What You Got?! youth arts festival happening this weekend at the Capitol Theater. WYG provides an annual space for youth to showcase their creativity through talents in music, film, spoken word and visual art at a local level in the form of a weekend festival.
This year's fest is happening this coming Friday and Saturday and will feature awesome workshops by people from Food Not Bombs, Stonewall Youth Speaker's Bureau, Teen Council, and the Film Ranch. We'll be screening films by YAYA Media, Ittai Orr, The Seattle Girl's School, and more. Both nights will feature great band lineups with bands like The Vintage Valkyries, The Numbzkullz, Hi-Five, DEK, Anna Bri, Moon Runners, and more!
It's going to be an awesome fest! Tickets will be on sale at the Theater box office, and they'll cost $5 per day, or you can get a full fest pass for $8. Even better, you can get a full fest pass FREE when you put in two hours of volunteer work! To get signed up for volunteer shifts, contact Maxine Peabody at (360) 701-1330 or sign up at the Capitol Theater!
Please plan to attend this year's Annual Membership Meeting of the Olympia Film Society. It will be one of the most important meetings in OFS history.
The Bylaws Task Force has been hard at work for several months preparing proposals for bylaws changes that require your vote.
Members must be present to vote. Sunday June 8 at Noon in the Capitol Theater.
Proposed changes:
#1. Allowance for membership voting outside of a meeting
#2. Change in Board decision-making process
#3. Board election by membership rather than sitting Directors Full text of proposed changes.
In keeping with the spirt of archetypes, my experience of Enuma Elish's accompaniment of Metropolis at the OFS Capitol Theater will be in the form of a blog poem...bloem? poog? Yeah, here's my poog (with a mere two mouseovers).
Tickets include up to
two consecutive movies
and a prize drawing
The prestigeous Olympia Film Society, located at the Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia, offers a free ticket to up to two
consecutive movies, free popcorn, and free coffee or soda to volunteer ticket sellers and ticket takers. I was recently granted the
opportunity to interview Kendra Hadlock, OFS Volunteer Coordinator, and Barbara, who has volunteered at the OFS for over ten
years, about the rewarding experience of ticketing at the Olympia Film Society:
C: Kendra, what are the opportunities available for those who want to volunteer to ticket at the Olympia Film
Society? Kendra: Ticketers can volunteer Monday through Saturday, at 5:45 & 8:15 and Sundays at 1:45, 5:45, &
8:15 - Find an open shift on the volunteer signup sheet on the west wall of the Capitol Theater lobby. Sundays are often open, but
we really also need help with ticketing at live events. There is a live events sign up in the lobby as well. Available positions are
selling tickets and tearing tickets.
C: How much time should a prospective volunteer plan to set aside for each volunteer opportunity? Kendra: One hour for regular film screenings, longer for live events (but then you get in for free!)
I went to the Capitol Theater tonight and saw "The Ground Truth" (trailer available at site), a film about the experiences of soldiers and their families in relation to the Iraq war.
It was profound, "devastating" (ref NYT review), moving, emotional and educational. If you're interested in what's happening with the war on Iraq, this film is for you. If you are, or a loved is, considering a military career, then you owe it to yourself, or him or her, to see this film.
Tonight while heading to the Wall I happened upon some new sign art on display in front of OFS. Thank you, OFS. It made my walk better. And if there's a way to do this for every movie...yes.
As well, I tried to find out who the artist is in order to give attribution, but the person at the door didn't know. I have my suspicions but if anybody else has fact for OlyBloggers and Olympians, that'd be even better. Edit: Thank you for the information cupric oxide, and thank you for the art Vince Ryland & Ira Coyne.
Breaking News: The Capitol Theater is going to begin some major renovation tomorrow (Monday). The marquee will be removed and the awning will be repaired.
So, say your last goodbyes and take a few photos bright and early because they begin at 8am. The hope is to replace the marquee with one more in the style of the original. After the marquee is removed, take a moment to notice the stained glass windows of the muses that have been hidden underneath for many years.
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