New Screen Scores Program Continues at the Olympia Film Society

Member News, NewsBy Natasha AshenhurstJune 18, 2019

The Olympia Film Society presents two more “Screen Score” films at the Capitol Theater: The Lost World (1925) on July 5 and Snow White (1916) on July 28. Screen Scores is a new program with old traditions, where musicians perform live scores to films—an original staple of the Capitol Theater when it was created in 1924. The program replaces the…

Document Recording Fee Increases Begin July 1 and July 28

Member News, NewsBy Natasha AshenhurstJune 18, 2019

During the 2019 legislative session, the state legislature passed two bills – ESHB 2015 andE2SHB 1923 – that increased the fees charged for recording some documents by up to $5. Revenue generated by the new fees will go to the construction and operation of the new Washington state library-archives building and preventing suburban sprawl. The new fees will…