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Sacred Seasons: Spiritual Wisdom of Fall & Winter
The Celtic tradition embraces a deep connection to the rhythms of the natural world. The constant shifting and unfolding of the seasons offers invitations to attune our inner landscape to the world around us and receive both its gifts and challenges. Through this dynamic interaction with natural rhythms, we become more attuned to ourselves. In ...
Fall Gallery Event
Fall Gallery Event
Join us for our Fall Gallery Event! Guest artists Ruth Greening will be showing her jewelry, and Sherry Kirk will be showing her pottery. Meet the artists, have a glass of wine and enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and live music. This event is open to the public and we welcome everyone. Come on by between ...
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Public talk and book signing: The Power of Mind: A Tibetan Monk’s Guide to Finding Freedom in Every Challenge, with Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche
Public talk and book signing: The Power of Mind: A Tibetan Monk’s Guide to Finding Freedom in Every Challenge, with Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche
Khentrul Lodrö Thayé Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist Monk and esteemed scholar, will be coming to Olympia, WA, as part of his International public talk/book signing tour. This free event will be held on Saturday, October 1, from 2:00 to 4:00 PM at the Olympia Community Center, Rm A, 222 Columbus St. Browsers Book Shop ...
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Olympia Fall Arts Walk 2022
Attend Fall Arts Walk Downtown Celebration October 7-8 Various events at participating locations October 1 – 31 Celebrate the visual and performing arts in downtown Olympia! Whether you are looking for a rich arts tradition to share with family and friends, or innovative experiences, Olympia Arts Walk has something for you. Many of our ...
Airbound Arts: Circus Spectacular
Join us for our monthly show at Airbound Arts! Pre-sale tickets: https://www.airboundarts.com/events.html When: Saturday, October 7th & 8th Shows at: 7pm (all ages) and 9pm (mature)! Doors are 30 minutes prior to each show. Where: 312 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 The Studio is in the alley to the left of oly taproom How Much: ...
Fun Home
Music by Jeanine Tesori Book and Lyrics by Lisa Kron Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel Winner of five 2015 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to ...
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Author Talk: Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson on “The Last Sandstorm”
Author Talk: Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson on “The Last Sandstorm”
Come spend an evening with Olympia resident Jasmin Faulk-Dickerson, who will read from and discuss her book, "The Last Sandstorm," a memoir of her life in Saudi Arabia from childhood to young adulthood, and her daring escape to the West. The book is both a coming-of-age story and an immigrant's saga, two overlapping narratives that ...
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Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Workshop on Descriptive Writing
Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Workshop on Descriptive Writing
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 ...
Grim Earth, Well Hell, and Tylo at the Cryptatropa Bar 10/14
Grim Earth, Well Hell, and Tylo at the Cryptatropa Bar 10/14
Join us for a night of doom metal and folk with Well Hell all the way from L.A., Grim Earth from right here in Oly, and Tylo from up north in Seattle.
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Highlights Concert: A Celebration of 40 Years of Masterworks
Highlights Concert: A Celebration of 40 Years of Masterworks
Join us as we start our 40th anniversary season with highlights and showstoppers celebrating our commissioned works, women composers, Celtic connections, social justice, sacred elements, humor in music and more!
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Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Critique
Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Critique
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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Dragon Journaling Workshop: Learn to Tame and Befriend Your Inner Dragons w/Matthew D. Markell
Dragon Journaling Workshop: Learn to Tame and Befriend Your Inner Dragons w/Matthew D. Markell
Why Tame Dragons? The conventional wisdom in most Western mythology is that dragons are meant to be slain or conquered. When it comes to our “inner” dragons, however, these methods do not work. Our dragons are a part of us. As such we cannot simply dismiss them or rid ourselves of them. Our task is ...
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Emerald City Music brings you a night of composers who influenced American music, curating tunes by Dvořák, Coleridge-Taylor, and Ysaÿe in our beautiful South Sound home venue: The Minnaert Center. Program: Antonin DVOŘÁK: Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100 (1893) Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Quintet in G minor for Piano, Two Violins, ...
