posts by Molly Gilmore
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Olympians probably aren’t acquainted with many royals. But every year, Capital Lakefair gives the South Sound its own royal court, chosen in the spring from among junior girls at local high schools. Here’s a look at the royal court for Capital Lakefair 2016: Jaclyn “Jackie” Deshaye, 17 Lakefair …
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Music lovers can get an earful of classical music at Emerald City Music’s new series of chamber concerts, starting July 14 in Olympia. The new series, founded by New York violinist Kristin Lee and arts administrator Andrew Goldstein of Seattle, aims to bring chamber music to a wider audience. …
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS On Saturday July 9, the Olympia Choral Society will share the stage with Foreigner, the band that rocked radios around the country in the late ‘70s and early ’80s. The British-American band had 16 Top 30 hits, including “I Want to Know What Love Is,” the song that will …
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Audrey II, the people-eating plant protagonist of Harlequin Productions’ Little Shop of Horrors, is a role too big for one person. If the horror-comedy rock musical is Faust in a florist shop, Audrey II is Mephistopheles. Christian Doyle and Maggie Ferguson-Wagstaffe team up to play the vined villain, which …