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SafePlace - voted Olympia's best non-profit - has a wide-ranging array of programs to serve those affected by domestic violence and sexual assault. There is a confidential shelter, a Crisis Line, English- and Spanish-speaking support groups and a new support group for teens. And then there's a restaurant, MIJAS, started by
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Perhaps it's no wonder papercut artist Nikki McClure was voted Olympia's Best Visual Artist. Her work seems to be everywhere, from people's chests to kitchen walls to the covers of Olympia's storm drains. "Maybe it's the most popular or the most identifiable, not necessarily the best," McClure says. "There are some
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Sometimes when I write about a comedian and include a sampling of jokes, copied faithfully from online video sources, I feel a little bit guilty. I wonder if the performer will have to edit the show or, worse yet, fail to edit and have audience members already in
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Sometimes when I write about a comedian and include a sampling of jokes, copied faithfully from online video sources, I feel a little bit guilty. I wonder if the performer will have to edit the show or, worse yet, fail to edit and have audience members already in on the joke. However,
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Gay-rights activist Judy Shepard will speak Friday in Olympia. Shepard is not a household name, but her late son is. Matthew Shepard was the gay college student who was beaten to death in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming. Judy Shepard's speech is sponsored by the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the
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What woman could resist a "A Well EnTAOed Valentine"? Not this one. But clever name and proximity to Feb. 14 aside, Theater Artists Olympia's Friday-night fundraiser is more likely to make your flesh crawl than tingle. Along with the food and drinks and raffles will come zombies and cannibals. The special
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What woman could resist a "A Well EnTAOed Valentine"? Not this one. But clever name and proximity to Feb. 14 aside, Theater Artists Olympia's Friday-night fundraiser is more likely to make your flesh crawl than tingle. Along with the food and drinks and raffles will come zombies and cannibals. The special feature on
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When I think of "pet portraits," I can't help but remember an ugly oil painting of my aunt's beloved Clancy, an ottoman-shaped dog who ate like the spoiled child of wealthy parents. (He had a favorite cookie: Nabisco Brown Edge Wafers.) But the portraits of Tiny Beasts
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There's something green at Olympia burger shack Big Tom - and it's not on the menu, which is bare of all vegetables save the humble potato and a few lonely burger toppings. Instead, it's just about everywhere else. Owner Michael Fritsch has taken the classic drive-in and made it green, with
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Humming yet? Northern and the Olympia Film Society are hosting a screening of Deborah Stratman's 2009 documentary, O'er the Land, which is ostensibly about a whole host of big-picture issues - freedom, technology and manifest destiny. The screening is Tuesday, Feb. 8, kicking off at 8 p.m.
