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View MoreIndigenous artists take over Olympia museum for 'Temporal' exhibition
The exhibition "Temporal: Stories of Indigenous Present, Re-imagining Indigenous Futures" opens Oct. 2 at the Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts in Olympia, featuring 14 Indigenous artists in a free show running through Dec. 11.
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View MoreStoryOly Grand Slam marks 10th year at Olympia's Capitol Theater
The 10th annual StoryOly Grand Slam brings top storytellers to the Capitol Theater on Saturday, Sept. 19, while painter Debra Van Tuinen opens a nearly six-decade retrospective at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts.
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View MoreOlympia artist Katie Harmon headlines Harlequin's fall gallery
Olympia ink-and-watercolor artist Katie Harmon is Harlequin Productions' featured artist this fall, with a free public reception on Thursday, Oct. 8.
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View MoreFree Lula Fest celebrates Hispanic heritage in Olympia Sept. 26
Lula Fest 2026 returns to the Historic Capitol Theater on Saturday, Sept. 26, with live music, classic cars and family activities, all free to the community.
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View MoreOlympia's Washington Center hosts free Dolly Day screening Sept. 25
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts will screen the 1980 comedy "9 to 5" for free on Friday, Sept. 25, as part of a nationwide "Dolly Day" tribute to the late Dolly Parton, with a children's book drive benefiting the South Sound Reading Foundation.
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View MorePort Plaza Night Market hits Olympia waterfront Saturday
The SWAE Night Market brings local food vendors, small businesses and live music by Sam Dawson to Port Plaza on the Olympia waterfront Saturday, Sept. 12, from 4 to 9 p.m., free and open to all ages.
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View MoreSleater-Kinney plays final South Sound Block Party in Olympia
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker headlined the final South Sound Block Party on Aug. 28, acknowledging their Evergreen State College roots from the stage, while more than 200 alumni from 49 of 54 graduating classes gathered on campus the next day for the college's annual Return to Evergreen weekend.
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View MoreDeschutes Falls Park parking expansion starts Sept. 11
Thurston County crews will expand the parking lot at Deschutes Falls Park starting Sept. 11, a $155,000 project expected to wrap by month's end while the 155-acre park stays open.
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View MoreFormer state attorney grows saffron southeast of Olympia
Emilia Strand, a former bill-drafting attorney at the state Capitol, planted 20,000 saffron corms on her 42-acre farm southeast of Olympia, aiming for a first harvest by the end of October and sales at local restaurants and farmers markets.
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View MoreHarlequin pairs 'Our Town' and 'Sanctuary City' in Olympia
Harlequin Productions opens its fall "Home/Land" season with Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" and Martyna Majok's "Sanctuary City" running in repertory Oct. 2 through Nov. 1 at its downtown Olympia theater.
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View MoreTimberland Library offers limited-edition Laufey Book Club card
Timberland Regional Library will release a limited-edition Laufey Book Club library card in early September, the only such card in Washington state, free to new and existing cardholders at all TRL branches including Olympia and Tumwater locations.
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View MoreSleater-Kinney headlines South Sound Block Party's final weekend
The fifth and final South Sound Block Party brings Sleater-Kinney, Sleigh Bells and Shannon & the Clams to the Port of Olympia's NorthPoint on Friday and Saturday, ending the festival after five years of rising costs.
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