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There's a place for you at Olympia's tableImagine a really big table — a table where all of Olympia could sit down to dinner together.
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Kids at Play takes the stageFor theater lovers, summer can be a slow season. The Washington Center for the Performing Arts is dark, there are fewer local productions happening, and college and high school theater departments are on break.
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View art at waterfront
The tours that show off the artwork on Percival Landing is back again this summer. The public waterfront art tour will begin on Saturday and be repeated each Saturday morning through Sept. 26.
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Gender roles out the window in this Romeo and Juliet interpretation
Over the years theaters have tried many twists on the staging and interpretation of Shakespeare in order to keep the bard’s work fresh. Theater Artists Olympia, a local company that searches for new ways to challenge audiences, is doing “Romeo and Juliet” with contemporary settings and costumes (nothing new there) plus significant changes in gender roles. Romeo and Juliet are both men. Mercutio and Tybalt are women. Paris, in this version, is Lady Paris. And one actress, Katy Shockman, plays a variety of men’s roles.
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Indie fest hopes to revitalize scene
How did Olympia get its newest music festival, happening Friday in Sylvester Park?
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Tunes for a warm summer night
Music in the Park is one of the South Sound’s summer parties, a weekly concert that invites dancing, picnicking, mixing and mingling – and, on Wednesday, eating birthday cake.
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Celebrate the humble shroom
Just like the mushroom itself, the Lacey festival that celebrates the culinary wonder is versatile enough to have a little something for everyone to enjoy.
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A whole new take on classic romance
Opponents of gay marriage have long said of the Bible’s first couple: “It’s not Adam and Steve.”
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Dance the day away in Dixieland
Come to America’s Dixieland Jazz Festival and you can experience a piece of our nation’s history, get some great exercise, find the roots of rock ’n’ roll – or just listen to great music.
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Tour the arts The Washington Center 2009-10 lineup
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, which officially will announce its 2009-2010 season to Friends of the Center on Wednesday, is weathering the economic storm.
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