Monday, July 22, 2019
Today's Events
- 12:00 am - CLOSED
- 7:00 pm - OLYMPIA EXQUISITE CORPSE SCREENING 2019
Film Show Times
- Tue-Thu 7PM Fri & Sat 6:30PM & 9PM
- Sun 5PM & 7:30PM
- Matinee: Sun 2:30PM, Tue-Thu/Sat 4PM & Sat 11AM
Address
- 206 5th Avenue SE
- Olympia, WA 98501
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Box Office
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July 19th - 26th
Saturday
July 20, 2019
11:00 am FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER – OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKSJULY 13, 20, 27 @ 11am FREE for kids 12 & under! Sponsored by Olympia Federal Savings & presented in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival OFS Kids Club presents OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKS NYICFF Kid Flicks 2 bridges the gap between little and big for young audiences growing in […] 8:00 pm OLYMPIA’S OWN TUSH! BURLESQUE PRESENTS HEAT WAVESATURDAY, JULY 20 2019 HEAT WAVE presented by Olympia’s Own TUSH! 7:00pm doors/ 8:00pm show $30 VIP (first four rows!) / $ 20 GA *this event is 18+ with ID Where there’s SMOKE there’s FLAMES so brace yourselves for a HEAT WAVE as TUSH! Burlesque makes your summer sizzle! July 20th during Lake Fair weekend […] Buy Ticket Sunday
July 21, 2019
2:30 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] 5:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 7:30 pm RETURN TO MOUNT KENNEDY: POST-FILM Q&A w/ BOB WHITTAKERJULY 6, 7, 21 RETURN TO MOUNT KENNEDY Sponsored by the Olympia Mountaineers $9 GA / $6 OFS Featuring a post-film Q&A w/ Bob Whittaker on July 21 In 1965 Jim Whittaker led Senator Robert Kennedy to the first ascent of a remote mountain in the Yukon named after the late president, JFK. Fifty years […] Buy Ticket Monday
July 22, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! 7:00 pm OLYMPIA EXQUISITE CORPSE SCREENING 2019MONDAY, JULY 22 OLYMPIA EXQUISITE CORPSE SCREENING 6:00pm doors / 7:00PM Show $7-15 Suggested Donation / No one will be turned away for lack of funds Tickets available at the door night of show. 18+ contains nudity 16 Olympia video maker teams made a continuous video based on a clip given to them by the […] Tuesday
July 23, 2019
4:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 7:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] Wednesday
July 24, 2019
4:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] 7:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] Thursday
July 25, 2019
4:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 7:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […]
July 26th - 31st
Friday
July 26, 2019
6:30 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 9:00 pm 35TH ANNIVERSARY: STOP MAKING SENSEFRIDAY, JULY 26 8:30PM doors / 9:00PM show $9 GA / $6 OFS Universally acclaimed as one of the best concert films ever made, Stop Making Sense documents the groundbreaking Talking Heads at their peak and was directed by Jonathan Demme. In honor of its thirty-fifth anniversary, Stop Making Sense was digitally re-mixed and re-mastered […] Buy Ticket Saturday
July 27, 2019
11:00 am FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER – OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKSJULY 13, 20, 27 @ 11am FREE for kids 12 & under! Sponsored by Olympia Federal Savings & presented in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival OFS Kids Club presents OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKS NYICFF Kid Flicks 2 bridges the gap between little and big for young audiences growing in […] 8:00 pm THE VANITY SISTERS PRESENT: UNAPOLOGETIC – A DRAG SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA & FUNDRAISERSATURDAY, JULY 27 2019 UNAPOLOGETIC: A DRAG SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA & FUNDRAISER FOR MPOWERMENT WASHINGTON presented by The Vanity Sisters 7:00pm doors/ 8:00pm show $15 GA & OFS Proving to the world that drag performance is forever evolving, female impersonators Gigi and Tasha have taken the Pacific Northwest by storm. Since 2010, the influential duo respectively […] Buy Ticket Sunday
July 28, 2019
2:30 pm SCREEN SCORES: SNOW WHITE (1916) w/ LIVE SCORE BY HARPIST-COMPOSER LESLIE MCMICHAEL & VIOLIST BARBARA MCMICHAELSUNDAY, JULY 28 SCREEN SCORES: SNOW WHITE (1916) w/ LIVE SCORE BY HARPIST-COMPOSER LESLIE MCMICHAEL & VIOLIST BARBARA MCMICHAEL $10 GA / $7 OFS Sponsored by Harlequin Productions Doors 1:30PM / Show 2:30PM Everyone knows Disney’s classic animated film Snow White, but few are aware that that a teenage Walt Disney growing up in Kansas […] Buy Ticket 5:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] Monday
July 29, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! Tuesday
July 30, 2019
4:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 7:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] Wednesday
July 31, 2019
4:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 7:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] Thursday
August 1, 2019
4:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 7:00 pm GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIESAUGUST 1 GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIES $9 GA / $6 OFS member Doors 6:30PM / Film 7:00PM Come one, come all! On Thursday, August 1, join Dead Heads in your neighborhood – and around the world – when Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment celebrate the 9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies. […] Buy Ticket
August 2nd - 7th
Friday
August 2, 2019
9:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] Saturday
August 3, 2019
4:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] 6:30 pm KEANU FEST: THE MATRIXAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: THE MATRIX The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHOAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO In this loose adaptation of […] Buy Ticket Sunday
August 4, 2019
2:30 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] 5:00 pm KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHOAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO In this loose adaptation of […] Buy Ticket 7:30 pm KEANU FEST: THE MATRIXAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: THE MATRIX The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction […] Buy Ticket Monday
August 5, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! Tuesday
August 6, 2019
7:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] Wednesday
August 7, 2019
4:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] Thursday
August 8, 2019
7:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […]
August 9th - 14th
Friday
August 9, 2019
6:30 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 9:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] Saturday
August 10, 2019
4:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 6:30 pm INDIAN HORSEAUGUST 10, 11, 24 INDIAN HORSE $9 GA / $6 OFS An adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s boarding schools or Indigenous Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of aboriginal people. INDIAN HORSE stars Canadian newcomers Sladen Peltier and Edna […] 9:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] Sunday
August 11, 2019
2:30 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 5:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] 7:30 pm INDIAN HORSEAUGUST 10, 11, 24 INDIAN HORSE $9 GA / $6 OFS An adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s boarding schools or Indigenous Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of aboriginal people. INDIAN HORSE stars Canadian newcomers Sladen Peltier and Edna […] Monday
August 12, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! Tuesday
August 13, 2019
4:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 7:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] Wednesday
August 14, 2019
4:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] 7:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] Thursday
August 15, 2019
4:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 7:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] -
July 19th - 26th
Friday
July 19, 2019
6:30 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 9:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] Saturday
July 20, 2019
11:00 am FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER – OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKSJULY 13, 20, 27 @ 11am FREE for kids 12 & under! Sponsored by Olympia Federal Savings & presented in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival OFS Kids Club presents OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKS NYICFF Kid Flicks 2 bridges the gap between little and big for young audiences growing in […] 8:00 pm OLYMPIA’S OWN TUSH! BURLESQUE PRESENTS HEAT WAVESATURDAY, JULY 20 2019 HEAT WAVE presented by Olympia’s Own TUSH! 7:00pm doors/ 8:00pm show $30 VIP (first four rows!) / $ 20 GA *this event is 18+ with ID Where there’s SMOKE there’s FLAMES so brace yourselves for a HEAT WAVE as TUSH! Burlesque makes your summer sizzle! July 20th during Lake Fair weekend […] Buy Ticket Sunday
July 21, 2019
2:30 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] 5:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 7:30 pm RETURN TO MOUNT KENNEDY: POST-FILM Q&A w/ BOB WHITTAKERJULY 6, 7, 21 RETURN TO MOUNT KENNEDY Sponsored by the Olympia Mountaineers $9 GA / $6 OFS Featuring a post-film Q&A w/ Bob Whittaker on July 21 In 1965 Jim Whittaker led Senator Robert Kennedy to the first ascent of a remote mountain in the Yukon named after the late president, JFK. Fifty years […] Buy Ticket Monday
July 22, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! 7:00 pm OLYMPIA EXQUISITE CORPSE SCREENING 2019MONDAY, JULY 22 OLYMPIA EXQUISITE CORPSE SCREENING 6:00pm doors / 7:00PM Show $7-15 Suggested Donation / No one will be turned away for lack of funds Tickets available at the door night of show. 18+ contains nudity 16 Olympia video maker teams made a continuous video based on a clip given to them by the […] Tuesday
