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Events
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Women Who Step Up, Not Aside with Trillium-239
Lacey Timberland Library 500 College St SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesIn this event—part music performance and part talk—acoustic music trio Trillium-239 shares songs and stories of trail-breaking women like Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman, Malala Yousafzai, Annie Oakley, and others. What drove them to step out of their expected roles to forge more difficult paths, knowing they’d face many challenges and barriers? What can we learn ...
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Airbound Arts Halloween Aerial Show
Airbound Arts, 312 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 312 Columbia Street NW, Olympia, WA, United StatesJoin us for a bewitching, otherworldly aerial and circus show on October 24th! 7pm all ages 9pm mature audience (doors open 30 minutes before show) $15 at the door or online. No one turned away for lack of funds! Airbound Arts is a non profit studio space supporting the local Olympia circus and aerial community.
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Edgar Allan Poe at Rignall Hall
"Edgar Allan Poe at Rignall Hall," Sunday Oct. 25th - 2:00 p.m. at the famous Rignall Hall - 8131 Urquhart Rd NW, Olympia, WA. (Just off Steamboat Island Road near the firehouse), featuring Bradford Farwell as Poe, with guest poets Samantha Ashe, Terri Cohlene, Pat Dixon & Thomas Thomas. Emcee - Margo Benedetto. Tix $20 ...
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DAYTIME SHOW SERIES: MAGIC CURTAIN MORNING – For toddlers, preschoolers, and beyond!
Olympia Family Theater 612 4th Ave E, Olympia, WA, United StatesYou are invited to MOO & THE AUTUMN MOON BALL! Join Moo the theater kitty as she gets ready for the Autumn Moon Ball! This new Magic Curtain Morning story celebrates friendship and the magic of being yourself! Filled with music and imagination (and sound cues!), this sweet and silly fall adventure invites our youngest ...
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Macbeth
centralia college 701 West Pear Street, Centralia, WAWickstrom Studio Theatre, Centralia CollegeOct 30- Nov 15More info at centralia.edu/theatre Dates/Times:Oct 30, Nov 1- 7pm; Nov 2 – 2pmNov 6,7 – 7pm; Nov 8 – 2pmNov 13, 14- 7pm; Nov 15 – 2pm Adults $18; Students/Seniors $15 William Shakespeare’s classic ghost story is reimagined in a collaboration with String and Shadow Puppet Theatre. Experience ...
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SOGO Fall Concert
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts 512 Washington St SE, OlympiaKick off SOGO’s season with an afternoon of excitement, beauty, and dazzling virtuosity! The Conservatory Orchestra opens with Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide, a fast-paced audience favorite, before slowing the pace with the warmth and charm of Edward Elgar’s The Wand of Youth, from Suite No. 1. Throughout the season, we’ll be celebrating SOGO musicians ...
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“DON’T LAUGH AT US” Youth Comedy Showcase
414 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98501 414 4th Avenue East, Olympia, WAThe Bridge Music Project Presents “DON’T LAUGH AT US” Youth Comedy Showcase hosted by Sam Miller In this event, six youth comedians will perform stand-up comedy routines they’ve worked on over the course of six-weeks with professional comedian Sam Miller! Come watch these youth comedians LIVE at Wild Child on Sunday, November 1st at 7pm. ...
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Write in the Harbor
Tacoma Community College Gig Harbor Campus 3993 Hunt Street Northwest, Gig HarborJoin us for Write in the Harbor, the annual regional writer's conference held at Tacoma Community College's Gig Harbor Campus! Featuring Keynote Speaker Suzanne Morrison, this year's conference theme is "Shaping the Narrative." An early bird rate is available through Sept. 18, and a discounted rate is available for students with current Washington State college ...
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South Sound Choreographers Showcase
Capitol Theater 206 5th Ave. SE, Olympia, WA, United StatesThe first ever South Sound Choreographers showcase is hitting Olympia's historical Capital Theater on November 7th and 8th. This event will showcase contemporary dance works by local choreographers, co-produced by Sydney Blanchard Artistic Director of Moving Parts Dance Company and freelance artist Alice Grendon of Growing Wildhearted//DanCEthropocene. Thurston County is blessed with many dance studios offering ...
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Olympia Symphony Presents EVLOVE: Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale
Capital High School Performing Arts Center 2707 Conger Ave NW, OlympiaA soldier. A violin. A devil. A world being born. EVOLVE brings two theatrical works together in one intimate concert of story, rhythm, and transformation. In La Création du Monde, The Creation of the World, Darius Milhaud turns a creation myth into a jazz-infused ballet, shaped by the sound world he encountered in Harlem. In ...
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Come From Away
Timberline High School Theatre 6120 Mullen Rd SE, Lacey, WA, United StatesTimberline High School Theatre is proud to present its 2026 Fall musical, Come From Away. Come From Away tells the inspiring story of the town of Gander, Newfoundland where 38 planes were diverted on September 11, 2001. Tickets may be purchased online or at the door. Show dates run November 12-14, and 19-21, 2026.
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Holiday Gift Gallery
119 119 Washington Street NE, Olympia, WA, United StatesCelebrate the season at the Holiday Gift Gallery, a welcoming showcase of locally made art and one-of-a-kind handmade gifts from Olympia-area artists. Sponsored by Arts Olympia, the gallery will be open Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m., November 13 through December 19. Visitors can explore a festive selection of 2D and 3D artwork, ...
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