Cartoon: Just How Much Is It? by Leo Bar

Leo Bar on June 1, 2025

Community Spotlight

Sign Waving Rally – Park at the Park&Ride at Martin Way, I-5 exit 109. We will sign wave along Martin Way – July 17, 5-7pm – Sign wave about any issues that are troubling you as part of the Good Trouble Lives On national day of nonviolent action. Organized by Olympia Indivisible.

Join One Million Rising, a nationwide effort to train one million people in the practice of non-cooperation, sponsored by Indivisible National, Wednesday, July 16 and 30 and August 13 @5-6pm (virtual) Learn how to push back against the implementation of fascist programs. Sign up here

Work Party at Cooper Crest Preserve – Cooper Pt Rd. @ 20th Ave NW – July 19, 10am-2pm – Help Olyecosystems collect riverbank lupine seeds, sand and paint 2 picnic tables and weed. Please come prepared with work gloves and a bucket to collect seeds. Parking on 20th Ave or at Marshall Middle School. Water & snacks provided

Sirens & Sea Monsters Drag show – an all-ages fundraiser for Stonewall Youth – Olympia Family Theater, 612 4th Ave E, July 18 from 7-9pm & July 19 from 4-6pm. $20 suggested donation (free for youth) To purchase ticket, visit stonewall youth.org/drag

Stonewall Youth drop-ins – 112 State Ave NE – Every Tuesday & Wednesday, 4-7 pm – Youth between the ages of 12-21 are free to come in, lounge, pillage our kitchen and interact with other youth.

Drop-in English program of Multicultural Service Center of the South Sound- 1101 Eastside St SE Olympia – Monday & Wednesday, 6-8pm – Help immigrants master English. Come any evening and chat with whoever shows up. You get some guidance, but in your conversations, you and your student have free reign. Show up and introduce yourself or click here to register

Solidarity Against Tyranny – Online event brought to you by Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) – July 21 @ 6 pm. How can our movements survive the rise of authoritarian regimes? Click here to register

Oly Comix Cult – Orca Books Cooperative, 315 5th Ave SE – July 23, 2-5pm. Orca is hosting an all day collaborative comix making marathon by Oly Comix Cult. All skill levels welcome

Author Talk with Judy Kiehart – Orca Books Cooperative, 315 5th Ave SE – July 26, 4 pm – Join Olympia resident Judy Kiehart for a conversation on their newest work, Mixed Shorts, a collection of 52 tales.

Sea Level Rise Walking Tours – sponsored by the Olympia Sea Level Rise Collaborative – Meet in front of Olympia City Hall, 601 4th Ave E – July 15, 3:30-5pm, July 30, 4-5:30 pm and August 19, 9-10:30am. Explore the environmental history of the area and learn about the impacts of sea level rise on Olympia and the strategies to adapt.

Parks Stewardship Volunteer Opportunity – sponsored by Olympia Parks Dept. Yashiro Japanese Garden, July 12, Friendly Grove Park, July 19 & Springwood Parcel (formerly Zabel’s Rhody Garden, July 26. Sign up at Volunteer Olympia

Visit Thurston Conservation District at the County Fair – Thurston County Fairgrounds, 3054 Carpenter Rd. Lacey – July 31-August 3. Join the TCD @1 PM for daily presentations on gardening, manure composting and wildfire prevention

Fall Native Bulb & Seed Sale – Store.ThurstonCD.com- Order your plants August 1-September 15

Rapid Response Training – July 31, 6-8pm (virtual) – Get trained to be a community volunteer with Washington Immigration Solidarity Network (WAISN) https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bblKAezbQoyrtdP4nrNFKw#/registration

Dana Lyons “Cracks in the Heartland” tour in Olympia, Backyard concert at Michelle’s, 3320 Hawthorne Place SE Olympia, August 23, 5:30 potluck, 6:30 concert, Suggested donation $15-25, no one turned away for lack of funds. Parking behind the home in the Olympia high School parking lot near the daycare or on-street.

Cartoon: Just How Much Is It? by Leo Bar

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