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Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Decompression
Olympia Speculative Fiction Writers Group-Decompression
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 ...
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Halloween at Harlequin – with Jim Lynch & Edgar Allan Poe
Halloween at Harlequin – with Jim Lynch & Edgar Allan Poe
ONE NIGHT ONLY - Halloween at Harlequin Celebrated local author Jim Lynch (The Highest Side, Border Songs) shares a new (scary!) short story, followed by Edgar Allan Poe – The Poet’s Journey, adapted by local playwright Bryan Willis and starring Bradford Farwell (Indecent, Seattle Rep), who brings Mr. Poe’s life, obsessions and genius to Harlequin. Directed by Megan ...
Silent Film “Phantom of the Opera” with improvised Organ Music
Silent Film “Phantom of the Opera” with improvised Organ Music
The 1925 classic silent film "The Phantom of the Opera" starring Lon Chaney will be shown with improvised organ music accompaniment provided by Nathan Jensen.
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Olympia Indie Music History Scan-a-thon
Olympia Indie Music History Scan-a-thon
Join the Olympia Indie Music History Project team, the City of Olympia Heritage Commission, and the Olympia Timberland Library in our quest to document, preserve, and present the history of Olympia's late 20th-century “Indie” independent music scene. Please bring any and all photos, flyers, zines, and other ephemera that you have from Olympia’s indie music scene ...
Olympia Indie Music History Project Scan-a-thon
Olympia Indie Music History Project Scan-a-thon
Join the Olympia Indie Music History Project team, the City of Olympia Heritage Commission, and the Olympia Timberland Library in our quest to document, preserve, and present the history of Olympia's late 20th-century “Indie” independent music scene. Please bring any and all photos, flyers, zines, and other ephemera that you have from Olympia’s indie music ...
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Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience
Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience
Amazing tricks, big air stunts, comedy antics, and athletic feats with high energy excitement from beginning to end! It’s not just a show, it’s an interactive experience for animal lovers of all ages! All the Perondi dogs have been rescued from pounds and shelters from across the country and can't wait to perform for you!
Tom Dyer & The True Olympians -“Olympia: A True Story” Record Release Show
Tom Dyer & The True Olympians -“Olympia: A True Story” Record Release Show
Tom Dyer & The True Olympians have released "Olympia: A True Story", a 40-song, 47 track, 3-CD box set with 80-page book, and over 100 Olympia musicians. Their record release show is Friday, November 4, 8:00pm at the historic Olympia Ballroom - 116 Legion Way SE Olympia (doors @ 7:00). They are the only band ...
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Books, Brownies & Beans
Books, Brownies & Beans
Books, Brownies and Beans is back, live and in-person. One of the largest one-day used book sales in the South Sound, proceeds go to local area non-profits. Thousands of used books will be for sale from Pulitzer Prize winners to children’s books, DVDs, and games. Enjoy brownies, live music, coffee and an enormous selection of ...
Build a Microtonal Zither with Ben Luca Robertson, Ph.D.
Build a Microtonal Zither with Ben Luca Robertson, Ph.D.
In this one day course, each student will construct a five-string zither with moveable bridges. In addition to instrument-making skills, the class provides students with a hands-on introduction to the basic concepts behind just intonation, microtonal music, and different Non-Western scales. Through guided experimentation, each student will construct their own instrument and design their own ...
Some Stars of Native Comedy
Some Stars of Native Comedy
Native comedy has been on the rise recently with the TV shows “Reservation Dogs” and “Rutherford Falls”. Join a lineup of hysterical Native standup comedians including writer and actor for Rutherford Falls Taietsarón:sere, comedian and horse Mugger Gilbert Brown, along with veterans Jim Ruel and Sheila Chalakee for a night of bare-knuckled humor and dry ...
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