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04 / 22
(all day)
Start: Apr 21 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Apr 25 2008 - 9:00pm

Monday, April 21st

  • Queer Organization Potluck -5:00 to 8:00 PM - TESC Longhouse Come share yummy food while you mingle and smooze with queer organizations. Open to everyone.

Tuesday, April 22nd

  • Silvia Behrend - 5:00 PM - SEM II A2107 "Soul and Gender: The Dance Towards Wholeness"

Wednesday, April 23rd

  • Free HIV testing! - 12:00 to 6:00 PM - SEM II A2109 provided by UCAN
  • EQA meeting - 3:00 to 4:00 - SEM II C2107 - Discussion subject: PRIDE: what does it mean? Do we still need pride celebrations?
  • Lesbian Safer Sex Workshop - 5:30 PM - Lecture hall 2 by Planned Parenthood of Olympia

Thursday, April 24th

  • Speakers panel - 6:00 to 8:00 - CAB 3rd floor Solarium (Student Activities) "How to Queer Activism"

Friday, April 25th

Start: 6:21 am

OLYMPIA- The Volunteer Center of Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties has sent out nearly 2,000 invitations to flood rescue and recovery volunteers who have helped out to a party in their honor on April 29. But any volunteer who helped with flood rescue or recovery is welcome to attend, and he or she may not know that the deadline for RSVPs is Friday.

Help us get the word out to these valuable volunteers. The celebration is from 5 to 7 p.m. April 29 in the Blue Pavilion at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, 2555 North National Ave., Chehalis.

The event includes appetizers, refreshments, keepsakes and a thank you message from local families helped during and after the flood. And the event is free thanks to sponsorship by Weyerhaeuser and supporting sponsorship by TransAlta.

All a volunteer needs to do to attend is RSVP by phone to 360-741-2615 or by e-mail at events@volunteer.ws by Friday.

The Center is a non-profit organization that boasts over 500 volunteer opportunities to choose from across the county. Find out how you can change the world. There’s still time to get involved with local disaster relief efforts visit www.volunteer.ws

Contact: Sara Ballard
Phone 360-741-2625
Cell Phone: 360- 480-9571

Start: 11:15 am

[via omjp]

Mark Engler, author of the excellent book, How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy, just published by Nation Books, will give a talk with discussion to follow:

Latin America: The End of Neoliberalism and the Battle Over the Global Economy

Mark's talk will be this Tuesday, April 22nd from 11:15 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. in Sem II, D1105.

Start: 5:30 pm

[City of Olympia News Release]

(Olympia, WA) Join the Olympia City Council for a Town Hall Meeting on Wheels, Tuesday, April 22, and experience how Olympia is putting sustainability into action.

“This will be a fun and informative twist to our semi-annual town hall meetings,” says Olympia Mayor Doug Mah. “Putting Sustainability into Action is one of the Olympia City Council’s four primary goals,” says Mah. “The field trips will give our community a chance to see first hand how Olympia is moving toward zero waste and managing our water resources in a forward-thinking, sustainable way.”

Read more:

04 / 23
(all day)
Start: Apr 21 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Apr 25 2008 - 9:00pm

Monday, April 21st

  • Queer Organization Potluck -5:00 to 8:00 PM - TESC Longhouse Come share yummy food while you mingle and smooze with queer organizations. Open to everyone.

Tuesday, April 22nd

  • Silvia Behrend - 5:00 PM - SEM II A2107 "Soul and Gender: The Dance Towards Wholeness"

Wednesday, April 23rd

  • Free HIV testing! - 12:00 to 6:00 PM - SEM II A2109 provided by UCAN
  • EQA meeting - 3:00 to 4:00 - SEM II C2107 - Discussion subject: PRIDE: what does it mean? Do we still need pride celebrations?
  • Lesbian Safer Sex Workshop - 5:30 PM - Lecture hall 2 by Planned Parenthood of Olympia

Thursday, April 24th

  • Speakers panel - 6:00 to 8:00 - CAB 3rd floor Solarium (Student Activities) "How to Queer Activism"

Friday, April 25th

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

  

The Freeschool Community’s
First Annual International
Facilitators, Distributors and Volunteer
Appreciation Awards Dinner

The Facilitators, Distributors and Volunteers (FDV) Appreciation Awards Dinner welcomes you! We are coming together to celebrate and appreciate our facilitators, our distributors of Natural Learning newspaper and alot of our past, present and future volunteers who help to keep the Freeschool going and growing year after year!

