Mid-January is a quiet time around our house. We have a fairly empty calendar with no major holidays on the horizon and a season of family gatherings behind us. However, the ThurstonTalk calendar has plenty of options to fill those blank squares throughout the entire weekend. For a look at the full Events Calendar page, click here. We’ve selected some highlights below to get you started.
- Applaud at Capital High School’s production of “Of Mice and Men” Friday and Saturday.
- Fill up your 2017 calendar with our annual list of Major Events and Festivals.
- Enjoy a free flick with the kids. “Trolls” plays Saturday morning at Capitol Theater.
- Experience opening weekend of Harlequin Production’s newest show, “My Name is Rachel Corrie”.
- Find medical help (if you are suffering from the flu) at one of these local clinics instead of the ER.
- Try something new – cupping. A first-person look at this treatment found here.
- Support your new year’s resolution for a healthy 2017 at the free Saint Martin’s University Health & Safety Fair.
- Play in the (real!!) snow at the Hands On Children’s Museum on Saturday and Sunday.
- Participate in Intercity Transit’s Winter Mini-Bike Commuter Challenge. Details here.
- Book tickets now for the February 4 South Sound Wedding Show.
- Grab a coffee at Drip Espresso when downtown on Saturday. Open special hours – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
- Take the family to see STOMP on Sunday night at the Washington Center.
- Visit traditional stone cutter Keith Phillips in Tenino. He’s in his workshop Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
- Celebrate with Tumwater’s Kennedy Croft – Gatorade’s State Player of the Year.
- Learn the history of downtown’s historic White Buildling.
- Vote for local optometrist Trent Cluny’s original LEGO design, now under consideration by LEGO.
- Learn how have a healthy 2017 with Olympia Orthopaedic’s 10 guidelines.
- Use this Visit Olympia guide to be a tourist in your hometown.
- Check one of these 17 “must do” items off your list.
- Take a look back at 2016 by browsing our writer’s favorite stories. Find the list here.
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
Submit an event for our calendar here.
ThurstonTalk aims to be your source for positive information and events happening in Olympia. If you have a suggestion for a post, send us a note at submit@thurstontalk.com. For more events and to learn what’s happening in Olympia and the surrounding area, visit our events calendar.
*Photo credit: Diane Waiste
