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October 22, 2026

Found 13 events

BETTER TOGETHER: Accountability Workshop

9:00 AM

OlyPages Writing Arts Studio
111 Capitol Way N, Ste 200 (upstairs)
Olympia, WA

This group meets every three weeks to set goals, cheer one another on, get input on where we feel blocked, and hopefully, feel less alone on this writing life endeavor. 


Nocturnal - Fine Art and Craft Exhibition

10:00 AM

Childhood's End Gallery
222 4th Ave. West
Olympia, WA

Inspired by the world that emerges after the light fades, Childhood’s End Gallery presents “Nocturnal” featuring new paintings by Liza Brenner and Jonathan Happ, alongside mixed media sculpture by Loralin Toney.

Resistance: The HeArt of the Matter

12:00 PM

The Olympia Gallery
121 State Ave. NE
Olympia, WA

Olympia Indivisible presents Resistance: The HeArt of the Matter exhibit.

Death Cafe at the Lacey Senior Center

2:00 PM

Virgil Clarkson Senior Center
6757 Pacific Avenue SE
Lacey, WA

If you don't know what a Death Cafe is, at a Death Cafe people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death.

School Environmental Health Information Session

4:00 PM
The Washington State Board of Health is hosting three information sessions to talk about the work to update the school environmental health and safety rules.  

Luna Sisters of Element (Pay What You Can)

7:00 PM

Olympia Family Theater
612 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Beginning Oct. 16, Olympia Family Theater presents The Luna Sisters of Element, a new play by Olivia Salazar de Breaux and Katherine Trahan.

Newberry & Verch

7:00 PM

Traditions & Soul Cafe
300 5th Ave SW
Olympia, WA

Newberry & Verch bring tunes, ballads, step dancing, and original songs from Canada and the Ozarks Traditions.

TRAP

7:00 PM

Capital High School Performing Arts Center
2707 Conger Ave NW
Olympia, WA

241 bodies. 1 auditorium. The doors were wide open; why didn’t they walk out? Find the answer for yourself in Capital Theatre’s chilling show TRAP!

Our Town by Thornton Wilder

7:30 PM

State Theater
202 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Thornton Wilder’s masterpiece has stood as a timeless pillar of the American stage.

Sanctuary City

7:30 PM

State Theater
202 4th Ave E
Olympia, WA

Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City asks the question: In a nation built on the promise of opportunity, how do we determine who benefits?

CSMoFA: Indigenous Takeover at TCMOFA Celebrates “Temporal”

Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts (TCMOFA)
120 Olympia Ave NE
Olympia, WA

This multi-media event opens on October 2 for Fall Arts Walk, at the Thurston County Museum of Fine Arts (TCMOFA) and serves as a radical act of reclamation for Indigenous stories and arts.

Fall Craft Night

Altitude 15
225 State Ave East
Olympia, WA

Join The Bookish Club at Altitude 15 and support multiple small businesses for a night of crafting, yapping, and talking about books!

LoveOly 2-Week Halloween Scavenger Hunt

Downtown Olympia
Washington St SE & Legion Way SE
Olympia, WA

Halloween fun kicks off early with a two-week quest!

October 22, 2026

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