The holiday decorations are boxed up, the tree has been recycled and we have returned to the demands of the school and work schedule. Ahh… and so it goes as we turn the page in the calendar for another year. Welcome to 2016 and all that Olympia has to offer.
Here is what is going on around Olympia this weekend.
- Step into Free Friday Night at the Hands On Children’s Museum. Read more about what you can expect from this free evening of family fun in this article.
- Check off one of these activities in 2016. Get our list of 16 Things To Do Around Thurston County in 2016 here.
- Try an outdoor workout that doesn’t require a gym membership.
- Head to Copalis Beach or Long Beach to dig razor clams. Tide information can be found here.
- Celebrate winter with a walk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Learn what birds you can see during the winter months in this article.
- Welcome UW Medicine to Thurston County during their Open House on Saturday.
- Leave your tree for the Boy Scouts to recycle on Saturday (Lacey residents only). Get details here.
- Catch an Oly Town Artesians indoor soccer match on Saturday night. Dress warm.
- Learn more about earthquakes at the Quakes and Shakes event at the State Capital Museum on Saturday afternoon.
- Educate yourself about growing fruit trees in our climate during The Barn Nursery’s informative event on Sunday.
- Participate in a Samba Rio workshop on Sunday with Samba OlyWa.
- Make a bucket list of outdoor adventures that you want to check off in 2016. Use this list as a guide.
- Dig out your red clothes in preparation for the #PackThePavilion event at Saint Martin’s University on January 13.
- Put the South Sound Wedding Show on your calendar for January 23. Find more details here.
- Apply for our part-time bookkeeper position. Application details can be found here.
- Read our writers favorite stories from 2015.
- 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.
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*Photo credit: Lourdes Collins.
