart is our experience,” says Balsley. “The thing about us is we’ll be there. We’re still there for the people we did signs for 15 years ago.”
The possibilities for displays are endless, and Brown & Balsley like to think of their shop as one-stop shopping. Balsley encourages clients to explain what it is they want and he’ll help them tailor products to their business. “Come to me for everything; I’ll do it,” he says. Often customers come in wanting one thing then see something completely different displayed in the shop and realize they don’t have to go to another source for that particular need. Often they don’t realize the guy who is making their sandwich board can also do window lettering and logos. He knows that’s what sets their business apart. “It’s not that I can’t, it’s that I can,” he says. “I make whatever people want.”
Some of the sign options available through Brown & Balsley are:

Brown & Balsley is located just behind Ralph’s Thriftway on State Avenue in downtown Olympia.
Please visit the Brown & Balsley website and their Facebook page for examples of the work they can do.
Brown & Balsley Sign Company
1927 State Ave NE
(behind Ralph’s Thriftway)
Olympia WA 98506
Phone: 360.705.3099
By Tom Rohrer
What drives people to run great distances? Is it to support a cause, bond with a friend, or improve overall physical health?
There certainly was a wide array of all causes at Sunday’s 2013 Capital City Marathon in Olympia. Along with the 26.2 marathon, the running event featured both a half marathon and five-mile race.
Conditions were ideal for distance running. Overcast skies provided a crispness in the May air. No rain fell on participant’s heads. According to estimates from Tom Jensen, the Vice President of the Capital City Marathon Association (CCMA), around 1,400 individuals competed in the half marathon, 600 more ran the five-mile division, and roughly 325 took on the task of completing the legendary distance of the full marathon.
While experienced veterans like Jesse and Jenny Stevick are used to competing (and winning) in the event, some individuals were taking their first swing at an official distance event, and seemed excited for the challenge.
“It’s something we’ve been looking forward to,” said five-mile participant Casey Sobol, who, along with his wife Kim (half marathon) were running in their first structured distance race ever. “The training brings you closer together, and the cause we’re running for, it makes you feel even better about taking something like this on.”
Sobol, a firefighter for the McLane Fire Department, was part of a 30-person group running for Friends of Mia (supported by Fit Life Studio, Guerilla Running and Impact Fitness, LLC). The running group helped raise over $30,000 that will go directly to the Seattle Children’s Hospital. For 18 weeks, the group of runners were instructed by certified trainers (who were volunteering) to prepare for the event. Lani Benavente, leading Friends of Mia along with her partner Casey Deligeannis, was pleased by the turnout and the support from the community.
“$30,000 was our goal and we will be exceeding that. It’s a special day for us and we’re thankful for the support shown by the group and again the community,” Benavente said.
Bodymechanics School of Myotherapy and Massage provided racers with treatment for fatigued muscles and ailing bodies. The BSOMAM has been providing services at the Capital City Marathon from its inception, allowing students to earn experience and establish relationships within the community.
“It’s great practice for the (students) because it makes them talk to the community and helps them get past that uncomfortable stage,” said Wayne Johnson, an instructor at the BSOMAM. “Plus, they see how muscles react under extreme exertion and fatigue, and it supports a great event. This community is really special.”
While it may be the first time some of the BSOMAM students see the rigors of a distance race up close in person, it wasn’t for many of the participants running, including 80 year old couple Richard and Barbara Olafolson, both of whom have attended or participated in the event since 1985.
The Olafolson’s have been traveling the country and the world to participate in 5K and shorter running events, visiting locations such as China, Arizona, Wyoming and Utah along the way.
The Olympia citizens estimated that some years they traveled to up to 50 races in a year (around one per week), and Richard still runs around five times a week. Due to a medical condition, Barbara no longer can join her husband in participation, and offers her support from the sidewalk.
“It’s more challenging supporting someone in the race than actually racing,” Barbara Olafolson said. “You’re worried how they’re doing, what their time is, how they’ll finish.”
Richard was thankful for his wife support. “It means a lot having her here and watching, it’s a passion of ours and we enjoy sharing it together,” said Richard Olafolson.