Time and Date: 6:30pm-8:30pm, April 23rd, 2008

Location: Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Avenue SW, Olympia, WA 98501 (The front door of traditions will be closed. Please use the side door to the cafe area)

Who is welcome: anyone and everyone is invited as the price is free, with no registration needed! What to bring: You don't need to bring anything. The dinner will be potluck so feel free to bring food for 10-12 people. Also, please feel free to bring a small, inexpensive, unwrapped, item that you make by hand such as a bookmark, greeting card, a coupon for a hug, or even a pencil drawing of something. Please do not bring any expensive gifts or gift wrapped items (or we will kindly give it back to you). These gifts are used during our raffle when we will have a mutual-aid raffle in which everyone will win something brought by someone else. It is through mutual-aid and kindness (not money and wealth) that we will create a better world where there are only winners and no losers.

Music by the amazing DJ Thomas

Start: 7:30 pm
Start: Apr 23 2008 - 7:30pm
End: Apr 24 2008 - 7:30pm
http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/w1t7o6?tm_link=tm_arts_f2 Feel the pounding of the drums. Recall the legends of old and be swept away into an enchanted realm of music and dance. "Wow!...a visit to a magical Shangrila!" raves the Performing Arts Insider. "It really is beautiful. The costumes are gorgeous. Beautiful!" proclaims WABC Eyewitness News. This captivating celebration combines over five thousand years of ancient Chinese culture through song and dance that will amaze viewers of all ages. Don't miss out on your chance to experience this breathtaking performance that will be a night of family fun no one will forget. The beauty of this show will be captured not only through the elaborate costumes but through the captivating blend of over sixty performers. Showing for two nights only at the Paramount, the mystery and enchantment of this masterpiece will leave you dreaming for weeks to come!

The content of all programs is expressed in Chinese and English.

http://www.bestchineseshows.com/node/2482

 

 

04 / 24
(all day)
Start: Apr 21 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Apr 25 2008 - 9:00pm

Monday, April 21st

  • Queer Organization Potluck -5:00 to 8:00 PM - TESC Longhouse Come share yummy food while you mingle and smooze with queer organizations. Open to everyone.

Tuesday, April 22nd

  • Silvia Behrend - 5:00 PM - SEM II A2107 "Soul and Gender: The Dance Towards Wholeness"

Wednesday, April 23rd

  • Free HIV testing! - 12:00 to 6:00 PM - SEM II A2109 provided by UCAN
  • EQA meeting - 3:00 to 4:00 - SEM II C2107 - Discussion subject: PRIDE: what does it mean? Do we still need pride celebrations?
  • Lesbian Safer Sex Workshop - 5:30 PM - Lecture hall 2 by Planned Parenthood of Olympia

Thursday, April 24th

  • Speakers panel - 6:00 to 8:00 - CAB 3rd floor Solarium (Student Activities) "How to Queer Activism"

Friday, April 25th

End: 7:30 pm
Start: Apr 23 2008 - 7:30pm
End: Apr 24 2008 - 7:30pm
http://www.ticketmaster.com/promo/w1t7o6?tm_link=tm_arts_f2 Feel the pounding of the drums. Recall the legends of old and be swept away into an enchanted realm of music and dance. "Wow!...a visit to a magical Shangrila!" raves the Performing Arts Insider. "It really is beautiful. The costumes are gorgeous. Beautiful!" proclaims WABC Eyewitness News. This captivating celebration combines over five thousand years of ancient Chinese culture through song and dance that will amaze viewers of all ages. Don't miss out on your chance to experience this breathtaking performance that will be a night of family fun no one will forget. The beauty of this show will be captured not only through the elaborate costumes but through the captivating blend of over sixty performers. Showing for two nights only at the Paramount, the mystery and enchantment of this masterpiece will leave you dreaming for weeks to come!

The content of all programs is expressed in Chinese and English.

http://www.bestchineseshows.com/node/2482

 

 

Start: 6:00 am
End: 11:00 pm
Dine at any of the eighty-nine participating restaurants for breakfast, lunch or dinner on Thursday, April 24th, and 25% of your food and non-alcoholic beverage bill will be donated to support HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy services in Pierce and Thurston Counties.
Participating restaurants
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Do you have an opinion about what's important to think about when identifying a site for the new downtown Olympia Food Co-op? We want to hear from you!

The Site Criteria and Selection Committee is hosting a public and member forum on April 24th from 7-9pm in room 102 of the Olympia Center.

The forum is a chance to review and comment on the the site criteria developed by the committee, and to offer your ideas about what's important to think about as we consider potential sites for the new store.

Please join the conversation on April 24th, and make your voice heard.

If you can't attend the forum but have ideas or questions, contact expansion@olympiafood.coop

TJ Johnson
Expansion Coordinator
Olympia Food Co-op

04 / 25
End: 9:00 pm
Start: Apr 21 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Apr 25 2008 - 9:00pm

Monday, April 21st

  • Queer Organization Potluck -5:00 to 8:00 PM - TESC Longhouse Come share yummy food while you mingle and smooze with queer organizations. Open to everyone.

