MOSAIC: Tacoma’s Arts and Culture Festival Celebrates a Multifaceted South Sound Community

MOSAIC: Tacoma’s Arts and Culture Festival at Tacoma’s Wright Park on July 27 and 28 is a weekend of multicultural music, dance, art, crafts, and cuisine, with an evening movie in the park and a Kids Zone and sprayground. The festival will see a visit from the Mobile Teaching Kitchen, which will provide a preview of culinary courses available through Metro Parks Tacoma.

Summer at the Schmidt Midsummer Night’s Dream Faire

Walk into a whimsical fair with fire breathers, live music from Pearl Django, and activities!. Enjoy themed food and drink while you stroll through the grounds and rose garden. Other surprises will entertain you throughout the night. Proceeds will benefit the Procession of the Species organization.

Lacey Spring Fun Fair

Fun Fair is THE place to be for free fun!  Enjoy live entertainment, kids activities, rides like the giant slide and swings, the circus train and more all FREE!  Saturday there will be a S.T.E.M. Fair with lots of cool stuff to check out and Sunday enjoy the car show!  Shop from lots of great …

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Your Guide to Autumn & Fall Arts Walk 2023

Fall is a time for rebirth, for rejuvenation, especially
when coming in the wake of a scorching dry summer
and a pandemic that refuses to go away. And the biggest, most extravagant arts event of all, Olympia’s fall Arts Walk — October 6 and 7 — our semi-annual community event celebrating all of the arts, but with an emphasis on visual arts when a majority of downtown businesses turn parts of their stores into art galleries.

Your Guide to Summer & Capital Lakefair 2023

Capital Lakefair in its 66th season takes possession of Heritage Park on the shores of Capital Lake July 12-15, 2023 (Noon-10pm) and July 16, 2023 (Noon-Midnight). The Grand Finale fireworks display takes place Sunday, July 16, 2023 @ 10pm over Capitol Lake in Olympia, and can be viewed from Heritage Park, Deschutes Pkwy, Capitol Campus or anywhere with a view of the lake.

Peninsula Art League Summer Art Festival 2023

There is an exciting lineup of 120 art and craft vendors, a literary corner, a food court and kids’ activities plus the return of live music!  The amazing array of art includes paintings and photography along with pottery, wood and metal art, garden art, jewelry, fiber art, glass and basketry.  This art fair represents modern, traditional, …

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East African Cuisine in Downtown Olympia

Note to readers — the restaurant named Shirro’s appears to have closed as of September 16, 2018. Our best wishes to the restauranteurs and our apologies to readers. By Jennifer Crain As a child in Kenya, Mercy Kariuki-McGee fed wood into a traditional fireplace while her older siblings cooked. As a helper, she got to taste the …

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Ethnic Celebration Returns to Lacey

by Adam McKinney for OLY ARTS The Lacey Ethnic Celebration returns in 2018 with a bevy of exciting performances, food, music and community-oriented activities. This is a free event appropriate for the whole family to enjoy. Children and families can enjoy music and dance from around the world while sampling exotic flavors and arts from …

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