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6 events,
Puget Sound Book Artists 13th Annual Members’ Exhibition: Time Travel: A Creative Journey Through Time
Olympia, WA (Sept 13, 2024) - Playful and profound, the Puget Sound Book Artists 13th Annual Members’ Exhibition on the theme of Time Travel will be exhibited at the Daniel J. Evens Library, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington from September 29–December 13, 2024. There will be an open case event on Sunday, October 20, ...
Art of Salish Peoples
Join us for a journey into the world of Traditional and Comtemporary Salish art at the Evans Hall Gallery at The Evergreen State College from September 30, 2024-January 10, 2025. See website for gallery hours.
The Mountain Was Out
The Mountain Was Out October 19, 2024 – February 16, 2025 Even before its designation as a national park, Mount Rainier has drawn tourists, climbers, and nature lovers to its snowy slopes. Today, it continues to spark our imaginations as one of the state’s most beloved landmarks. In the artworks and photographs paired with early ...
Paper Trails – Fine Art and Craft Exhibition
"Paper Trails" celebrates paper as a material through a multitude of artistic applications. The exhibition features sculptural paper forms by Helga Winter, Paper-cuts by Nikki McClure from her recent publication Something About the Sky, a brand new Block Print series by Mimi Williams My Life in Trees, new Intaglio Prints by Lisa Sweet, and Sumi ...
A Christmas Carol
Hailed as the greatest ghost story ever told, we continue our holiday tradition at Harlequin with Artistic Director Aaron Lamb’s fresh adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic story of transformation, absolution, and grace. Performance Dates: 11/29 7:30PM, 11/30 7:30PM, 12/1 2PM, 12/5 7:30PM, 12/6 7:30PM, 12/7 7:30PM, 12/8 2PM, 12/12 7:30PM, 12/13 7:30PM, 12/14 7:30PM, 12/15 ...
Beauty and the Beast
A Holiday Panto Written by Vince Brady Directed by Trista Duval November 30 – December 22, 2024 The raucous, fabulous, and family-friendly Holiday Panto returns with one of our most popular titles to date! As ever, the Panto brings a classic fairy tale together with the wonderfully over-the-top characters you love, giving you plenty of ...
7 events,
Reader’s Theater Presents
Reader’s Theater Presents
LEON is a humorous and bittersweet story of how Christmas knick-knacks provided decades of memories for three sisters. The Gala Holiday Bazaar is a hilarious neighborhood bazaar with a mysterious inheritance.
8 events,
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at Tacoma Little Theatre
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Directed by Melanie Gladstone Musically Directed by Shawna Avinger Choreographed by Heather Adams Arneson December 6 - December 29, 2024 18 Performances! Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:30pm Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7:30pm Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 2:00pm Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 7:30pm Friday, December 13, 2024 at ...
God Is A Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special
God Is A Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special
Back by popular demand! God is a Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special returns this December! God, dressed in an all new holiday power suit, returns to set the record straight and expound on everything from the beginnings of Christmas with Yule, Saturnalia and Winter Solstice, to holiday foods, Christmas carols, Star Wars, the true ...
9 events,
Mystique – Songs of Christmas through the Ages
Mystique – Songs of Christmas through the Ages
One of the great traditions of the holidays is singing and enjoying Christmas carols. The most traditional ones are heard in stores, restaurants, commercials, and on street corners. Under the leadership of Elizabeth Berndt, Women of Note looks forward to sharing these time-honored carols with you, along with less familiar, but glorious sounding songs that ...
MCE: It Could Be Beautiful
MCE: It Could Be Beautiful
A holiday offering of peace, light, and love, featuring Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare for choir and chamber orchestra.
8 events,
Creativity Salons hosted by Window Seat Media, monthly
Creativity Salons hosted by Window Seat Media, monthly
Come learn from and with other artists. Work on a creative project, build skills in your chosen artistic practice and gain insight from other creatives during your process. Window Seat Media is hosting a space to support community members engaging in creativity. Bring a storytelling project in your chosen medium that you want to work ...
8 events,
Fringe Fairy Tales
Fringe Fairy Tales
South Sound Story Guild a group promoting the art of storytelling presents Fringe Fairy Tales by Gretchen Peterson Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 6:00 - 8:00 pm Harbor House 217 Thurston Ave NW southsoundstory.org zoom link on website "The stories I needed to hear... ...I had to make them up!" “Throughout history women have fallen in ...
