Zinester, activist and doom metal rocker Imogen Binnie comes to Olympia for 1 night only for a reading of her first novel NEVADA.

About the book:
Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths, a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever.

About the author:
Imogen Binnie writes a monthly column in Maximum Rocknroll magazine, as well as the zines The Fact That It's Funny Doesn't Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. Her work has appeared in Aorta magazine, The Skinny, PrettyQueer, and the Topside Press anthology The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard. She lives with her girlfriend and their dog Pants. Her website is http://www.keepyourbridgesburning.com.

Where: Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Ave SE
When: Friday, March 8, 2013, 7PM
FREE - Books will be available for sale.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/443264489077986/

More info: www.topsidepress.com/nevada

Advance Praise for Nevada

Zinester, activist and doom metal rocker Imogen Binnie comes to Olympia for 1 night only for a reading of her first novel NEVADA.

About the book:
Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths, a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever.

About the author:
Imogen Binnie writes a monthly column in Maximum Rocknroll magazine, as well as the zines The Fact That It's Funny Doesn't Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. Her work has appeared in Aorta magazine, The Skinny, PrettyQueer, and the Topside Press anthology The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard. She lives with her girlfriend and their dog Pants. Her website is http://www.keepyourbridgesburning.com.

Where: Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Ave SE
When: Friday, March 8, 2013, 7PM
FREE - Books will be available for sale.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/443264489077986/

More info: www.topsidepress.com/nevada

Advance Praise for Nevada

Zinester, activist and doom metal rocker Imogen Binnie comes to Olympia for 1 night only for a reading of her first novel NEVADA.

About the book:
Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths, a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever.

About the author:
Imogen Binnie writes a monthly column in Maximum Rocknroll magazine, as well as the zines The Fact That It's Funny Doesn't Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. Her work has appeared in Aorta magazine, The Skinny, PrettyQueer, and the Topside Press anthology The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard. She lives with her girlfriend and their dog Pants. Her website is http://www.keepyourbridgesburning.com.

Where: Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Ave SE
When: Friday, March 8, 2013, 7PM
FREE - Books will be available for sale.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/443264489077986/

More info: www.topsidepress.com/nevada

Advance Praise for Nevada

Zinester, activist and doom metal rocker Imogen Binnie comes to Olympia for 1 night only for a reading of her first novel NEVADA.

About the book:
Nevada is the darkly comedic story of Maria Griffiths, a young trans woman living in New York City and trying to stay true to her punk values while working retail. When she finds out her girlfriend has lied to her, the world she thought she'd carefully built for herself begins to unravel, and Maria sets out on a journey that will most certainly change her forever.

About the author:
Imogen Binnie writes a monthly column in Maximum Rocknroll magazine, as well as the zines The Fact That It's Funny Doesn't Make It A Joke and Stereotype Threat. Her work has appeared in Aorta magazine, The Skinny, PrettyQueer, and the Topside Press anthology The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard. She lives with her girlfriend and their dog Pants. Her website is http://www.keepyourbridgesburning.com.

Where: Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Ave SE
When: Friday, March 8, 2013, 7PM
FREE - Books will be available for sale.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/443264489077986/

More info: www.topsidepress.com/nevada

Advance Praise for Nevada

Rachel Corrie Foundation presents 2012 Peace Works 

Shuruq: Olympia's First Arab Festival, October 6, 2012

CONTACT

Amirah Ziada, amirah@rachelcorriefoundation.org, (360) 754-3998

Left Foot Organics is a local nonprofit organization helping people with intellectual disabilities and rural youth to gain job and life skills while growing good food for their community. Now in its eighth year, Left Foot offers paid employment experience and is committed to provide the support each individual needs to overcome their challenges and be successful.

On the third Saturday of each month Left Foot hosts volunteers in the morning to come out and help with farm work.  The farm then provides a hot lunch for volunteers and following lunch a workshop is put on to provide community members with farm  and social skills that are transferable to their everyday lives.

For the month of August workshop Left Foot Organics is present our own Farm Manager, Lydia Beth Leimbach, as she teaches the fine art of bouquet making.  Having specialized in growing and raising perennials, natives, and carnations, she will display her keen eye for creating an eye-catching arrangement.  Plan on taking your bouquet home with you!

The day begins at 10 o'clock for volunteers and lunch is served at noon!  Workshops typically begin around one o'clock.  Please come ready to work in the elements!
Left Foot Organics is located at 11122 Case Road SW, Olympia, 98512, just 3 miles from exit 99 off interstate 5.

Really Really Free Markets (RRFMs) are completely free, public events where neighbors, friends and family come together in the spirit of community building, sustainability and anti-consumerism.  The idea is to give away no longer needed items, find new treasures, bring/eat good food and *gasp* socialize with fellow members of our community.

Really Really Free Markets (RRFMs) are completely free, public events where neighbors, friends and family come together in the spirit of community building, sustainability and anti-consumerism.  The idea is to give away no longer needed items, find new treasures, bring/eat good food and *gasp* socialize with fellow members of our community.

Build and Install a Solar Hot Water Heater
with Marisha Auerbach, Jenny Pell, and special guests
  downtown Olympia $195

In this workshop, you will learn how to build and install a solar hot water heater suited for our climate. Solar hot water demands minimal sunlight to heat water, making it a useful energy saving strategy for our climate. As the costs of energy increase, solar hot water technologies become more attractive. During this workshop, we will discuss the different options available for incorporating solar hot water in your home in Western Washington. We will design and build a low-tech solar hot water heater and install it on-site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTO4aQZ9LI8
http://www.dr-stinky.com/solar.htm

Course details and registration: www.permaculturenow.com
Or contact Marisha Auerbach: (360) 273-7117, queenbee@herbnwisdom.com www.herbnwisdom.com

Presentation by Marisha Auerbach

Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA

$10 - $7 sliding scale

Seedsaving gives us the unique opportunity to dance with life and play a distinct role in our nourishment. We can nurture plants for the special qualities that sustain us in uncertain futures. As corporations attempt to take control of our genetic diversity, seed saving becomes an important political act. Come join us to learn how you can take responsibility for your own food supply by saving your own seed from your garden. We will be discussing harvest of cultivated and native seeds as well as flowers and vegetable crops. Seed saving is a great localized buffer against the globalization of our food supply as it encourages diversity and increases the resilience in our gardens from pests and disease.

For more information, or to register, contact Marisha Auerbach:  (360) 273-7117 or queenbee@herbnwisdom.com

www.herbnwisdom.com