The primary function of art, perhaps, lies in its ability to simply transmit individual experience to the greater community. Undoubtedly, a large part of this exists within the historical record that is formed whenever a[…]
8 Days a Week…
Thursday, April 20 Reception: Microbiomes: Imagining the Unseen. The Arts Center, 700 SW Madison Ave., Corvallis. 4 – 8 p.m. Free. Microbial systems seen through the eyes of artists, looking at questions of “how to[…]
Corvallis Arts Walk, Apr 20
Continuing 2017’s trend of fantastic art in Corvallis, this month’s Arts Walk will undoubtedly be blowing a few minds with some excellent showings. Highlights this month include the exhibit and performance from Kaitlyn Wittig Mengüç[…]
What You Need to Be Legally Green in Oregon
According to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC), which has officially taken over monitoring the state’s legal pot business, over 2,000 applications required to grow, process, and sell cannabis were submitted in 2016, and more[…]
Five Fun Pot Facts
1. Hemp, hemp hooray. Artists and marijuana have more in common than you think. The word “canvas” is derived from the word “cannabis,” because historically, painters’ canvases were made of hemp. 2. Just legalize it[…]
Oregon Sold 11,000 Pounds of Weed in Three Months
It’s official: Oregon’s pot business is now the most famous in the country. On April 4, Time Magazine reported that Oregon’s cannabis industry sold nearly 5 million grams— that’s about 11,000 pounds— of weed in[…]
Corvallis Earth Day Events
In a town like this, where big brick buildings and white pillars of education intersect rural fields and farm animals, there’s bound to be no shortage of reasons to celebrate the Earth. In fact, community[…]
Adieu Caribou’s Mellow Melodies
A year and a few months since the band’s last release, local favorite Adieu Caribou has come out with its third full-length album, What Was, What Is, What Could Have Been. As a story, it[…]
The Corvallis Cribbage Craze
There is a game craze taking over the bars and breweries of Corvallis. It isn’t one of the new offensive games for horrible people such as Cards Against Humanity that have enjoyed recent popularity. This[…]
Advocate Hosts Poetry Open Mic, April 25
Hey all you wordsmiths, whittling your brains away to produce great works of candor and visceral juxtaposition–now is your time to shine. Polish off your bestest poems and prepare for the upcoming Poetry Open Mic[…]
Seasonal Advocate Book Picks
Every year, the sun sneaks up on our shoulders and people suddenly think it’s time to clean. What a dumb idea. Here’s to not cleaning your clutter, and instead adding something substantial to your life,[…]
Guitar Society Brings International Acts to Corvallis
The Corvallis Guitar Society was recently awarded a grant from the Benton County Cultural Coalition and is planning Corvallis’s first Guitar Festival for June 9 and June 10. Last week, the society signed internationally recognized[…]
Local Musician Jon Sharp: Building a Guitar Ecosystem
Two posters hang side by side on Jon Sharp’s guitar studio wall: the circle of fifths and Pablo Picasso’s The Old Guitarist. One, an orderly tool that’s often used in music—and the other a blue-tinged[…]
The MAZE Comes to Corvallis
Entertaining through both trickery and diversion, MAZE founder Jim Munroe is a self-proclaimed liar and teller of truths. After all, an illusion is just a lie dressed up as a miracle, isn’t it? But there’s[…]
As the State Turns
Chuck Close Gets a Bit Closer I know this headline doesn’t bode well for the quality of those to come this week, but we’ve been in this together for a while, right? I’m sure you’ve[…]
Earth Day Tours, April 20
Friends and neighbors of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Western Ecology Division will be opening their laboratory doors to the public and giving tours on Thursday, April 20 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Healthy ecosystems are[…]
Linn-Benton Backwash
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is thinking about shipping inmates out to Eastern Oregon, saving residents a bunch of money with the cheaper rates offered by our even more rural neighbors. This includes insurance relating[…]
8 Days a Week…
Thursday, April 13 Know Your Rights – Advocate Roundish Table. Imagine Coffee, 5460 SW Philomath Blvd., Corvallis. 7 p.m. Free. Word on the street is that these Advocate Roundish Tables are pretty good. Well, no…[…]
OSU Rape Case Proves Procedural Failure
On the night of Aug. 2, 2016, Oregon State University student Miriam Morrissette was raped by a Ph.D. candidate and graduate teaching assistant enrolled in the same institution. Upon reporting her rape to OSU, Morrissette[…]
A Sweet Hobby That Just Might Save the Planet
Though the sun may not have gotten the message yet, spring has officially sprung. Trees are budding, daffodils blooming, and bees buzzing – just in time for you to try your hand at the ancient[…]