8 events,
Color your Canvas Painting Party: Snowman Celebration
Color your Canvas Painting Party: Snowman Celebration
Thursday, Dec. 12: Snowman Celebration Have you wanted to paint like Bob Ross? Join us in these step-by-step painting workshops as you create your very own masterpiece to take home. No experience is required, just the desire to paint. Price includes supplies, coffee, and tea. Registration deadline is one week prior to the workshop. Thursday, ...
10 events,
Holiday Native Art Market
Come and buybeautiful cultural jewelery, prints, carvings, weaving, beadwork and handmade gifts of all kinds at the House of Welcome Longhouse at the Evergreen State College.
Lantern Lights the Library: Dead By the Bay, Graceey, and ihyjason
Lantern Lights the Library: Dead By the Bay, Graceey, and ihyjason
This series of events makes local music accessible to people of all ages in a safe, fun environment. This month, the lineup is: Dead By the Bay, Graceey, and ihyjason. Come get loud at the library! Thank you to Lantern Records and the Friends of the Olympia Library.
Christmas with the Chorus
Christmas with the Chorus
Capital City Chorus presents our Sixth annual "Christmas with the Chorus" concerts
8 events,
SOGO Brass Choir Holiday Show
SOGO Brass Choir Holiday Show
Join us for the SOGO Ho Ho Holiday Brass Choir Show under the direction of Greg Allison. The brass ensemble will perform traditional and not-so-traditional holiday favorites. A delightful afternoon out for family, friends, and co-workers. Sponsored by Tumwater Eye Center and JT Painting Co. Presale: $8 student, $13 adult/senior, $35 family 2 adults/2 or ...
7 events,
Poetry Post
Poetry Post
Drop in to the Olympia Timberland Library meeting room and share your favorite poem or your own literary creation with a fellow library patron through the post! Library staff will mail your contributions, anonymously, to patrons who have requested to receive a poem. Join us for an afternoon of kindness. Be sure to check in at ...
7 events,
The 28th Annual Model Train Festival
The 28th Annual Model Train Festival Friday, December 20, 2024 – Wednesday, January 1, 2025 Closed Tuesday and Wednesday, December 24 and 25. Included with admission. Take your family and friends on a magical journey through the marvelously detailed world of model railroads at the Washington State History Museum! The Model Train Festival brings railroad ...
9 events,
Terry & Friends Christmas Radio Show!
Terry & Friends Christmas Radio Show!
Terry & Friends Christmas Radio Show is coming! Two shows only on Saturday, Dec. 21 @7pm & Sunday, Dec. 22 @3pm at St. Mark Lutheran Church- 2109 College St. SE, Lacey. Directed by Terry Shaw, Terry and several of his friends will present a radio show full of Christmas cheer, favorites new and old! This ...
Navidad con Azucar: A Latine Cabaret Experience
Navidad con Azucar: A Latine Cabaret Experience
Azúcar, a Latine Cabaret Experience is Olympia’s first and currently only all-Latine cabaret-meets-talk-show style burlesque-focused revue. Join us for Navidad con Azúcar on December 21, 2024, celebrate the holidays at the Kenneth J. Minnaert Black Box at the South Puget Sound Community College! Visit azucarcabaret.com for up to date discounts. This event is possible with ...
7 events,
SOGO Messiah Sing Along
SOGO Messiah Sing Along
Come to sing or come to listen to Handel’s glorious masterpiece! A true community event with guest soloists. Cameron May, Music Director, will conduct the SOGO Conservatory Orchestra, and the audience will be featured as the chorus. Come and join us for this beautiful traditional holiday event for all to enjoy. Free and open to ...
6 events,
A Magical Cirque Christmas
A Magical Cirque Christmas
Back by popular demand! God is a Scottish Drag Queen: A Christmas Special returns this December! God, dressed in an all new holiday power suit, is returning by popular demand to set the record straight and expound on everything from the beginnings of Christmas with Yule, Saturnalia and Winter Solstice, to holiday foods, Christmas carols, ...
5 events,
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Epic Movie Music Battles! NYE Concert
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Epic Movie Music Battles! NYE Concert
The Olympia Symphony presents an epic musical showdown featuring some of the most iconic battles in movie and comic history. Who will come out on top in these legendary face-offs? Will it be Batman or Superman? Star Trek or Star Wars? Join us for an exciting concert where the orchestra brings these epic rivalries to ...
4 events,
Family Saturdays – Me on the Map
Family Saturdays – Me on the Map
Family Saturdays – Me on the Map Saturday, January 4, 2025 10:30 – 11:30 AM Included with admission Join us this winter for Family Saturdays! Explore how history connects us all during this hour-long storytime program designed for children ages 4 to 10 and their families. This month’s Family Saturday story is Me On The Map, ...