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« Saturday June 07, 2008 »
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Lemon Days in Downtown Start: 10:00 am End: 5:00 pm This weekend will be the great LEMON DAY extravaganza in town. Downtowns biggest sale of the year. Dozens of stores will participate and discount their great fare to rock-bottom prices. How can you afford to not be there. Well, we won't pay you to shop but with some of the deals you're getting it'll feel almost as if we would. Check out www.everydayolympia.com for more details. Olympia Street Medic Collective Benefit Start: 9:00 pm End: 2:00 am Come Out and Support your Local Street Medics by attending The 2nd Annual Cold War Party. It will be a night of Music, Dancing and Fun. Free Row Day Start: 10:30 am End: 2:00 pm Ever wanted to try rowing (crew), but aren't sure that you want to pay for a class? Drop by the Swantown Marina this Saturday to try rowing with Olympia Area Rowing. They'll take 8-person boats out with a mixture of experienced people and newbies to see what it's like. Best thing - it's totally FREE! Event open to youth and adults. More info about OAR and directions to the boathouse. The 7th Annual Olympia Comics Festival Start: 12:00 pm End: 8:00 pm The Olympia Comics Festival is celebrating its 7th year of this community tradition with special guests Jeffrey Brown, Jim Woodring, and Michel Gagne. Chicago-based Jeffrey Brown is best known for his candid autobiographical accounts of failed relationships including Clumsy, Unlikely and Every Girl is the End of the World for Me. Seattle’s Jim Woodring has risen to fame for his mesmerizing silent comics featuring Frank, a strange creature in a stranger world. Michel Gagne, originally from Quebec, is an illustrator/animator who has worked on feature films such as Ratatouille, The Iron Giant and Osmosis Jones as well as publishing many comics of his own including ZED and The Saga of Rex. Northwest Cartoonist Expo noon to 5 P.M. at The Vault (425 Franklin St. SE) Free and open to all ages. Book Signings 3-5 P.M. at Danger Room Comics (201 4th Ave. W) Free and open to all ages. Stage Show 6 to 8 P.M. at the Capitol Theater (206 5th Ave.) $1 donation and parental guidance advised (for language and drawn nudity). The Olympia Comics Festival differs greatly from typical comic conventions because it is dedicated to upholding comics as an art form and promoting local small press cartoonists. This event is intended to be enjoyed by devoted comic fans and casual readers alike. For questions, email olympiacomicsfestival@gmail.com or call Danger Room at (360) 705-3050. June Eco-Jam: Environmental Education through Art and Action Start: 1:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Calling all Youth On Saturday, June 7 from 1:00 PM until 9:00 PM the teens of the YMCA Earth Service Corps will team up with community organizations to hold the 6th annual June Eco-Jam. This amazing event, which is open to all teens will feature an assortment of environmental and community action projects and will conclude with a spectacular display of visual and performance art, created by the teens, and intended to raise awareness of the environment. Get your Community Service Hours! When: June 7, 2008: Action Projects 1-4:30 PM. Art show, Dinner, and Battle of the Bands 5:30-9 PM. Book Arts Show & Tell at the Olympia Timberland Library Start: 2:00 pm End: 4:00 pm Spend some time with an array of beautiful handmade and altered books. Meet local book artists and participate in a discussion of their creative process. Handmade and altered books will also be on display for the entire month of June in the library's front lobby. Painting Party at the Freeschool Community Start: 4:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Painting Party at the Freeschool Community Special Event: Spring Cleaning! Help Paint the Freeschool! Free Snacks and the feeling of helping a wonderful resource become more beautiful! Saturday, June 7th, 2008. 4pm-9pm in the freeschool. Thanks! Location: The Freeschool Community, 610 Columbia Street Visit our website at: http://www.FreeschoolUnity.org or http://www.FreeschoolCommunity.org The awesome musician in the picture is Brenna from Riotfolk who is the first artist the Freeschool's Radical Feminist Distro. The Raccoon Collective Presents: EASTSIDE ARTSWALK 2 (SAT June 7th) Start: 4:51 pm Call to Artist! Display your Work at Eastside Artswalk 2 (SAT June 7th) and dance like a wild animal. Open to crafters, filmakers, installation artist, musicians, poets, performance artist, and creativity of all kinds! If you like to participate or have your house be a venue please email raccooncollective@gmail.com and check out www.racooncollective.blogspot.com for more updates and maps! Kitsap Blue Jackets vs. Olympia Athletics (game 1) Start: 5:00 pm End: 8:00 pm The Kitsap Blue Jackets of the West Coast Collegiate League will play the Olympia Athletics (an affiliate team of the BlueJackets) at St. Martins baseball field.