While You’re (Mostly) In: Revisit ‘Princess Bride,’ see window art, hear something ‘Nice’
‘Princess Bride’ cast does it again
Much of the cast of the 1987 fantasy-comedy-adventure-romance “The Princess Bride” — including Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Mandy Pantinkin, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn and Robin Wright — will relive the rollicking adventure via Zoom at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. The cast, along with director Rob Reiner, will read the script and answer fan questions at a virtual fundraiser for Wisconsin Democrats. Elwes has been tweeting about the event using the hashtag #DumpTrumperdinck — which, as fans of the film will know, is a reference to the villainous Prince Humperdinck. Tickets are available by donation at http://wisdems.org/princessbride.
Windows on art
The Olympia Artspace Alliance’s Art in Olympia Storefronts project is practically perfect for a pandemic, since it allows art lovers to check out new work by local artists without heading indoors or braving crowds. In fact, though, the project began as a way to transform empty storefronts into impromptu galleries. On view in the Goldberg Building (formerly Schoenfeld Furniture), 403 Capitol Way S., are four installations: the Black Well Red Thread Collective’s “Starbridge to Your Door,” a prayer intended as a bridge between the ancestors of artists Shamika Gagnier, Cholee Gladney and Aisha Harrison; Susan Christian and John Corzine’s “Downtown Fish,” which combines whimsical fish with junk of the sort some people discard in the water; Darren Mills’ “Circus Side Show,” a display of costumes created for Harlequin Productions’ “The Elephant Man”; and Cyrra Robinson’s “Fictitious Forces,” organic forms inspired by the natural world.
New work by ‘Serial’
The in-depth true-story podcast “Serial” made a huge splash when it launched in 2014 with the real-life mystery of Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murder as a high-school student. Did he do it? The answer is still in question. Syed’s tale hooked a huge fanbase, but “Serial,” which has won every major broadcasting award, puts out a new season only sporadically. (There’ve been just three total in six years.) Now owned by the New York Times, the podcast recently produced “Nice White Parents,” about the impact those parents have had on a Brooklyn middle school — and, more broadly, on this country’s educational system. Host Chana Joffe-Walt, who admits she was one of those parents herself, digs deeply into the story of how white parents mold schools to serve their children at the expense of children of color.
Freelance writer Molly Gilmore is planning to listen one more time to “Serial’s” first season. She discusses local arts, entertainment and more with 95.3 KGY-FM’s Michael Stein from 3 to 4 p.m. Fridays.
This story was originally published September 11, 2020 at 5:45 AM.