OLY ARTS Summer 2024 Print Edition
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Explore Modern Native Art Through IN THE SPIRIT Arts Market and Northwest Native Festival
By Molly Walsh This is on pages 5-6 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. For almost two decades, the IN THE SPIRIT Arts Market and Northwest Native Festivaland accompanying IN THE SPIRIT Contemporary Native Arts Exhibition have showcased the many facets of modern-day Native artwork. The tradition continues with the 2024 IN THE SPIRIT …
Oldies Rule at Lacey in Tune
By Molly Gilmore This is on page 12-13 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. Retro tunes will be in the air this summer in Lacey’s Huntamer Park. Most of the bands playing at the city’s Concerts & Movies in the Park, the foundation of the Lacey in Tune series, is either a tribute act …
LoveOly SummerFest 2024
By John Longenbaugh This is on page 8-9 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. Ah, summer. The time of year when what you want isn’t just one good thing, but a bunch of them sort of bumping into each other in an exciting fashion. Take the words “Love,” “Oly,” “Summer” and “Festival”— four fine …
Enjoy the Diverse Cultures of the South Sound at Tacoma Moon Festival 2024
By Molly Walsh This is on page 14-15 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. Lining the shores of Commencement Bay in Tacoma, the Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park is home to the annual Tacoma Moon Festival, an event that commemorates the multicultural makeup of the South Sound and beyond. At the Tacoma Moon Festival, community …
Love is the Magic of Capital Lakefair 2024
By Adam McKinney This is on page 20-25 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. If Olympia has a reputation, it mainly consists of its vibe: a desire to highlight and explore left field and underground arts, and an individualist spirit that hovers somewhere in the range of hippie ideals and anarchist energy. Like Austin …
Olympia Harbor Days Celebrates 51 Years
By Lynette Charters Serembe This is on page 10-11 of OLY ARTS Summer 2024 print edition. Olympia Harbor Day started in 1973, showcasing the vintage tugboats of the Puget Sound at Percival Landing in Olympia. It was a casual gathering hosted by the nonprofit South Sound Maritime Heritage Association, which organizes the event to this …
Harlequin Productions’ Cabaret
“More than the well-known 1972 film with Liz Minnelli and Joel Grey, the stage musical digs deep into what the rise of the Third Reich meant in the lives of the German people. Cabaret, finally, is a warning,” said Aaron Lambe, Harlequin’s artistic director of their performance playing June 28 to July 28 in their remodeled theater.
LoveOly SummerFest 2024
At “LoveOly SummerFest 2024” running June 21-23, there are family-friendly activities like the much-beloved Pet Parade and live performances from Oly Family Theatre. There’s an impressive line-up for the music stage featuring two days of more than a dozen local and regional bands and musicians.
Tacoma Little Theatre closes 105th season with Lively Performance of From the Mississippi Delta
Endesha Ida Mae Holland’s “From the Mississippi Delta” Tacoma Little Theatre through June 23 is punctuated by song and is drawn from the lives of African American people living in the Deep South during the Jim Crow era. Photo of Sonia Alexis & Whitney Crawford by Dennis K Photography.