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Coming up!\: The Immigration and Border Dialogues Conference
brought to you by Bridges Not Walls.
May 15th-18th\, 2008 The Evergreen State College Olympia\, WA www.oly-wa.us/Bridges/
Join us! Presenters and performers from organizations active both regionally and internationally will come together to address immigration. Join in discussion\, workshops\, theatre\, art and seminars to stimulate the growth of a movement. Let'\;s work toward sustainable futures for individuals and families on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border! Email bridgesnotwalls@riseup.net for conference registration information.
"\;It'\;s not really a border\, it'\;s a scar. Will it heal? Will it bleed once more?"\; -Carlos Fuentes
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june madrona
josh kane
shelby sifers (portland)
morgan orion (illinois)
+ more!
5\:30 pm under the 4th avenue bridge
please bring donations for touring bands!
Hello OCS Friends!
The Olympia Choral Society
presents
"\;2008\: A Choral Odyssey"\;
Friday &\; Saturday\, May 16 &\; 17 at 7\:30pm
Sunday\, May 18 at 2\:30pm
at the North Thurston Perf. Arts Center
600 Sleater-Kinney Rd. NE\, Lacey
FREE Admission- donations gratefully accepted
www.olympiachoral.org
Come celebrate 10 years of OCS with us! You'\;ll hear Bach'\;s "\;Jesu Meine
Freude"\; along with the Beatles'\; "\;Hey Jude."\; The concert is packed with new
music as well as some favorites from past concerts. Visit our web site for
more info.
Thanks for being a supporter of OCS for 10 years!
Terry Shaw\, OCS Director
www.olympiachoral.org
ConspiraZine presents a local discussion group with Rod MacKenzie\, a former rogue agent who candidly talks about his association with former Mafia boss Sam Giancana\, the Bay of Pigs fiasco and the alleged shooting teams of the JFK assassination. Also featured is Mike Adams from the Health Ranger Podcast with a shocking and highly controversial segment about the racist cancer industry\, unethical human experimentation and chemical enslavement.
ConspiraZine can be heard Saturdays from 4-6pm on Free Radio Olympia at 98.5 FM or via mp3 stream at www.frolympia.org. You can also listen to it on Wedenesdays from 7-9pm on KOWA-LP at 106.5 FM and streamed at www.kowalp.org.
ConspiraZine - more conspiracy\, less theory!
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Special Fundraiser Event for the Freeschool Community! Pizza Party Event with live music\, Those Bottom Feeders and Paris! At Fertile Ground\, 311 9th Ave\, SE\, on Saturday\, May 17th\, 2008. 6pm-9pm. Join us!
for more information about the Freeschool Community classes and events\, visit\:
www.freeschoolunity.org or visit our back website at
www.freeschoolcommunity.org
There is a PDF Flyer for this event as a File Attachment here (pdf).
Please show solidarity and print it out ans share with others! Thanks!
Love\, Solidarty and Peace worldwide! \:)
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SUMMARY:Lucky Cat Promotions Grand Opening Party/Show
DESCRIPTION:Join Lucky Cat Radio Promotions at their Grand Opening show on Saturday\, May 17th\, featuring live music from Glass Elevator\, The Hard Way\, Z Kamp\, and The Transport Assembly.
Lucky Cat Radio Promotions is a company dedicated to promoting independent music at college and noncommercial radio stations around the United States. The company was founded by former KAOS music director Melissa Suther\, and includes Tammy Tillinghast (also a former KAOS music director) and graphic designer Anna Horvath.
Currently\, Lucky Cat is working with Seattle label Broken Twilight to promote a handful of releases\, including the record \\"Improbable Songs\\" by The Transport Assembly.
The Grand Opening show will include a live deejay and should be a lot of fun. Come on down to The Voyeur on 4th Avenue in downtown Olympia at 9 pm. See you then...
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Please come and join in the world wide celebration of the 25th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial\, a program of the Global Health Council.
Join in remembrance of those who have died of AIDS both locally and world-wide and to help in creating awareness about the impact HIV/AIDS is having on our local community and abroad.
Instead of candles we will be using items that represent life.
