Arts Walk is on First Friday this month. 

Get ready for Arts Walk XXXVII

Thanks to the support of downtown businesses and the talents of hundreds of artists, downtown Olympia rolls out the red carpet for Arts Walk on Friday, October 3, from 5-10pm!

Just a reminder that this is the first event where the closed streets at 5th and Washington will be 100% acoustic! This means no electricity for outside performances, creating more intimate pockets of music rather than a wall of sound.

This fall’s event also marks the 20th Anniversary of the Olympia Arts Commission, major sponsor of the event. If you have a moment, drop by the Washington Center for the Performing Arts from 4-5pm to celebrate not only their Anniversary but also the efforts of 19 other Arts Organizations who have nurtured the arts in our community for 20 years or more!

We look forward to seeing you at Arts Walk!

Thanks also to Art House Designs, Capitol City Press, Comcast, Heritage Bank and Mixx 96fm for their support of this City organized event.

For more information, please contact Erin Conine, Arts & Events Program Specialist, Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation at 570-5858.

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This is one of the many fantastic Procession of the Species Dance Troupes.

Things I saw over the weekend... More here

Hannah over at Greener Living reports:

Evan and I started to walk down around 3, got there at about 3:30 thanks to Evan's crazy fast walking pace, got some sorbet because it was weirdly hot/cold outside. The parade didn't start until 4:30 and it took just under an hour to reach us at the end of its route. The cool thing was, however, that people came down the street with wheel-barrows full of free sidewalk chalk. How cool is that?

While Joshua over at For all the people writes:

I wasn't able to be at arts walk when it officially started, but I was able to peep some pre-browsing/walking/chatting/hanging/catchinguping with several friends. I love how olympia just brings people together. I see someone I know almost everytime I am downtown.

Give your reports below, but don't forget to show Hannah and Joshua some comment love as well.

Snapped some shots yesterday. Not unlike these:

More on my Flickr site.

Also, some of my more polished pics are on display at the Christian Science Reading Room near the corner of 4th and Washington. Come have a look and say hello, if you're downtown before the procession.

Don't miss Word Bound under the 4th Ave. Bridge on Artswalk April 26th...Check out the flyer for details.

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

Locals, Internet Savvy geeks, world peace lovers, art fanatics - all of you!!

einmaleins has a very special announcement for you:

Olympia Artswalk 2008 will go Live, Worldwide, on the Web.

And you can be a part of this!!!

We installed a live web-cam at einmaleins, which will send Arts Walk across the wires all around the world!

How fantastic is that??

Here is the link for a preview:

http://www.everydayolympia.com/events/artswalk/index.php

So, tell your folks and friends from near and far. Logon yourself if you can't make it downtown this weekend or if just want to see why Arts Walk is Olympia's biggest party of the year!

And, if you want to let out that inner actor/actress in you, swing by einmaleins ans say Hallo to the world!

The camera awaits you!!

mathias

einmaleins

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