Saturday, February 4 – The Royal Lounge and Spin Tee’s Presents…

Andre Nickatina, Xperience, Puget, Q-Storm

7:00pm doors/8:00pm show. $20.00 General Admission. Tickets available at Rainy Day Records, Spin Tees, The Royal Lounge, brownpapertickets.com, and at the box office night of show. All Ages with 21+beer/wine garden upstairs.

Born and raised in the Fillmore District of San Francisco, Andre Nickatina has been a Hip-Hop/Rap luminary since the release of his critically acclaimed debut, The New Jim Jones. Andre Nickatina continues to sustain a loyal fan-base, while engaging new supporters throughout North America.

Nickatina’s classic stage show, combined with his rare interviews, maintains his mystery and unique musicianship that has spanned two decades.

Nickatina’s vision as an artist has been admired by many of his peers as he is seen as one of the last Bay Area Legends who was not only present during the golden-era of Hip-Hop, but one of the few artists who has helped Hip-Hop grow and who has remained ultimately relevant with each successive album he has released.

Saturday, February 11 – OFS Presents…

Olympia’s own TUSH! Burlesque

Mounts The Masters!

With very special guests: Seattle’s own Paris Original, Olympia’s Wednesday du Monde, and featuring the musical styling of AUTRY! (Portland)

8:00pm doors/9:00pm show. $10.00 OFS Members/$15 General Admission. Tickets available at Rainy Day Records, www.brownpapertickets.com, and at the box office night of show. Mature Audiences- 18+ Only Please! 21+ Beer/Wine upstairs.

What is your definition of art? Is it a movement, a color, a theme, a style, a song, a painting, a photograph, a film, poetry, a nude body? Art and Inspiration come in so many forms. We want to expose you to what inspires us, in our own art form, the art of the tease!  Come and see our great art-inspired show, as we pay tribute to the masters, to music, to form, light, color and most of all, the beauty of the human body!! Bring your Valentine for a night of “raunch with etiquette.” TUSH! Burlesque is sure to entertain you, titillate you, tease you, and fill you with romantic inspiration.  TUSH! wants to be your muse!

Saturday, February 18 – POWER Presents…

Annie – Sing-Along Benefit!

Dir: John Huston / 1982 / US / 126 min / High Definition digital

2:00pm doors/2:30pm screening. $10.00 Suggested Donation – Pay what you can.

The sun will come out when “Annie” comes to town as part of a fundraiser for the social justice organization Parents Organizing for Welfare and Economic Rights (POWER). Bring your kids, neighbors, and friends for this special sing-along showing of the classic film “Annie.” There will be a costume contest, music, and fun activities for kids. There is no one better than the beloved little orphan Annie to remind us that compassion and optimism help us get through tough times.

POWER also brings hope to good people caught in bad situations by educating low-income parents about their rights and empowering them to find their voices in standing up to protect the social services their families need.  Suggested donation is $10.  Pay what you can but remember this is a fundraiser! Learn more about POWER at mamapower.org.

Saturday, February 18 – Food Bank Benefit Screenings…

Young Frankenstein at 6 pm

Dr. Strangelove at 9 pm

Admission to each screening is a can of food (or more) or a cash donation. All Ages with 21+ beer/wine upstairs.

Come one and all! It’s OFS Projectionist Alan King’s 50th anniversary and you, Olympia, are the guest of honor!  Come together for the screening of Young Frankenstein and Dr. Strangelove in glorious black-and-white.  For the miniscule cost of a can of food or two for the Olympia Food Bank, you can enjoy two classic films and support those in need!

Dir: Mel Brooks / 1974 / US / 106 min / High Definition digital

Young Frankenstein is the 1974 comedy directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The supporting cast includes Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Madeline Kahn, and more. The film is an affectionate parody of the classical horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein produced by Universal in the 1930s. Most of the lab equipment used as props were created for the 1931 film Frankenstein. To further reflect the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black-and-white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a notable period score by Brooks’ longtime composer John Morris.

Dir: Stanley Kubrick / 1964 / UK / 95 min / 35mm film

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, commonly known as Dr. Strangelove, is a 1964 black comedy that satirizes the nuclear scare. It was directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick, starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, and featuring Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, and Slim Pickens. The film is loosely based on Peter George’s Cold War thriller novel Red Alert. The story concerns an unhinged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. It follows the President of the United States, his advisors, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer as they try to recall the bombers to prevent a nuclear apocalypse. It separately follows the crew of one B-52 as they try to deliver their payload.

In 1989, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film “culturally significant” and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It was listed as number three on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Laughs.

Friday, February 24 – BACKSTAGE!

Free Whiskey/Billy The Fridge/A.K.A/Night Fox/Lord Nock

8 pm doors/8:30pm show. $5.00 General Admission at the door night of show all ages.

