Out and About: Hear Mudhoney or choirs, see aerial artistry, go bar-hopping

Pre-order your blintzes

Temple Beth Hatfiloh’s beloved annual Blintzapalooza is returning for 2022 in mini form on Sunday, April 10. The temple is not hosting it as an indoor feast of blintzes and bagels, but they will be offering frozen blintzes for pickup again this year. They also are hosting a walk-up used book sale, cash or check only, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (No donations this year, please.) Pre-ordered blintzes can be picked up in a drive thru between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. Pre-order online only by 5 p.m. Thursday, April 7, for $20 per dozen. Any blintzes unsold after the close of pre-sales will be sold Sunday (although there might not be any). All net proceeds go to Interfaith Works’ homeless services. Questions? Email tbh@bethhatfiloh.org. And if you’d like to use your blintzes to make a blintz souffle, watch the accompanying video for instructions.

Still grungy after all these years

The fuzz-rock pioneers of Mudhoney will play Saturday, April 9, in Olympia. The venerable Seattle rockers had been scheduled to play here in May 2020, and you know what happened to that plan. In the time since, the quartet issued a remastered 30th-anniversary edition of “Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge” — and that’s not all that Mudhoney has been up to lately. The top of the band’s home page is devoted to “Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries,” a podcast co-hosted by bassist Guy Maddison, who is, it turns out, a nurse at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center. The Olympia concert, with local punk trio UK Gold, begins at 8 p.m. at the Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. SE, Olympia; doors open at 7. Tickets are $15-$20. Proof of vaccination and masks are required.

Songs for the season

Christians will observe Palm Sunday this weekend, and some vocal groups will be providing music appropo of the season. The Esoterics, an acclaimed Seattle a cappella ensemble whose name reflects the nature of the material it performs, will sing in Olympia on Saturday, April 9, as part of St. John’s Episcopal Church’s concert series. “As Palmeiras” (“The Palms”), a cantata by the group’s founding director Eric Banks, explores the trees and their fruits and includes texts from 33 countries and 24 languages. The performance begins at 3 p.m. at the church, 114 20th Ave. SE, Olympia. Tickets are free, with a $20 donation suggested. Masks are strongly encouraged. Also singing this weekend is Olympia Musical Theatre, directed by longtime pianist and choir director Troy Arnold Fisher. The group will present Rob Gardner’s “Lamb of God” at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at Olympia First Baptist Church, 904 Washington St. SE, Olympia, with a second performance at 7 p.m. April 17 at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 2109 College St., Lacey. The concerts are free, with donations welcome.

Serious circus

“A Length of Rope,” a contemporary circus show happening this weekend in Olympia, will include aerial acrobatics, puppetry and a crankie, which is an illustrated scroll advanced by the turn of a crank. The title piece, created by aerial artist Ariel Schmidtke, with puppets by Emily McHugh of String and Shadow Puppet Theater, explores questions of identity. Also on the program is Kelsey Magnuson and Anna McClellan’s “A Ghost Story,” which combines puppetry and music with a large-scale crankie show to shed new light on online dating. Performances are at 8 p.m. April 8-10 at Airbound Arts, 312 Columbia St. NW, Olympia, and can also be streamed online. Tickets are available on a pay-what-you-can basis with a $20 donation suggested. Those wishing to see the show in person must have proof of vaccination, and masks are required.

Hoppin’ down the cocktail trail

Barflies, move over. This weekend, bar bunnies are taking over downtown, thanks to the Bunny Bar Hop, a fundraiser for the Thurston County Food Bank. The event is a seasonal twist on a pub crawl in which participants (many of whom will, The Olympian is tickled to report, be wearing bunny ears) will travel from bar to bar tasting seasonal drink specials and collecting Easter eggs. The festivities, from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9, kick off at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 415 Capitol Way N., Olympia. Tickets are $30 each or $50 for two.

Freelance writer Molly Gilmore talks about what’s happening in Olympia and beyond with 95.3 KGY-FM’s Michael Stein from 3 to 4 p.m. Fridays.