LoveOly Shop & Dine
May 3 – 12
Get ready for 10 days of local fun and community spirit! The Olympia Downtown Alliance invites you to the LoveOly Shop & Dine Event with over 60 local business participants, its sure to be a fun celebration, Olympia-style!
Jump in on the fun by grabbing a LoveOly Passport from any participating storefront or by printing one directly from the Alliance’s website. With every $10+ purchase, you’ll a LoveOly sticker for your passport. Once you have five stickers, select from chic LoveOly swag.
Downtown Olympia
LoveOly Shop & Dine Event – Olympia Downtown Alliance (loveolydowntown.com)
Mere Mortals
April 26 – June 9
April 26 Opening Reception 5-9pm
>April 27 ArtsWalk 12-7pm | with piano by Ann Finn 1-3pm
“Mere Mortals” is a group figurative exhibition, featuring a diverse body of contemporary figurative and portrait work by Northwest artists. The grouping features sculpture by Simon Kogan, ceramic work by Shari Bray, and a dynamic array of painting by Lynette Charters, Jennifer Lauer, Livia Lynne Miller, Carla Paine, and Amy Scherer.
Childhood’s End Gallery
222 4th Ave W, Olympia
www.childhoods-end-gallery.com
360. 943.3724
On Seeing Nature – Migratory Edition featuring the Artistry of Molly Hashimoto
Register by May 17
Program May 18, Walk-about 9 – 11am, Presentation 1:30 – 3:30pm
This second in a series of tri-annual art & field sessions to benefit the Tahoma Bird Alliance builds awareness about how seeing Nature through art can lead to be er birding, and how knowledge of urban birds and landscape practices help each of us build more sustainable landscapes that help birds survive.
University of Puget Sound
tahomabirdalliance.org/adult-classes
Daniel Sloss: Can’t
May 7, 7;30pm
The 12th solo show by Scotland’s international comedy superstar, is sure to delight. Daniel’s previous ground-breaking, global smash-hits include ‘HUBRiS’ (the world’s biggest solo comedy touring show for most of 2021, as reported in Pollstar) and ‘X’ (his acclaimed tour de force about sexual assault). It toured nonstop for 300 performances over 17 months around the globe.
Pantages Theater
901 Broadway, Tacoma
tacomacitytheaters.org
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
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Coppelia
May 10, 7:30pm & May 11, 5pm
Ballet Northwest, Olympia’s Dance Company, brings Coppelia back to the pWashington Center stage after an absence of eight years over Mother’s Day weekend. Often billed as the “ballet’s most famous romantic comedy”, Coppélia is fun for all ages, and proof that there is family- friendly ballet beyond the Nutcracker.
Washington Center Main Stage
512 Washington St SE, Olympia
washingtoncenter.org
Hot Shop Hot Nights with Hilltop Artists
May 10, 5 – 8pm
Free. Limited Seating. Pre-register.
The event features a rotating cast of Hilltop Artists alumni & friends.
During their week-long visit, renowned artists join us in the Hilltop Heritage hot shop, creating their own works, sharing processes and experiences with students, and collaborating with Hilltop Artists. The week culminates on Friday for our Hot Shop Hot Night, when we welcome in our community to see our Visiting Artists and our students in action.
The Hot Shop at Hilltop Heritage Middle School
602 Sprague, Tacoma
hilltopartists.org
Indigenous Matriarchs in the Pacific Northwest Photography Exhibit
February 24 – May 20
Tacoma photographer Roxann Murray will have an exhibition of eight photographs at the Washington State History Museum titled “Matriarch: Portraits of Indigenous Women in the Pacific Northwest Fighting for our Collective Future.”
Washington State History Museum Community Gallery
1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma
washingtonhistory.org
Kvitucha: Ukraine in Bloom
April 12 – May 26
Works by local Ukranian artists and refugees of the war in Ukraine.
Beauty can still be created and bloom despite the horrors of war.
Lakewold Gardens
12317 Gravelly LakeDr SW, Lakewood
lakewoldgardens.org
MayFest
May 10 – 12, 10am – 5pm
Celebrate the arrival of spring and Mother’s Day with family-friendly activities.
Lakewold Gardens
12317 Gravelly Lake Dr SW, Lakewood
lakewoldgardens.org
253.584.4106