MONDAY IS A GOOD DAY TO START >>>

Monday night is typically a black hole for nightlife. Sure, if you run a sports bar, you'll do well during football season, but for most eating and drinking establishments, it's just dead, dead, dead. There's a darn good reason why so many of them are closed on Mondays. So how do those that remain open find ways to fill barstools on this, the most dreadful evening of the workweek?

Weekly Volcano theater critic Christian Carvajal offers a night-by-night round trip through Olympia's unique arts scene, including two weekly events happening on Monday. To read his feature story, click here.