Weekend Preview: March 3, 2017

WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, there’s an abundance of unique theater and live musical performances to help you coax spring out of its long hibernation. Pick your events, grab your tickets and prepare yourself for a fresh, arts-filled week!    Click here to listen to our podcast version …

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Weekend Preview: Feb. 24, 2017

WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, we’re bringing you an eclectic mix of music, dance and cheeky theater to keep you smiling in your seat throughout the night. We hope you’re ready, Olympia, because the arts community is bringing you its best!   Click here to listen to our …

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Weekend Preview: Feb. 17, 2017

WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, Olympia plays host to can’t-miss author readings, storytelling events and of course, the magic of The Oly Old Time Festival. There’s also a bit of cheeky fun to be found in new plays and burlesque performances hitting the stage this week, so just sit back …

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PJ Perry, photo by Robert Falk

Weekend Preview: Feb. 10, 2017

WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, there’s no shortage of highly anticipated musical performances, exquisite dance or thought-provoking theater to keep you entertained. Get ready for a full lineup of arts and culture in Olympia!   Click here to listen to our podcast version of Weekend Preview, sponsored by Alan …

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Pacific Northwest Book Picks for 2017

Olympia bookseller Andrea Y. Griffith of Browsers Bookshop provided readers of OLY ARTS with her book recommendations for Pacific Northwest authors for our winter 2017 edition.  THE HIDDEN LIVES OF OWLS Leigh Calvez Bird books are huge in Olympia, and Seattle-area author Calvez recently held a jam-packed reading at the Olympia Library. A beautiful book …

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Weekend Preview: Feb. 3, 2017

WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, there are more than enough theater performances to keep you in your seat, waiting for lights to dim and curtains to raise in theaters across Olympia. Click here to listen to our podcast version of Weekend Preview, sponsored by Alan Fuller of …

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Winter 2018 Issue

A Complete History of The Oly Old Time Festival

A longer history, as told to OLY ARTS by festival founders In 2008, a group of people who enjoyed old-time music—music played with banjo, fiddle and other traditional stringband instruments—began jamming in Olympia homes. People played under the band name Grizzle Grazzle, with the inclusive motto, “We are Grizzle Grazzle and so are you!” This motto …

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2017: Oly Old Time Festival Schedule

Concert and Dance Schedule Thursday Night Kick-off Dance (2/16) 7pm – 10pm            South Bay Grange Band:            The REDS             Caller:           Carol Piening Saturday Family Dance (2/18) 2pm – 3pm            First Christian Church Band:           The Bow Weevils Caller:           Caroline Oakley Friday Night Events (2/17) …

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2017: Oly Old Time Locations

The Oly Old Time Festival is taking place in three locations around Olympia in 2017. – First Christian Church 701 Franklin St. SE, Olympia – South Bay Grange 3918 Sleater Kinney Rd. NE, Olympia – Arbutus Folk School Arbutus Folk School, 610 Fourth Ave. E, Olympia Check-In The Oly Old Time Festival requests that all attendees check in …

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Weekend Preview: Jan. 27, 2017

WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, head downtown to enjoy show-stopping plays, photo documentaries and a workshop and reading with Washington state poet laureate Tod Marshall.    Click here to listen to our podcast version of Weekend Preview, sponsored by Sandstone Distillery. Follow the links below for more information …

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