7th Annual Juror’s Invitational Exhibit
March 25 – April 26
March 29, 6 – 7:30pm opening reception
Award-winning artists from the 2023 Southwest Washington Juried Exhibition, selected by juror Nathan Barnes, are invited back to show new work in this group exhibition. Participating artists include Jane Degenhardt, Amy Fisher, JW Harrington, Bella Kim, Rebecca Madsen, and David Moore.
Lenor R Fuller Gallery
South Puget Sound Community College
2011 Mottman Rd SW, Olympia
Mother’s Day Brunch at Indian Summer
May 12, 10am – 2pm
Register by May 3, 360.459.4572
Celebrate mom and join us a brunch buffet featuring bottomless mimosas!
Indian Summer Golf & Country Club Embers Restaurant
5900 Troon Lane SE, Olympia
Spring Native Plant Sale
April 13 – 28 Online sales
May 4 – 6, 10am – 2pm, Pickup orders
Landscape your yard with plants that are native to our area. Planting natives ensures the conservation of our precious water resources and provides habitat for local birds, mammals and insects.
Tacoma Nature Center
1919 S Tyler, Tacoma
Guaranteed Education Tuition Now Enrolling
through May 1, 2024
Washington’s popular Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program opens Wednesday, November 1 for a new enrollment period, providing families a fresh opportunity to start saving for future education and career training costs while their children are young. The 2023-2024 enrollment period runs through May 31, 2024, and provides a unique opportunity to prepay future tuition costs by locking in today’s rates. The unit purchase price for the new enrollment period is $120.16.
GET is a 529 prepaid tuition program, carrying a state-backed guarantee that units purchased today will always keep pace with in-state college tuition costs. “GET savers can literally buy tomorrow’s education at today’s price.
800.955.2318
WA529 Annual Art Contest: What is Your Dream Job?
Now through May 1
Kindergarten – 12th Grades
Students can enter for a chance to win $529 toward their future education goals in a WA529 GET or DreamAhead account.
To enter, students should create a work of original art depicting their future dream career. Entries will be judged based on creativity, unique style, artistic talent, and skill in portraying the student’s “Dream Job”. Two students in each grade level Kindergarten through 12th grade will be selected to win.
Enter online at: 529.wa.gov/art-contest
Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood: The Scared Scriptless Tour
April 25, 7:30pm
Armed with nothing but their sharp wit, comedians Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood take to the live stage to create hilarious and original scenes in their two-man show. Known by TV audiences for their work on Whose Line is it Anyway? Colin & Brad improvise new material every night from audience suggestions and participation. “Interactive” in every sense of the word, Colin & Brad will take the audience on a comedic high-wire act… just like a live version of Whose Line! Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter for all ages!
Washington Center Main Stage
512 Washington St SE, Olympia
washingtoncenter.org, 360.753.8586
Healthcare not Warfare Town Hall
April 25, 5:30pm
Mason Central Labor Council in partnership with Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, Whole Washington, PNHP Washington and other groups to present this public Town Hall.
In a country that spends $877 billion on the military, should medical debt be the leading cause of bankruptcy? Working people in our community are urged to join this non-partisan, educational event to take on the hard questions about America’s healthcare system and share their healthcare stories with the organizers and attendees.
The Olympia Center
222 Columbia St. NW, Olympia
Thurston-Lewis-Mason Central Labor Council (tlmlabor.org)
Let’s Talk: Race & Class
April 25, 6 & 8pm
YMCA of Olympia Let’s Talk series is an opportunity to explore a variety of topics. In this session, the focus is on race and class and how the two are interlinked.
Friendship Hall
YMCA of Olympia
220 Union Ave SE, Olympia
ymcaofolumpia.org/letstalk
Tall Tales from Tacoma’s Old Town
April 25, May 23, June 27, 7pm
Free.
Join Old Town Tacoma in hearing tales of Tacoma’s first neighborhood. Presented by Tacoma Historian Michael Sullivan.
A series on the 4th Thursdays.
Slavonian Hall
2306 N 30th St, Tacoma
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town, Old Town Business & Professional Association
Almost Maine
April 26 – May 12, Fridays & Saturdays 7:30pm, Sundays 2pm
Pay what you can performance, May 9
ASL performance May 12
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States—it’s almost in Canada. And it almost doesn’t exist. Because its residents never got around to getting organized. So, it’s just…Almost.
Tacoma Little Theatre
210 N I St, Tacoma
tacomalittletheatre.com, 253.272.2281