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Dmitri Matheny Group | CASCADIA album release celebration

New Traditions Cafe & Fair Trade Gallery 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA, United States

A jazz celebration of CASCADIA, the new album by Dmitri Matheny with “an all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States” (All About Jazz) performing fresh originals, timeless classics, and more. Join us!

$20

You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

Tenino High School 500 W 2nd Ave, Tenino, WA, United States

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and Andrew Lippa. It is based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts. Tickets are $13 Students/Seniors and $15 General Admission July 21-30 7:00pm Thursday and Friday Evenings and 2:00pm Saturday ...

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$13 – $15

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

Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Decompression

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

We’re a mixed group of writers just starting out and writers who have been writing for years. We also have short fiction writers, novel writers, and some that fall into both camps or somewhere in-between. Our aim is to get better at our speculative fiction and advance our writing careers through honest and knowledgeable feedback, ...

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Free

Tenino Arts Creative Market

Downtown Tenino 147 Olympia St N, Tenino, United States

Save your 2nd Saturday for us! Tenino has a heart of stone.  And one of glass, watercolor, metal, wood, drama, music, mystery and so much more!  On the second Saturday of each month through September, Tenino Arts brings together a collection of local artisans for a street fair they call the Creative Market.   Nestled ...

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Free

Self-Love Revival

1335 Fern St SW, Olympia, WA 98502 1335 Fern St SW, Olympia, United States

Through meditative music, we'll invite deeper self-kindness, courage, and healing. Within up-tempo songs, we will revive self-empowerment, creative passion, and strength. Learn more here:  https://www.unityofolympia.org/event-4821049 Dates:  August 5th September 2nd October 7th

Free

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 through ...

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Free

Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Workshop

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For August, our workshop topic is 'Deep POV.' Since we learned about immersive writing last month, this workshop will pair well with what we've already learned. And hopefully, it'll help us deepen our readers' sense of immersion in our stories. How can we tap into deep POV no matter what point of view we're in? ...

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Free

Tenino Arts Creative Market

Downtown Tenino 147 Olympia St N, Tenino, United States

Save your 2nd Saturday for us! Tenino has a heart of stone.  And one of glass, watercolor, metal, wood, drama, music, mystery and so much more!  On the second Saturday of each month through September, Tenino Arts brings together a collection of local artisans for a street fair they call the Creative Market.   Nestled ...

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Free

Splash Gallery of Olympia Anniversary Celebration

Splash Gallery of Olympia 501 Columbia Street NW, Unit C, Olympia, WA, United States

Established in the summer of 2011, Splash Gallery of Olympia formed a cooperative art gallery to promote artistic expression in the community through exhibitions and contributions to local groups in support of the arts. Today, 11 local artists will be on hand to kick off another year of creativity, collaboration and community. Please join us ...

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Free

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 through ...

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Free

Art | Shop

Olympia Framemakers presents its first annual pop-up in the parking lot! Including 10 + local artists, an assortment ready made picture frames, and yummy snacks!

Free
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