Gail Ramsey Wharton: A Woman of Mystery
By Alec Clayton If you can judge an artist by her art, you’d have to say that Gail Ramsey Wharton is obsessed with the macabre; you’d have to deduce that she loves a good mystery, especially if it’s tinged with a bit of black humor. For example, here are quotes from reviews I wrote of [...]
Olympia Family Theater: For Adventurous Children And The Young At Heart
By Alec Clayton Presenting shows by adults for children is what Olympia Family Theater is all about. Their latest show is “Animal Farm” based on the allegorical novella by George Orwell, which was published in England in1945. The talking animals lend themselves nicely to a play for children, but the book and the play are [...]
Theater: A Family Affair
By Alec Clayton Love blossoms in rehearsal and deepens during the run of a show, and before you know it there’s a baby on the way. Just ask Jerod and Stephanie Nace, who brought another young actor into the world on March 4, 2012. Or ask Tim and Ingrid Goebel, who became husband and [...]
Having Your Cake and Eating It, too: The Joys of a CSA FarmShare
By Mary Ellen Psaltis There is only one thing that can be agreed upon in the vast world of good health and nutrition: Eating vegetables is good for you. Vegetables are touted for vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and more. Even the skeptics will say that eating them won’t hurt you. I do have one big [...]
Six Appeal Wins The PNW Harmony Sweepstakes
By Laurie O’Brien A six man a cappella group from Minneapolis, Minnesota came into town and stole the show and the top prize at the annual Pacific Northwest Harmony Sweepstakes Competition held at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday night. They will represent the region at the 2012 National Championships in San [...]
Mexican Meals in Mexico: Find More Than Tacos To Eat In Cabo San Lucas
By Mary Ellen Psaltis Imagine this: Homemade corn tortillas rolled around savory pulled chicken and smothered with green chili sauce – yes, that sounds good. How about hot-off-the grill flour tortillas, lightly chewy, ready to scoop up grilled peppers and strips of tender beef? Let’s add crispy chips, fresh guacamole, pico de gallo and a [...]
Heartsparkle Players: Stories from the Heart
By Alec Clayton Heartsparkle Players has been offering up Playback Theater for Olympia area audiences for more than 30 years. Playback, a unique form of improvisational theater, is fun, engaging, and can often be therapeutic. The basic idea is this: Someone from the audience tells the actors a story and the actors play the story [...]
Olympia Artist Diane Kurzyna aka Ruby Re-Usable
By Doris Faltys Make Art Not Waste Best of Olympia: Best Non-traditional Artist, Weekly Volcano, 2011 & 2012 Diane Kurzyna and I talk in her studio in downtown Olympia where Wonder Bread plastic babies hang on the wall and a blue plastic man watches from the corner. “I have always been attracted to art and [...]
Save the Sun: Benefit for The Midnight Sun
By Alec Clayton The Midnight Sun, one of Olympia’s most venerable alternative performance spaces, is feeling the pinch of the economic downturn and is facing the threat of possible closure. But they’re fighting back in the only way a performance venue can: by putting on a series of benefit performances, starting with the “Save the [...]
Suessical The Musical To Be Presented By The Olympia School District Players
By Laurie O’Brien This weekend more than 80 Olympia School District (OSD) employees and family members will take to the stage in Suessical the Musical, a show that ties together Horton Hears a Who and other classic Dr. Suess stories. Shows run Thursday February 23 through Sunday, February 26 at the Olympia High School Performing [...]
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