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A Luke Somers Retrospective: A Day in the Life of Yemen

Seattle University 901 12th Ave , Seattle, WA, United States

You're invited to join Jordan and Paula Somers, brother and mother of Luke Somers, as they celebrate, observe and reflect on Luke's life, as well as honor and recognize the lives of the Yemeni people, as seen through Luke's eyes from 2011 to 2013. For three days, they will be exhibiting a collection of Luke's work […]

Free

Mohammad Sabaaneh – Cartoonist to visit Oly

Orca Books 509 4th Ave. E, Olympia, WA, United States

Mohammad Sabaaneh is a Palestinian graphic artist living in Ramallah in the West Bank. He is the principal political cartoonist for Al-Hayat al-Jadida, the Palestinian Authority’s daily newspaper, and has published his work in many other newspapers around the Arab World. He is a member of the International Cartoon Movement as well as the VJ Movement […]

Free

Al-Andalus Ensemble “The Bridge” Concert Performance in Port Townsend, WA

Quimper Unitarian Fellowship Hall 2333 San Juan Ave, Port Townsend, Washington

Join the international Al Andalus Ensemble for a poignant evening of music & dance The Bridge on Thursday, May, 11th 2017  at 7:00 p.m. Al-Andalus was part of our Olympia Arab Festival last October. The Al-Andalus Ensemble "The Bridge" performance explores the theme of what bridges us to one another, as well as what we […]

$15

Mother’s Day Vigil at Northwest Detention Center

Tacoma NWDC 1623 East "J" Street, Tacoma, WA

The NW Detention Center (NWDC) is the region's largest immigration detention center. It is owned and run by the for-profit prison corporation GEO Group. Detainees from across the NW are taken to the NWDC by I.C.E. where they are held captive prior to deportation. Like some 1,300 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, there are over […]

Naomi Klein in Olympia

Evergreen State College 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, Washington

Join Evergreen State College on Thursday, May 18th, 7:30pm for a presentation by Naomi Klein, the author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate. The talk will be held at the College Recreation Center and doors open at 7pm. in downtown Olympia. For tickets and more information, see here.

$7 – $20