Wednesday Swing with big-band sound Saturday Folk music reinterpreted Tuesday Undersea world of Kenny Broad ToDay–Oct. 11 Catch a show … or four
THE OLYMPIAN
• Published October 07, 2011
Modified October 06, 2011
THE OLYMPIAN
Celebrate America’s Greatest Generation through the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and more at the music revue “In The Mood,” a 1940s-style big-band show with six vocalists/dancers. The show has been revamped with more musical arrangements, costumes and choreography. See it at 7 p.m. Wednesday at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $21.50-$39.50. Call 360-753-8586 or go to wcpa.squarespace.com. Born in Madrid, raised in Chicago, and residing in Ireland since 1994, Sarah McQuaid has made her mark reinterpreting traditional Irish and Appalachian folk songs, Elizabethan ballads and more. 8 p.m. Saturday at Traditions Café & World Folk Art, 300 Fifth Ave. S.W., Olympia. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and those with low income. 360-705-2819. National Geographic’s Beyond the Invisible: Secrets of the Blue Holes explores the depths of some of the most dangerous and scientifically significant caves in the Bahamas. Kenny Broad will screen the film, slideshow and presentation of his explorations in these natural wonders at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $8.50-$27. Call 360-753-8586 or go to wcpa.squarespace.com. Live theater is in full swing in South Sound:
Harlequin Productions’s play, “The Love List,” is running 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 22 at State Theater, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia. Tickets are $31 at harlequinproductions.org or 360-786-0151.
In Olympia Family Theater’s production of the comedic mystery “Bunnicula,” you will meet the perfect pet combination: a dancing cat, a howling dog and a vampire bunny. The play is a non-scary Halloween treat for all ages. It is playing through Oct. 16 at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. S.E., Olympia. Tickets are $9-$16. Call 360-753-8586.
Capital Playhouse’s “Always … Patsy Cline” will run through Oct. 16, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. The theater is at 612 E. Fourth Ave., Olympia. Tickets are $28-$39. Call 360-943-2744.
Olympia Little Theater’s production of “Bell, Book and Candle” is in its final weekend. The play that inspired TV’s “Bewitched” sitcom has shows at 7:55 p.m. through Saturday and 1:55 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $14 and are available from Yenney Music, at brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006.
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