The laboratory is teeming with mad scientists and robots, levitating orbs and gravity waves, engineering realities and optical illusions. Next door is a related world: video and board games, comic books and character cards, superheroes and super-villains in costume.
Now, step out into the sunshine for your mandatory livestock and farm kids, racing pigs and swimming dogs, hot dogs and pie, crowd-pleasing country rock and that great big carnival.
Your tax-deductible donation to The Columbian’s Community Funded Journalism program will contribute to better local reporting on key issues, including homelessness, housing, transportation and the environment. Reporters will focus on narrative, investigative and data-driven storytelling.
Local journalism needs your help. It’s an essential part of a healthy community and a healthy democracy.