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Sovereignty

Harlequin Productions 202 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United States

Show 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 ...

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$20 – $35

Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson Live Reading and Discussion at Orca Books Co-op

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

Join us for a live discussion with author of The Last Sandstorm, Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson! In her memoir, "The Last Sandstorm", Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson tells the story of her first 25 years in Saudi Arabia, before her daring escape to the West. The author was born in the 1970's and grew up in the shadow of Riyadh, a city that ...

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Free

Dr. Douglas Cleveland Organ Recital

St. John's Episcopal Church 114 20th St. SE, Olympia

Dr. Douglas Cleveland performs the dedicatory recital on the 3,800-pipe Schlicker Organ in St. John's Episcopal Church, Olympia. Built in 1967, the organ was for decades used for worship and notable recitals at Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle. Now the Director of Music and Liturgy at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Medina, WA., Cleveland has served on the organ ...

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Donation

Tenino Arts Creative Market

Downtown Tenino 147 Olympia St N, Tenino, United States

Save your 2nd Saturday for us! Tenino Arts Creative Market is a fine art and fine craft street fair in downtown Tenino. We are open on 2nd Saturdays from May to September. May 14, June 11, July 9, Aug. 13 and Sept. 10.  There will be an additional market for Oregon Trail Days July 23. ...

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The Olympia Chamber Orchestra presents BRILLIANCE featuring the winners of the Olympia Music Teachers Association piano student Concerto Competition

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 1601 North St. SE, Olympia, WA, United States

Conductor Nickolas Carlson says “I am pleased to be returning to performances with the full orchestra, and so happy to have the OMTA Concerto Competition Winners joining us again. It is always such a treat to work with these talented kids. â€œ   Phoebe Goh will perform W.A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 19, Movement 1. Phoebe, ...

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$5 – $25

5th Annual Olympia Witches March

Heritage Park - Capitol Lake 5th Ave and Water street, Olympia, WA, United States

The 5th annual Olympia Witches March Social Justice Protestival has a day packed full of diverse presenters, ceremony, song, dance, workshops, and entertainment for you to enjoy including; Belladonna Laveau Archpriestess of the Aquarian Tabernacle Church, poetry from Robert Lashley, Tela Rose, The Never-ending Tea Bucket, Prism, South Sound Street Medics, and many more. Hosted ...

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Free

Father’s Day Weekend SSAG Artisan Market June 18, 2022

Capital Mall 625 Black Lake Blvd SW, Olympia, WA, United States

Join us at Capital Mall in Olympia, WA for our Father's Day weekend artisan market in the Grand Courtyard by the food court! Featuring local small business artists, authors, craftsmen, and creators. Come support your local small businesses and pick up some one of a kind merchandise. This local pop-up event is the perfect opportunity ...

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Free

UnityHenge

Heritage Park - Capitol Lake 5th Ave and Water street, Olympia, WA, United States

UnityHenge is a social justice black light art installation with 8ft panels in neon florescent colors representing different people and topics such as: neurodivergency, residential schools, Missing and murdered indigenous women, black lives matter, feminism, paganism,  and more!

Free

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Harlequin Productions 202 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United States

Text by John Cameron Mitchell, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask Starring Adam Rennie* as Hedwig Directed by Aaron Lamb The place: The State Theater. The time: The early-mid 90s. The opening act: local bands including Sugar and the Spitfires, Monkflower, Keven James Hoffman, Golden Ruins, and Smelly Cat. The Berlin Wall is down. Gender ...

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$25 – $42

Jackbox Games for Teens

Zoom

Come play games with us! Join virtually on Zoom, and play Tee K. O., Quiplash, and other great games! In order to play, you'll usually need access to two screens - one (often a computer) as your main screen to access our Zoom, and one (often a smartphone) as your controller. Don't have two screens? ...

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Free

Harlequeer 2022

Harlequin Productions 202 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United States

Join us at Harlequin Productions for our first-ever HarleQueer! We are bringing to the Historic State Theatre a variety of queer performers for a night of art, community building, and a celebration of queer expression! Hosted by Aleksa Manila And Starring... Majesty Finalist of The Boulet Brothers Dragula Season 2 https://bouletbrothersdragula.com/ Additional performances by: Ali Doom Episcene Lavinda ...

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$25 – $45

Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Critique

https://join.slack.com/t/olympiaspecul-bkw3602/shared_invite/zt-dfophn9s-cKIx5FYTabK1Km6FDuzuyw

We're the Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers' Group. We've been meeting every Friday for the past two years via Slack (no video or audio. only text). We're a mixed group of writers just starting out and writers who have been writing for years. Our aim is to get better at our writing and advance our careers ...

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Free
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