posts (journalism only) by Ned Hayes
by Ned Hayes and Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS Summer in Olympia means it is time to dust off your lawn chairs and pull out your coolers for the annual Music in the Park Summer Concert Series. The Olympia Downtown Association presents a series of summer concerts beginning on July 6 and running through August 24. …
by Ned Hayes for OLY ARTS Capital City Pride Festival is June 15-17 in downtown Olympia, offering family-friendly events, live music throughout the weekend, a parade and a city-wide community gathering in celebration of gay, lesbian and transgender identity and solidarity. “The way that you respond to hate crimes is with love, and we have …
Olympia author Ned Hayes has published multiple novels. His most recent novel, The Eagle Tree, is his first published with a major publisher: Little A, in New York City. The Eagle Tree is an Olympia-focused novel. All the action takes place in Olympia, and scenes in the novel include experiences from LBA Woods, Procession of the Species, …
by Ned Hayes and Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS OLYMPIA, Wash. — July 2016 COMPLETE PRESS RELEASE HERE (PDF) Attention, Olympia arts lovers! We’re thrilled to announce the debut of OLY ARTS, a brand-new publication devoted entirely to local and culture. OLY ARTS is an expert guide to live theater, music, visual arts and other performing arts in the Thurston …
Ned Hayes is the author of three novels and a freelance journalist. His work appeared in The Seattle Weekly, The Bellingham Herald, The Olympian, The Pasadena Weekly, Oregon ArtsWatch and many other publications. In recent years, he has been a core product leader at Adobe Systems, Xerox PARC, Microsoft, and Intel. Ned helped to launch OLY …