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Nisqually Tribe hosts potlatch in decades with 100+ canoes
The Nisqually Indian Tribe is hosting the Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch through Wednesday, Aug. 5, its first in a decade, with more than 100 canoes from across the Northwest, nightly songs and dances open to the public, and traffic impacts on Yelm Highway.
Community
Bon Odori folk dance festival returns to Olympia Saturday
Olympia's 34th annual Bon Odori Japanese Dance Festival moves to South Puget Sound Community College on Saturday, Aug. 8, with free taiko drumming, participatory folk dancing and food vendors, while the Summer Nights at the Port series continues Friday with 90s Rewind at NorthPoint.
Community
Nisqually Tribe hosts potlatch in decades with 100+ canoes
The Nisqually Indian Tribe is hosting the Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch through Wednesday, Aug. 5, its first in a decade, with more than 100 canoes from across the Northwest, nightly songs and dances open to the public, and traffic impacts on Yelm Highway.
Community
Nisqually Tribe hosts potlatch in decades with 100+ canoes
The Nisqually Indian Tribe is hosting the Paddle to Nisqually Medicine Creek Potlatch through Wednesday, Aug. 5, its first in a decade, with more than 100 canoes from across the Northwest, nightly songs and dances open to the public, and traffic impacts on Yelm Highway.
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Community
Writing studio OlyPages to open above Browsers Bookshop on Capitol Way
Star Wuerdemann will open OlyPages Writing Arts Studio on the second floor of 107 Capitol Way N on September 13, partnering with Browsers Bookshop below and offering both free and fee-based writing classes in downtown Olympia.
Community
Downtown Olympia gallery has never taken commission from artists
The Mark Olympia, a restaurant and art gallery at 407/409 Columbia St. SW, has let local artists keep 100 percent of their sales since opening in 2001.
Community
Björk-themed outdoor circus comes to Olympia's Eastside on Aug. 1
The Brotherhood Takes Flight brings "Possibly//Maybe," a free, all-ages Björk-themed outdoor aerial circus show, to a field on Olympia's Eastside on Saturday, August 1, with performances at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
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