If so, we need your help getting the word out for this important election in February.

Timberland Regional Library system has provided essential services for over 40 years to five counties in Southwest Washington. Now, for the first time in 40 years, Timberland is seeking a levy lid lift to allow libraries in your community to provide the same level of quality services you have come to expect from your local library. [more]

The Saturday night performance of Scrooge was a very enjoyable experience. I have to say for a local production company Capital Playhouse did an excellent presentation of this classic Christmas tale comparable to anything up in Seattle, probably better. [more]

(originally posted by Rolandovich over at Oly Ost, thanks for the permission to reprint!)

Ever wondered where your yard waste and now hopefully, your food waste goes after it’s picked up? If not, stop reading.

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Terry Teachout, the theater critic for the Wall Street Journal recently wrote about the underappreciated state of local theater concluding that “…most of the best live drama in America is to be found in what Variety still insists on calling ‘the stix.’” [more]

Olympia - The Sound of the City Next Door by Serena Bartlett and Perrin Randlette. Review by Bryan West.

All right, I admit it. I’m one of those people who walks into a bookstore and eventually finds himself in front of the travel books, you know, the Lonely Planets, Frommers, Rough Guides.