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Totem Pole Raising at Nisqually Middle School
  • Photos Oly bands enjoy time in spotlight

    Two Olympia bands - Two Ton Boa and Long Hind Legs - have songs that are part of the soundtrack to the Robert Pattinson film "Remember Me" that opened March 1.

  • Photos Links Oly delights in movement

    In Olympia, people samba down the street, tango at the fountain and do impromptu dances in the parks.

  • Photos Links 'Rent' gets raw

    A simple statement in the program for "Rent" at Capital Playhouse: " 'Rent' fits our motto 'You haven't seen it until you've seen it here!' "

  • Photos Links Tenor democracy suits eclectic trio

    As the name implies, Celtic music is a big part of the repertoire of the Celtic Tenors, who'll sing tonight in Olympia.

  • Art engages children in recycling

    Olympia doesn't have an art museum, but its children's museum has an art gallery that is featuring noted Northwest artists.

  • Photos Links Leonard Nimoy at Emerald City ComiCon

    He became a science fiction character so iconic that even a new president's demeanor has been compared to him. And yet Leonard Nimoy, the original Spock from "Star Trek," is not ready to retire. He's just going to be giving those famous pointy ears a rest.

  • Photos Uncovering the hidden music

    Award-winning concert pianist Charlie Albright of Centralia seeks to express the music between the notes.

  • Photos Links Singers stretch their voices in a cappella contest

    A cappella singing is an art as old as music itself.

  • Photos Links Music tickles the imagination

    When Amy Grinsteiner took an idea she had of combining visual art with classical music to Carter Lake Elementary last year, she had no idea how successful she'd be.

  • Photos Links 'La vie boheme' lives on

    The musical "Rent," which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, paints a picture of a world that's gone. Based on the Puccini opera "La Boheme," the rock opera follows the lives of seven friends struggling with love, drugs and AIDS. It's set in New York's East Village in the 1980s.