Lakefair: A Five-Day Summer Vacation
By Molly Walsh and Billy Thomas On Olympia’s third week of July, a five-day summer vacation rolls into town with an opportunity for residents and […]
OLY ARTS Celebrates Fourth Anniversary With Online Relaunch
By Ned Hayes and Billy Thomas OLY ARTS celebrates its fourth anniversary of publication and first full year of glossy magazine format with a new […]
Meet This Year’s Lakefair Court: Princess Cassidy Walchak-Sloan
By Molly Walsh “I remember one time,” Walchak-Sloan says, “me and my friend were maybe eight years old, and her babysitter took us to Lakefair. […]
All 100 Fires: Experimental Theater by Theater Maestra Donna Oblongata
by Ned Hayes Olympia has professional theater, amateur theater, family theater and community theater. Yet we are often bereft of truly experimental genre-busting theatrical adventures. […]
Meet This Year’s Lakefair Court: Princess Eleanor Kim
By Molly Walsh After encouragement from her leadership teacher and friends who were involved in past Lakefair Courts, Kim decided to take a chance and […]
Meet This Year’s Lakefair Court: Princess Ruby Roebuck
By Molly Walsh Roebuck, who’s lived in Olympia for over a decade, has not only attended Lakefair but served as part of the festival staff. […]
Meet This Year’s Lakefair Court: Princess Bridgette Byerly
By Molly Walsh “I’ve been to Lakefair many times,” says Byerly. “It’s what you do in the summer.” A longtime Olympia resident, Byerly often saw […]
Meet This Year’s Lakefair Court: Queen Emma Waldon
By Molly Walsh “I’m most excited for the speaking engagements,” says Waldon. “I really, really enjoy public speaking and meeting new people and making new […]
Among the Area’s Best: 2019 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition
ART REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS The 2019 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition at South Puget Sound Community College has opened. It is sparser […]
Music in the Park: WineHouse Band
By Molly Walsh Hometown Olympia act WineHouse Band is a young, seven-piece, alternative-rock lineup that crosses funk with hints of rock and jazz. It recently […]
The Show Must Go On: Queen, Others Headline at Tacoma Dome This Summer
For music fans who started collecting albums before the arrival of Spotify, Tacoma Dome has scheduled an epic run of bucket-list concert acts.
