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Frisky bunnies, owls, and other animals play amongst happy Valentine hearts inscribed with “True Love,” “Be Mine,” “I’m Yours,” and “Love Oly” on Jill Carter’s projected mural on the empty Goldberg Building in downtown Olympia.
Dave R. Davison earned his Art History Degree from Seattle’s University of Washington in 1999, he eventually spent more than a decade as an art reviewer for the Tacoma Weekly before that publication largely ended its coverage of the local arts scene. In addition to the vocation of arts writing, Davison is a poet, a …
Once the action begins at State Theater, you’ll find yourself in the post-and-beam framed, antique-studded, expensively repurposed barn that serves as the living room/study of playwright Sidney Bruhl. Harlequin Productions’ Deathtrap by Ira Levin is a classic thriller, with five actors, two acts, and one set. And therein hangs a gun.
Homegrown Olympia music makers and nationally acclaimed headliners from Seattle and Portland and around the country will enliven downtown Olympia with a weekend of music and dance, February 2-4, when the inaugural Olympia Funk Festival known as “Funk OFF!” ignites the city with three days of non-stop dancing and exciting and innovative music.
There’s one group that’s been working to build a professional infrastructure for filmmakers in Olympia: the Olympia Film Collective, which since 2012 has helped create a steady production of short films by local filmmakers, often shot in and around well-known Olympia locations and businesses.
John Longebaugh is a writer/director who’s been writing about the arts for the last three decades, including as the Theatre Critic for Seattle Weekly, the West Coast correspondent for Backstage, and a writer-at-large for Oregon Arts Watch, as well as various regional magazines. Now relocated to Olympia, he’s doubling down on his creative writing, and …
In December, Olympia’s Arbutus Folk School moved across 4th Avenue to a larger and better laid-out location that will give the school — and its mission — room to grow.
Theater Artists Olympia presents four dramatized tales of Edgar Allan Poe in “Poe Nocturne” at Oly Theater in the Capital Mall, January 12- 21, 2024.
The Leonor R. Fuller Gallery at The Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College features 13th edition of their annual creative postcard show.
“Light Up the Night—Winter Wonders,” an Art in Storefronts exhibit produced by Olympia Artspace Alliance is on view through March 31, 2024 in the windows of The Goldberg Building on Capitol Way S in Olympia. It features artwork by students from four area schools.