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  • Amira’s Belly Dance Cabaret

    Great Cuisine of India 116 4th Ave W, Olympia

    Belly dancing is back at Great Cuisine of India! Starting June 13, 2026, join us the second Saturday of every month at 7 pm for Amira’s Belly Dance Cabaret. Each show features fabulous professional belly dancers and rising stars, plus mini dance lessons and open floor time for anyone who wants to get their shimmy ...

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  • Tacoma Community College Presents “Little Women, The Musical”

    Tacoma Community College Presents “Little Women, The Musical”
    Tacoma Community College Building 2 Theater 6501 South 19th Street, Tacoma

    Join us for a free production of "Little Women, The Musical" in the Building 2 Theater at Tacoma Community College! Directed & music directed by Amy Van Mechelen. For the first time since 1997, the curtain rises on a play in the TCC Theater! This spring, students bring Little Women to life in a lively, heartfelt ...

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    Free

  • Readers Theater Unlimited Performance

    Olympia Senior Center 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia, WA, United States

    These two comedies are sure to make you LOL! "The Accident" looks more like a communication snafu (on top of inuendo with an emotional subtext...) than a fender bender. "The Incompatibles" will help you understand why women are from Venus and men are from Mars. Take a time out to enjoy live performances by talented ...

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    Free

  • Reader’s Theater Unlimited Presents

    Lacey Senior Center 6757 Pacific Ave. SE, Lacey, Lacey, WA, United States

    Two Comedies, The Accident, a wife suspects her husband of having an affair, due to his unusual behaviors, and The Incompatibles--Is this any way to begin a marriage? Performed by volunteers from Senior Service for South Sound.

    Free

  • Nice Work…If You Can Get It

    Nice Work…If You Can Get It
    Centralia College, Corbet Theatre 715 West Pear Street, Centralia, WA, United States

    Nice Work…If You Can Get It Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin Book by Joe Dipietro Corbet Theatre, Centralia College May 8-17 Featuring the famous Gershwin tunes, "Fascinating Rhythm", "Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off", and "Someone To Watch Over Me", Nice Work If You Can Get It is a zany musical comedy ...

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    $12 – $15

  • Million Dollar Quartet

    Million Dollar Quartet
    State Theater 202 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WA, United States

    book by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux original concept and direction by Floyd Mutrux inspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins directed by Emily A. Rollie December 4, 1956. Sun Records. One legendary night. When a twist of fate brings Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins into the same Memphis recording studio, music history is made. Inspired by the true story of that once-in-a-lifetime jam session, Million ...

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    $5 – $99

  • Parent Toddler Sensory Friendly Dance Class

    Parent Toddler Sensory Friendly Dance Class
    YWCA Friendship Hall 220 Union Ave SE, Olympia

    Parent Toddler Sensory Friendly Dance Class—a gentle, playful space where you and your little one can move together at your own pace. Using developmental science we foster motor skills, balance, mind-body connection, and self-expression. This is an 8 week session running May 4th - June 29th (no class May 25th - Memorial Day) This class is ...

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    $30 – $100

  • Author Talk: Walter Riley @ Orca Books

    Orca Books Co-op 315 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, United States

    Walter Riley has been involved in political organizing for most of his life- that starts with 1950s mobilizations against Jim Crow apartheid laws followed by 1960s student and labor organizing with the Progressive Labor Party, early Black Panther Party formations, anti-war activities, and co-leading the Peace and Freedom Party’s Black Caucus. By the 1970s Walter ...

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    Free

  • Plein Air Day Retreat

    Nisqually 4949 Dmilluhr Dr NE, Olympia

    Join us at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center for a Plein Air Workshop taught by award-winning artist Nancy Romanovsky on Friday, June 26th 9am-4pm. The day begins with a short presentation from Nature Center staff about the history and landscape of the Nisqually Reach, followed by an indoor crash course on the fundamentals of plein ...

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    $130 – $200

  • Felting Workshop: Make a Fuzzy Banana Slug with Arbutus Folk School

    Olympia Timberland Library 313 8th Ave SE, Olympia

    For adults, teens, and kids age 8+ accompanied by an adult. This event is limited to 18 participants, and requires registration. To register, click the blue register button. Make your own fuzzy banana slug with Arbutus Folk School! Led by instructor Amanda Hanson, participants will use wool from sheep and special barbed needles to sculpt this ...

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    Free