Undertaking a distance event is much easier with the support of loved ones.
“Training together is part of the whole appeal to me,” said Sobol. “It can bring you closer together and help you both work towards a common goal.”
The work never seems to stop for the race organizers, who we’re already beginning the early planning stages for the 2014 event rather than reflecting on the success of this year’s race.
“Once this is over, we will begin talking about next year, talk about what went well, what didn’t, what we can improve on,” said Jensen. “It’s a year round process, and if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes.”
Spoken like a true distance running enthusiast.
For additional photos, click here.
Bring your kids (or your friend’s kids) and have some old fashioned fun getting silly dancing to tunes by DJ Matt Murillo!
My kids are already counting down the days until school is out. I think it’s something like 23 or maybe 19… clearly it’s not a task that’s important to me. I’m fairly confident that their countdown is motivated not by a dislike of school (my first grader said yesterday how she missed her teacher) but instead focused around lazy days without a routine. The same child that is longing for her teacher on a Saturday afternoon also thinks that the ideal day is staying in her PJ’s until night time.
When the bickering with your sister starts (day 2 of summer break) and the novelty of lounging around the house wears off (day 3) then we will head out to explore Thurston County and likely grab a week or two of summer camp.
Here is a summary of our summer camp articles. Plan away, Mom!
Thrifty Thurston Find Summer Camps Around Olympia And Thurston County
The ‘original’ summer camp article lists a wide variety of ideas for kids of all ages. Try a weeklong summer camp at the Hands On Children’s Museum or drama camp at Olympia Family Theater. This article is a great place to start to plan your summer break.
Soccer And Sports Summer Camps Around Olympia
Sporty kids will enjoy their pick of four soccer camps along with a variety of other sports-related summer camps. Try basketball, volleyball, softball, baseball, sailing, kayaking, football, tennis, golf, rock climbing, or other sports and recreational camps this summer.
South Sound YMCA’s Summer Camps Offer Education, Safety, And Fun To Olympia Area Kids
Known throughout the community for its excellent youth sports and after-school care, the South Sound YMCA summer camp programs offer a wide variety of activities for Olympia area children. You can even try an overnight camp session at Camp Bishop.
Did we miss including your favorite summer camp or activity? Send us a note at submit@thurstontalk.com
ThurstonTalk aims to be your source for positive information and events happening in Olympia. If you have a suggestion for a story, send us a note at submit@thurstontalk.com. For more events and to learn what’s happening in Olympia and the surrounding area, click here.
Tomorrow afternoon, go for a paddle with Olympia Confronting the Climate Crisis. There will be opportunity to organize with your fellow human beings to protect the Earth against reckless fossil fuel industry antics. When: Noon to 4pm. Where: West Bay Park, Olympia. Who: You and your friends and neighbors. What: There will be about 15 or 20 kayaks and people can cycle through them.
Sweetwater Nannauck from Seattle IdleNoMore will be doing a water ceremony.
Trip Jennings will be instructing folks on water and kayak safety.
Trip Jennings first became a kayak instructor in 1998 and since then has shared his love of water as an instructor, competitive whitewater kayaker, expedition kayaker and filmmaker. In 2008 he was recognized by National Geographic as an 'Adventurer of the Year' for a kayak expedition to Papua New Guinea and was featured in the January 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine. But most passionately, Trip is a climate justice activist working to confront the root causes of climate change. He is a member of Portland Rising Tide, campaigning to stop the onslaught of energy export proposals in the NW and professionally Trip works with groups such as the Power Past Coal Coalition and Columbia River Keeper as a videographer. He is currently producing a documentary on the oil, gas and coal export proposals in Oregon and Washington.
More information about the event here on this facebook event page: O3C Kayak Event.
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The Lacey Spring Fun Fair again fulfilled its objective to bring Thurston County together for a day of celebrating the area’s businesses, youth programs along with educational establishments, and of course,local cuisine. The early rain did not slow the spirit nor hinder the size of the crowd on the campus of Saint Martin’s University, as visitors took in a sample of what the community is all about. A wide variety of musical performances, contests, and children’s activities took place over the course of the day, all of which culminated in the commencement parade in the evening.