Tuesday, April 22nd

  • Silvia Behrend - 5:00 PM - SEM II A2107 "Soul and Gender: The Dance Towards Wholeness"

Wednesday, April 23rd

  • Free HIV testing! - 12:00 to 6:00 PM - SEM II A2109 provided by UCAN
  • EQA meeting - 3:00 to 4:00 - SEM II C2107 - Discussion subject: PRIDE: what does it mean? Do we still need pride celebrations?
  • Lesbian Safer Sex Workshop - 5:30 PM - Lecture hall 2 by Planned Parenthood of Olympia

Thursday, April 24th

  • Speakers panel - 6:00 to 8:00 - CAB 3rd floor Solarium (Student Activities) "How to Queer Activism"

Friday, April 25th

Start: 5:00 pm
Start: Apr 25 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Apr 26 2008 - 4:00pm

Come and paint a tile that will be permanently displayed in the Olympia-Rafah Mural on the Olympia Labor Temple building. Add your voice for peace, in the form of a painted ceramic olive leaf, which will be one of many leaves of a giant painted olive tree. Visually express solidarity with our sister city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, and your desire for peace in the middle east -- no experience necessary!

Come Check us out! We'll be in the Alley between Last Word Books and Quality Burrito on 4th Ave. in Downtown Olympia on Friday April 25th, between 5-9pm, and on Saturday, April 26th between 12pm and 4pm.

Don't miss an exciting performance by Olympia's own Holly Gwinn Graham, and other talented local performers in the Alley by the Free Wall behind the Capital Theater to celebrate the Olympia- Rafah Mural Project on Friday evening at 7pm.

For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact 754-3998 or mural@rachelcoriefoundation.org

Start: 9:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm


Radical Feminist Art and Music Spring Artswalk Show

The Radical Freeschool Radio Show Presents: Radical Feminist Art and Music Spring Artswalk Show! This Show will include Brenna Sahatjian (pictured above ina photo by Jonny D) from the Nationwide travelling Riotfolk! < www.riotfolk.org > In addition, this show will also include the Activists who make up “Actor Slash Model”, Musicians Madsen Minax and Simon Strikeback (both pictured below) are Exploring Trans and Gender Variant Identity Musicianship and Performance! < see www.actorslashmodel.com. > This is a special Fundraiser for the Freeschool! No one turned away for lack of funds!

Time: 9:00 pm, Friday, April 25th, 2008
Location: Freeschool Community: 610 Columbia Street

Organized by: Radical Freeschool Radio Show and the Radical Feminist Distro found by clicking on RFD at http://www.FreeschoolUnity.org or http://www.FreeschoolCommunity.org

04 / 26
End: 4:00 pm
Start: Apr 25 2008 - 5:00pm
End: Apr 26 2008 - 4:00pm

Come and paint a tile that will be permanently displayed in the Olympia-Rafah Mural on the Olympia Labor Temple building. Add your voice for peace, in the form of a painted ceramic olive leaf, which will be one of many leaves of a giant painted olive tree. Visually express solidarity with our sister city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, and your desire for peace in the middle east -- no experience necessary!

Come Check us out! We'll be in the Alley between Last Word Books and Quality Burrito on 4th Ave. in Downtown Olympia on Friday April 25th, between 5-9pm, and on Saturday, April 26th between 12pm and 4pm.

Don't miss an exciting performance by Olympia's own Holly Gwinn Graham, and other talented local performers in the Alley by the Free Wall behind the Capital Theater to celebrate the Olympia- Rafah Mural Project on Friday evening at 7pm.

For questions or volunteer opportunities, please contact 754-3998 or mural@rachelcoriefoundation.org

Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:00 pm
Parking for 3:30 pm-April 26th - Procession of the Species is best near "TRADITIONS" or "8th Street Downtown Library".
Bring your camera and be there early. It is a beautiful Sunny Saturday !
Hope to see you there.
Enjoy !

ayub

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 9:17 AM, M Ayub <ayub98516@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey, Buddies ! What are you all doing on Saturday ?
Well, I know what I hope to do (God Willing !)
1- April 26th - Procession of the Species and then, 2- musical fund-raiser to benefit Handicapped Palestinian Children - Rachel Corrie Center in Rafah, Palestine. (Details below.)

1- Procession of the Species - 45,000 people show up from around for this event - so, pack a picnic basket and be there early. http://www.procession.org/
The Procession of the Species is a joyous, spontaneous artistic pageant where community members celebrate their relationships with each other and with the natural world. It was started in 1995 by a group of Olympia residents to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Earth Day and to support Congressional renewal of the Endangered Species Act.
NOTE - No signs, no written word, no spoken word, only actions, music, animal stuff.
Be sure to bring your camera and lots of