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Poetry Reading with Katerina Canyon
Lamplighters 211 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United StatesJoin Orca at the Lamplighters for a live reading and discussion with Katerina Canyon! Katerina Canyon is an Award-Winning Poet, Best Selling Author, civil rights activist, and essayist. She is a writer who has overcome some serious obstacles and trauma. Her book Surviving Home which was released on November 9, 2021, is a collection of poems that ...
CLARINET DANCES
Kenneth J Minnaert Center for the Arts at South Puget Sound Community College 2011 Mottman Road SW, Olympia, WAEmerald City Music is Olympia’s home for world-class classical music performances in an unstuffy, friendly environment. Hear two remarkable and colorful clarinet quintets in one night! Carl Maria Von Weber’s Clarinet Quintet was written for his close friend, the clarinet virtuoso Heinrich Baermann. While the latter would have preferred a concerto to perform with ...
Woods & Water opening reception
Thomas Architecture Studios 525 Columbia Street SW, Olympia, WAThomas Architecture Studios presents Woods & Water, an exhibition of Nancy Romanovsky’s oil landscapes of the Western States: forests, the trees that form them, and the rivers that feed them. Features scenes at Nancy’s tree farm, near Montesano, Washington, as well as the terrains she hiked in Arizona, Colorado, and Oregon. May 1-July 18. Reception: ...
Sovereignty
Harlequin Productions 202 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United StatesShow Dates: 5/5 7:30PM (Preview: Tickets $20 General Admission), 5/6 7:30PM (Opening Night), 5/7 2PM & 7:30PM, 5/8 2PM, 5/12 7:30PM, 5/13 7:30PM, 5/14 2PM & 7:30PM, 5/15 2PM, 5/19 7:30PM, 5/20 7:30PM, 5/21 2PM & 7:30PM, 5/22 2PM, 5/25 2PM, 5/26 7:30PM, 5/27 7:30PM, 5/28 2PM & 7:30PM (Closing Night) A complex, thrilling historical ...
Mother’s Day Event
The Artists' gallery 2505 4th Ave W Suite 105, Olympia, WAOur first in-person event of the year just in time for Mother's Day! Bring your Mom or giftshop for her! Mingle with our artists, enjoy live music, and sip some wine from 5-7 PM Friday May 6.
The Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival
Capitol Theater 206 5th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA, United StatesJoin us for a weekend of sinful opulence, satirical comedy, and over-the-top bawdy burlesque at the Inaugural Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival. Performers from across the country will be tantalizing their tail feathers and strutting their sequins across the historic Capitol Theater stage. Our fierce and extravagant headliners Moscato Extatique and Gaea Lady will leave you ...
Healthy Living For Your Brain and Body
FREE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP -HEALTHY LIVING FOR YOUR BRAIN & BODY Tips from the latest research on Alzheimer’s Disease Join us Saturday, May 7 – 10:30 AM @ Plum Street YMCA — Join the South Sound YMCA for a free community event! A representative from the Alzheimer’s Association, Washington Chapter, will host a talk entitled Healthy Living ...
The Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival
Capitol Theater 206 5th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA, United StatesJoin us for a weekend of sinful opulence, satirical comedy, and over-the-top bawdy burlesque at the Inaugural Pacific Northwest Burlesque Festival. Performers from across the country will be tantalizing their tail feathers and strutting their sequins across the historic Capitol Theater stage. Our fierce and extravagant headliners Moscato Extatique and Gaea Lady will leave you ...
Into the Woods
Centralia College, Corbet Theatre 715 West Pear Street, Centralia, WA, United StatesINTO THE WOODS Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine 7 p.m. May 13-14 and 19-21 2 p.m. May 15 and 22 Corbet Theatre Centralia College Loosely based on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, this Tony-award winning musical interweaves the stories of Jack and The Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, ...
Seattle Pro Musica
St. John's Episcopal Church 114 20th St. SE, OlympiaSt. John’s Concert Series is pleased to welcome Seattle Pro Musica to Olympia. Their program, The Way Home honors America’s cultural heritage in a way that seeks to foster a mutual respect for the values of all persons and groups—including immigrants and refugees—as well as enrich our humanity by broadening our understanding of ourselves. Music ...
INSOMNIA
Washington Center Blackbox 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA, United States“He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it’s probably only insomnia. Many must have it.” –Hemingway In our busy world, rest comes with a price. 17th Century Count Keyserling was no stranger to restlessness. He suffered from insomnia and had ...
Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia (SOGO) – Spring Concert
Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, Olympia, WA, United StatesWelcome to SOGO live and in-person! This season we are CELEBRATING being together and bringing you talented young musicians from the South Sound area performing great works of orchestral literature. Two years ago, the Conservatory Orchestra was gearing up to mark the 40th anniversary of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens by performing the final ...