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CRYPTATROPA bar to open in Olympia Friday

MANIUM BUILDING COMES ALIVE >>>   In the dark old building on the corner of Fourth and Jefferson in downtown Olympia lives a dampened dream. A small square sign juts into the sky - "MANIUM," it reads. Black tarps cover the windows, as do layers of fliers.  A once lively all-ages punk

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Olympia Lakefair: hanging out in the clubs

BURGERS, BANDS AND EIGHT-HOUR DANCE PARTIES >>> Lakefair and Olympians have a love/hate relationship. Love the Demo Burgers; hate the crowd. Love drinking in the beer garden; hate paying seven bucks for one beer.  Love the rides; hate the lines. But as much as we hate the little crap, Lakefair has become

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