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Soul Collage Workshop
West Olympia - Private Home AddressFlip through colorful images that tickle your playful, fun-loving self to create Soul Collage cards to take home to remind you to nurture yourself. SoulCollage®, developed by Seena B. Frost, is a process of creating a deck of collaged cards that let you contact your sub-conscious voice. To reserve a spot, Venmo Julie-Ratner-3 $35 (last digits ...
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Olympia Chamber Orchestra Presents: Revolution
2707 Conger Ave NW Olympia, WA 2707 Conger Ave NW, OlympiaThe Olympia Chamber Orchestra presents a program centered on the theme of revolution and features the winners of the 2025 Olympia Music Teachers Association Concerto Competition: Phoebe Goh (Olympia High School) and KhaiAn Ho (Black Hills High School). In addition to spotlighting these incredible young artists, this concert celebrates music’s revolutionary spirit. Sibelius’ Karelia Overture ...
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TCMedia Offers PSA Day for Local Non Profits
440 Yauger Way SW Suite C, Olympia WA 98502 440 Yauger Way SW Suite C, OlympiaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Martha Correa Ends: 2/25/26 Email: mcorrea@tcmedia.org Calling All Non-Profits for PSA Recording Day Thurston Community Media, your local nonprofit media center, invites all nonprofits to record a Public Service Announcement message in our studios February 26th, 27th or 28th for a nominal donation. A PSA message is a powerful tool to ...
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Comedy Underground
Washington Center Black Box 512 Washington Street SE, Olympia, United StatesOne night. Three comedians. Countless laughs. Join us for a whirlwind of hilarity featuring three distinct comedic styles that will take you from everyday absurdities to unexpected revelations. Whether you love observational humor, storytelling, or lightning-quick wit, this show delivers. Ages 18+.
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Art Opening: Hadiya Finley Retrospective
the tobin gallery... 924 Broadway, TacomaJoin us for an evening with artist Hadiya Finlay at The Tobin Gallery on Friday from 6-9pm. We will have over 40 years of her Sculpture and Paintings on display, the first time she has had a retrospective of her work hung and her first Solo Show. Hadiya has a storied career as she shifted ...
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Black Box Jazz: Francesco Crosara
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, OlympiaFrancesco Crosara is a Seattle-based, Italian-born jazz pianist & composer who is making a significant impact on the jazz scene with a passion for creating and sharing innovative and soulful music.
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comedian BAURICE NELSON Live in Olympia
The Bus Stop 107 7th Ave SE, Olympiafeaturing: Shorty, Forrest Ember and Hagan. Headlining: BAURICE NELSON a talented comedian, producer, host, author, and explorer with decades of experience creating unforgettable live experiences and compelling stories. As a stand-up comedian, Baurice has rapidly risen through the ranks, performing as a feature and headliner up and down the West Coast. His funny and sharp ...
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Color Charts Workshop
Westminster Presbyterian Church 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, OlympiaUnderstand your colors with Nancy Romanovsky Artists serious about mastering color understand the transformative value of creating color charts. This workshop will guide you through the systematic process of building charts with value gradations for the colors in your palette, enabling you to achieve a deeper mastery of color.
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SOGO Winter Concert
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, OlympiaSOGO’s winter concert shines a spotlight on Olympia Symphony Principal Cellist Holly Reeves, a longtime friend of SOGO and an influential mentor to generations of young cellists across the region. Many of her students are past or present members of SOGO. Holly joins the Conservatory Orchestra for a movement from Grażyna Bacewicz’s Concerto No. 1 ...
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Alec Clayton’s ‘The Descendants of the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson’ – A Reading and Book Signing
Alec Clayton will read a selection from his latest novel, The Descendants of the Pirate Pegleg Josiah Johnson at the Olympia Friends Meetinghouse (Quakers), 3201 Boston Harbor Road NE, Olympia, on Tuesday, March 3, starting at 6:30 p.m. Following the reading, Alec will lead a discussion/question and answer and book signing. Copies of some of his other ...
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Movie Night at Lacey Library: Whale Rider (PG-13)
Lacey Timberland Library 500 College St SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesWhale Rider PG-13 ‧ 2002 ‧ Family/Adventure ‧ 1h 41m Only males are allowed to ascend to chiefdom in a Maori tribe in New Zealand. This ancient custom is upset when the child selected to be the next chief dies at birth. However his twin sister, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), survives. At age 12, she enlists ...
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‘SOMETHING ROTTEN!’ at Timberline High School
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesTimberline High School is thrilled to bring you our 2026 musical, Something Rotten! Something Rotten! is a musical comedy set in the 1590s, following playwright brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, who are desperate to outshine the rock-star writer, William Shakespeare. Desperate for a hit, Nick consults a soothsayer to predict the future of theater, leading ...
$10