Lacey’s Cultural Celebration among options for getting out this weekend
Lacey hosts the world
Savor the sights and sounds of cultures around the world at the Lacey Cultural Celebration. This free community event will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at Saint Martin’s University, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE, Lacey. Take in music and dance presentations by local and regional performing arts groups. Learn about various world traditions through demonstrations and displays. Sample the flavors and art of the world from diverse food and craft vendors. Bring the kids for hands-on crafts. For more information, visit the Lacey Parks website.
Fancy footwork
The 2023 Olympia Dance Festival, happening Saturday night, will feature 17 dance groups from throughout Western Washington, plus guest artist Jason Rodgers, a renowned tap dancer who has been seen on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” the North American tour of the Broadway musical “Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk” and more. The program includes ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, tap, jazz, Irish dance, Chinese dance, ballroom, and musical theatre. The show also features a special guest appearance by teaching artists from Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia. The dancing begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia. Tickets are $20, plus a $4 service fee. Organizers warn that this event typically sells out.
The music of the Irish
TCMedia Presents: Studio A Concerts series will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day a bit early when fiddler Randal Bays, an Olympia native, and guitarist Clint Dye perform their special brand of Irish music Saturday night at Thurston Community Media, 440 Yauger Way SW, Suite C. As it does for all the concerts in its series, TCMedia will transform its Studio A into an intimate nightclub setting. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the music begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $36, or $144 for a table of four. All proceeds support Thurston Community Media.
A classical music love triangle
UK’s Sitkovetsky Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1601 North St. SE, Olympia, as part of Emerald City Music’s concert programming. The world-renowned trio’s concert will peek into the musical friendship of composers Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, exploring one of the most storied and complicated love triangles of the classical music world: the relationship of Robert and Clara Schumann and their beloved friend, Johannes Brahms. Known through correspondence, this soap-opera-worthy tale explores degrees of musical respect, infatuation, care, and romantic propriety in the 19th century. Tickets are $30 general admission, $40 for premium seating and $10 for students.
Frank-N-Furter will be waiting
Need to do the Time Warp again? You’re in luck. Olympia Film Society is presenting “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” featuring Riff Raff’s Street Rats live shadow cast and audience participation on Saturday night at the Capitol Theater, 206 Fifth Ave. SE. Doors open at 11 p.m. and the film starts at midnight. Tickets are $12 general admission or $9 for OFS members. Prop bags will sold separately at the event — no outside props allowed — but do dress for the occasion. Tickets are available online and at the door one hour before the show. The Capitol Theater’s Mezzanine Lounge will be open to those 21 and older during the event.
This story was originally published March 3, 2023 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Lacey’s Cultural Celebration among options for getting out this weekend."