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View MoreRecalled toddler snack bars pose choking risk, FDA warns
The FDA is warning consumers not to buy or serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars after reports that the product caused complete airway obstruction in toddlers. The recalled bars were sold nationwide at Costco, Target, Walmart and online.
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View MoreOlympia trail run raises funds for food bank Thanksgiving week
Oly Trail Runners' "Less Turkey, More Trot" event sends runners and hikers to Capitol Forest's Mima Falls Trailhead Nov. 21–29, with registration proceeds benefiting the Thurston County Food Bank.
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View MoreOlympia council proclaims October Hindu Heritage Month
The Olympia City Council endorsed a proclamation designating October as Hindu Heritage Month, with Krishna Kumar of the Olympia Hindu Temple and Cultural Center speaking about global community and the challenges Hindu Americans face.
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View MoreOlympia's TCMoFA hosts Indigenous futurism show through December
The fourth annual Coast Salish Museum of Fine Arts takeover at Thurston County Museum of Fine Art features 14 Indigenous artists exploring futurism through beadwork, performance and digital art, free through December.
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View More3 Olympia shows open and close starting Friday
Two new productions open Friday, Oct. 23, in Olympia — a comic Sherlock Holmes mystery at Olympia Little Theatre and a Gothic paranormal romance at Theater Artists Olympia's new venue — while Harlequin Productions' "Sanctuary City" closes Sunday.
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View MoreOlympia Film Society plans $6.5 million Capitol Theater renovation
The Olympia Film Society is preparing approximately $6.5 million in capital improvements to the historic Capitol Theater over the next five to seven years, while growing its membership to 730 and hosting a fall-to-winter slate of free and ticketed events.
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View MoreOlympia Symphony opens season, records for Classical KING
The Olympia Symphony Orchestra opened its Kaleidoscope season Sunday, Oct. 11, with "Lift," a jazz-classical program featuring guest pianist Calder Failla on Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and guest conductor Ying Lam, plus a new recording partnership with Classical KING.
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View MoreFones Road lane closures start Oct. 19 in Olympia
Partial daytime closures on Fones Road south of the Home Depot roundabout begin the week of Oct. 19 as crews install concrete pads for garbage and recycling collection during the final stretch of Olympia's $24.5 million corridor project.
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View MoreOlympia's WET Science Center offers free Saturday themes this fall
The WET Science Center in downtown Olympia has a rotating lineup of free themed Saturday activities for families this fall, with topics ranging from candy science to winter wildlife.
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View MoreOlympia's fall arts lineup brings Pulitzer drama, Tig Notaro
Harlequin Productions opens Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok's "Sanctuary City" at the State Theater on Friday, Oct. 9, headlining a fall arts season that also includes comedian Tig Notaro at the Washington Center and the Olympia Peace Choir's free debut concert under new director Matthew Melendez.
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View MoreCapital Mall offers free indoor trick-or-treating Oct. 31
Capital Mall in Olympia hosts a free Halloween trick-or-treating event from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 31, featuring a costume contest, live DJ, photo booth, glitter tattoos and balloon animals in Macy's Court.
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View MoreOlympia Fall Arts Walk returns Friday with stages, galleries
Olympia's Fall Arts Walk runs Friday, Oct. 2, and Saturday, Oct. 3, across downtown, with the Washington Center for the Performing Arts hosting a new Artistic Partner Season Spotlight on the Main Stage Saturday afternoon.
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