posts that contain mini-bios of our writers
by Kristopher Stewart for OLY ARTS The opening night of Capital Lakefair, July 12, will bring a variety of performances to the main stage at Heritage Park, but one is set apart from the rest. The annual “Battle of the Bands” event, which pits high-school bands against each other, runs from 6 p.m. to 8:30 …
by Guy Bergstrom for OLY ARTS Bands come and go–but The Nashville Tribute Band has endured for more than 12 years and 500 shows around the world. Now they’re bringing that show to Olympia on July 14. Founder Jason Deere is an award-winning songwriter and producer, and he explained that the members of the band …
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 Kelli Samson for OLY ARTS Still like that old-time rock and roll? The Randy Linder Band has the music to soothe your soul. After performing for 40 years, Linder gives listeners of all ages a true rock-concert experience. “We play classic rock music because it’s the music I grew up with and my favorite …
by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS Other Desert Cities, a family drama from Pulitzer-Prize-nominee Jon Robin Baitz, opens July 8 at Olympia Little Theatre. Other Desert Cities tells the story of Brooke Wyeth (played by Silva Goetz), whose conservative Hollywood family gathers for a Christmas reunion in Palm Springs with her father (a former Western …
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 …
by Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS Pacific Northwest Theater Co. (PNTC), headed by managing artistic director Steven Wells, has announced its summer 2016 lineup of summer camps for children ages 5-15. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., kids will learn the basics of acting and character development as well as singing and dancing. …
by Ned Hayes for OLY ARTS Wednesdays at Noon, June 22 – August 3 Saturdays at 7:00 p.m., July 16 – August 6 Huntamer Park in Woodland Square map For Information: Lacey Parks and Recreation, (360) 491-0857 Concerts include a number of local groups as well as regional acts. You’ll hear a different sound each …
by Alec Clayton for OLY ARTS A Benefit for Orlando Tacoma Little Theatre (TLT) is producing a one-night-only reading of The Laramie Project on June 26 as a benefit for the survivors of the massacre in Orlando. Directed by Rachel Fitzgerald, who is also one of the many actors to perform, the pulling together of this …
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. …