How do you find and connect with your community? Is it through a physical place, like your neighborhood or city, or perhaps through your connections to people with shared heritage and values? Chances are, it's a...
A bit of farce and a bit comedy of manners, Noel Coward's Hay Fever seems as fresh and saucy on...
Military comedy show wants you … to laugh
Some might say that serving in the military is no laughing matter. Jennifer McMillen -- a former...
Here at Three Easy Pieces, I walk you through a pocket of pop culture, from its early days, to...
Arts
Electric and fire-filled books
There's a current running through the literary community this month, and it's filled with high-powered creative energy. If you haven't felt it yet, you may not be picking up the right books, friends. But you don't have to worry, because we've got...
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Harlequin Productions and Olympia Family Theater
It's a tie. And rightfully so, because the theaters our readers chose as best in Olympia are two very different theaters that appeal to different audiences (with significant overlap), and they are each excellent in what they do -- easily equal in...
Arts
Best of Olympia 2019: Elizabeth Lord
It's not Elizabeth Lord's first time receiving accolades from Weekly Volcano readers, having won the title of Best Actress multiple times. This does mark the first instance, though, where she's also laying claim to Arts Scene MVP. It only makes...
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Jen and Ted Ryle
Last year, Olympia Family Theater was recognized with an Excellence in the Arts Award in a gala at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts. This year, we choose the amazing couple behind the success of OFT as our Best Theater Couple: Jen...
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Unloaded Comedy
A 2012 survey by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and the Partnership at Drugfree.org found as many as 23.5 million Americans, about one in 10 adults, have at one time had difficulty regulating their use of...
A bit of farce and a bit comedy of manners, Noel Coward's Hay Fever seems as fresh and saucy on...
How do you find and connect with your community? Is it through a physical place, like your...
Tacoma residents be on the lookout: one of your neighborhoods is changing and you're going to...
Memorial Day is a time to honor those who served their country but have since departed this...
I recently volunteered to review the new Melvins record, "Hold It In," released, of course, on...