DrewBoy Creative: Judith Loomis Artist Interview (Nov 2021) “I don’t want to make pretty pictures. Plenty of people do that already.”
Big changes coming to Wheelhouse in 2022 “Our community needs Wheelhouse. Wheelhouse needs you. Will you serve on the board starting in January 2022?”
The Book Report: There There, by Tommy Orange and other selected reads by Native American authors “There There is a featured title in the annual Mid-Columbia Reads literary festival.”
Collected art and poetry from October 2021 We’ve rounded up October's art and poetry for your enjoyment!
Local artist releases new album: Sol y Sombra “Sol y Sombra is my eighth full-length album of original songs, and the third album that I wrote and recorded entirely here in Richland.”
Playing academic catch-up “If the student has the correct support structure in place... they have a great opportunity to grow and catch up.”
Washington state’s new long-term care tax “Perhaps you haven’t heard, but a new payroll/wage tax will be taking effect at the beginning of the year.”
Creating healthy boundaries for making realistic changes “An often forgotten part of self-care is evaluating and setting healthy boundaries.”
Ideology as Story part 1 “Ideology and belief, no matter how ardently held, are reducible to simple stories.”
October 2021: ELECTION GUIDE Want the Tri-Cities to be better? Vote. Use tricitiesvote.com and this issue to help.
Five Richland councilmembers ignored hundreds of signatures in 2018, refusing to allow a public vote on marijuana sales. Two of them are up for re-election in November “Do you want change in the Tri-Cities? Voter turnout can make a huge difference.”
All Ages Show documents Tri-Cities music scene “We were hungry for the music back then. Hungry for the community around the music. STARVING.”
White Bluffs is on stage in October White Bluffs explores themes of patriotism, grief, racism, and what it means to be American.
It’s all about love “In the 51 essays I have written for Tumbleweird, one common philosophy comes through: LOVE.”
Game review: Oath A lot of the games I review are lighter fare — games that take 15 minutes or so to learn, 45–60 minutes to play, and are easily engaging for gamers
Recipe: Instant Pot butter chicken curry “The Instant Pot version I’m sharing with you this month is my favorite way to make butter chicken at home”
Fundamentalist anti-democracy “The real issues are money, power, racism, patriarchy, tribal domination, and a desire to impose Christian fundamentalism.”
