YWCA Celebrates 2019 Womxn of Achievement
By CHRISTINA BUTCHER It’s time to talk about intersectionality, race equity and empowering women in Olympia. Many hold conversations about those issues among friends, colleagues […]
Melinda Hurst Frye and Cyrra Robinson Show What Lies Beneath at SPSCC
ART REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS The exhibition now showing in the gallery at South Puget Sound Community College is amazingly lush and […]
Tumwater Foundation Presents an Afternoon of Local Authors
By Adam McKinney As autumn rolls along in Washington, the days getting shorter, the air taking on that familiar bite, more folks will be choosing […]
Fifth-Annual Olympia Zine Fest to Feature Female Zinemakers
By Alec Clayton The fifth annual Olympia Zine Fest comes to town this month. The three-day event celebrating DYI publishing takes place in multiple venues […]
High Fashion and Snarky Women – A Classic Comedy of Manners at Harlequin Productions
THEATER REVIEW by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS The Women by Clare Boothe Luce, now playing at Harlequin Productions, is a beautifully staged, lavish comedy […]
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts Kicks Off 2019-20 Season
By Molly Gilmore This season, The Washington Center for the Performing Arts has the blues — and the world music, and the dance, and the […]
Emerald City Music: Pushing the Boundaries of Classical
By MOLLY WALSH Emerald City Music, established in 2016, features over two dozen rising and established talents each season. In its upcoming fourth season, performances […]
Theatre Preview: Lakewood Playhouse at 81
By Melinda Minton Lakewood Playhouse celebrates its 81st anniversary season with five shows. “All of next season’s shows,” says artistic director John Munn, “embrace some […]
Marilyn Frasca Offers Open Moments at Childhood’s End Gallery
By ALEC CLAYTON It is a rare artist who gets invited to mount a one-person show at Childhood’s End Gallery. According to owner Richenda Richardson, […]
Women with Wings
By CHRISTIAN CARVAJAL Starting in January of 1942, Wonder Woman took to the skies in her Invisible Plane. Nine months later, nonfictional superheroines took flight. […]