Out and About: Listen to ‘Lady Day’ or zydeco, or visit weird worlds
‘Lady’ sings the blues
Harlequin Productions’ “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” a musical biography of the legendary Billie Holiday, opens Friday, Oct. 29. In the one-woman show, Holiday sings the hits and tells stories about her life, said Alexandria J. Henderson, who’s playing the singer. “I am certain the audience will learn something about her they didn’t know before,” Henderson said. Also on stage this week at Harlequin’s State Theater, 202 Fourth Ave. E., Olympia, is “Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical.” Tickets for each musical are $42, $38 for seniors and military, $25 for students and youth. “Until the Flood,” a 2016 drama that examines Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of Michael Brown’s death, previews at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4. Tickets for the preview are $20. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test is required for all shows.
Boogie from the Bayou
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet and Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience — both Grammy winners — will bring the joyful sounds of New Orleans to Olympia on Friday, Oct. 29. The concert, long delayed by COVID-19, begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia. Tickets are $25-$69, with discounts for military. Proof of vaccination or a negative test is required.
Strange stuff
Words like “strange” and “weird” are no insult to filmmaker Jonah Barrett of Olympia. That’s how they describe the films they’ll be screening Friday, Oct. 29, at the Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. SE, Olympia. The program, called The Wally Bash, includes five “weird queer short films” made by Barrett and friends. “An over-arching theme of these five films is their marriage between camp and the uncanny,” Barrett told The Olympian. “From a quarantine horror project to a half-hour long queer Western tale, there’s something for everyone who loves strange stories.” The screening begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $11, $8 for Olympia Film Society members, and proof of vaccination is required.
Freelance writer Molly Gilmore will be celebrating Halloween with a wine and candy tasting. She talks about what’s happening in Olympia and beyond with 95.3 KGY-FM’s Michael Stein from 3 to 4 p.m. Fridays.