Have you ever wondered about the paintings that wrap around the library walls? “Sylvester’s Window” is a nonprofit, educational art project, envisioned by creator Lynn Erickson and painted by artist Robert Chamberlain, that teaches local history through a series of eight cityscapes envisioned from a singular vantage point over time in downtown Olympia. Join us […]
Join Puget Sound Estuarium at the Olympia Timberland Library for our Discovery Speaker Series. We invite you to learn and stay informed about current environmental research or sustainability projects. You'll hear from Scientists, Educators, Artists, and Earth Advocates about their current work, research, or organization. Plus get your questions answered live after the talk! This […]
Join us at the library for a Death Cafe!! At a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Rather than a grief support group, it's a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes. The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view towards […]
Join the Olympia Library at the Capital Theater for a free screening of the 2025 documentary The Librarians, which follows a group of librarians who unite to combat book banning and defend intellectual freedom amid unprecedented censorship. The film will be introduced by WA State Librarian Sara Jones. Doors will open at 6:30pm. Movie at […]
Join us at the library for an evening of local, original theater! Should Humans Exist? is a musical following a cast of underdogs as they learn, change, and have a family-friendly good time—perhaps even saving the world, against all odds, using humanity's greatest power.
