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Beauty and the Beast
A Holiday Panto Written by Vince Brady Directed by Trista Duval November 30 – December 22, 2024 The raucous, fabulous, and family-friendly Holiday Panto returns with one of our most popular titles to date! As ever, the Panto brings a classic fairy tale together with the wonderfully over-the-top characters you love, giving you plenty of …
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Tacoma Little Theatre
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Directed by Melanie Gladstone Musically Directed by Shawna Avinger Choreographed by Heather Adams Arneson December 6 – December 29, 2024 18 Performances! Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:30pm Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7:30pm Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 2:00pm Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7:30pm Friday, December 13, 2024 at …
A TREEmendous Holiday
Return to Benaroya Hall for the most wonderful holiday tradition of the year – a night full of song and festivities by the Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC). The chorus’ holiday performance—A TREEmendous Holiday—features holiday favorites, costumed performances, dance numbers and sing-alongs. While all performances are family friendly, this year’s lineup includes an adapted show specifically …
Experience Oly on Ice This Holiday Season
Oly on Ice, the portable ice-skating rink in that location every year about this time, is a joint venture of the City of Olympia and Ice Rink Events. It runs through Jan. 17, 2022.
The Land of Sweets Is Back at The Washington Center
This year marks The Nutcracker’s jubilant return to The Washington Center, with Josie and Ken Johnson at the helm. Guest artist Lucas Horns will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy’s Cavalier alongside a cast of over 150.
Excellent Gift Ideas for Olympia Book Lovers
Consider the gift of a fictitious Olympia or Thurston County: a story set in our home, a gift that supports a local author. What’s great about such a gift is showing out-of-state friends and family a part of our home as only a writer can capture it.
Olympia Celebrates a Festival of Lights
by Christian Carvajal for OLY ARTS One of the joys of living in a broad, multicultural society is the resulting plethora of holiday celebrations. Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, begins at sundown on Tuesday, December 12 this year and lasts for eight full days. It commemorates the revolt of the Hebrew Maccabees against the …
SOGO HoHo Holiday Variety Show
by Jonah Barrett for OLY ARTS The holidays kick off with a roar at the 2017 Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO) holiday show, sponsored by Tumwater Eye Center, Academy Mortgage Corporation, and PCS Structure Solutions. The SOGO HoHo event acts as a variety show with holiday cheer to delight all attendees. The performing SOGO …
South Sound Sacred Celebrations
by Ned Hayes for OLY ARTS Winter is a time for family and for fun. Christmas is often celebrated as a single day during which the birth of Jesus Christ is remembered, yet, for observant Christians, the weeks before constitute an entire sacred season called “Advent” (which means “the arrival”). Advent is celebrated for four …