Weekend planner for March 19

Friday-Sunday: Pulitzer Prize winners

Those who want theater with a pedigree are in luck this weekend. Capital Playhouse offers “Rent” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday, March 24-27 and April 1-3, with matinees at 2 p.m. Sunday and March 28 at the playhouse, 612 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia. Tickets are $31-$37 for adults, $26-$32 for seniors and youths. Call 360-943-2744 or go to www.capitalplayhouse.com. And David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Rabbit Hole,” about a couple coping after the death of their child, continues at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday as well as March 25-27 and April 1-3; 3 p.m. Saturday; and 2 p.m. Sunday and March 28 at the State Theater, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia. Tickets are $22-$33; pay what you can for the 3 p.m. Saturday show. Call 360-786-0151 or go to www.harlequinproductions.org.

Friday - Saturday: 'Moon' and more

Olympia artist Erin Tanner – known for a style that is endearing, funny and full of surprises – will present a live puppetry performance and a screening of his film “Moon Diary” Friday and Saturday. The animated film imagines seven entries from the moon’s diary, with accounts of his dreams and friends. The event, part of the Performance Lab for Objects and Puppets’ “PLOP Nights” series of puppetry for adults, is at 8 p.m. at Northern, 321 Fourth Ave. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $8, $5 for students. Call 360-481-3029.

Saturday: Fun with 'Wallace and Gromit'

Olympia Film Society’s monthly film series for children and families offers a tasty adventure this weekend. It’s “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit,” in which the befuddled inventor and his faithful dog are assigned the job of protecting giant vegetables from rabbits. The film, which critic Roger Ebert called “delightful and good and funny,” will be screened at 4 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $7, $4 for film society members, $3 for children. Call 360-754-6670 or go to www.olympiafilmsociety.org.

Saturday: Go west

Visit the Old West, John Wayne-style, at The 1947 Movie Show at the Historic Fox Theatre in Centralia. The centerpiece of the show is the classic Wayne Western “Angel and the Bad Man,” but the theater also will show newsreels, a cartoon, a short subject and a serial adventure – all in the appropriate setting of the Art Deco theater. Shows are at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the theater, 119 S. Tower Ave., Centralia. Tickets are $3 per person or $8 for a family of four. Call 360-623-1103 or go to www.centraliafoxtheatre.com.

Saturday: Flights of fancy

Father-daughter dances and mother-son nights have become a frequent occurrence. On Saturday, the Hands On Children’s Museum blends daughters and dads with adventure and games instead of dancing. The museum will be open from 6 to 9 p.m. with activities including building a fairy house, navigating a garden maze, and looking for treasure at the end of the rainbow. The museum is at 106 11th Ave. S.W., Olympia. Tickets are $35 for each father/daughter team plus $25 for each additional daughter. Advance registration is required. Call 360-956-0818 or go to www.hocm.org.

Saturday: Cinematic adventures

Ingmar Bergman’s “Fanny and Alexander” follows the adventures of a brother and sister. The 1982 film, which won four Oscars, was heralded as an instant classic. “ ‘Fanny and Alexander’ is a big, dark, beautiful, generous family chronicle, which touches on many of the themes from earlier films while introducing something that, in Bergman, might pass for serenity,” Vincent Canby wrote in a New York Times review. The film is screening at 9 p.m. Saturday at Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. S.E., Olympia, as part of Olympia Film Society’s Janus Classic Film Series. Tickets are $8, $5 OFS members. Call 360-754-6670.

Saturday: Say it loud

Poetry began as an art form designed to be heard rather than read, and that idea has re-emerged during recent years with poetry slams. But the art of memorizing and reciting poetry has remained a nearly lost one. The Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest aims to change that. The state finals of the contest – sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and the Washington State Arts Commissions – are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College, 2011 Mottman Road, Olympia. Twelve students, including Eloise Ryser of Olympia, will vie for the state title and the opportunity to compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C. Tickets are free. Go to 360-586-1270 or www.poetryoutloud.org.