Category: Pride
Weekend Preview: June 16, 2017
WEEKEND PREVIEW is your weekly guide to events in Thurston County. This week, the theater community brings a stellar lineup of unique performances to the stage while...
Capital City Pride Event Schedule
by OLY ARTS staff PRIDE POWER-UP Thursday, June 15 9 p.m. Dance Party – Jake’s on 4th, 311 Fourth Ave. PRIDE KICK-OFF Friday, June 16 Street party in...
Pride Proclamations: Pride for Everyone
by OLY ARTS staff Capital City Pride is the culmination of the month-long celebration of LGBTQ life in Washington state. Last year, Governor Jay Inslee honored that...
Honoring Anna Schlecht
Capital City Pride 2017 will be the first such celebration in decades without local activist Anna Schlecht at the forefront. In honor of her work over the years,...
Pride Overview
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS “Resist hate. Celebrate love.” That’s the theme of the 27th-annual Capital City Pride, and it reflects the two sides of the event’s...
Celebrating Love, Resisting Hate: Interviews with Pride Leaders
by Ned Hayes for OLY ARTS Capital City Pride celebrates 26 years in 2017, and with this year’s celebration the torch of leadership has passed. Anna Schlecht has...
Pride Recognitions
by OLY ARTS staff Each year, Capital City Pride recognizes local members of the community. Attendees at open Pride meetings throughout the year can nominate people for...
Why Pride?
by OLY ARTS staff Pride is a public experience that affirms the presence and reality of the people in our community who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or gender...
