Above: The Psychedelic Shadow Show was one of ten bands who entertained vendors and street fair goers at Love our Local Fest, held in the northeast Olympia neighborhood on Sunday. The group plays throughout the Shelton-Olympia area, or “Shelympia” as lead singer Carolyn Malanowski called it after her gig, as she bought a few
goodies from the 8 Arms Bakery booth. Groovy.
By
Janine Gates
Old friends hugged and spent the day catching up on old times, from afternoon through evening at the Love our Local Fest on Olympia’s northeast neighborhood on Sunday. What a long, strange trip it's been....
Plenty of new relationships were formed too as friends introduced friends and volunteers of local nonprofits explained the missions of their groups to newcomers.
Gathered around Bethel Street and San Francisco Avenue in front of the San Francisco Street Bakery and Roosevelt Elementary School, the annual event was filled with great community vibes, music, locally made food, arts, and crafts.
Nearly 20 local sponsors, and tens of vendors helped make it all possible.
Plenty of new relationships were formed too as friends introduced friends and volunteers of local nonprofits explained the missions of their groups to newcomers.
Gathered around Bethel Street and San Francisco Avenue in front of the San Francisco Street Bakery and Roosevelt Elementary School, the annual event was filled with great community vibes, music, locally made food, arts, and crafts.
Nearly 20 local sponsors, and tens of vendors helped make it all possible.
Above: Gita Moulton demonstrates her
weaving skills as passersby watch her create a new guitar strap for City of
Olympia Councilmember Clark Gilman, who stopped by her booth and put in his
order. Gita also had key fobs, belts, dog leashes, and yoga mat straps for sale.
Above: City of Olympia councilmember
Jeannine Roe sampled a handmade cream at Beth Mathew’s booth. Her business, Nature
Nouveau, features vegan, cruelty-free, non comedogenic products free of
synthetics, and can be found at the West Olympia Farmer’s Market at West
Central Park, open for the season until October 11, on the corner of Harrison and Division on Tuesdays, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00
p.m.
Above: Bev Bassett of the Olympia
Confronting the Climate Crisis group explains her group's activities and gets more mileage out of a float that wasn’t
allowed in the Capital Lakefair parade earlier this year. Nearby, Dave Peeler of the Deschutes River Restoration Team handed out beautiful, new Deschutes River Watershed Guide programs and Yestuary! bumperstickers.
