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Events
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Theater Artists Olympia presents “Anna Considers Mars”
TAO at Oly Theater 412 Jefferson St. SE, OlympiaIn Ruben Grijalva’s Anna Considers Mars – a play part science fiction, part family drama, and part hilarious comedy with a dark streak – Anna faces the possibility of a life-long dream to go to Mars while bumping up against a host of moral dilemmas here on earth. Anna is hopeful that there, with a ...
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Timberline HS 21st Annual Throwback Concert
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesThis concert features jazz standards from the 1930s, 40s and 50s from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra. $10/adults and $5/students. Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21 @7pm at the Timberline Theatre- 6120 Mullen Rd, SE, Lacey.
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Parent Toddler Sensory Friendly Dance Class
YWCA Friendship Hall 220 Union Ave SE, OlympiaParent 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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Timberline HS 21st Annual Throwback Concert
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesThis concert features jazz standards from the 1930s, 40s and 50s from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra. $10/adults and $5/students. Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21 @7pm at the Timberline Theatre- 6120 Mullen Rd, SE, Lacey.
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Timberline HS 21st Annual Throwback Concert
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesThis concert features jazz standards from the 1930s, 40s and 50s from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra. $10/adults and $5/students. Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21 @7pm at the Timberline Theatre- 6120 Mullen Rd, SE, Lacey.
$5 – $10 -
The Year of the Horse, in the Chinese Calendar
Harbor House 217 Thurston Ave NW, Olympia, WA, United StatesEva Abrams, master storyteller from Seattle, brings a celebration of the Year of the Horse, in "The World of Magic." She shares folktales and personal stories, in the oral tradition, about horses. Olympia storyteller, Tobey Ishii Anderson, tells the Asian story of the 12 animals that make the lunar horoscope, the Great Race. This is ...
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Songs and Stories with Gretchen Christopher
Olympia Timberland Library 313 8th Ave SE, OlympiaFree Music Olympia is excited to bring Gretchen to the Olympia Timberland Library to perform some of her most beloved songs across her career, share the stories behind them, talk about growing up in Olympia in the 1940s and 1950s, and play some new songs. Gretchen Christopher is one of Olympia's first major pop stars ...
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Timberline HS 21st Annual Throwback Concert
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesThis concert features jazz standards from the 1930s, 40s and 50s from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra. $10/adults and $5/students. Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21 @7pm at the Timberline Theatre- 6120 Mullen Rd, SE, Lacey.
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A Taste of Ireland – The Irish Music & Dance Sensation
Laugh, cry and jig into the night with a production that is Celtic, for this generation. Direct from Off-Broadway and starring former World Irish dance champions, including performers from Lord of the Dance and Riverdance, ‘A Taste of Ireland’ transports the audience through the story of Ireland’s tumultuous history delivered with a pint of Irish ...
$37.45 – $90.95 -
Making Space Fundraiser – Arbutus Folk School
The Cove 311 Capital Way N, OlympiaJoin Arbutus Folk School for our 2026 fundraising event, Making Space at COVE. This event will raise funds toward our facilities and equipment to support the crafts, learning, and community-building that define us. Together we are making space: making space for creativity in our lives, making space for new passions and new friends, making space ...
$100 -
Timberline HS 21st Annual Throwback Concert
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesThis concert features jazz standards from the 1930s, 40s and 50s from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra. $10/adults and $5/students. Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21 @7pm at the Timberline Theatre- 6120 Mullen Rd, SE, Lacey.
$5 – $10 -
Rumors by Neil Simon
2749, McCann Plaza Dr NW, Olympia, WA 98505 2749 McCann Plaza Dr NW, OlympiaThe Evergreen State College's student-run theatre group presents: Rumors by Neil Simon May 14th-23rd Thursdays & Fridays: 7:00pm Saturdays: 2:00pm With the hosts of a tenth wedding anniversary dinner nowhere in sight, and guests continuing to arrive at the party, miscommunications and confusions occur as they all try to get the story straight. Neil Simon's ...
$3 – $5