July 23, 2019
4:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 7:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] Wednesday
July 24, 2019
4:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […] 7:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] Thursday
July 25, 2019
4:00 pm TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AMJULY 19 – 25 TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM offers an artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the acclaimed novelist. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis […] 7:00 pm THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCOJULY 19 – 25 THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he […]
July 26th - 31st
Friday
July 26, 2019
6:30 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 9:00 pm 35TH ANNIVERSARY: STOP MAKING SENSEFRIDAY, JULY 26 8:30PM doors / 9:00PM show $9 GA / $6 OFS Universally acclaimed as one of the best concert films ever made, Stop Making Sense documents the groundbreaking Talking Heads at their peak and was directed by Jonathan Demme. In honor of its thirty-fifth anniversary, Stop Making Sense was digitally re-mixed and re-mastered […] Buy Ticket Saturday
July 27, 2019
11:00 am FREE FOR KIDS 12 & UNDER – OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKSJULY 13, 20, 27 @ 11am FREE for kids 12 & under! Sponsored by Olympia Federal Savings & presented in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival OFS Kids Club presents OFS KIDS CLUB: NYICFF KID FLICKS NYICFF Kid Flicks 2 bridges the gap between little and big for young audiences growing in […] 8:00 pm THE VANITY SISTERS PRESENT: UNAPOLOGETIC – A DRAG SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA & FUNDRAISERSATURDAY, JULY 27 2019 UNAPOLOGETIC: A DRAG SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA & FUNDRAISER FOR MPOWERMENT WASHINGTON presented by The Vanity Sisters 7:00pm doors/ 8:00pm show $15 GA & OFS Proving to the world that drag performance is forever evolving, female impersonators Gigi and Tasha have taken the Pacific Northwest by storm. Since 2010, the influential duo respectively […] Buy Ticket Sunday
July 28, 2019
2:30 pm SCREEN SCORES: SNOW WHITE (1916) w/ LIVE SCORE BY HARPIST-COMPOSER LESLIE MCMICHAEL & VIOLIST BARBARA MCMICHAELSUNDAY, JULY 28 SCREEN SCORES: SNOW WHITE (1916) w/ LIVE SCORE BY HARPIST-COMPOSER LESLIE MCMICHAEL & VIOLIST BARBARA MCMICHAEL $10 GA / $7 OFS Sponsored by Harlequin Productions Doors 1:30PM / Show 2:30PM Everyone knows Disney’s classic animated film Snow White, but few are aware that that a teenage Walt Disney growing up in Kansas […] Buy Ticket 5:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] Monday
July 29, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! Tuesday
July 30, 2019
4:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 7:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] Wednesday
July 31, 2019
4:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 7:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] Thursday
August 1, 2019
4:00 pm ROCKETMANJULY 26 – AUGUST 1 ROCKETMAN ROCKETMAN tells the incredible human story of Elton John’s breakthrough years. The film follows the fantastical journey of transformation from shy piano prodigy Reginald Dwight into international superstar Elton John. This inspirational story – set to Elton John’s most beloved songs and performed by star Taron Egerton – tells […] 7:00 pm GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIESAUGUST 1 GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP AT THE MOVIES $9 GA / $6 OFS member Doors 6:30PM / Film 7:00PM Come one, come all! On Thursday, August 1, join Dead Heads in your neighborhood – and around the world – when Trafalgar Releasing and Rhino Entertainment celebrate the 9th Annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies. […] Buy Ticket
August 2nd - 7th
Friday
August 2, 2019
9:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] Saturday
August 3, 2019
4:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] 6:30 pm KEANU FEST: THE MATRIXAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: THE MATRIX The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHOAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO In this loose adaptation of […] Buy Ticket Sunday
August 4, 2019
2:30 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] 5:00 pm KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHOAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO In this loose adaptation of […] Buy Ticket 7:30 pm KEANU FEST: THE MATRIXAUGUST 3, 4, 17 Single ticket: $9 GA / $6 OFS Sponsored by Archibald Sisters Keanu Pass: single ticket to both The Matrix and My Own Private Idaho: $15 GA / $10 OFS (discounts will take effect once both movies are in shopping cart) KEANU FEST: THE MATRIX The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction […] Buy Ticket Monday
