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Friday, April 19, 2024 Olympia Film Society presents: Chastity Belt Peel Dream Magazine $20 GA & $17 OFS 7pm doors / 8pm show Tickets available 1/26 @ 10am PST In their decade-plus together, Chastity Belt—Julia Shapiro (guitar/vocals – she/her), Lydia Lund (guitar, vocals – she/her), Gretchen Grimm (drums, vocals – she/her), and Annie Truscott (bass, […]
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Sunday, April 14, 2024 Local Band Post-Film Q&A w/ Director Dan Stewart 6:30pm doors & 7pm film Lyla Riley is in a punk band — Minor Illusion. They suck. Regardless, she perseveres with her best friend Rob on guitar, numbskull drummer Sean and showboat bassist Pete. Minor Illusion’s pathetic existence vexes Lyla’s older sister Stephanie, […]
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April 18 – May 2, 2024 Problemista Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his […]
April 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024 OFS Kids Club Presents: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Free for Kids 12 and Under E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, originally released in the summer of 1982, not only soared to become the highest-grossing film of the year, capturing four Academy Awards and nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture, but it also captured […]
Saturday, September 14, 2024 StoryOly Grand Slam Hosted by Elizabeth Lord With Musical Guest Vendredi’s Bag $20 GA & OFS A Portion of the Proceeds Benefit Community Youth Services 6pm doors / 7pm show All Ages StoryOly is Olympia’s premiere Story Slam event. From November to August, community members come together at monthly story slams to […]
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OFS Members, please join us for the 2024 Membership Meeting in person at the Capitol Theater, Tuesday, April 23 at 6pm. Meet current and new board and staff, hear what’s coming up in 2024 on stage and screen, and discuss our successes and challenges as we celebrate 100 years of the Capitol Theater in 2024! […]
March 29 – April 4, 2024 Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepali woman to summit Everest in 1993. As an uneducated, indigenous woman and a Buddhist in a Hindu kingdom, Pasang’s dream to scale the legendary […]
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Olympia Film Society presents: The Stars Align Tour Reverend Horton Heat Dale Watson Jason D. Williams $50 GA & $40 OFS 7pm doors / 8pm show Tickets available 10/19 @ 10am PST Seeing Reverend Horton Heat live is a transformative experience. There’s nothing like the primal tribal rock & roll transfiguration of […]
March 29, 2024 Perfect Days Nominated for Best International Feature at the 2024 Academy Awards, Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days follows Hirayama, a content toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world. […]
Saturday, April 6, 2024 Drew Lynch – Live! $38 GA & $33 OFS $50 Seat in the First Three Rows 7pm doors / 8pm show “Do something every day that scares you” is a motto Drew lives by. In 2015, Drew Lynch captured the hearts of America with his Golden Buzzer performance on Season 10 […]