Free Whiskey, made up of Nicatine, Monica Lewhiskey, Adam, Chonie Diego, and DJ Deadbeat will be blessing the backstage for their very first all-ages headlining performance!  Joining Free Whiskey will be Seattle’s half dozen doughnut eating champ/pay per view Jell-O wrestler/rapper Billy The Fridge.  Also included in this super not-tame evening will be Olympia hip-hop legend A.K.A, as well as the stage-seducing Night Fox.

Sunday, February 26 – OFS Presents…

84th Annual Academy Awards

Oscar Party!

4:30pm walk the red carpet/5:00pm show. $8.00 General Admission ticket includes hors d’oeuvres, a chance to win a “night on the town”, and your picture taken with a REAL OSCAR STATUE! Tickets available at Rainy Day Records, www.brownpapertickets.com, or at the door night of show. All ages with 21+ beer/wine upstairs.

This year’s Oscar host is Billy Crystal, but better yet,  Saul Tannenbaum, vaudevillian extraordinaire and  Mona Von Horne, the Belle of Berlin, are thrilled to be back at OFS with tunes and jokes and tunes and trivia – this time on the prestigious occasion of the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Over the years, Saul and Mona have mingled and tingled with best and the brightest of Hollywood glamour and are thrilled to bring their dear friends a bit of the magic.

RED CARPET PARTY!  Two competing pop news channels, Hot Toddy Capitol News and Yolli Channel 4th Ave, will be vying for your attention on the red carpet. They’re very curious about you. Who designed your outfit? Who does your hair? Who has your vote for best actress? Which duo of glamorous reporters will get to you first?  Be the first on the red carpet on Oscars day to dole out your information, but choose carefully… both teams are fantastic, fashionable, and ruthless!

Please join us for the 84th Annual Academy Awards Show on the big screen!  Many movies being nominated this year you will see in the current program: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Artist, Shame, A Separation, My Week With Marilyn, The Iron Lady, and many more. Keep your eyes peeled on the OFS website calendar as future winning titles come in!

Friday, March 9 – The Olympia Mountaineers Presents…

Radical Reels 2012

6:30pm doors/7:30pm screening. $11.00 OFS/Mountaineers/Student/Military ID

$13.00 General Admission. Tickets available at The Alpine Experience, www.brownpapertickets.com, or at the box office night of show.

Higher, faster, steeper, deeper! The Banff Mountain Film Festival Radical Reels tour is coming! Grab your tickets and hang on to your seats as we present the most outrageous films of the year featuring boarding, climbing, cycling, kayaking, mountaineering and more. All brought to life on the spectacular big screen! This stop on the Radical Reels tour is hosted by the Olympia branch of The Mountaineers organization, in partnership with the Olympia Film Society.

Saturday, March 10 – Environment Washington Presents…

Bag It – Is Your Life Too Plastic? (SPECIAL SCREENING)

3:30pm doors/4:00pm screening. Admission:  $5.50 – $12.00 sliding scale at the box office night of show or at www.brownpapertickets.com.

Is your life too plastic? Are you overwhelmed by the throw-away society we’re living in? Concerned about the impact our trash is having on our wildlife? Plastics are an increasing threat to the health of our oceans and Puget Sound, but there’s something you can do to help. Join Environment Washington to take action and learn more. We’ll be showing the movie Bag It, a story that follows your average guy on a discovery of how plastic his life really is.  Bag It has been garnering awards at film festivals across the nation. What started as a documentary about plastic bags evolved into a wholesale investigation into plastics and their effect on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. From bags, to bottles, to packaging and beyond, plastics are everywhere, even places you wouldn’t even think of!  Proceeds benefit Environment Washington’s efforts to ban plastic bags across the state of Washington, including here in Thurston County!

Saturday, March 17– Olympia Film Society Presents…

Have You Ever Had a Beard?

followed by Q&A with filmmakers and live performance by the Hive Dwellers!

Dir: Kathy Wolf, Pat Thomas / 2012 / US / 20 min / High Definition digital

8:30pm doors/9:00pm screening. $5.50 OFS Members/$8.50 General Admission. Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the box office night of show! All Ages.

Olympia’s premier screening of a new movie featuring Calvin Johnson of K Records and Seattle journalist Chris Estey, Have You Ever Had a Beard? is the debut of directors Kathy Wolf and Pat Thomas. Like a ‘title weight’ bout, raucous music writer Chris Estey goes ‘toe to toe’ with cagey music maverick Calvin Johnson about beards and other mysteries of life.  Have You Ever Had a Beard? is a study in contrasts, illuminating the lyric-heavy songwriting of Calvin Johnson vs. the ebullient music journalism of Chris Estey. Meeting for the first time, both men perform on the stage of a vintage 1910 Seattle theater, Columbia City, that’s played host to everyone from Bessie Smith to Jimi Hendrix. Directors Kathy Wolf and Pat Thomas along with Calvin Johson will be in attendance for a Q&A and Hive Dwellers and special guests will perform live!  (movie format: DVD/20min)