August 5, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! Tuesday
August 6, 2019
7:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] Wednesday
August 7, 2019
4:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […] Thursday
August 8, 2019
7:00 pm MIDSOMMARAUGUST 2 – 8 MIDSOMMAR Dani and Christian are a young American couple with a relationship on the brink of falling apart. But after a family tragedy keeps them together, a grieving Dani invites herself to join Christian and his friends on a trip to a once-in-a-lifetime midsummer festival in a remote Swedish village. What […]
August 9th - 14th
Friday
August 9, 2019
6:30 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 9:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] Saturday
August 10, 2019
4:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 6:30 pm INDIAN HORSEAUGUST 10, 11, 24 INDIAN HORSE $9 GA / $6 OFS An adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s boarding schools or Indigenous Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of aboriginal people. INDIAN HORSE stars Canadian newcomers Sladen Peltier and Edna […] 9:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] Sunday
August 11, 2019
2:30 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 5:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] 7:30 pm INDIAN HORSEAUGUST 10, 11, 24 INDIAN HORSE $9 GA / $6 OFS An adaptation of Ojibway writer Richard Wagamese’s award-winning novel, this moving and important drama sheds light on the dark history of Canada’s boarding schools or Indigenous Residential Schools and the indomitable spirit of aboriginal people. INDIAN HORSE stars Canadian newcomers Sladen Peltier and Edna […] Monday
August 12, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! Tuesday
August 13, 2019
4:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 7:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] Wednesday
August 14, 2019
4:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] 7:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] Thursday
August 15, 2019
4:00 pm MIKE WALLACE IS HEREAUGUST 9 – 15 MIKE WALLACE IS HERE MIKE WALLACE IS HERE offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage […] 7:00 pm SWORD OF TRUSTAUGUST 9 – 15 SWORD OF TRUST Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a […] -
July 19th - 26th
Monday
July 22, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times!
July 26th - 31st
Monday
July 29, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times!
August 2nd - 7th
Monday
August 5, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times!
August 9th - 14th
Monday
August 12, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! -
July 19th - 26th
Monday
July 22, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times!
July 26th - 31st
Monday
July 29, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times!
August 2nd - 7th
Monday
August 5, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times!
August 9th - 14th
Monday
August 12, 2019
12:00 am CLOSEDThe Capitol Theater is closed on most Mondays and some rehearsal days. Always check our schedule for the right times! -
November 9th - 16th
Friday
November 9, 2018
8:00 pm THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival 20TH ANNIVERSARY: THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO Post-film Q&A w/ THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO writer and director Whit Stillman Moderated by Diana Arens, MPA 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm film Alice is such a Scorpio. The Last Days of Disco bridges the carbonated euphoria of music […] Buy Ticket 11:00 pm DISCO DANCE PARTY at OCTAPAS CAFE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DISCO DANCE PARTY featuring DJ Mr. Mike LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE 10:30pm doors / 11:00pm dancing $5 general admission or free with your ticket stub from The Last Days of Disco After Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco, join us at Octapas for cocktails, […] Buy Ticket Saturday
November 10, 2018
11:00 am Oly Federal Savings Presents Kids Club: SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COWSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings Presents SATELLITE GIRL AND MILK COW (ENGLISH DUB) 10:30am doors / 11:00am film An out of commission satellite picks up a lovelorn ballad on her radio antenna and descends to Earth to find the source of such sincere emotions. But on the way […] Buy Ticket 1:00 pm THE GYRO SPOT PRESENTS: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS on 35mm w/ AVERY TRUFELMANSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Gyro Spot presents: ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS on 35mm Presented by Avery Trufelman of 99% Invisible 12:30pm doors / 1:00pm film Colin (Eddie O’Connell), an aspiring young British photographer and jazz aficionado, falls for Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit), a model on the rise. When she leaves him […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENINGSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Love and Happiness reverberating behind a blinking bulb in a nameless yard. Sweat hitting the concrete like pop rocks. The moon sizzling like wet pancake batter. Pollen and rustling leaves. Comprised of intimate and unencumbered moments of […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm COMPASS ROSE & CAPTAIN LITTLE PRESENT: METROPOLITAN: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Captain Little and Compass Rose Presents METROPOLITAN Post-Film Q&A w/ Whit Stillman Moderated by Michael Radelich 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film An ironically comic look at Manhattan’s endangered debutante scene, Metropolitan chronicles the rise and ultimate decline of a group of young Park Avenue socialites who gather […] Buy Ticket 10:00 pm SPEAKEASY Presents: MAKE OUT PARTY: Q&A w/ EMILY ESPERANZA, EVE RYDBERG, MOLLY HEWITTSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival MAKE OUT PARTY featuring a Q&A w/ director Emily Esperanza, producer Eve Rydberg, and actor Molly Hewitt 9:30pm doors / 10:00pm film Make Out Party is a no-budget, high-style comedy of errors that follows three vibrant characters though a day of misadventure as they set out […] Buy Ticket Sunday
November 11, 2018
11:00 am OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS Presents: KIDS CLUB: BEST OF NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVALSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings presents: KIDS CLUB: BEST OF NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL 10:30am doors / 11:00am film With a compelling range of styles and themes, this selection from the New York International Children’s Film Festival offers clever, thought-provoking films sure to inspire audiences […] Buy Ticket 2:00 pm MAKEUP WORKSHOP @ OCTAPAS CAFESUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival MAKEUP WORKSHOP featuring local makeup artist Abby Hartung LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE 1:30pm doors / 2:00pm event Free Admission Come to Octapas at 2:00pm to see local makeup artist Abby Hartung, the “blood queen.” Ask Abby any questions you want about makeup, what products to use, […] Buy Ticket 2:30 pm THE BLACK AND THE GREEN on 16mm w/ VIOLET LUCCASUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival THE BLACK AND THE GREEN on 16mm Introduction by Violet Lucca 2:00pm doors / 2:30pm film Director St. Clair Bourne’s celebrated film documents a conversation between activists. The meeting, held in Ireland, explores similarities between the Black American and Irish liberation strugle. Dir. St. Clair Bourne […] Buy Ticket 5:00 pm NEW TRADITIONS Presents: DISCOVERY IN CINEMA: SYMPOSIUMSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DISCOVERY IN CINEMA: SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by New Traditions Featuring Avery Trufelman, Violet Lucca, Isabella L. Price, Molly Hewitt, Eve Rydberg, Emily Esperanza, Chris Day, Kanani Koster 4:30pm doors / 5:00pm discussion Free Admission A discussion about the importance of discovery and independence in cinema, from the viewpoint […] Buy Ticket 7:30 pm DAMSELS IN DISTRESS: POST-FILM Q&A w/ WHIT STILLMANSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Post-film Q&A w/ DAMSELS IN DISTRESS writer and director Whit Stillman Moderated by Ned Hayes 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm film Led by Whit Stillman’s deliciously sardonic and lemon-wrung dialogue, Damsels in Distress revolves around a troupe of mannered students whose expectations are to […] Buy Ticket 11:00 pm ARCHIBALD SISTERS PRESENTS: QUEERAMA + STATE FAIRSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Archibald Sisters presents: QUEERAMA 10:30pm doors / 11:00pm film Director Daisy Asquith’s Queerama is a powerful assembly of shifting images and ethereal compositions. Archival footage ebbs and courses, while music from Hercules & Love Affair, John Grant, and Goldfrapp provide a buoyant chorus of fluttering notes […] Buy Ticket Monday
November 12, 2018
4:00 pm TRANS YOUTHMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival TRANS YOUTH 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film This feature length documentary trails a handful of young trans Austinites as they forge and fortify their adult identities. While trans identity is more visible than ever — the subject of television shows, talked about in the media, and tied […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm I WANT MORE, I WANT LESS: POST-FILM Q&A w/ BRYCE RICHARDSON, VIOLET LUCCA & CHRISTOPHER DAYMONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival I WANT MORE, I WANT LESS Post-film Q&A w/ director Bryce Richardson, producer Violet Lucca & composer Christopher Day 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film An accountant in Queens rents out the front of her store to a young man who repairs cell phones…and sometimes pickpockets them […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm PACIFIC STAGE Presents: SHORT FILM SHOWCASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Pacific Stage Presents SHORT FILM SHOWCASE Introductions by filmmakers Sophy Romvari, Devan Scott, and Megan Hattie Stahl 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film NORMAN NORMAN A young woman grapples with the declining health of her beloved dog in this film about mortality, cloning, and Barbra Streisand. […] Buy Ticket Tuesday
