Local entertainment takes a seasonal turn this week with fall color and spooky fun
Halloween Town
How much does the city of Bucoda love Halloween? The town — the closest thing Western Washington has to the town in Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” — changes its name to Boo-Coda in honor of its favorite holiday and starts celebrating more than a month before trick-or-treat night. The Boo-Coda Spooktacular kicks off Friday, Sept. 29, with an award-winning haunted house, the Bucoda Haunted Gym, 403 N. Nenant St. The merrily macabre month also offers costume contests, trick-or-treating and other activities, including the Hearse Procession, a parade of genuine hearses that takes off at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 7. (Samba Olywa, dressed in skeleton gear, provides the soundtrack.) And fear not: Pretty much the whole festival is free.
Fall into fall
Fall is here, and the City of Tumwater is celebrating in grand style with Tumwater Falls Fest, a free, family-friendly day of outdoor fun, and appreciation of fall color and the power of water. The fest, happening Saturday, Sept. 30, in Brewery Park at Tumwater Falls, includes music by an ensemble of Olympia Symphony Orchestra musicians, a Stream Team scavenger hunt and lots of activities for kids. Also on tap: a chance to check out work by local artists and makers, food vendors and a demonstration by the Tenino Stone Carvers. The fest will happen from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the park at 110 Deschutes Parkway SW, Tumwater.
Yes, and …
“Yes, and …” for those who don’t know, is one of the keys to good improvisation. Another key is lots of practice working as a team, and that’s one of the strengths of the cast of “Whose Live Anyway,” stopping Wednesday, Oct. 4, in Olympia. “Whose Live” is a takeoff of the long-running TV program “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” — a show that is still going on The CW. The quartet performing locally includes original cast member Ryan Stiles, TV veterans Jeff B. Davis and Greg Proops and fellow comic Joel Murray, a familiar face on sitcoms and the brother of legendary Bill Murray. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia. Tickets are $55-$65.
Freelance writer Molly Gilmore celebrates the water weekly when she sings along with the Olympia Brewery jingle, played before each episode of 95.3 KGY-FM’s “Oly in a Can,” where she discusses local fun with DJ Michael Stein from 3-4 p.m. Fridays.
