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SUMMARY:Read the Park
DESCRIPTION:A community literacy and storytelling event designed to bring families and residents together for shared reading\, poetry\, oral history\, and cultural storytelling. This event fosters a love of literacy while creating space for stories that reflect the lived experiences of the community. \n\n Activities Include: community book readings\, youth literacy activities\, poetry and spoken word\, cultural storytelling\, and educational interpretation of Black pioneer history in Olympia. \n\n  
URL:https://olyarts.org/event/read-the-park/
LOCATION:Rebecca Howard Park\, 911 Adams St SE\, Olympia\, WA\, 98501
CATEGORIES:Books and Words,Community Event
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SUMMARY:Hidden Layers: Women's Undergarments and How They've Shaped Ladies' Liberties
DESCRIPTION:Women’s underwear has long reflected society’s views on modesty\, femininity\, and beauty. From historic styles that restricted the female form to the more liberating fashions of today\, women’s undergarments have been symbols of both oppression and empowerment.\n\nIn this talk\, explore how comfort\, freedom\, and function in women’s undergarments mirrored broader social changes. We ask why there were so many people throughout history who had their panties in a bunch over the drawers in women’s drawers. And we pull back the layers of satin and silk to see how the evolution of women’s underwear parallels our ongoing struggle for gender equality.\n\nThis program is supported as part of the Humanities WA Speakers Bureau.\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\nDiane Johnston is a theatrical costume designer who has spent the past 35 years creating costumes for a variety of productions throughout the region. She holds an MFA in costume design and is a member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
URL:https://olyarts.org/event/hidden-layers-womens-undergarments-and-how-theyve-shaped-ladies-liberties/
LOCATION:Lacey Timberland Library\, 500 College St SE\, Lacey\, WA\, 98503\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books and Words,Community Event,Film,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Queer Book Release: Menagerie
DESCRIPTION:Menagerie’s book launch party kicks off at Browsers Bookshop on August 28\, 2026 at 6:30 PM. Attendees can expect a theatrical soundscape performance directed by Austin Barnett\, featuring five Olympian actors including Christine Goode and Deane Shellman. The event will be wrapped up with a post-performance Q&A between editor Jonah Barnett and author Cecilia Meade. Local art featured in the book will also be on display all of August leading up to the event in the bookshop’s upstairs Gallery.\n\nThe culmination of twelve years of work\, Menagerie is the final form of a project that began in 2014. A collection of loss\, these five tales run the gamut of what we lose at our darkest hour. Friendships. Loved ones. Dreams. Our sense of self. Ten authors and artists come together to produce a fantastical collection of lost things.\n\nCountershade Press is a new\, queer indie publisher founded by husbands Jonah and Austin Barnett. The press specializes in queer fantastical fiction from the Pacific Northwest. Based in Olympia\, the press brings together Jonah’s background in queer writing\, filmmaking\, publishing\, and arts stewardship along with Austin’s experience in theater\, arts education\, and community leadership. The goal of Countershade is to keep imaginative queer literature alive and thriving while fostering meaningful\, collaborative relationships with queer PNW creatives.
URL:https://olyarts.org/event/queer-book-release-menagerie/
LOCATION:Browsers Bookshop\, 107 Capitol Way N\, Olympia\, 98501
CATEGORIES:Books and Words,Community Event
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SUMMARY:God Is A Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand! God is a Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special returns this December! God\, dressed in an all new holiday power suit\, returns to set the record straight and expound on everything from the beginnings of Christmas with Yule\, Saturnalia and Winter Solstice\, to holiday foods\, Christmas carols\, Star Wars\, the true story of the Nativity\, and even Tiny Tim!\n\nThis show blends together the nostalgia of holidays gone by\, a hilarious and laugh-out-loud look at the holidays of today and a heartwarming and perfectly sweet peek at holidays yet to come! This Christmas Special is an absolute must see! You will never look at Egg Nog the same way again!\n\nPurchase tickets now as part of your Washington Center 26/27 subscription. Individual tickets go on sale at noon July 16\, 2026.
URL:https://olyarts.org/event/god-is-a-scottish-drag-queen-a-christmas-special/
LOCATION:The Washington Center for the Performing Arts\, 512 Washington St SE\, Olympia
CATEGORIES:Books and Words,Comedy,Dance,Film,Music
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