While Ruby Re-Usable remains the diva of the Olympia Dumpster Divers, there are some truly talented trashettes showing off their stuff, and we finally got some pics to show you what Olympia High School students Lily Smith and Teasha Feldman have on display at the Capitol Theater in the space where Ruby had her art installation (I love the fact that they reused my wire to hang their plastic bag clothes!).

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The Capitol Theater downtown recently got some nice paint splashed upon it following the tear down of the old (yet dangerous to people) marquee. 

The marquee removal and the painting were taken care of by a local company, Olympia Construction, owned by brothers Mike and Dan Auderer.

Like a lot of people who grew up in Olympia, both Mike and Dan have fond memories of the theater. Dan took dozens of trips to the Capitol Theater as part of the Junior Programs... uh... program in elementary school.

Choosing the colors was an important step. "We hired a designer that used a palate of original colors for historic theaters," Dan said this morning.

The paint job will be extended to the building next door where the Tea Lady is housed, which is owned by the same person.

The entire painting project took four days, with yesterday spent cleaning the graffiti off the terra cotta window wrappings.  "A lot of people think that the windows are marble, but its actually terra cotta on the window wraps," Dan said.

"The building's owner is really motivated, he's passionate about the theater," Dan said. "He's been down to some OFS events and sees how many people enjoy it, so that's why he's doing cleaning up the building."

A new marquee and awning for the building are in the works. The possible new marquee with have to be custom fabricated and will be a replica of the orignal one.

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