You can learn more about Karma and Michael’s farm at their website Kingbird Farm.
Kingbird Farm – meet the farmers – Karma ’94 and Michael Glos ’93
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Lynda Barry: What is an Image?
Lynda Barry graduated Evergreen in ’79. Her blossoming career as a cartoonist, teacher, novelist, business owner and more embodies the interdisciplinary approach practiced at Evergreen. These days a portion of Lynda’s work is devoted to giving speeches and providing workshops that explore creativity, writing, and what an image is. The Post Crescent recently sat down with Lynda for an interview before one of her talks.
Evergreen’s TEDx is Monday, February 25, 2013 4-7pm
TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege: Local Innovations for a Changing World is the second TEDx conference hosted at Evergreen. It’s coming soon and you’re invited.
Last year Evergreen hosted its first Tedx conference, TEDxTheEvergreenStateCollege: Hello Climate Change, 11 speakers from across the community shared their thoughts on the ability — and responsibility — of formal and informal education to inspire and empower action in this era of climate change. David Roberts’ video was picked by TEDx interns as one of ten top videos of 2012.
Stephanie Coontz: Making space for a Multigenerational Home
The Huffinton Post published a recent article, How Generations can Thrive Under the Same Roof. In the article Stephanie Coontz, Evergreen Faculty member, speaks to how the ‘silver cord’ was cut in 1940’s and 50’s and family dynamics to be aware of when living in a multigenerational home.
from Inside Evergreen: Food, Health and Sustainability
Faculty Martha Rosemeyer (at right) discusses spices with students in the program Food, Health and Sustainability in the Sustainable Agricultural Lab at Evergreen’s Organic Farm. — Shauna Bittle photo
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Last week, we got a call from faculty Martha Rosemeyer who invited us to visit her program Food, Health and Sustainability as they cooked together in the lab at the Organic Farm. The students had worked on creating nutritionally balanced one-pot meals. During our visit last Friday, they were learning to add a layer of complexity to their dishes by using the distinctive flavors of several different cultures including India, South America and Asia.
We filmed and photographed as the students chopped, sautéed and simmered; and our mouths watered as the flavors of their dishes came together over heat. After cooking, the class ate together family-style and we were lucky enough to get to sample the delicious fruits of their labor.
Martha Rosemeyer took a few minutes of the day to sit down with us and talked about how important it is to apply the study of food science to cooking at home, and creating meals that are both exciting to taste and good for the body. Her words and our images are featured here in our latest One Minute Evergreen. Enjoy!
Students carefully fill bell peppers with a mixture of quinoa and chicken before baking. Each group was assigned a different cultural cuisine and used the spices and staples of that cuisine to make a unique dish. — Shauna Bittle photo
Food, Health and Sustainability students carry their meals from the lab kitchen to the farmhouse. The class ate family-style and everyone had the chance to sample all the dishes created by their classmates. — Shauna Bittle photo
Original post created by Inside Evergreen, a multimedia blog run by Photoland
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Rebecca Chamberlain, Evergreen faculty member
Editor’s Note: Alumni and friends in the Los Angeles area, come join us in person as we seminar about The Stories We Tell Ourselves with Rebecca Chamberlain and alumnus Craig Bartlett ’81 on Saturday, February 9th. Learn more and register online today. Below is a guest post from Rebecca to get you ready for the seminar.
Modern wizards of animation have powerful tools to tell stories for today’s world. Craig Bartlett is one of the new storytellers, mixing words and images to tell engaging stories. Popular series, such as Hey Arnold!, inspire and entertain us. Arnold is an unpretentious hero–a model of human goodness, integrity, and resiliency–in complex and demanding world.
U.S. Rep Denny Heck ’74 Holds Open House in Lacey this Wednesday
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.
North West Asian Weekly honors Tina Kuckkahn-Miller
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.
Darby’s Cafe featured on the Food Network, owners Sara & Nate Reilly ’01 celebrate
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
Flocking to the feather art of Chris Maynard ’88
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!