November 13, 2018
4:00 pm THE PET WORKS Presents: OLD DOG + LONESOME WILLCOXTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Pet Works presents OLD DOG 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film New Zealand farmer Paul Sorenson has a unique connection with his colleagues — a team of sheep dogs. For 40 years, he’s worked to develop smarter and more intuitive training methods for fellow farmers, while grappling […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm FAKE TATTOOS + SILVERLAKE AFTERNOONTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival FAKE TATTOOS 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film A film about music, the ephemera of meet-cutes, and the trauma of living. Director Pascal Plante’s Fake Tattoos revolves around Theo (Anthony Therrien) and Mag (Rose-Marie Perreault), two teenagers who ascend into the void of friendship and flirtation in […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm OLYMPIA COFFEE ROASTERS PRESENT: WHEN SHE RUNS + ROOM TONETUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Coffee Roasters presents: WHEN SHE RUNS 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film A young mother of limited means puts everything on the line to pursue her dream of becoming a competitive runner. Her marriage failing, exhausted and broke, Kirstin has left her husband, Ivan, and their very […] Buy Ticket Wednesday
November 14, 2018
4:00 pm COMMENCEMENT BANK PRESENTS: HAL + THE VELVET UNDERGROUND PLAYED AT MY HIGH SCHOOLWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Commencement Bank presents: HAL 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s — Harold and Maude, The Last Detail, Shampoo, Coming Home, Being There — he is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm LOCAL FILMMAKER PANEL at OCTAPASWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival LOCAL FILMMAKER PANEL at Octapas Featuring Jason Connelly, Jonah Barrett, Rachel Millena Saul, Emme Williamson, Cody Castillo, Sylas Dall, Nat Murphy 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm discussion Free Admission Itching to tell a story, but don’t know where the hell to start? Local filmmakers in the South […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm FOREST AVENUE PRESS PRESENTS: VIRUS TROPICAL + IN A LONG ABSENCEWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Forest Avenue Press presents: VIRUS TROPICAL 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film Adapted from the graphic novel memoir by Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist Powerpaola, Virus Tropical is a thoughtful and deeply affecting coming-of-age story that begins on the night Paola is conceived – in a stylized but anatomically complete sequence […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm BROWSERS BOOKS PRESENTS: BOOGER + ABSENT: POST-FILM Q&A w/ JONAH BARRETT, ISABELLA CUEVAS PIERSON, RACHEL MILLENA SAULWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Browsers Books presents: BOOGER Post-film Q&A with Booger director Jonah Barrett, Absent director Isabella Cuevas Pierson, and filmmaker/moderator Rachel Millena Saul 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film Child of the Boogeyman, Mehitable Pachad (Meh for short) is a 109 year-old demon who is tired of living a life […] Buy Ticket Thursday
November 15, 2018
4:00 pm OLD SCHOOL PIZZERIA Presents: HOW THEY GOT OVERL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Old School Pizzeria Presents HOW THEY GOT OVER 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film The story of how African American gospel quartets like the Soul Stirrers, Dixie Hummingbirds and the Blind Boys developed a spirit and style that were hugely influential on early rock and roll. […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm LUKENS TREE PRESERVATION PRESENTS: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFETHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Lukens Tree Preservation presents: THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm film The awe that mountainous landscapes evoke is universal. Yet in a province that is 75% mountains, most of us seldom venture into true wilderness. Living amongst us is a special breed of people. They […] Buy Ticket 8:00 pm SideWalk Presents: LIVE LOCAL COMEDY with SAM MILLER at OctapasThursday 11/15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival SideWalk Presents LIVE LOCAL COMEDY with Sam Miller, Nathaniel Wolfe, Khadija Hassan, Kento Azegami, and more! at Octapas Cafe 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show $10 suggested donation Proceeds benefiting SideWalk Come early for dinner! Headlined by Olympia’s own (unfortunately) Sam Miller, you’ll be sure to bust up laughing […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm THE BROTHERHOOD PRESENTS: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BROWN BUFFALO + TWILIGHTTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival The Brotherhood present: 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film The Rise and Fall of the Brown Buffalo is a fresh and genre-defying film about the life of radical Chicano lawyer, author and countercultural icon, Oscar Zeta Acosta — the basis for the character Dr. Gonzo in Fear and […] Buy Ticket