Music begins at 6\:30pm Donations for AHOPE for Children AIDS orphans and United Community AIDS Network are appreciated
For more information contact Jasmine Azpiri at 971-218-0050 or for more information about the world-wide event visit\: http\://www.candlelightmemorial.org
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More detailed information\, speaker bios and event times and locations can be found at
http\://www.evergreen.edu/synergy
Synergy\: The 7th Annual Sustainable Living Conference is being held at The Evergreen State College in Olympia\, Washington. The dates for the 2008 conference are Monday\, May 19th through Friday\, May 23rd. This conference has grown to be a powerful platform to engage and address the intertwining themes of Ecology\, Design\, Culture\, Health\, and Social Change.
Synergy is organized by a non-profit coalition of student organizers. The title of the event reflects our belief that the solutions to the world’s problems can only be solved though collaboration\, where the whole becomes more then the sum of it’s parts. This year’s conference will include presentations by notable leaders in their respected fields.
Dr. Mitchell Joachim of New York based non-profit Terreform\, will be presenting a keynote lecture on the future of ecological urban design at 6PM on Thursday May 22nd in Lecture Hall 1. Dr. Joachim\, a MIT Media Lab graduate\, is best known as being the creator of the Fab Tree Hab. He won the History Channel and Infiniti Design Excellence Award for the City of the Future\, New York and Time Magazine Best Invention of the Year 2007\, Compacted Car with the MIT Smart Cities Group.
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there is a housing crisis\, find out who wins and who loses\, and learn about some local solutions.
Jesse Schultz (Camp Quixote)
Sandra Kozlowski (Conchetta House)
Amanda Coday (family housing @ Evergreen)
Comming up at Traditions on Tuesday the 20th of May\, 7pm Community Rhythmcircle.
Experience the magical music of our community. Express yourself\, connect with your community\, release stress and have fun! No experience necessary\, fun for all levels of experience. Beginners are especially encouraged to attend. Family friendly!
Experience playing music together in an ensemble. Facilitated improvisation/freestyle drumming and percussion. If you've been thinking about something new and different then this amazing event is for you. Discover your natural sense of rhythm (even if you don't think you have any). Bring your drum and percussion instruments or play some of ours. Dancers are always welcome at Rhythm Events. What would the music be without dancers?
Only $5 at the door.
Contact Michael...Mobile 208 660 7197
Email Michael@DrumaticInnovation.com
Traditions...300 5th Ave SW\, Olympia
...the compelling movie\, The Sleep Room\, at 7pm on Friday\, May 23 at Traditions Cafe. It'\;s based on a true story about Dr. Ewen Cameron'\;s CIA funded brainwashing experiments at McGill University in Canada\, and\, the lawsuit by victims against the Canadien governement and the CIA.
Donations will be gladly accepted. For additional information\, call 956-9517.
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POLKA DOT DOT DOT first show with Jordan in nearly a year\, future 7"\;
YOUR HEART BREAKS just back from UK tour with Kimya Dawson\, brand new 7"\;
CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS aka SON first show in like a year\, relatively old 7"\;
LIZA JANE of Moonbaby\, 7"\;??
ABC House
Friday\, May 23rd at 8pm
$5 or a bottle of Freixenet
Ah\, spring - the time to clean house and throw stuff out. Wait! Could that junk have another life as a piece of art? Or are you an artist who just needs a place to sell your funky stuff? Spend the day with local artists and turn that clutter into cash at the Artists Garage Sale\, Saturday\, May 31\, from 10am-3pm at the Armory on Eastside Street! Here are some ideas for things you can sell\:
-Art books and old magazines
-Art supplies you no longer use - everything from that stained glass hobby to supplies for printmaking\, jewelry\, ceramics\, rug-hooking - whatever!
-Old CD's and records
-Equipment\: kilns\, mat cutters\, photography stuff
-Old instruments that would love to be played
-Electronics\: audio and visual\, moving image
-And if you are an artist - sell your artwork\, crafts\, recordings\, chapbooks\, etc.
If you've got stuff to sell\, call the City of Olympia Arts Commission at 360/709-2678 or find a form online at www.olympiawa.gov/cityservices/par The entry fee is $5 if you provide your own table\, $10 if we provide one for you! Sign up today!
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Ever watched one-man sculling boats glide through Puget Sound? Want to learn to row? Now's your chance!