Denny Heck ’74, photo from Twitter

The 10th District’s new congressman, Denny Heck ’74 is hosting an open house at his district office in Lacey to meet with constituents and friends.  Evergreen alumni received a special invitation from Heck’s office stating that he would love to see folks from the Evergreen community.

Open House
January 30, 2013
From 4:00pm until 6:00pm
10th Congressional District Thurston/Mason County Office
420 College Street, S.E.
Suite 3000 (Third Floor)
Lacey, WA 98503

Find out more in the Olympian.

Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, Founding Director of the Longhouse Education and Cultural Center

If you’ve been at the college in any of the last 17 years your experience has been shaped by Tina Kuckkahn-Miller. Tina is the founding director of Longhouse Education and Cultural Center.

NW Asian Weekly will honor the work of Kuckkahn and other women of color in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more and see the full list of honorees.

Nate and Sara Reilly ’01 pose with TV show host, Guy Frier, outside of Darby’s Cafe – photo from www.weeklyvolcano.com

Last Monday “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” of the Food Network aired an episode, Hometown Haunts, featuring Olympia’s own Darby’s Cafe. Sara ’01 and Nate Reilly ’01, co-owners of Darby’s Cafe, didn’t have cable TV at home to watch the show so they invited friends, family, and customers to join them at the Capital Theater to watch the show and celebrate; proceeds went to Thurston County Food Bank.

– The Olympian has more on the story

Evening Rush Hour – Carrion Crow Feathers. Art work by Chris Maynard ’88 www.Featherfolio.com

From Reddit to the Huffington Post the internet has begun to notice the work of Chris Maynard ’88. Feathers are Maynard’s medium; his most used tool: a surgical scalpel.

The Olympian has more on this rising artist and the crowd flocking to see his art.

Want to get your hands on a piece by Chris?  Learn more about the event and buy your tickets to the Art of Living today!

Jakob Shockey stoking a fire. Photo from www.jakobshockey.com

Last November a team of Evergreen students published a peer review article in PLOS One, an open access, peer-review, web journal. Their project documented the condition of the pygmy three-toed sloth ( Bradypus pygmaeus), which is critically endangered. As a follow up to our original post on this project here is an interview by the Seattle Weekly Blogger, Matt Driscoll, of Jakob Shockey and Sam Kaviar, Evergreen students who traveled to Panama to study pygmy sloths:The Horse’s Mouth: Evergreen State College Students Jakob Shockey and Sam Kaviar Discuss Trying to Save the Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth

When Aaron Meola graduated Evergreen in ’08 the local electronic music scene was promising, but not well organized, so he started a collective. Today Dropping Gems, Meola’s electronic music collective, has released 12 albums and is now gearing up to put their music on vinyl. The Portland Mercury has more.

Carrie Brownstein plays a concert with Sleater-Kinney at the Evergreen campus on 02/29/05.

This week the Northwest ‘hip’ indie series, Portlandia, begins its third season on the Independent Film Channel (IFC). If you were around this area in the 1990’s, you might remember the show’s co-developer and co-star Carrie Brownstein ’98 as part of the riot grrrl band Sleater-Kinney.

David Blake, a Seattle Weekly blogger, interviewed Carrie about her very busy year – launching into the third season of a TV show and being a member of the super group Wild Flag. Below are the links to David’s interview with Carrie:

The Carrie Diaries – interview by David Blake
Part two of the Carrie Diaries – interview by David Blake