November 16th - 21st
Friday
November 16, 2018
4:00 pm OLYMPIA FOOD CO-OP PRESENTS: FOOD FOR CHANGEFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Food Co-op presents: FOOD FOR CHANGE with opening comments by Ramon Torres of Cooperativa Tierra Y Libertad. 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film Food For Change is an 82-minute documentary by filmmaker Steve Alves, focusing on food co-ops as a force for dynamic social and economic change […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm WTF IS A PRODUCER WORKSHOP at OCTAPAS CAFEFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival WTF IS A PRODUCER WORKSHOP LOCATED AT OCTAPAS CAFE Sponsored by They Reach 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm event Free Admission What is a film producer? And why would a production need one? Those are questions answered in the workshop, WTF is a Producer, with local producers Jason Connelly, J Arthur […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm DUMPSTER VALUES & PSYCHIC SISTER PRESENT: LGBTQ REPRESENTATION IN FILMFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Dumpster Values and Psychic Sister presents A Panel on LGBTQ Representation in Film Moderated by filmmaker Jonah Barrett and featuring Danny Tayara, Ricky German, Mary Anne Carter, Eliaichi Kimaro, and Stacy Peck 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm discussion Free Admission Danny Tayara Danny is a film director, writer, […] Buy Ticket 9:00 pm RAINY DAY RECORDS Presents: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Rainy Day Records presents: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. 8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film Drawn from a cache of personal video recordings from the past 22 years, director Steve Loveridge’s Sundance award winning MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is a startlingly personal profile of the critically […] Buy Ticket 11:59 pm THEY REACH Presents: MIDNIGHT MAYHEM – ONE CUT OF THE DEADFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival ONE CUT OF THE DEAD Sponsored by They Reach 11:30pm doors / 12:00am film One Cut of the Dead opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film. Yet, this is no ordinary warehouse. It’s been said that it’s the […] Buy Ticket Saturday
November 17, 2018
11:00 am OLYMPIA FEDERAL SAVINGS PRESENTS: KIDS CLUB – THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALESSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Federal Savings presents THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES 10:30am doors / 11:00am film The countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of […] Buy Ticket 4:00 pm Olympia Farmers Market Presents: SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM: POST-FILM Q&A w/ PAUL ESPINOSASATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Olympia Farmers Market presents: SINGING OUR WAY TO FREEDOM Post-Film Q&A w/ director Paul Espinosa 3:30pm doors / 4:00pm film “Singing Our Way to Freedom” is a vibrant, multilayered look at the life of Chicano musician, composer and community activist, Ramon “Chunky” Sanchez. The film chronicles […] Buy Ticket 6:30 pm CULTURAL SPACES: THIS PLACE MATTERSSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Cultural Spaces: This Place Matters 6:00pm doors / 6:30pm show Free Admission Cultivating communities through cultural space is perhaps the most effective method of invested, interested engagement. Through its preservation and promotion, you expose people to new opportunities for exploration, as well as bringing together vastly […] Buy Ticket 8:30 pm Marijuana Mart Presents… BOOM: A FILM ABOUT THE SONICS Post-film Skype Q&A w/director Jordan AlbertsenSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 – 35th Annual Olympia Film Festival Marijuana Mart Presents… BOOM: A FILM ABOUT THE SONICS Post-film Skype Q&A w/director Jordan Albertsen Moderated by Jimmi Davies; Sonics songwriter and local musician 8:00pm doors / 8:30pm film ‘Boom’ tells the untold story of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s wildest and most influential bands, The Sonics. For […] Buy Ticket
November 23rd - 28th
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November 30th - December 5th
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