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Thurston County Hearings Examiner will hear expert testimony and legal council on the public opposition of the Tumwater Wal-Mart Superstore Proposal.

Location: Tumwater City Hall October 22 1pm - 5pm
October 23 9am - 5pm
October 24 9am - 5pm
October 26 9am - 5pm

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Location: TESC, Lecture Hall 1

Free and open to all.

For almost three decades, Beverly Naidus’ art practice has intertwined the roles of activist, educator, writer and interdisciplinary artist. Her mediums have ranged from interactive, site-specific installations to digitally rendered artist's books. Inspired by lived experience, she has made art about the ecological crisis, healing body hate, cancer and environmental illness, the alienation of consumer culture, the shame and pride of being “other,” the nightmare of nuclear war, the despair of unemployment, ways to breathe through and find hope in the midst of great suffering, and envisioning a sane, just and ecological future. She is the author of two artist’s books, One Size Does Not Fit All and What Kinda Name is That?.

Early recognition in the alternative margins of the NYC and LA art worlds brought her many opportunities to exhibit internationally, publish artist books and articles, and receive reviews in contemporary journals and art books, including books by Suzi Gablik and Lucy R. Lippard. In 2003 Beverly joined the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program’s faculty at the University of Washington in Tacoma where she is co-creating a studio arts program (Arts in Community) with a focus on art for social change and healing.

website: www.artsforchange.org

That is the message as you drive by the new neighborhood being built at the NW corner of Cooper Point Rd. and Kaiser Rd. It was painted on a newly constructed fence with blue spray paint. There are also a few tag like symbols painted with bright green spray paint.

Further to the West on Kaiser (directly across from Cedrona) you find the usual 1+1=3 graffiti in addition to other doodles. What I found most interesting was the amount of cover-up paint on that stretch of fence. It seems the residents of this area have been fighting this battle for quite a while.