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03 / 7
(all day)
Start: Feb 29 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:59pm
There will be a benefit for Briana Waters on Friday 2/29 in Olympia at the Eagles Hall! It starts at 7pm in the Eagle's Ballroom. There will be live music, great food and drinks, and a silent auction. The silent Auction closes at 10pm. The music and dancing goes late night! The bands are Citizen's Band, The Pasties, Magmatone. Later on the bands are: Port of the Sun, The Cause of Thunder, and Doomhawk. The Eagles Hall is located at 804 E 4th Ave. Directions from I-5: Take Port of Olympia exit. Take Plum Street until 4th Ave. Located on the corner of 4th and Plum. Briana Waters is a loving mother who is in trial right now in Tacoma for the politically motivated arson at the Center for Urban Horticulture at University of Washington. This is an important case for Olympia. Come find out why and support your community. More information at: www.olycivlib.org www.supportbriana.org www.portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare Large poster here.
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
einmaleins presents, LOUNGE JAZZ & PIE Jeanne Anderson from Boston Harbor Pie Co. will be here with some of her amazing pies for you to sample while enjoying the the tunes of Larry Hill, who will play LIVE JAZZ from 6:30pm - 8:30pm. Come and bring your family - this one is going to be sweet! More info at the brand-new site: EverydayOlympia mathias einmaleins 
Start: 8:00 pm
End: 10:18 pm
Resisting the War Abroad, Resisting the War at Home
A Night of Resistance and Insurgency
Friday March 7th, The Evergreen State College
Lecture hall 1
Speaker panel and movie at 6 pm
Folk starts at 8 PM with headliner DAVID ROVICS, AND DANNY KELLY WITH MARK ECKERT.
Join us for an evening of musical acoustic insurgency with David Rovics, Danny Kelly and Mark Eckert.
This will be a benefit for Carlos Arredondo who made national news after hearing that his
twenty-year-old son Marine Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo was killed
in Iraq. In his distraughtness after learning of his son’s death, Carlos lit himself on fire, but has since recovered from his wounds and become an anti-war activist and speaker. Carlos is a member of Gold Star Families for Peace along with Cindy Sheehan.
An interview with Carlos by Amy Goodman is located here: http://www.democracynow.org/2007/3/13/the_endless_war_memorial_father_of
David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement
in the US. Amy Goodman has called him “the musical version of Democracy
Now! He has shared the stage regularly with leading intellectuals (Noam
Chomsky, Howard Zinn), activists (Medea Benjamin, Ralph Nader),
politicians (Dennis Kucinich, George Galloway), musicians (Billy Bragg,
the Indigo Girls), and celebrities (Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon). He has
performed at dozens of massive rallies throughout North America and Europe
and at thousands of conferences, college campuses and folk clubs
throughout the world. Check out www.Davidrovics.com
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03 / 8
(all day)
Start: Feb 29 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Feb 29 2008 - 11:59pm
There will be a benefit for Briana Waters on Friday 2/29 in Olympia at the Eagles Hall! It starts at 7pm in the Eagle's Ballroom. There will be live music, great food and drinks, and a silent auction. The silent Auction closes at 10pm. The music and dancing goes late night! The bands are Citizen's Band, The Pasties, Magmatone. Later on the bands are: Port of the Sun, The Cause of Thunder, and Doomhawk. The Eagles Hall is located at 804 E 4th Ave. Directions from I-5: Take Port of Olympia exit. Take Plum Street until 4th Ave. Located on the corner of 4th and Plum. Briana Waters is a loving mother who is in trial right now in Tacoma for the politically motivated arson at the Center for Urban Horticulture at University of Washington. This is an important case for Olympia. Come find out why and support your community. More information at: www.olycivlib.org www.supportbriana.org www.portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare Large poster here.
Start: 9:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
All NeighborWoods-sponsored workshops are free, and open to anyone who wishes to learn more about planting and caring for trees. Registration is required. Location: Smith Building (837 7th Ave SE) Basic NeighborWoods workshop info NeighborWoods
Start: 2:00 pm
Start: Mar 8 2008 - 2:00pm
End: Mar 9 2008 - 2:00am
it's the 7th installment of brown interiour music's slightly legendary local music festival!
be there or else.
saturday, march 8
hall of the woods
3712 Sapp Rd. sw
oly, wa 98512
$3-5
all ages
bring a pillow and a friend
2:00 - google maps
2:30 - troglodytes
3:00 - polka dot dot
3:30 - blind physics
4:00 - clause of thunder
4:30 - leah cipolla
5:00 - gravity music for 5 violins, viola & cello
5:30 - miniature & presidential
6:00 - greenland
6:30 - anthony jr.
7:00 - jenny jenkins
7:30 - desolation wilderness
8:00 - generifus (kirkland)
8:30 - beat box fred
8:50 - an overlapping fear/appealing for heaven (chicago)
9:15 - #bear
9:30 - BIG FUCKING SLEEP GIANT
10:00 - civilized man (chicago)
10:30 - mike fekete
11:00 - fall of electricity
11:30 - mirror tricks 2 (chicago)
12:00 - in the house on the house
12:30 - gumar and his magical midi band
1:00 - DANCE PARTY!!!
yeah!
invertebrates in spandex!
-a
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
There will be a vegan potluck at Sunny Tree Restaurant
on Saturday, Mar. 8 starting at 3pm.
Join us for some great food!!
Bring a vegan dish and your own plate, silverware, etc.
Organic juices and teas may be purchased at Sunny Tree.
Please pass on the invitation to other interested parties and we hope to see you there!
Sunny Tree Vegetarian FoodMart
131 Decatur St. NW, Oly
(360) 943-9633
(360) 943-9727
What is a vegan? (from the American Vegan Society)
VEGANS (pronounced VEE-guns) Live on products of the plant kingdom.
Veganism is compassion in action.
It is a philosophy, diet, and lifestyle.
Vegans exclude flesh, fish, fowl, dairy products (animal milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, etc.), eggs, honey, animal gelatin, and all other foods of animal origin.
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Practice Peace on your plate...go vegetarian!
Vegetarian Starter Kit
"It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diet | |
