Out and About: Rediscover disco, take in classics and see sexy shorts
Back to the Bee Gees
The brotherly trio’s harmonic singing took the world by storm nearly 45 years ago when such megahits as “Night Fever,” “How Deep Is Your Love?” and “Stayin’ Alive” formed the core of the soundtrack for the 1977 John Travolta flick “Saturday Night Fever.” (Those disco staples spawned numerous pandemic-inspired rewrites and remixes.) Two of the three Gibbs have since passed away (imagine them floating above us, dressed all in white, as they did on the soundtrack’s cover), but it’s not too late to soak in their sweet sounds, thanks to the arrival in Olympia of the tribute act Bee Gees Gold, playing at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE. Tickets are $30-$40. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test is required.
The orchestra returns
The Olympia Symphony Orchestra, which launched its season with a masked strings-only performance, will take the stage on Sunday, Nov. 14, with a full complement of “64 very happy and excited musicians,” as executive director Jennifer Hermann put it. The program for the 3 p.m. show at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts focuses on warmth, positivity and joy, including pieces by Brahms and Saint-Saëns as well as one by guest conductor Roupen Shakarian of Lacey. Tickets are $6-$65. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative COVID test is required. And the orchestra’s concert is not the only classical offering in Olympia this weekend: Emerald City Music is continuing its season with a concert by the Castalian String Quartet, a much-lauded English ensemble that will perform pieces by Mendelssohn and Mozart at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. Tickets for the shows, at The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 1601 North St. SE, Olympia, are $35.
Porn goes public
Like just about everything that normally happens in a theater, Hump Fest — Dan Savage’s amateur porn festival — went online when much of the world was in some variation of lockdown. Now, it’s back in theaters, as Savage originally intended. Hump Fest 2021, the most recent collection of serious, funny, fantastical and sometimes disturbing flicks, is screening at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. SE, Olympia. Warning for fans: The films showing Saturday are the same ones that streamed online earlier this year. Then again, if you’re really a diehard fan, you’re going to want to watch them with a crowd, right? Also, Saturday’s show is hosted by Olympia’s own Hattie Hotpants (aka Lauren O’Neill), as well known for her humor as her sex appeal. Tickets are $20, $17 for Olympia Film Society members. Proof of vaccination is required.
At one time, freelance writer Molly Gilmore preferred Andy to his elder brothers. She’s not proud of that. 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.