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Along with music, dancing and folklore, this year's edition of The Christmas Revels features a glimpse of Santa's dark side. The Revels - an interactive holiday performance with music at its heart - is set this year in 19th-century Bavaria, where holiday traditions range from the familiar to the surprising. It seems
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Surreal vaudevillian Saul Tannenbaum and his crew of merrymakers have made it to the legitimate theater. Tannenbaum's holiday show, stuffed like a stocking with musical medleys, silly stories and Christmas cheer, is set to play the Black Box at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, Dec. 22
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Surreal vaudevillian Saul Tannenbaum and his crew of merrymakers have made it to the legitimate theater. Tannenbaum's holiday show, stuffed like a stocking with musical medleys, silly stories and Christmas cheer, is set to play the Black Box at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts Thursday, Dec. 22 and Friday,
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A German winter holiday tradition you know about: the Christmas tree, serenaded in "O Tannenbaum." One you're not likely to know about: the springerle, a holiday cookie made by pressing dough into a carved board. The cookies are three-dimensional works of art, appearing like tiny sculptures. Learn to prepare this
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Yes, the Olympia Film Society's Duck the Malls is a craft fair, but as the name suggests, it's a crafts fair with a decidedly alternative approach. "It's an alternative to the mall, but it's also an alternative to your conventional craft fair," says Ira Coyne, who organizes the
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Yes, the Olympia Film Society's Duck the Malls is a craft fair, but as the name suggests, it's a crafts fair with a decidedly alternative approach. "It's an alternative to the mall, but it's also an alternative to your conventional craft fair," says Ira Coyne, who organizes the event and runs
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A German winter holiday tradition you know about: the Christmas tree, serenaded in "O Tannenbaum." One you're not likely to know about: the springerle, a holiday cookie made by pressing dough into a carved board. The cookies are three-dimensional works of art, appearing like tiny sculptures. Learn to prepare this traditional treat
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This Monday, Dec. 5, is "fast becoming a national holiday," at least according to the people at the Olympia Film Society. But if you're wondering which holiday it is, you're not alone.It's the date Prohibition was repealed back in 1933, and Olympia bartenders and the folks at the film
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This Monday, Dec. 5, is "fast becoming a national holiday," at least according to the people at the Olympia Film Society. But if you're wondering which holiday it is, you're not alone.It's the date Prohibition was repealed back in 1933, and Olympia bartenders and the folks at the film society will
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Olympia's Arts Walk happens twice a year, but the fall edition has always been the little sister, bundled up and toting her umbrella, not as glamorous as spring's costumed, sandaled walk.This time around, though, the autumn version of Arts Walk has grown to two days. Waterproof
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Olympia's Arts Walk happens twice a year, but the fall edition has always been the little sister, bundled up and toting her umbrella, not as glamorous as spring's costumed, sandaled walk.This time around, though, the autumn version of Arts Walk has grown to two days. Waterproof gear is still a
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The What You Got Fest offers films, bands, skateboard ramps, free workshops, a chance to watch a mural being painted outside the Capitol Theater - and zombies.The ghoulish creatures are a pop-culture trend with staying power, and they'll be modeling in the Olympia youth art festival's
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The What You Got Fest offers films, bands, skateboard ramps, free workshops, a chance to watch a mural being painted outside the Capitol Theater - and zombies. The ghoulish creatures are a pop-culture trend with staying power, and they'll be modeling in the Olympia youth art festival's trash fashion show."In
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Rock camps for girls are just so 2005.The latest step in the empowering-youth-through-rock movement is Queer Rock Camp, happening this week in Olympia. It's the first ever do-it-yourself music camp for queer youth."It really is not a music camp," says organizer Molly Fischer of Olympia. "The
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Rock camps for girls are just so 2005.The latest step in the empowering-youth-through-rock movement is Queer Rock Camp, happening this week in Olympia. It's the first ever do-it-yourself music camp for queer youth."It really is not a music camp," says organizer Molly Fischer of Olympia. "The goal of the camp
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You know those chocolates that melt in your mouth, not in your hands? Those aren't Chakralat Love Melts. The aptly named candies, made in Olympia and containing no sugar, dairy or soy, melt in your hand, on your countertop or just about anywhere other than the refrigerator. You might be thinking that
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It was a long and winding road that led songwriter, actor and pianist Steve Schalchlin from New York City to Olympia to perform a song cycle about a search for peace in a violent world. Schalchlin will perform the song cycle, New World Waking! (along with selections from his musicals) this
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It was a long and winding road that led songwriter, actor and pianist Steve Schalchlin from New York City to Olympia to perform a song cycle about a search for peace in a violent world.Schalchlin will perform the song cycle, New World Waking! (along with selections from his musicals) this
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Harry Shearer is best known for being funny. He voices Mr. Burns and a host of others on The Simpsons. He was a writer and cast member on Saturday Night Live. He starred in This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind. But there is nothing funny about The Big Uneasy,
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Olympia is known for its alternative, indie, do-it-yourself arts scene."To me, that's one of the beautiful things about Olympia," says Devon Damonte, an experimental filmmaker and artist. "It's a very welcoming arts community, and that fosters people pursuing their dreams, regardless of
